jskinny35 wrote:HofstraBBall wrote:LivingLegend wrote:I really like your thought process here Martin - for a few reasons.#1 ~ I’m not sure what to make of Randle (in summary I don’t trust his decision making or shot selection + worry about the prior Achilles injury). Also don’t trust Randle/RJ as Batman/Robin
#2 - Don’t trust Mitch either - injuries, ? Attitude, lack of offensive development & contract pending
#3 - your trade creates a better age/positional fit 2-5 with RJ, Wiggins, Obi, Wiseman
#4 - leaves us with 3 viable 1srt round picks —- off top of my head Without moving up I might target Johnson/Moody at 7, Bouknight at 14 & maybe 2 Kentucky kids Jackson/Boston at 21/32
#5 - I go PG in free agency — Lonzo actually might fit nice along RJ, Wiggins/Obi/Wiseman
And figure out rest of roster during summer —- Rose may be s/t option if going young
Ball/IQ
RJ/Moody/Bouknight
Wiggins/Knox/Boston
Obi/Jackson
Wiseman/Taj
Anyway fun to goof around with stuff like this
Do not see how this would be a good lineup? You would not have anyone that has proven to shoot the ball in the NBA? Knox as a backup? Hard to imagine since he did not make the rotation this past year? Although Wiggins had his best 3pt percentage, feel it was due to teams worrying about Curry which gave Wiggins more open looks. We won't have anyone that will do that for him on our roster. Fee the same way about Wiseman. Sure he may have a high ceiling but still too early to guarantee. I do not see Moody or Bouknight as being generational so maybe they are just a little bit better than someone else we would get at 19 and 21.
Really prefer that the Knicks keep the main components of the team that had the most success in quite some time. (Randle) Then pick up solid draft picks with 19 and 21 or use with a second to move up if they really like someone in the low to mid-teens. Then just add a solid FA. Would however be interested if GS is looking to dump Wiggins salary and we can pick up their draft picks.
I think we do take a step back if we were to make this deal, but I also think we'd be significantly better off 2 seasons from now. While we would lose a lot of Randle's shooting - we would gain some shooting in Wiseman and Ball as they both shoot better than Payton and Mitch (who doesn't shoot outside 3 feet). Wiggins is a stopgap so the real question is could we draft a shooter that could be a rotation player? And couldn't we resign either Bullock or Burks and slot them at the 3 with Wiggins off the bench? That would provide better roster balance and allow RJ to assume lead role on the team. He will need some time to assume an increased role - but I think adding Wiseman and one of the GS picks should net us some more talent. And maybe Toppin flourishes with Ball as we would now have increased tempo and ball movmement.
This is a better analysis than mine. It puts the benefits quite clearly.
