nyknickzingis wrote:

ccinflushing wrote:One of the best things about Frank is that he gives you such great flexibility in constructing a roster over time. I think he can play 1-3 reasonably well in time and the 4 in a pinch as well.

If these guys were healthy, I'd love to have seen a lineup of

Kornet/Porzingis/Hardaway/Ntilikina/Burke

Think we would have lots of versatility and flexibility on both ends.

While Kornet is a project, I like how he can shoot the 3 has immense size and blocks shots inside. This allows KP to be more aggressive as a man defender and not worry about the paint all the time. Frank can switch from 1-3 on both ends of the court.

We should seriously try not to make any big free agent moves and bring the above mentioned players back. plus our lottery pick and other young talent like Mudiay, Dotson.

Next year's team

Kornet/Porzingis/Veteran 5
Porzingis/Thomas
Hardaway/Bridges
Ntilikina/Dotson
Burke/Mudiay

I actually like Mikal Bridges as a lottery pick. Will be able to play right away. and a versatile player that can play some 4 and 3.

Looks like another lotto team to me...

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:Frank has shown he can play and excel at this level, imo. He needs to improve his shot consistency and keep on working on hi aggressiveness to the rim. Otherwise, he passes well, has good form on his shot and defends well. Each of these will get better.

I think he is a PG ultimately but can defend 1-3 well.

Frank
Thjr
Bridges
KP
Kanter

thats the lineup next year when KP gets back.

Burke
Dotson
Kornet
Oquinn
etc..

off the bench.

I'd like them to add a veteran 3-D guy to support Bridges.

Mudiay can be traded - if Oquinn goes then they need a new PF/C to help out. Kanter is staying. He as much as said so. Will only opt out to sign a longer term deal. Maybe NY can sign him for 4/60 and save some cap room for next year.

Knixkik wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:Frank has shown he can play and excel at this level, imo. He needs to improve his shot consistency and keep on working on hi aggressiveness to the rim. Otherwise, he passes well, has good form on his shot and defends well. Each of these will get better.

I think he is a PG ultimately but can defend 1-3 well.

Frank
Thjr
Bridges
KP
Kanter

thats the lineup next year when KP gets back.

Burke
Dotson
Kornet
Oquinn
etc..

off the bench.

I'd like them to add a veteran 3-D guy to support Bridges.

Mudiay can be traded - if Oquinn goes then they need a new PF/C to help out. Kanter is staying. He as much as said so. Will only opt out to sign a longer term deal. Maybe NY can sign him for 4/60 and save some cap room for next year.

Frank fits position-less basketball. He's going to be great. He's a real building block. KP, Frank, Hardaway, Burke, and our 2018 pick give us a real foundation. Dotson will be a nice role player too. The last couple wins can be frustrating but some of these guys are very encouraging.

fishmike wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:Frank has shown he can play and excel at this level, imo. He needs to improve his shot consistency and keep on working on hi aggressiveness to the rim. Otherwise, he passes well, has good form on his shot and defends well. Each of these will get better.

I think he is a PG ultimately but can defend 1-3 well.

Frank
Thjr
Bridges
KP
Kanter

thats the lineup next year when KP gets back.

Burke
Dotson
Kornet
Oquinn
etc..

off the bench.

I'd like them to add a veteran 3-D guy to support Bridges.

Mudiay can be traded - if Oquinn goes then they need a new PF/C to help out. Kanter is staying. He as much as said so. Will only opt out to sign a longer term deal. Maybe NY can sign him for 4/60 and save some cap room for next year.

Frank fits position-less basketball. He's going to be great. He's a real building block. KP, Frank, Hardaway, Burke, and our 2018 pick give us a real foundation. Dotson will be a nice role player too. The last couple wins can be frustrating but some of these guys are very encouraging.

100% and we may not even be good... but this is a very good direction. Better player and guys in their young 20s who we can start building a culture and continuity with. I would not be suprised if Frank is the key guy in a culture turn around. Its also why I keep harping on Mikal Bridges.. another top flight defensive player, dead eye shooter TEAM FIRST guy.

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:Frank has shown he can play and excel at this level, imo. He needs to improve his shot consistency and keep on working on hi aggressiveness to the rim. Otherwise, he passes well, has good form on his shot and defends well. Each of these will get better.

