A source not affiliated with Derrick Rose or the Knicks came away impressed with how lean and explosive the former All-Star point guard looked after seeing Rose work out recently in Los Angeles.

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newyorker4ever wrote:

crzymdups wrote:I know we're supposed to be very wary, but I'm actually pretty excited for Rose.

And I'm a guy who hated a lot of trades we've made over the past 15 years.

Yeah i'm with you. Again, it's a win win situation for us with DRose. Kendall Gill said he saw Rose working out not too long ago and said he looks great and has his explosiveness back as well. We have to remember that last year was really his first year back playing with legitimate minutes in a couple of years so he was just getting acclimated to the game again so we're gonna see a better Rose than what we saw last year and he was pretty good last year. My worry isn't next year but is if he does look good next year then Phil might think of signing him to a new contract and that's when i'll worry most because we won't know if we'll be signing a new motivated DRose or if we're signing a DRose that was just motivated to get a new contract and won't be as motivated after he gets that new multi year contract and that's what scares me most.

this is true, but it's also a great problem to have

It appears Noah is a given, so its hard to picture spending our cap all on bigs when we have so few wings.

I find maxing Whiteside and having him next to KP for the next 4 years tantalizing

GustavBahler wrote:Hope Rose's knees can take the punishment. I hope Rose doesn't try to be the player he was his MVP year, because the way he relentlessly attacked the basket contributed to his knee problems. Those crazy cuts he does aren't good on the knees.

Rose has Melo and KP as wingmen, he doesn't need to be the focal pt of the offense in NY. I know Phil wanted someone who takes it to the rim, which we do need, but Im more concerned about Rose raising his avg assists from last season than his scoring.

Time will tell how it plays out.. I hope we get one more guy (impact player)

fishmike wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Hope Rose's knees can take the punishment. I hope Rose doesn't try to be the player he was his MVP year, because the way he relentlessly attacked the basket contributed to his knee problems. Those crazy cuts he does aren't good on the knees.

Rose has Melo and KP as wingmen, he doesn't need to be the focal pt of the offense in NY. I know Phil wanted someone who takes it to the rim, which we do need, but Im more concerned about Rose raising his avg assists from last season than his scoring.

you have to like Phil and JH's comments about understanding his injury history and working with that. Seems they are approaching this in the right way.

Time will tell how it plays out.. I hope we get one more guy (impact player)

It does sound like they want to keep him from overdoing it, which is good. I doubt the Knicks are going to get more than a courtesy visit from Durant. I would go hard after Holford. I read the Lakers are going to make a serious push to sign him. Holford would be a great way to fill the void after Lopez's departure, and then some. I hope they call him early in the process.

dk7th wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Hope Rose's knees can take the punishment. I hope Rose doesn't try to be the player he was his MVP year, because the way he relentlessly attacked the basket contributed to his knee problems. Those crazy cuts he does aren't good on the knees.

Rose has Melo and KP as wingmen, he doesn't need to be the focal pt of the offense in NY. I know Phil wanted someone who takes it to the rim, which we do need, but Im more concerned about Rose raising his avg assists from last season than his scoring.

yes, good post. one has to worry about his learning how to mesh with those two, pick his spots to attack, and learn bow to drain a corner three.

i also have big concerns about his below-average defense.

I do wonder how much of a liability he is going to be on defense. Rose has a fresh start in NY, hope that includes a desire to become a better defender. He wanted the bright lights of the Garden, his defense is going to be under the bright lights as well.

StarksEwing1 wrote:I like rose as a player even though he is a somewhat diminished version of his old self. I just felt it was a bit of a overpayment

Who was the overpay?

Grant?

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NYKBocker wrote:

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ESPN tweets are kind of ridiculous in the link-backs. All it is is a fuller message that appears in the top right hand corner of the page. Mostly it's the same as the tweet itself.

Yup. It's basically a click whore.