WaltLongmire wrote:

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Wonder if the Knicks are one of these "options?"

Hopefully we aren't!

blkexec wrote:

ESOMKnicks wrote:Quick question: now that we have lost Aldrich and Jason Smith, if RoLo goes down, who plays center? O'Quinn looks undersized. So is Amundson. If we weren't shooting for the stars in free agency, why couldn't we at least build a balanced team?

Knicks drafted a 7'3 guy in KP
Knicks have a 7'1 guy on their summer league team
Knicks drafted a 6'11 dude from KPs team

I think thats phil least problem. Hes been a back up his entire career and said we are lacking bigs. So im sure hes in tune with this issue....if it is an issue.

Yeah. I don't think this is an issue at all but is a strength right now.

ESOMKnicks wrote:

blkexec wrote:

ESOMKnicks wrote:Quick question: now that we have lost Aldrich and Jason Smith, if RoLo goes down, who plays center? O'Quinn looks undersized. So is Amundson. If we weren't shooting for the stars in free agency, why couldn't we at least build a balanced team?

Knicks drafted a 7'3 guy in KP
Knicks have a 7'1 guy on their summer league team
Knicks drafted a 6'11 dude from KPs team

I think thats phil least problem. Hes been a back up his entire career and said we are lacking bigs. So im sure hes in tune with this issue....if it is an issue.

KP too frail to play center
No roster spot for 7'1' guy on the summer league team
6'11 dude from KP's team is staying with KP's old team in Europe this year.

So, who plays center if RoLo goes down?

OQuinn

ESOMKnicks wrote:Too short. We need another legit 7 footer as backup. But we let Aldrich and J. Smith go. Not a balanced team.

This is why they played zinger at center in the summer league. O quinn is a proven center at the nba level with spot starter minutes. But i agree with rolo injury history we need another backup center.

TPercy wrote:Why can't Kyle be the back up Center? He is a good rim protector as C.

He's better at center than PF. I think he'll definitely play the backup minutes at center.

NYKBocker wrote:Yeah. I don't think this is an issue at all but is a strength right now.

IMHO, NBA pivots are like NFL cornerbacks and MLB starting pitchers, no matter how rich you think you have it, you can never have enough.

Remember when the Yankees were so pitching rich that they pushed David Wells out of the rotation? And when some called for trading Wells, the argument came up well what if someone gets hurt, you can never have too much quality starting pitching. Look at the recent Yanks, Hughes gone, CC finally chewed up by Father Time, Tanaka throwing with a ticking timebomb in his labrum, Nova and Pineda were chewed up by injuries, I mean you can go from solid to crippled in a blink with starters, cornerbacks and pivots.