CrushAlot wrote:Nate Duncan made an interesting point about Frank. He said Frank can be an excellent defender if he is playing and defending the point but he loses his size advantage at the 2 and his lack of athleticism and lack of being an offensive ve threat makes it tough to play him there.

Frank's wingspan and better conditioning should take care of that, Might even grow a little more. But its the offense thats going to determine if he is a starter.

CrushAlot wrote:Nate Duncan made an interesting point about Frank. He said Frank can be an excellent defender if he is playing and defending the point but he loses his size advantage at the 2 and his lack of athleticism and lack of being an offensive ve threat makes it tough to play him there.

I have to disagree with Nate there - Frank has been playing good defense on players ranging from Chris Paul to Andrew Wiggins. Playing offense and defense at the point position are separable, if we want to go in that direction. The fact is I rather he play defense at the point position, where many of the league's impact players are. Additionally, his effect there trickles down to the remainder of the opponent offense by delaying play sets and keeping a smaller player off the floor vulnerable to switching.

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Cartman718 wrote:that new era knicks tweet is incorrect. he didn't hold them scoreless because they did score. i dont think frank was guarding them each possession or the number of possessions mentioned in the tweet. also...how many possessions were they trying to score instead of an easy lob pass or kick out for a 3 or where knicks help defense was present etc etc

You seriously don't watch close enough if you can make such a post. IF you can't understand that Frank actually has shut players down then there's no helping you. Fultz TRIED to score against Frank and MOST of the time he had to pass the ball. That happens OVER and OVER again in games cuz Frank is that good when he's locked in on D. Frank is a great TEAM defender as well and helps so much that sometimes he gets caught but most of the time he gets back. For the LIFE of me I can't understand the mentality of some Knicks fans when it comes to assessing Frank's defensive ability.

you dont watch anything but with rose colored glasses on. take ya ass to another poster.

Cartman718 wrote:

nixluva wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:that new era knicks tweet is incorrect. he didn't hold them scoreless because they did score. i dont think frank was guarding them each possession or the number of possessions mentioned in the tweet. also...how many possessions were they trying to score instead of an easy lob pass or kick out for a 3 or where knicks help defense was present etc etc

You seriously don't watch close enough if you can make such a post. IF you can't understand that Frank actually has shut players down then there's no helping you. Fultz TRIED to score against Frank and MOST of the time he had to pass the ball. That happens OVER and OVER again in games cuz Frank is that good when he's locked in on D. Frank is a great TEAM defender as well and helps so much that sometimes he gets caught but most of the time he gets back. For the LIFE of me I can't understand the mentality of some Knicks fans when it comes to assessing Frank's defensive ability.

you dont watch anything but with rose colored glasses on. take ya ass to another poster.

You realize that NOTHING you just wrote actually defends your statement right? See if you had something of value to add it would've taken the form of some kind of statistical information or video to support your take but you resorted to taking personal shots with no additional info to back up what you claimed. TYPICAL.

You made a claim that you didn't in ANY WAY back up with anything but your negative take on Frank. It's not whether a player did score at all in the game but how they did when Frank was guarding them. I'm not sure why you don't quite understand that.

This is some of the action in the Sixers game where Frank was guarding Fultz. He wasn't always guard him but when he was Fultz wasn't able to get off.

Even tho he makes some mistakes here and there, overall, Frank is really great defensively Man to Man and as a Team Defender.

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I think Monte Morris from Denver will also start to shine when he gets burn regularly in Denver.

They need to shop this kid, and at this point his value is lower than willie.

Frank needs to be on a team with some really good player

Cartman718 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Guys drafted after Frank watch. Kuzma, Collins, Smith jr, Monk all had big games. I feel like I need to get rid of apps on my phone so I can get behind Frank as the 8th pick.

If this is is his floor, I'm pleased. With strength and stamina, he should do better. More importantly, 1000 fast shots needed a day during the off-season

knicks1248 wrote:It hilarious to think that you can slide this kid over to a shooting guard and he is one of the worst shooters in the NBA.

I would like to see the FO man up and realize he wasn't the pick for this team at this point in time. You may not get much in return, but keeping him doesn't make much sense when your lacking in so many areas and you have zero cap space this off season.

Every time I watch highlights of DSJ, they always poke fun at the knicks , especially on ESPN and TNT

Every time I see DSJ Highlights I remember he didn’t want to give knicks his medical records or work out for us. You saying every highlight on two networks always poke fun of knicks? Wow!!!!

Knixkik wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:2 points on 1-8 from the kid again, but some of you are going to rave about his 2 blocks.

They need to shop this kid, and at this point his value is lower than willie.

Frank needs to be on a team with some really good player

This is why they say you can't rebuild in NY. Again, just focus on the stats.

Unfortunately that's how you measure a players worth.

we have been rebuilding since the 17 win season 4 yrs ago. Just because phil rebuilding process included veterans(who sucked), and mills wants young boys(who suck), it's still a rebuild.