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fishmike
Posts: 53035 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/19/2002 Member: #298 USA |
2/8/2018 10:30 PM LAST EDITED: 2/8/2018 10:31 PM
Bretrobert1 wrote:Exactly... bottom line is he's not been a good NBA player, but a 21 year old athletic guard like Mudiay is EXACTLY the kind of diamond in the rough Knicks should be digging for. Burke is similar. Dotson is another. Chance of these guys becoming above replacement value isnt great. Lets say 33%. Not very high... but if you work this angle hard and take a couple years and work on developing some of these guys a couple will pop. A valuable way to get a quality rotation player. Do I think Mudiay is that guy? As mentioned above he's got a lot to prove, but it starts with defense. Lets see these young guards getting after it. If you have a couple young athletic guards on the floor steals stops and tipped balls become easy offense. We just need to find good players. What makes this trade great is its a zero cost all upside deal. Give this guy a year with Hornecek and we will know what we have. Same with Burke.EnySpree wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:EnySpree wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:TPercy wrote: "winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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LivingLegend
Posts: 23670 Alba Posts: 2 Joined: 8/13/2007 Member: #1645 |
2/8/2018 10:43 PM LAST EDITED: 2/8/2018 10:45 PM
I live out in Denver so have seen Mudiay quite a bit.
He has been an enigma for both fans and management because the expectations were so high and he flashes in some great moments/ games. He is PG and not a SG...but that said he is a PG that struggles scoring around the rim, mid-range and though improving from 3,,,he also hasn’t been a great creator...or defender. All that said he is a solid (not great athlete), he has nice size and uses his strength along with euro steps...some great hesitation/shake moves to get to the rim. He is still only 21 (22 in March)...I expect him to be our starting PG because Frank isn’t ready mentally/physically at this point. I expect him to play well in Horny’s system because he will be asked to attack the paint and push the pace. At this point he is far superior offensive player to either Burke/Frank. Burke IMO is a waste of time — basically a 25 year old shoot first first midget by nba standards who also can’t defend. Also believe Mudiay is NOT in great shape....if he were to drop 10-12 LBs he would be pretty dynamic getting to rim BUT needs to finish. |
nyk4ever
Posts: 40994 Alba Posts: 12 Joined: 1/12/2005 Member: #848 USA |
2/8/2018 10:58 PM
fishmike wrote:Bretrobert1 wrote:Exactly... bottom line is he's not been a good NBA player, but a 21 year old athletic guard like Mudiay is EXACTLY the kind of diamond in the rough Knicks should be digging for. Burke is similar. Dotson is another. Chance of these guys becoming above replacement value isnt great. Lets say 33%. Not very high... but if you work this angle hard and take a couple years and work on developing some of these guys a couple will pop. A valuable way to get a quality rotation player. Do I think Mudiay is that guy? As mentioned above he's got a lot to prove, but it starts with defense. Lets see these young guards getting after it. If you have a couple young athletic guards on the floor steals stops and tipped balls become easy offense. We just need to find good players. What makes this trade great is its a zero cost all upside deal. Give this guy a year with Hornecek and we will know what we have. Same with Burke.EnySpree wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:EnySpree wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:TPercy wrote: there is nothing else to say. very well said fish, cosign 100% "OMG - did we just go on a two-trade-wining-streak?" -SupremeCommander
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BRIGGS
Posts: 53275 Alba Posts: 7 Joined: 7/30/2002 Member: #303 |
2/8/2018 11:20 PM
I don't mind getting Mudiay on the cheap but we have one of the worst overall backcourts in the nba
It's now crowded and undiscplined RIP Crushalot😞
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JesseDark
Posts: 22615 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 9/9/2003 Member: #467 |
2/9/2018 1:52 AM
EnySpree wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:TPercy wrote: Looks like he was shooting his jumpers two different ways. Maybe him and Frank can have mind meld. Bring back dee-fense
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