Jmpasq wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Welpee wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

Welpee wrote:

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Drummond was the best player on playoff teams in Detroit. Calling him Kevin Love is the dumbest take in the history of dumb takes

Drummond was the best player on ONE Detroit playoff team who barely got into the playoffs as the 8th seed and got swept in the first round. The ONLY other time he made the playoffs they were once again the 8th seed with a .500 record and got swept in the first round. And that year he WAS NOT the best player, Blake Griffin was. Not to mention his playoff stats that year took a major dip compared to this regular season numbers. What Kevin Love has to do with this I have no idea.

Sorry if the details softens your mega "take" about the greatness of Andre Drummond.

I’m not sure why so against?
We’re 14-16 we’re an ok team
We lost our C probably for 2 months
If we can get Drummond for frank and Knox you give those two guys a chance to play and a free two month look at Drummond on the Knicks it cost nothing the downside is almost zero? He probably would really help us.

People have posted multiple times:

You risk bombing the team chemistry
He doesn't fit
He's an empty stats guy

I'd rather use the cap space on something else

He would be a complete waste of 20 million a year. We need a true 6'8" - 6'9" lights out shooting SF and a PG. He doesnt fit the team

We might need a nice sf but it’s not coming here for the price of nothing. I’m talking about no cost transaction. There is no miracle 6-8 player available

BRIGGS wrote:

Jmpasq wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Welpee wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

Welpee wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/SmithRaps/status/1361345530832551936

Drummond was the best player on playoff teams in Detroit. Calling him Kevin Love is the dumbest take in the history of dumb takes

Drummond was the best player on ONE Detroit playoff team who barely got into the playoffs as the 8th seed and got swept in the first round. The ONLY other time he made the playoffs they were once again the 8th seed with a .500 record and got swept in the first round. And that year he WAS NOT the best player, Blake Griffin was. Not to mention his playoff stats that year took a major dip compared to this regular season numbers. What Kevin Love has to do with this I have no idea.

Sorry if the details softens your mega "take" about the greatness of Andre Drummond.

I’m not sure why so against?
We’re 14-16 we’re an ok team
We lost our C probably for 2 months
If we can get Drummond for frank and Knox you give those two guys a chance to play and a free two month look at Drummond on the Knicks it cost nothing the downside is almost zero? He probably would really help us.

People have posted multiple times:

You risk bombing the team chemistry
He doesn't fit
He's an empty stats guy

I'd rather use the cap space on something else

He would be a complete waste of 20 million a year. We need a true 6'8" - 6'9" lights out shooting SF and a PG. He doesnt fit the team

We might need a nice sf but it’s not coming here for the price of nothing. I’m talking about no cost transaction. There is no miracle 6-8 player available

BRIGGS wrote:

Welpee wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Jmpasq wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Welpee wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

Welpee wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/SmithRaps/status/1361345530832551936

Drummond was the best player on playoff teams in Detroit. Calling him Kevin Love is the dumbest take in the history of dumb takes

Drummond was the best player on ONE Detroit playoff team who barely got into the playoffs as the 8th seed and got swept in the first round. The ONLY other time he made the playoffs they were once again the 8th seed with a .500 record and got swept in the first round. And that year he WAS NOT the best player, Blake Griffin was. Not to mention his playoff stats that year took a major dip compared to this regular season numbers. What Kevin Love has to do with this I have no idea.

Sorry if the details softens your mega "take" about the greatness of Andre Drummond.

I’m not sure why so against?
We’re 14-16 we’re an ok team
We lost our C probably for 2 months
If we can get Drummond for frank and Knox you give those two guys a chance to play and a free two month look at Drummond on the Knicks it cost nothing the downside is almost zero? He probably would really help us.

People have posted multiple times:

You risk bombing the team chemistry
He doesn't fit
He's an empty stats guy

I'd rather use the cap space on something else

He would be a complete waste of 20 million a year. We need a true 6'8" - 6'9" lights out shooting SF and a PG. He doesnt fit the team

We might need a nice sf but it’s not coming here for the price of nothing. I’m talking about no cost transaction. There is no miracle 6-8 player available

But Drummond is the miracle big? Ok. LOL!

