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yellowboy90
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5/22/2015 10:09 PM
Do the Knicks get a #1 pick from Indy for taking on Gilbert?
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crzymdups
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5/22/2015 10:12 PM
yellowboy90 wrote:Do the Knicks get a #1 pick from Indy for taking on Gilbert? Who's Gilbert? ¿ △ ?
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holfresh
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5/22/2015 10:25 PM
No thanks..He look horrible against ATL last playoffs..Literally couldn't play him..
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smackeddog
Posts: 38386 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 3/30/2005 Member: #883 |
5/23/2015 3:02 AM
If we luck out in FA, he's worth considering as a fall back, simply because he wouldn't cost anything. In fact the Pacers may be willing to give up something to take his contract off their hands. Bird has been desperately trying to get him NOT to pick up his final year option (he wants to rebuild the team and make them faster)- basically threw him under the bus in the end of season interview and threatened him that if he opts in, they will feature him even less on offence and will send him to the bench. I don't think mentally he can hack new york and the media, but I'd try him out for nothing.
Hibbert kind of fell victim to the nba's hype machine- he's always been flawed and inconsistent and bad on defense, put that playoff series we faced them, the nba decided they were going to manufacture a star. We payed a the price, and later so did he. As soon as Stern left and Silver took over, he sent out a ref's edict basically telling them to stop with that pretend "he went straight up" crap, and from that moment on, Hibberts effectiveness was rapidly scaled back. |
nixluva
Posts: 56258 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 10/5/2004 Member: #758 USA |
5/23/2015 11:48 AM
smackeddog wrote:If we luck out in FA, he's worth considering as a fall back, simply because he wouldn't cost anything. In fact the Pacers may be willing to give up something to take his contract off their hands. Bird has been desperately trying to get him NOT to pick up his final year option (he wants to rebuild the team and make them faster)- basically threw him under the bus in the end of season interview and threatened him that if he opts in, they will feature him even less on offence and will send him to the bench. I don't think mentally he can hack new york and the media, but I'd try him out for nothing. I actually don't think any of that is the problem. I think they just haven't used Hibbert the right way. He's not getting enough touches and shot attempts and certainly not enough in the Low Post where he's most effective. Here in the Triangle he'd be put in the best position to succeed. He'd get more touches in Point Blank Range and he'd be much happier. Just look at his shot chart and you can see he's taking shots out away from his sweet spot much too often. Our offense is designed for him to be in his sweet spot most of the time. He can still step out a little but nothing like he's been doing. He should have WAY more FGA's in the paint. |
crzymdups
Posts: 52018 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 5/1/2004 Member: #671 USA |
5/23/2015 11:54 AM
smackeddog wrote:If we luck out in FA, he's worth considering as a fall back, simply because he wouldn't cost anything. In fact the Pacers may be willing to give up something to take his contract off their hands. Bird has been desperately trying to get him NOT to pick up his final year option (he wants to rebuild the team and make them faster)- basically threw him under the bus in the end of season interview and threatened him that if he opts in, they will feature him even less on offence and will send him to the bench. I don't think mentally he can hack new york and the media, but I'd try him out for nothing. huh. didn't know the bold part? is that true? as a frustrated Knicks fan, i'd like to believe it... but oh well... ¿ △ ?
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nixluva
Posts: 56258 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 10/5/2004 Member: #758 USA |
5/23/2015 11:59 AM
crzymdups wrote:smackeddog wrote:If we luck out in FA, he's worth considering as a fall back, simply because he wouldn't cost anything. In fact the Pacers may be willing to give up something to take his contract off their hands. Bird has been desperately trying to get him NOT to pick up his final year option (he wants to rebuild the team and make them faster)- basically threw him under the bus in the end of season interview and threatened him that if he opts in, they will feature him even less on offence and will send him to the bench. I don't think mentally he can hack new york and the media, but I'd try him out for nothing. Hubert's block shot per game is still over 2. I think he missed George more than anything. From what i'm seen he's still a very potent force. I think he needs a change of scenery. This offense would pump him up. |
smackeddog
Posts: 38386 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 3/30/2005 Member: #883 |
5/23/2015 12:04 PM
crzymdups wrote:smackeddog wrote:If we luck out in FA, he's worth considering as a fall back, simply because he wouldn't cost anything. In fact the Pacers may be willing to give up something to take his contract off their hands. Bird has been desperately trying to get him NOT to pick up his final year option (he wants to rebuild the team and make them faster)- basically threw him under the bus in the end of season interview and threatened him that if he opts in, they will feature him even less on offence and will send him to the bench. I don't think mentally he can hack new york and the media, but I'd try him out for nothing. Yup, after Silver became chief, I remember someone showed the letter sent out to refs (they do this regularly to clarify rules etc) and it was focused on the way they had started calling the "straight up" rule- i.e. most of the time the player wasn't even going straight up |
CrushAlot
Posts: 59764 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 7/25/2003 Member: #452 USA |
5/23/2015 12:07 PM
smackeddog wrote:Wow. Thanks. Always learning stuff here. Too bad it wasn't done prior to that playoff series.crzymdups wrote:smackeddog wrote:If we luck out in FA, he's worth considering as a fall back, simply because he wouldn't cost anything. In fact the Pacers may be willing to give up something to take his contract off their hands. Bird has been desperately trying to get him NOT to pick up his final year option (he wants to rebuild the team and make them faster)- basically threw him under the bus in the end of season interview and threatened him that if he opts in, they will feature him even less on offence and will send him to the bench. I don't think mentally he can hack new york and the media, but I'd try him out for nothing. I'm tired,I'm tired, I'm so tired right now......Kristaps Porzingis 1/3/18
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