newyorknewyork wrote:knicks1248 wrote:newyorknewyork wrote:knicks1248 wrote:Kemet wrote:YouWelpee wrote:Kemet wrote:After drafting Frank Nitty .. Phil/Mills first priority were to sign a starter PG from the FA market to lead the point in the backcourt .. this way Frank Nitty could play the combo-guard throughout his rookie season ....
The Knicks Ewing had the Knicks draft his Georgetown PG Michael Jackson the year before drafting Mark Jackson, Michael Jackson didn't make the team n tried again the next season when Mark Jackson beat him out in the summer league n preseason games .. Mark Jackson n Bill Cartwright took Ewing to his first NBA playoff game
Sorry but I don't have a clue what any of this means.
You may not understand bc u like guessing on the type of player Frank Nitty are or become ..
The poster use Mark Jackson as a comparison when Mark Kackson n Chris Mullen took St John to the NCAA playoffs 3 consecutive years .. in other words Mark Jackson were NBA ready having 4 yrs experience in the NCAA playoffs ..
Frank Nitty videos of playing ball in France are good but not enough proof to show how high his calibre of professional ball from the competition he faced in France .. was Frank a safe early pick? Yes. If the Knicks had a NBA veteran starter backcourt PG n SG that had a yr or 2 experience playing as a tandem to tutor the young guards in Frank Baker n THJ.
Knicks management had no intention on resigning D.Rose who one on one offense are 10 times better than THJ at the SG position.
The Baker n Rose tandem late in the season needed more time at playing together last season.
Knicks management did not do like Philly did after selecting Fultz in the draft by adding veteran backcourt starters in Bayless n Reddick for their backcourt .. nor did our management have veteran guard starters like Dallas coach Rick Carlisle has for their Draft pick DSJ having Barea Harris n Wesley to tutor Seth Curry n DSJ in the backcourt .. Look at the Sacramento Kings now after selecting Fox in the draft they signed starting guards Hill n ole man Carter to lead m tutor their backcourt guard rotation of Fox Mason III Bogdan n Heild.
Our Knicks management old/New has been doing the same old tactics they been doing since bring Mills in 1998 .. putting together a team of 1 and 2 yr contract players with no ecentive of being a future Knicks player.
Maybe KP missing the final meeting of the season had a lot to do with saying goodbye to over half his teammates again .... how many teammates did management get rid of in KP rookie season plus how many of KP teammates from his 2nd season will be on the roster to start KP 3rd season with the Knicks
10000% agree, but I always get slammed by a few poster everytime I mention how much of a idiot Mills is. I kept bring up how mills failed to get Tyson a adequate back up, but instead sign jr's god awful brother, only to watch Tyson go down for 8 weeeks.
So essentially if anything happened to frank, session and Baker are our back ups (2 players that shoot under 30% from down town, and under 40% overall.
They should have put the full court press on Rondo, who is not only a leader on the court, but a pass first pg, solid role model for frank and a very decent defender, not to mention no more triangle.
He also is the type of guard that wont just look for melo(if he's still here) every time down court
And why did Mills feel the need to sign JRs brother?
it was speculated that jr offered a discount for his services if they sign his brother, although that has never been confirm.
It was basically confirmed when JR tweeted betrayal when his brother got cut after the new Prez came in. But besides that. Do you personally believe that Mills signed Smith due to being incompetent? And that Mills felt that Smith had the skills to be an NBA player? That Mills felt he was that necessary to keep over other more pressing needs? Then again if that was the case and was just a natural bball decision. It wouldn't just be up to Mills either. Woodson would have had to have a major say in that and feel the same way. Or did Mills go against Woodson's advice & against all logic, and demand that Smith be apart of the team because he was absolutely sure that he would be the missing piece to deep playoff run?
It seems to make waaaaay more sense that Smith was signed in order to get JR to sign at the discount he did. Over Mills and Woodson being that poor in judgement within player evaluations. Don't know why we can't call it like it was. Then again to call it like it was wouldn't fit a certain narrative now would it???
After a great regular season. JR singlehandledly torpedoed the Knicks chances in the playoffs with another meltdown. He was rewarded with a new deal and a contract for his brother. He followed it up with a drug suspension. He was known to be a total bust in the playoffs for the Knicks since he got there, but was signed anyway.
It was an awful, awful signing. And it made JR feel like he was untouchable. He acted like it. Talk about rewarding bad behavior.