Larkin
Shump
Melo
Acy
Smith

And this year

Grant
AA
Melo
KP
Lopez

Now let's look at the reserves

Pablo
Jr
Thjr
Wear
Amare

This year
Galloway
Shved (hopefully)
Early or Greek
Williams
O'quinn

Yes thanks phil for giving us a real team I'd give it a ten plus from last years low iq team

Players, especially the good ones, seemed to be looking for winning franchises to go to, or teams where they were a missing piece.

Have not seen any stats done on this, but you would expect that an overwhelming number of the "top FAs" who signed with new teams went to teams who were in the playoffs last year, and if you look at the teams with the top 8 draft picks, we did very well in acquiring decent players on good terms.

Phil's brought in some solid, team-first type players, for the most part, and as far as I know they are all good in the locker room. Still not sure about Williams as a player, but I figure that Fisher, who would have played against him a few times over the years, believes something is there to work with.

I liked our draft a lot, and expect that Grant will play significant time by the end of the year and, and may even start, and KP, if given the right minutes, will emerge as a very solid contributor by the end of the year. Add in Hernangomez, who becomes, in essence, the 1st round pick we don't officially have for next year, and you have a good nucleus to work with.

smackeddog wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:We're really dependent on Porzingis becoming great. I think people here are going to be shocked and outraged when they see the metrics models predicting around 29 or 31 wins.

After the last two years, no we won't!

WaltLongmire wrote:Given the contracts that we've seen thrown around this FA period…Lopez was a good deal, IMO, especially the fact that we got him for 4 years.

Players, especially the good ones, seemed to be looking for winning franchises to go to, or teams where they were a missing piece.

Have not seen any stats done on this, but you would expect that an overwhelming number of the "top FAs" who signed with new teams went to teams who were in the playoffs last year, and if you look at the teams with the top 8 draft picks, we did very well in acquiring decent players on good terms.

Phil's brought in some solid, team-first type players, for the most part, and as far as I know they are all good in the locker room. Still not sure about Williams as a player, but I figure that Fisher, who would have played against him a few times over the years, believes something is there to work with.

I liked our draft a lot, and expect that Grant will play significant time by the end of the year and, and may even start, and KP, if given the right minutes, will emerge as a very solid contributor by the end of the year. Add in Hernangomez, who becomes, in essence, the 1st round pick we don't officially have for next year, and you have a good nucleus to work with.

Well said and i agree. I think it isn't gonna take as long as a lot of people seem to think it will for KP to contribute. I think he can give us a good 20/25 minutes next year and be ready to start in 2016/17 season. Will he get banged on some?? Of course he will but he's a smart basketball player and he'll learn to use his length on defense and hopefully learn how to use the big guys banging on him to his advantage and get some offensive fouls called. I think a lot of fans are just shocked right now at how Phil is going about this rebuild cause everyone is so used to us just signing whatever big names we can get for huge contracts and not doing it the right way with good young players and affordable contracts.

THE TIMES ARE CHANGING FOR THE KNICKS AND I LIKE IT.

newyorker4ever wrote:Out of the big name free agents that actually changed teams there was only 3 that Phil really wanted in G.Monroe, D.Jordan and LMA and two of them aren't worth the max that they were paid so i'm really content with what Phil has done as his plan B. We've added some good young talent on good contracts. Rolo may have been overpaid be 1/2 million per but that will only look bad for next year and then with the cap rise his deal will be a bargain.

+1

nixluva wrote:The draft was great! KP, Jerian and Willy was a very good haul. Phil's moves solidify the roster and make it more amenable to playing team ball and defending. It's not a sexy set of moves but they were smart. Adding players who have the right skills, upside and some toughness. Taken as a whole it was a very good off Season.

Phil has established a strong base to build on. IMO the team should be more competitive. The smart move was to take a positive step as a franchise and build from there. Even if you added one of the bigger names the team still wasn't going magically be a title contender. For this team to eventually become a title team they have to develop their own stars and top rotation players. Develop a winning team and make it a better destination for a top FA but we can't depend on that as the sole means of building a winner. I think we'd all prefer we develop our own stars and take it from there.

I would not go so far as to give Phil an A on the off-season, but certainly a B+. Draft was solid - we got the BPA at our pick and made a terrific trade for a future starting PG. FA wasn't splashy, but signing Rolo shored up a position of need (defensive 5) and signing AA did the same (legit second option scorer at the 2).

I had hoped THjr would blossom here into the 2 spot, but he was so bad defensively and so inconsistent on the other end, he just needed to be someplace else. With the Hawks' run and gun game, he should thrive. But let's face it, he's not the high IQ player his dad was.

Overall, I agree with Nix (usually do) and think Phil did exactly what he said he'd do: Set us on the right course, not make any splashy Dolan-esque moves, build for the future, etc.

Melo can get on board or take a flippin hike.

Bonn1997 wrote:We're really dependent on Porzingis becoming great. I think people here are going to be shocked and outraged when they see the metrics models predicting around 29 or 31 wins.

I disagree. Anyone who is expecting to win 35+ with this team clearly don't buy into what the Knicks are doing.