Thats Seraphins game....Thats the energy he will bring. Don't have to worry about that. Phil got the right guy. Even without Rolo, Seraphin can hold his own. The question with him is that he sees himself as a star player. So he tends to look people off and gets tunnel vision, when he has the ball in the paint. But for this team, I think thats needed. We need low post scorers. Players that can get to the rim and score at the rim.

But that block on a 7footer, shooting a running jump hook, was extremely difficult to do, without fouling. Thats all instincts and timing.....I believe we have about 8 guys now thats capable of that type of block / defense against their man.

Rolo
Seraphin
O'quinn
DWill
KP
Than
Admundson
Grant

That fear of getting your shot block will make player hesitant when driving into the paint. And KP at PF will be able to clean up any kind of blocks that were missed, due to pump fakes or dribble drives. I think Seraphin is added insurance to make sure we always have healthy rim protectors and low post scorers. Melo should be happy with this team. It's built for him (or any Durrant type SF/PF star) to succeed.

Phil is building a ready made championship team of above average roll players, that plays team ball.

blkexec wrote:Thats Seraphins game....Thats the energy he will bring. Don't have to worry about that. Phil got the right guy. Even without Rolo, Seraphin can hold his own. The question with him is that he sees himself as a star player. So he tends to look people off and gets tunnel vision, when he has the ball in the paint. But for this team, I think thats needed. We need low post scorers. Players that can get to the rim and score at the rim.

But that block on a 7footer, shooting a running jump hook, was extremely difficult to do, without fouling. Thats all instincts and timing.....I believe we have about 8 guys now thats capable of that type of block / defense against their man.

Rolo
Seraphin
O'quinn
DWill
KP
Than
Admundson
Grant

That fear of getting your shot block will make player hesitant when driving into the paint. And KP at PF will be able to clean up any kind of blocks that were missed, due to pump fakes or dribble drives. I think Seraphin is added insurance to make sure we always have healthy rim protectors and low post scorers. Melo should be happy with this team. It's built for him (or any Durrant type SF/PF star) to succeed.

Phil is building a ready made championship team of above average roll players, that plays team ball.

Rookie wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Just saw an article that said Seraphin chose a 1 yr deal with the Knicks over more lucrative, longer deals. Nice to see free agents choosing the Knicks over other situations.

They might of told him he would be a starter. I wouldn't have a problem with that. Athletic guards to play against Calderon will find Seraphin and Lopez waiting for them in the paint

Very good pickup. One of the true highlights of our offseason..I wouldn't be surprised if this guy turns out to be one of our better FA acquisitions, maybe the best. Who even knew we could get this guy? How does Washington let him walk out the door on a 1 yr/$2.8mm deal like that and not match?? Question about the room exception we used to get him -- could we have offered a multi-year deal using that exception instead of just 1 year? Would've been nice to have him for more than just 1 season..

earthmansurfer wrote:Do we have any rights to match at the end of his contract?
I just wonder, if not, was it worth a 1 year rental over losing Shved (who Phil spoke highly of and we would have had his rights on a multi year deal.)

I don't think so--he would've logged only 1 yr of service with us. At least with 2 yrs, early Bird rights could kick in and that would've given us some leverage. I think Seraphin's a good enough player where you consider a deal of more than 1 year if possible -- alas, it's just not how we do things. Again though, I'm looking for someone to confirm that we could've offered a multi-yr deal using the room exception. Not sure if we could've or not..

As for Shved, here's my take on how things went down based on everything that was out there up to his departure: we lowballed this guy with a vet minimum deal right from the start and never came back with a counteroffer above that amount. Shved didn't bolt for Russia right away--seemed to me the guy was standing by patiently waiting to see if the Knicks would up the offer. I think he would've taken the room exception for 1 yr, same as Seraphin. We never offered that amount--if we had and it was rejected, we would've heard about it... I think that would've been a fair offer for a talented versatile guard that played well here for us. Could he stand to get stronger? Sure, absolutely, but I don't think you let this guy get away because Phil thought he was too frail... Based on what honest Phil had to say--sounds like he asked Shved to get stronger during the offseason, he didn't, Phil got pissed and offered no more than a vet min deal...My thing: why not secure him for his talent alone and his ability to handle the triangle, handle NY, and work with him to build up his strength during the season? And I don't look at his current back injury as an "oh, see, told ya so--he's too weak" type of thing. Could've been a fluke thing, who knows...Wish this guy was still a Knick. I enjoyed watching him play. He would've upped the talent and solidified the backcourt to a passable level all by himself. Instead, now we're looking at a bit of a depth problem at both guard spots--something that's hard to believe and a little hard to swallow given that we had around $28mm to spend in FA...I think he should've been more of a priority to bring back.

SupremeCommander wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Would Shved have taken 2.8 mil?

I don't think so and here's why. I am a big hockey fan and there are a lot of great Russian hockey players. You see a lot of Russian players walk away from playing in America. I don't think everyone appreciates the lifestyle. For example, Ilya Kovalchuck walked away from a $100mm+ contract to return to Russia. You don't see people from other countries going back home. It makes less sense because RUssian basketball is no where near as good as Russian hockey but I don't know... you don't see many great, say, Spanish players wanting to stay in Spain there whole career and Spanish basektball is pretty good

If that was the case, why didn't he bolt for Russia right away?

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