I’m not saying that. I’m saying it will take our cap space at half a year and two guys who don’t even play to add a good player. If there is a better deal great. But this one for this year would be good

I'm torn in this. I really can't get excited about adding players to compete for the play-in game. That said, the more you scrutinize Drummond's game, the less inclined you are to lose sleep over it. Drummond is a double double machine. He'd be great in the dunkers spot. But the more responsibilities he has on offense, the more he sucks. His true shooting percentage this year is about the same as Frank's last year. Drummond is a big! Essentially, he's going to be stuck doing the same thing as Mitch/Noel if you're going to incorporate him into winning basketball. So yeah, there might be a slight bump in offense, but the defense takes a nosedive. You're just trading for the sake of trading if you bring in Noel. The Knicks need to hold tight until something better comes along.

Nalod wrote:More reports that knicks talking with Cav’s and it might be the price keeps going down. We have the money to take him.
While it makes sense given he is an upgrade to Taj and offensively to Noel (and his knees) its the price.
IF its Rivers and a future currency like 2nd rounder then sure, why not.
Question is after this season. I’m assuming Mitch is about done for the year. Noel is a free agent. Drum a double double machine but deemed “empty” by many gets 23mm. What is. His price for next year? Is he a motivated worker like Thibs wants? Or is this a short term rental?
Give me facts then I’ll set the price.
“Spacing”. Randle is an allstar because Randle passes much better out of doubles and Mitch is a weapon to receive them. Drummond and Randle might not be as suck. Norlens is similar to Mitch. Thibs makes it work. I trust him to decide. Might not work always, but it won’t be from lack of effort.

Im pro Drummond. Between his rebounding and inside scoring ... just the fact he can give us a ton of second opportunities. For rivers, Frank and our worst 2nd why not? That puts Mitch in the second unit with obi and quick ... to add the best rebounder in the game is hard to walk away from if the price is so low . If dynamic with randle this team might win a playoff series, and grab the attention of high end free agents.

BRIGGS wrote:

Welpee wrote:It's as if some Knicks fans refuse to believe what the experts say about Drummond and are blinded by his impressive numbers. When a player puts up numbers like he does yet nobody wants him, why is that not a major red flag?

If he was a free agent — how many teams do u think would be on it? Lakers clippers Celtics give me a break dude. The only reason he’s not traded cuz it’s almost impossible

Welpee wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Welpee wrote:It's as if some Knicks fans refuse to believe what the experts say about Drummond and are blinded by his impressive numbers. When a player puts up numbers like he does yet nobody wants him, why is that not a major red flag?

If he was a free agent — how many teams do u think would be on it? Lakers clippers Celtics give me a break dude. The only reason he’s not traded cuz it’s almost impossible

Yeah, watch where he lands next off season. He's on his way to being Dwight Howard 2.0, except you can justify taking a chance on Dwight because he was once considered the 2nd best player in the league and was once the top dog on really good teams. Not the case with Drummond. The league knows what he's about. Yeah, somebody will be willing to take him on, and then quickly look to unload him. Hopefully it won't be the Knicks.

#context

Also, Andre has almost $ 29 million this season, and we don’t have that much space on the cap and someone has to go in the opposite direction as well. Who would that be?

If we’re already chasing the playoffs at all costs, the biggest needs of this team are passing PG and shooting, and we brought Rose in and now trying to bring in Drummond. It doesn't seem very logical to me.

BRIGGS wrote:

xavier wrote:I’m not exactly a fan of bringing Drummond. First, we have a starting center in Robinson and an adequate replacement in Noel. If the Cavs fail to trade him by the deadline, they will buyout him. I'm not saying that in that case we can bring him in as a free agent because he will probably join the Nets, but I want to say I wouldn't really bring in a player we don't need too much, and his team is planning to buyout him anyway.

Also, Andre has almost $ 29 million this season, and we don’t have that much space on the cap and someone has to go in the opposite direction as well. Who would that be?

If we’re already chasing the playoffs at all costs, the biggest needs of this team are passing PG and shooting, and we brought Rose in and now trying to bring in Drummond. It doesn't seem very logical to me.

It would give us offensive force at teh basket and many second chance opportunities with his rebounding. Also he ha all star type attributes. Hes no perfect player but if we want a pop in the arm and stabilization for the rest of the year--I think he would give it. This is a cash deal No assets accept younger players who have no future here

Do you know how bad Drummond is? He's shooting .545 from 0-3 feet this, also known as "at the rim."

By comparison
Elfrid is shooting .563 from 0-3 feet

In fact of everyone on the whole Knicks roster only Burks and Rose are worse from 0-3 feet than Drummond. He's worse from farther out. He doesnt hit FTs and he doesnt protect the rim. He thinks he's a star.

At least Kanter is gets buckets around the basket. Drummond is so bad. Adds zero value.