4Q - 4:12
NYK 102 ORL 88

nixluva wrote:Jennings putting on a clinic!

Jennings harnessing his inner Magic Johnson Showtime days!

4Q - 2:58
NYK 102 ORL 90

4Q - 1:09
NYK 106 ORL 95

FINAL
NYK 106 ORL 95

With Rose back now we're 10-2 in the last 12 full games he's played. Much of that is what Rose brings, but it also makes Jennings much more effective coming in. They are a great 1-2 punch. One is a scoring guard who constantly gets in the paint. The other is a speedy point guard that looks to pass. It's a really dangerous combo. Teams are having a very hard time in Hornachek's offense to figure out what to do. We are roasting teams.

Liked Noah's game today. He continued from the performance of the 2nd half in Orlando. Stood out defensively.

O'Quinn. Beast mode. He's fantastic. A player like him in this current free agent market commands 10 million a year. We got him cheap. Great move by Phil. I applaud many of Phil's moves in the last 15 months. Drafting Porzingis. Drafting Hernangomez in the 2nd round. Replacing Fisher with Horny. O'Quinn. Kuzminskas. Signing Jennings. Trading for Rose and Holiday. Looking back, without signing RoLo to the deal we did in 2015 we could not have pulled off a Rose/Holiday deal. Each day that trade looks better.

I mean this is how it looks now by Phil

Good to Great moves:
Porzingis as a 4th pick
Hernangomez as a 2nd rounder
Lee 8 million a year
Jennings 5 million a year
O'Quinn for 2nd round picks at 4.5 million a year
Kuz for almost veteran minimum money
Rose/Holiday for Lopez/Grant.
Hornachek replacing Fisher.

Every one of the above moves look good for us right now, some great.

The ??? or bad moves:

Noah possible at the price we gave him (72 million)

I can live with 1 questionable move when it comes with so many well thought good moves. The question for the Knicks will be if Jennings and Rose play this way, how can they keep them both? I don't think Rose will ever be able to be a franchise carry your team type of point guard anymore and I don't think Jennings is a good starter but he's a great reserve. So both fit great in the roles they have here. Can Knicks afford to keep both? And if they do, they'll need to rely mostly on Porzingis and Hernangomez improving to become a contender. Even when Noah plays well, I still wish we had gotten him at 10 million a year. Allows us to keep Rose and Jennings next year. As it stands. Tough.