BRIGGS wrote:nykshaknbake wrote:Them declining his last year kills his trade value. I don't see him getting big minutes, so he'll just sign elsewhere at season's end. If some kind of reasonable extension could be worked out, I'd roll the dice for the price of a 2nd rounder.
Having an interior player who can actually post and score a basket could be a very integral part to have as a core WITH KP. KP has played MUCH better with Kanter because he takes a certain focus off of KP. I think Okafor--IF given a chance can do more than that. I think it would also focus KP more on the D.
Free agency? really all our guys are free agents--and Kanter is looking at possibly 5 years 90-100mm. NO way is Okafor going to get that. If we got him for a 2--played him 15-20 minutes a night--and he plays hard and well--we could probably keep him down to 3-5 years 7-10mm.(If proven) Thats why you spend the 2 here--its good money spent. Noah is a dud Oquinn is a goner and Kanter is going to cost a lot of money. So far for some reason Willy G has taken a big step back.
Or the Knicks could wait and see if Kanter opts in or opts out ( he will likely Opt In as the market is going to collapse for FA bigs this offseason and probably for several offseasons to come) and in the RARE case he opts out, and if OK4 is available and cheap, then sign him then on a short prove it deal WITHOUT THE COST OF TRADING POSITIVE ASSETS. You know, a scenario that adjusts for ACTUALLY HAVING MINUTES AVAILABLE TO PLAY A PLAYER.
Monta Ellis
Gilbert Arenas
Omer Asik ( not the current version, the useful version with the Bulls)
Marcin Gortat
Isiah Thomas 2
Nik Jokic
Draymond Green
Marc Gasol
Not all 2nd round picks pan out like this, but a couple do. You are asking this team, already gutted of 2nd round picks, to trade a lottery ticket to a possible cost controlled player who will potentially hit his prime in a Knicks uniform. For a no defense malcontent who is lazy and where his skill set doesn't actually translate well to the modern space and pace game.
Briggs, you keep telling me I'm full of ****, yet you do nothing to address the actual points of concern I bring up regarding OK4.
He doesn't play defense. He's actually a low IQ defender who doesn't protect the rim.
Your response? Ignore it. Point out his rookie year when he got a ton of burn and before the league could really adjust to him and formalize scouting on him. Ignore what those empty stats cost his team on the other end of floor. Ignore that he's using the press like a Negan baseball bat to whine and whing because he realized he was too lazy and a jerk for too long.
This place is a "discussion forum", except you aren't here to discuss jack ****, you are here to broadcast at people and then just ignore that parts that you don't want to hear. Let's stick to our normal routine Briggs, it works. You randomly start reactionary threads on topics that lack any semblance of critical thinking skills or any reflection on the modern NBA marketplace. I come in, tell you that you are wrong, again, in detail. You get resentful. Everyone else might get an opportunity to expand the original ridiculous premise to talk about the actual NBA and possibly learn more about the resource management side of the game. You are a means to an end to generate site traffic. You are human click bait. Do what others are doing Briggs, use the opportunity to actually learn something about the game itself. You won't, but you should.
11/28/2017 6:47 AM