Derek Fisher and general manager Steve Mills convinced Knicks president Phil Jackson that Seraphin was a better fit as a backup center than adding combo guard Alexey Shved, who was eager to accept the Knicks’ $2.8 million exception.

CrushAlot wrote:

Derek Fisher and general manager Steve Mills convinced Knicks president Phil Jackson that Seraphin was a better fit as a backup center than adding combo guard Alexey Shved, who was eager to accept the Knicks’ $2.8 million exception.

http://nypost.com/2015/09/29/former-wizards-big-man-relishing-opportunity-with-knicks/

Assume that there was some kind of FA discussion meeting where this was chewed on, and Mills/Fish wanted the Frenchman over the Rusky.

I'm always assuming that Gaines would be involved in this kind of player acquisition discussion, too, and I'm assuming that we have some other talent evaluators.

Would love to be a spectator at this kind of meeting.

Paris907 wrote:Once Ndour headed to the Mavs and Shved decided to play hard ball, I think the Knicks should have made a play for Bargnani. They already had two bangers down low in OQuinn and Lopez so someone who would suit the triangle and score with some consistency made sense.

No no no god no. Bargs is the worst, even as a backup. MUCH rather have Setaphim who can actually rebound and play D.

Sheveddies dead........

blkexec wrote:I think Shved made the decision to choose more money over the knicks original offer. Grant is a better version of Shved. Plus Phil sees his system like the Patriots. Whether its true or false, they feel they can find another Shved type that works in this system. The patriots are great at taking a 6th round player and turning him into a starter.

Thats because they get players that fit the system, instead of taken the talent and trying to fit him in their system

Nalod wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

blkexec wrote:I think Shved made the decision to choose more money over the knicks original offer. Grant is a better version of Shved. Plus Phil sees his system like the Patriots. Whether its true or false, they feel they can find another Shved type that works in this system. The patriots are great at taking a 6th round player and turning him into a starter.

Thats because they get players that fit the system, instead of taken the talent and trying to fit him in their system

Good point. Spurs are the same. The notion last year that Fish should have adapted to the roster in year one and housecleaning/Tank was in order would have been counter productive.

Sasha signed for good money during the lock out and he stated he regretted it. At 31 he is a role player (with a guarantee contract) can be part of the team for afew years as a specialist that if hot can change a game. Im sure we'll see situations where it will be questioned when subbed out after a nice run not understanding the rotation. He has championship pedigree with Phil and Fish as well as having worked with the coach's. Should be a good fit if he can put the ball in the hoop!!!!!

IDK what sasha can bring, i payed little attention to him when he was in the league, I just knew he could knock down open 3's, outside of that, i'm clueless on him

CrushAlot wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

Nalod wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

blkexec wrote:I think Shved made the decision to choose more money over the knicks original offer. Grant is a better version of Shved. Plus Phil sees his system like the Patriots. Whether its true or false, they feel they can find another Shved type that works in this system. The patriots are great at taking a 6th round player and turning him into a starter.

Thats because they get players that fit the system, instead of taken the talent and trying to fit him in their system

Good point. Spurs are the same. The notion last year that Fish should have adapted to the roster in year one and housecleaning/Tank was in order would have been counter productive.

Sasha signed for good money during the lock out and he stated he regretted it. At 31 he is a role player (with a guarantee contract) can be part of the team for afew years as a specialist that if hot can change a game. Im sure we'll see situations where it will be questioned when subbed out after a nice run not understanding the rotation. He has championship pedigree with Phil and Fish as well as having worked with the coach's. Should be a good fit if he can put the ball in the hoop!!!!!

IDK what sasha can bring, i payed little attention to him when he was in the league, I just knew he could knock down open 3's, outside of that, i'm clueless on him

It sounds like Sasha had a really good practice today. It would be great if he turned out to be a good rotation player.

If everyone has a great camp, then your scratching your head about who to play. I just want a simple consistent rotation, and I already see mandatory minutes for

Melo
Calderon
kp
d will
kev serp
quin
AA
lopez
gallow
grant

no playing time
Early
lou
thans
lance
sasha

CrushAlot wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

Nalod wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

blkexec wrote:I think Shved made the decision to choose more money over the knicks original offer. Grant is a better version of Shved. Plus Phil sees his system like the Patriots. Whether its true or false, they feel they can find another Shved type that works in this system. The patriots are great at taking a 6th round player and turning him into a starter.

Thats because they get players that fit the system, instead of taken the talent and trying to fit him in their system

Good point. Spurs are the same. The notion last year that Fish should have adapted to the roster in year one and housecleaning/Tank was in order would have been counter productive.

Sasha signed for good money during the lock out and he stated he regretted it. At 31 he is a role player (with a guarantee contract) can be part of the team for afew years as a specialist that if hot can change a game. Im sure we'll see situations where it will be questioned when subbed out after a nice run not understanding the rotation. He has championship pedigree with Phil and Fish as well as having worked with the coach's. Should be a good fit if he can put the ball in the hoop!!!!!

IDK what sasha can bring, i payed little attention to him when he was in the league, I just knew he could knock down open 3's, outside of that, i'm clueless on him

It sounds like Sasha had a really good practice today. It would be great if he turned out to be a good rotation player.

If he can shoot like Novak (about 40.00 3P%) but do it from the SG position instead of the PF position, he will be an excellent piece