Uptown wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Begley reporting that the Knicks are interested in Christian Wood. Wood was having a great season but is another guy with rumored character issues earlier in his career.

THIS is the type of move the Knicks should be pursuing, not Paul or Melo. Grabbing Young FA's, who are trending up. He's only 24 so the character issues could be immaturity.

CrushAlot wrote:

Uptown wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Begley reporting that the Knicks are interested in Christian Wood. Wood was having a great season but is another guy with rumored character issues earlier in his career.

THIS is the type of move the Knicks should be pursuing, not Paul or Melo. Grabbing Young FA's, who are trending up. He's only 24 so the character issues could be immaturity.

I agree. Someone, Triple?, was really hard on him. Hopefully he has grown up.

Only to a decent contract. You don't sign a guy who has had a good half season in a contract year who has baggage to a crazy contract. That is the type of decision the Knicks ALWAYS made and they NEVER turn out well. Just on the Knicks I recall contracts like Curry, Jerome James, Julius Randle (although short term).

Woods sample size is way too small to be considered trending up. Especially considering he is the guy being featured on a horrible Pistons team.

Not saying it's impossible, just they need to be careful.

Knixkik wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Uptown wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Begley reporting that the Knicks are interested in Christian Wood. Wood was having a great season but is another guy with rumored character issues earlier in his career.

THIS is the type of move the Knicks should be pursuing, not Paul or Melo. Grabbing Young FA's, who are trending up. He's only 24 so the character issues could be immaturity.

I agree. Someone, Triple?, was really hard on him. Hopefully he has grown up.

Wood is a good option but is he a good fit next to Robinson? He's a pick and roll big.

It’s hard to tell. He has a legit outside shot as a stretch 4, and can defend the perimeter on guards on switches.

We need shooting on the roster and a continuation of the focus on defense above all else.

Just gonna post these Josh Jackson videos. He’s the type of player the Knicks should take a flyer on because of his youth, upside, and on the low they can use some wing depth and even as a bench player he could bring value if he avg about 12-14 a game.

Uptown wrote:

wargames wrote:I was talking Christian Wood over with a coworker and I just had a thought as much as we talk about his fit with Mitch. He actually works really, really well with Randle. A stretch 4/5 who can open the paint for him so he can drive better would be a god send for him.

Especially when 1) when I doubt they want to move him for nothing so they should play him to build his value.

Did you mean works well with Mitch?! I'm hoping we sign Wood to replace Randle. And no thank you to Josh Jackson!

Yeah i'm not really concerned about who fits with Randle. He's a stop gap. Mitch is the long term building block. And i agree about Jackson. The talent is undeniable but the attitude and lack of shooting/go to skill makes him not too interesting to me. Plus he's an older prospect. He turned 21 during his rookie year.

Knixkik wrote:

Uptown wrote:

wargames wrote:I was talking Christian Wood over with a coworker and I just had a thought as much as we talk about his fit with Mitch. He actually works really, really well with Randle. A stretch 4/5 who can open the paint for him so he can drive better would be a god send for him.

Especially when 1) when I doubt they want to move him for nothing so they should play him to build his value.

Did you mean works well with Mitch?! I'm hoping we sign Wood to replace Randle. And no thank you to Josh Jackson!

Yeah i'm not really concerned about who fits with Randle. He's a stop gap. Mitch is the long term building block. And i agree about Jackson. The talent is undeniable but the attitude and lack of shooting/go to skill makes him not too interesting to me. Plus he's an older prospect. He turned 21 during his rookie year.

I think Josh would have value on a team with a coach like Atkinson who is a development coach. He has talent, we’re thin at SF and legitimate bench pieces, and he shouldn’t be expensive. Even if the Knicks grab someone like Joe Harris to be a starter. I like how Josh has shown his talent coming the bench for the Grizzlies. Look at his stats, he’s not a scrub. A bench unit of Say

Frank/Hayes/Haliburton
Dotson,
Jackson
Knox
Wood/Randle

Isn’t scrubs. Especially when our goal next year should be to be a 30+ win team, while we try to keep money. I wouldn’t even be mad if the knicks paid him some extra on a 1+Team option deal. 2021 is a better free agency.

CrushAlot wrote:

wargames wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

Uptown wrote:

wargames wrote:I was talking Christian Wood over with a coworker and I just had a thought as much as we talk about his fit with Mitch. He actually works really, really well with Randle. A stretch 4/5 who can open the paint for him so he can drive better would be a god send for him.

Especially when 1) when I doubt they want to move him for nothing so they should play him to build his value.

Did you mean works well with Mitch?! I'm hoping we sign Wood to replace Randle. And no thank you to Josh Jackson!

Yeah i'm not really concerned about who fits with Randle. He's a stop gap. Mitch is the long term building block. And i agree about Jackson. The talent is undeniable but the attitude and lack of shooting/go to skill makes him not too interesting to me. Plus he's an older prospect. He turned 21 during his rookie year.

I think Josh would have value on a team with a coach like Atkinson who is a development coach. He has talent, we’re thin at SF and legitimate bench pieces, and he shouldn’t be expensive. Even if the Knicks grab someone like Joe Harris to be a starter. I like how Josh has shown his talent coming the bench for the Grizzlies. Look at his stats, he’s not a scrub. A bench unit of Say

Frank/Hayes/Haliburton
Dotson,
Jackson
Knox
Wood/Randle

Isn’t scrubs. Especially when our goal next year should be to be a 30+ win team, while we try to keep money. I wouldn’t even be mad if the knicks paid him some extra on a 1+Team option deal. 2021 is a better free agency.

Jackson has major character issues, arrested at a concert, something with getting a baby high this past offseason? I know he had issues at Kansas. He is talented but has too much baggage.

No offense but we’re fans of the NY Knicks. We don’t get to say “too much baggage” as fans. We seen to much and brushed in under the rug as fans to be like “too much baggage”. Right now I just want to see the knicks with 30+ games.