Seem like a likeable bunch. Sheds some light on the Williams signing (he says what Phil and Fish told him). Afflalo comes across as a smart guy- I wasn't sure if he'd lost his work ethic the last couple of years, but he still seems to be all business.

https://instagram.com/pezwardisking/

This team will be fine under PJax.

BRIGGS wrote:Our team looks much more professional and organized than it has in the last 15-18 years. Give Phil Jackson a lot of credit--nothing much can be done for year 1 he came in an cleared house--that was the job. Now did he get the right picks--lets hope so but overall we should be a better organization going 4ward--well until Dolan jumps back in.

If I had to guess what Melo's impact will be i'd say he'll likely start off slow and that would allow others to really establish themselves. The more others are involved the better IMO. We can't have a Melo dominated offense again. There are enough players now that we shouldn't have to be overly reliant on one player. He's still the top scorer for now, but not to the degree that we saw the last few years. We've got too many players that need to spread their wings too.

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Ha!

nixluva wrote:Yeah this is a good bunch of guys to add to the other really good guys on the roster. There's a seriousness to the roster as it's full of hard working players "lunchpail" as it were. I like the identity that this roster has now. It should all be about one thing and that is winning. These guys are fully capable of supporting our stars Melo, KP and perhaps also Jerian. I feel good about the new additions. Some of the media are looking at this as kind of a fail but really we needed players like this. The only so called miss in Free Agency was not getting a Jordan or Aldridge but that's not necessarily the loss that they make it out to be. It's all gonna depend on how quickly our young players can develop.

yep- our only hope for this season is that the team is better than the sum of it's parts- we can't make the playoffs unless that x factor kicks in.

BRIGGS wrote:Our team looks much more professional and organized than it has in the last 15-18 years. Give Phil Jackson a lot of credit--nothing much can be done for year 1 he came in an cleared house--that was the job. Now did he get the right picks--lets hope so but overall we should be a better organization going 4ward--well until Dolan jumps back in.

You mean until Dolan puts IT back in charge- I fear that is our fate, especially if Phil doesn't work out.

smackeddog wrote:

nixluva wrote:Yeah this is a good bunch of guys to add to the other really good guys on the roster. There's a seriousness to the roster as it's full of hard working players "lunchpail" as it were. I like the identity that this roster has now. It should all be about one thing and that is winning. These guys are fully capable of supporting our stars Melo, KP and perhaps also Jerian. I feel good about the new additions. Some of the media are looking at this as kind of a fail but really we needed players like this. The only so called miss in Free Agency was not getting a Jordan or Aldridge but that's not necessarily the loss that they make it out to be. It's all gonna depend on how quickly our young players can develop.

yep- our only hope for this season is that the team is better than the sum of it's parts- we can't make the playoffs unless that x factor kicks in.

Dagger wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

Dagger wrote:Interesting there were virtually no questions about playing with Carmelo.

Not everyone in the world outside these boards is obsessed with Melo

Well I brought it up because most of them were asked about Porzingis, maybe this subtlety indicates the direction the team is headed is all I was suggesting.

Sorry if I came across as being curt! I thought it was going to be a case of a thread turning into a thread about how bad Melo is!

Mills did say in the player introductions they already told melo how it was going to be (when asked if he would be happy with not signing any stars)- got the impression he was saying he could like it or lump it.

smackeddog wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

nixluva wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

nixluva wrote:Yeah this is a good bunch of guys to add to the other really good guys on the roster. There's a seriousness to the roster as it's full of hard working players "lunchpail" as it were. I like the identity that this roster has now. It should all be about one thing and that is winning. These guys are fully capable of supporting our stars Melo, KP and perhaps also Jerian. I feel good about the new additions. Some of the media are looking at this as kind of a fail but really we needed players like this. The only so called miss in Free Agency was not getting a Jordan or Aldridge but that's not necessarily the loss that they make it out to be. It's all gonna depend on how quickly our young players can develop.

yep- our only hope for this season is that the team is better than the sum of it's parts- we can't make the playoffs unless that x factor kicks in.

I'm actually counting on that. When you build with guys that make their living sacrificing for the team it's going to have an impact. This group of guys will support Melo and KP rather than take away from their strengths. We have some guys that will do the grunt work and fight hard in the trenches. That can't be overlooked.

i think 35 wins is probably a realistic ending next year. Then the next year in 2016 we should be better after kp and grant have a year under them and we sign more free agents

I think Melo will ask for a trade before the all star break if we start off on track to win less than 30 games- if he does, it gives us options, and if he doesn't, then we can carry on building the way we are building.