Loved that win last nite on the road and back to back beating of a good team! Melo is not just passing, but is good at it!
This is progress.
This team is improving. Might not be a playoff team, but they are doing things incrementally better as time goes on!

17 wins!! Congrats Knicks!!

Westbrook would be perfect for this team. They need backcourt upgrades, not more front court players.

jrodmc wrote:Loved that S&R with Rolo! Me70 is progressing. Amazing what can happen when a decent team has to guard the whole floor because we're not saddled with the level of players we've had in the past.

KD coming here is a pipe dream that should be covered off in some other thread.

We'd have to move/dump some salary around or KD would have to take a major paycut for that to happen to end up in NY.

Let's just let KP organically blossom into the star he is, and if there's a move to be made at the trade deadline that makes sense for the direction of the franchise, then I'm sure Phil and Co. will make it.

Worse case, we can sign more role players that complement KP with the 19m in cap space we project to have this summer. Or just stash the dough and hope Russell Westbrook clamors for a fashion career in NY post basketball in 2017.

fishmike wrote:

crzymdups wrote:I don't get when people want to add Durant - he and Melo would be a horrible fit together.

Westbrook would be perfect for this team. They need backcourt upgrades, not more front court players.

what if KD signed to play SG? I totally agree w/ Westbrook but its just an idea. KD scares me with the foot problems.... could be another Amare/Grant Hill

Westbrook would make us a contender. Today.

I don't think KD is quick enough to play SG. He's a straight SF if you ask me.

I love KD's game - but it is very similar to Melo's game. KD is more efficient (as mreinman will probably jump right in to tell us), but they are very similar and play from similar spots.

I don't see the two of them working together.

Westbrook... would be amazing here. He and Melo and KP would be very very hard to guard.

I don't know that I ever see Westbrook coming here, but for some reason I think it is more likely than Durant even looking at us.

crzymdups wrote:

fishmike wrote:

crzymdups wrote:I don't get when people want to add Durant - he and Melo would be a horrible fit together.

Westbrook would be perfect for this team. They need backcourt upgrades, not more front court players.

what if KD signed to play SG? I totally agree w/ Westbrook but its just an idea. KD scares me with the foot problems.... could be another Amare/Grant Hill

Westbrook would make us a contender. Today.

I don't think KD is quick enough to play SG. He's a straight SF if you ask me.

I love KD's game - but it is very similar to Melo's game. KD is more efficient (as mreinman will probably jump right in to tell us), but they are very similar and play from similar spots.

I don't see the two of them working together.

Westbrook... would be amazing here. He and Melo and KP would be very very hard to guard.

I don't know that I ever see Westbrook coming here, but for some reason I think it is more likely than Durant even looking at us.

And here is another thought... we may not need him. Melo is playing like a top 10 player (again) in the league right now. He has always been a super talented player but also too heavily affected by his environment, meaning he's usually as good as the people around him. Not that this is the most talented squad he's played on, but Im talking the culture in general, Phil, Fish and how these guys have gotten into his head. Consider how good KP is, how dedicated to hoops he his and how much better he gets all the time its very possible he's an all star next year and a legit 2nd star.

If Grant could develop into the guy he was at ND...