Nalod wrote:-snip-So basically I'd shop Jack for a 2nd round pick and if none waive him. Let him go compete for a chip in his twilight.
I'd start Burke and then bring Frank off the bench.
Trade Lee, start them both.
Is KP happy not making playoffs? He should be ok, he has emerged as an allstar first option and if he finishes with 70 games played I'd say that's a good year. Its an adjustment to be in his role as "the man". THjr also big bump up in status given contract and responsibility.
Let Dotson play the 2. Lets move forward. IM not saying "tank", im saying develop and take our lumps.
This is very close to my take as well. Shop Jack. look he's having a great year and [TWO} a number of contending teams have lost key guards. Jack's value will never be higher. That said, the return needs to be selective and that's not easy. Could he and a second-rounder fetch a Jeremy Grant from OKC? Dillon Brooks from Memphis? Wesley Iwundu from Orlando? IMO, that's the kind of trade I'd be looking to make.
Similarly with CLee. A late first round pick would work nicely. Or, could CLee and Thomas get you Crowder, Osman, and Frye (who you cut)? I could live with either scenario.
One aspect of the Frankie/G-League debate that makes no sense is this idea that the Knicks, at the NBA level, have something more important to be doing that ensuring this kid is on the fast track to becoming the franchise PG.
If Jack and CLee were successfully traded, I do not think the Knicks would roll far from where they are headed today. The Knicks are plenty deep in look-alike players that this is fairly obvious.
I do think, however, that Dotson is being highly over-rated in fan appraisals. He too has a future but he ain't all that yet either.
