martin wrote:

So you're saying that Deuce scores as much as male virgin stuck in a room full of lesbians. Wonder how he was ever able to help conceive a kid finishing that poorly near the hole

Nalod wrote:Yeah, I see the point but if iHart had the onions and confidence he'd have wanted a player option and he'd have opted out.
The Birdrights would have been great, I agree.
Given his history prior to knicks, I don't think anyone really saw this coming. The New CBA also limited things.
towns and iHart would have been incredible. Perhaps if Mitch was not injured he could have been traded. Not sure that really would have made a difference but he was, iHart bolted and in the context of the moment Randle was not a factor in last yaers playoffs and enabled us to get an allstar/likely all NBA 2nd leading rebounding that we did. It was a really good tilt.

All the accolades for that move enhanced fans expectations. Knicks not finishing top two also diminished our dreams as did winning just 1 more game than last year. Losing a "Gift" that was iHart and yet we really did not fall back maybe should be applauded as a FO that is on it?
Instead there is a sect of miserable fans calling for Thibs head all mad already should Knicks falter.
Its a reasonable response but lets see what happens and how.

Like you said previously, he was making $2M with the Clips and had been cut or traded many times previously.

And Leon gets paid the big bucks to actually safeguard against this IMHO. If iHart wanted a PO 3rd year, maybe you give him an extra couple million across the first 2 years - which is nothing - to get that 3rd year team option. Got to play the odds and bet on the team and development. They liked him enough to give him a 2 year deal.

martin wrote:

Panos wrote:It may be weird to say this about your $50M all NBA center, but I think Towns is the X factor in these coming playoffs.
If the Knicks are to advance, he needs to be the player he was in the first 20 games of the season: Taking a good amount of 3's and hitting at a high rate, *controlled* drives to the basket without offensive fouls, good passes to teammates, and maybe block a shot every game. I feel Brunson will be Brunson, and he'll bring it. We need Towns to do the same. After that Bridges/OG need to be more present than invisible, but I think the biggest key to wins is Towns. Fingers crossed.

I think this is spot on. It's like a waterfall effect for the team. If KAT is grooving, it'll make everyone else's life much easier.

Brought it tonight!
Game 1:
23 pts on 70% shooting, 11 RB, 5 AST, 4 STL, 2 BLKS, only 3 fouls - FILLED the stat sheet!
Keep it up, Big KAT!

Philc1 wrote:

Panos wrote:

martin wrote:

Panos wrote:It may be weird to say this about your $50M all NBA center, but I think Towns is the X factor in these coming playoffs.
If the Knicks are to advance, he needs to be the player he was in the first 20 games of the season: Taking a good amount of 3's and hitting at a high rate, *controlled* drives to the basket without offensive fouls, good passes to teammates, and maybe block a shot every game. I feel Brunson will be Brunson, and he'll bring it. We need Towns to do the same. After that Bridges/OG need to be more present than invisible, but I think the biggest key to wins is Towns. Fingers crossed.

I think this is spot on. It's like a waterfall effect for the team. If KAT is grooving, it'll make everyone else's life much easier.

Brought it tonight!
Game 1:
23 pts on 70% shooting, 11 RB, 5 AST, 4 STL, 2 BLKS, only 3 fouls - FILLED the stat sheet!
Keep it up, Big KAT!

It’s almost like we don’t miss Hartenstein.

Completely true!!!

If the playoffs were one round.

Nalod wrote:Or one game.

Deeper!