I think he is a PG ultimately but can defend 1-3 well.

Frank
Thjr
Bridges
KP
Kanter

thats the lineup next year when KP gets back.

Burke
Dotson
Kornet
Oquinn
etc..

off the bench.

I'd like them to add a veteran 3-D guy to support Bridges.

Mudiay can be traded - if Oquinn goes then they need a new PF/C to help out. Kanter is staying. He as much as said so. Will only opt out to sign a longer term deal. Maybe NY can sign him for 4/60 and save some cap room for next year.

Frank fits position-less basketball. He's going to be great. He's a real building block. KP, Frank, Hardaway, Burke, and our 2018 pick give us a real foundation. Dotson will be a nice role player too. The last couple wins can be frustrating but some of these guys are very encouraging.

100% and we may not even be good... but this is a very good direction. Better player and guys in their young 20s who we can start building a culture and continuity with. I would not be suprised if Frank is the key guy in a culture turn around. Its also why I keep harping on Mikal Bridges.. another top flight defensive player, dead eye shooter TEAM FIRST guy.

I am high on Bridges too. I wanted Tatum in the worst way. I am not sure Bridges will be as good year 1 but solid career is likely.

Tatums pedigree and walking into a great infrastructure was paramount to his successful rookie campaign.
I doubt he would have succeeded as well in ours.
One can hope Bridges if he is our guy can be impactful like Tatum was. Ainge got his guy.
Fultz seems to be coming around.
Its crazy we were up a few games up on philly after 30 games!!!

fishmike wrote:He looked like Jalen Brown. Obviously at this point he's a VERY poor man's Jalen Brown but thats the player he looks like when he's got it going. Nice jumper, great slasher, either finishes strong or uses his athleticism to get off a crafty shot. Attacks glass, fights on D... Remember Dotson was once regarded as first round or possibly lottery talent. He had that sex assault charge dropped, switched schools, got a 2nd chance and has made the most. Gotta see more but we saw very promising stuff late. He had a great year in the G league as well.

Ntilikina, whose first NBA campaign produced mixed results. He finished a league-worst 3.1 wins worse than replacement level by my metric, registering the worst true shooting percentage (.437) for any player who saw more than 1,000 minutes of action. On the plus side, Ntilikina was solid at the defensive end of the court, ranking 34th among point guards in defense, according to ESPN's real plus-minus (RPM). He also showed more advanced playmaking than expected, encouraging given the tendency for point guards to develop later than players at other positions.

reub wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Hopefully Frank has a terrific summer and builds on his end of the season success. From the espn article on the homepage,

Ntilikina, whose first NBA campaign produced mixed results. He finished a league-worst 3.1 wins worse than replacement level by my metric, registering the worst true shooting percentage (.437) for any player who saw more than 1,000 minutes of action. On the plus side, Ntilikina was solid at the defensive end of the court, ranking 34th among point guards in defense, according to ESPN's real plus-minus (RPM). He also showed more advanced playmaking than expected, encouraging given the tendency for point guards to develop later than players at other positions.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23137298/how-far-new-york-knicks-playoffs-nba

34th among point guards on defense? These stats are plain wrong.

Uptown wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:

ccinflushing wrote:One of the best things about Frank is that he gives you such great flexibility in constructing a roster over time. I think he can play 1-3 reasonably well in time and the 4 in a pinch as well.

If these guys were healthy, I'd love to have seen a lineup of

Kornet/Porzingis/Hardaway/Ntilikina/Burke

Think we would have lots of versatility and flexibility on both ends.

While Kornet is a project, I like how he can shoot the 3 has immense size and blocks shots inside. This allows KP to be more aggressive as a man defender and not worry about the paint all the time. Frank can switch from 1-3 on both ends of the court.

We should seriously try not to make any big free agent moves and bring the above mentioned players back. plus our lottery pick and other young talent like Mudiay, Dotson.

Next year's team

Kornet/Porzingis/Veteran 5
Porzingis/Thomas
Hardaway/Bridges
Ntilikina/Dotson
Burke/Mudiay

I actually like Mikal Bridges as a lottery pick. Will be able to play right away. and a versatile player that can play some 4 and 3.

Looks like another lotto team to me...