The big thing and the Knicks really are bad at it is patience. They have a disgusting approach where everyone is better than what they have. That approach has to stop. The Knicks need to concentrate on what they have rather than looking for diamonds in the trash bin of the NBA. Mudiay is a prime example of that. Adding Parker really wouldn’t help the Knicks. The Knicks time frame is 3-4 maybe 5 years out. If the Knicks did the process they would be in a better position to get better sooner but they won’t do it. Maybe the lottery can help them this year or the new lottery system works better for them going forward.

wargames wrote:God no I wouldn't pay him that much money...... that is a horrible HORRIBLE idea!

If I said the Knicks could get Jabari Parker for cash only a year ago-- the answer would've been no way. These acl seem to clear up well-- we have a md staff who can look at his films-- but if he is physically good and age is on his side-- I wouldn't let money for 2 years deter me-- if he gets injured-- we were on lottery path anyway-- so we move forward with the process of rebuilding. It's a no brainer if we can do it because the next choices are no where near as rewarding to the team. This is a young version of an athletic Carmelo

BRIGGS wrote:

wargames wrote:God no I wouldn't pay him that much money...... that is a horrible HORRIBLE idea!

If I said the Knicks could get Jabari Parker for cash only a year ago-- the answer would've been no way. These acl seem to clear up well-- we have a md staff who can look at his films-- but if he is physically good and age is on his side-- I wouldn't let money for 2 years deter me-- if he gets injured-- we were on lottery path anyway-- so we move forward with the process of rebuilding. It's a no brainer if we can do it because the next choices are no where near as rewarding to the team. This is a young version of an athletic Carmelo

If he gets injured we are on a lottery path is the wrong approach it’s a set back in developing a long term solution. Developmental set back for player X. You can’t keep taking flyers the most important thing is creating and getting core players. That’s very important.

We are going to be bad again next year. All we have is our draft position right now, why jeopardize it for five more wins. And what happens when he gets hurt again and the free agent class of 2019 has some actual game changers, we can't sign because him and Noah and holding almost 46MM of our cap. Definitely not worth it.

BRIGGS wrote:

MS wrote:Terrible idea.

We are going to be bad again next year. All we have is our draft position right now, why jeopardize it for five more wins. And what happens when he gets hurt again and the free agent class of 2019 has some actual game changers, we can't sign because him and Noah and holding almost 46MM of our cap. Definitely not worth it.

This is a great opportunity for the knicks--the chance to get a VERY young talented player like this is not high. If Kanter opts out--we should really be all in here.

If you were arguing this for Randle and even AG I would support you, but Jabari doesn't fit with KP and is injury prone.

nykshaknbake wrote:No thanks. We aren't going to great in 2 years I'd rather not stretch Noah and get a worse draft pick in the process. Not to mention overpaying. We need to sign good value contracts so when we are ready to contend, we can overpay for a superstar to take us over the top. We've tried signing bad value deals first for 2 decades and it hasn't worked.

+10000000000

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reub wrote:We should be signing guys like Hezonja and Jerami Grant instead. They should both cost a LOT less and give us a better chance to strike gold. High draft picks this year and next plus continuing to get younger and more talented will make us a very good team in 2019-2020. That should be our timeline.

In this league you only win big with certain types of players--you win 36 with those guys. Jabari can be an NBA star. In life there is risk reward--same with NBA.

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BRIGGS wrote:Its a dam good gamble

at 2 years for essentially the max, it's not a good gamble. This is a player who how been in the league for 4 years and only made it through about a year and a half at full throttle.

A good gamble would be signing Parker to a 2-3 year deal at the midlevel, not at $24M per.

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BRIGGS wrote:

This is Parker 2 days ago scoring 35. He looks bouncy athletic long skilled--hes a guy who can breakout for a long great career. Hes a perfect 4 man and we can groom KP for 5. The kid is 23.

Philidelphia stayed patient with Embiid who had three surgeries on his same foot.

You cant say watching this video from 2 days ago that this guy has an issue????

He’s also scored 5 andb8 subsequently. Do you like Will Barton? I mean Jabari was dynamic and shows flashes but despite our seemingly permanent state of desperateness, we need to avoid the trap. Parker doesn’t play D. Doesn’t have quickness for the 3 slot. KP, coming off surgery, needs a defensively capable 3 and 5 as to place the defensive load on him Off surgery would be nothing less than foolish and Parker and Kanter would be a nightmare defensively in Jr frontcourt

We can go after hezonga but I don't think he is close to what Parker can be. It's going to take Parker 6 more months to be whole-- he'll still be 23. I think Parker in the right spot could still be special. A point that is made-- once we sign kp it will be difficult to sign a major player.