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With the ninth pick, the NY Knicks select Kevin Knox
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StarksEwing1
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6/21/2018  10:40 PM
jskinny35 wrote:Hate the Pick and think Briggs is right - he seems soft and lacks intensity. We also don't need another 3/4 dribbling around and isolating - which seems to be his strength. You can have a 3/4 cerebral-type player isolate, drive and kick - but he doesn't seem to have that quality (neither did Melo). Hope he develops his motor and defense, but based on what we know right now - should have taken Mikal Bridges hands down. Plays D, can shoot outside and would have given us 3 2-way players (KP, Bridges, Frank) instead of now needing more defensive help. Would have even went with Lonnie Walker over Knox...
Briggs is never right lol.
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6/21/2018  10:41 PM
and he rose in our draft radar after playing 1 on 1 vs 6'5" Miles Bridges? Remember Shump had a great day shooting at his workout... we drafted him instead of looking at the whole college career where he wasn't a strong shooter. I see Charlie Villaneuva but will hope for Rashard Lewis
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6/21/2018  10:42 PM
NardDogNation wrote:I'm not a fan of this pick. Seems like a low-IQ ball player and someone who doesn't have a feel for the game. And unlike skill, those are two things you tend to have or don't. Time will tell but this is the first pick we've made in a while that I haven't been optimistic about. I wish we would've hedged a bit and/or been able to hedge a bit with this pick.

I haven't seen enough, was hoping he was going to be ok, but if he is low IQ then I can see that being an issue.

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6/21/2018  10:43 PM
jskinny35 wrote:and he rose in our draft radar after playing 1 on 1 vs 6'5" Miles Bridges? Remember Shump had a great day shooting at his workout... we drafted him instead of looking at the whole college career where he wasn't a strong shooter. I see Charlie Villaneuva but will hope for Rashard Lewis
he is only 18
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6/21/2018  10:46 PM
It was nice knowing you Fiz.
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6/21/2018  10:51 PM
I don't mind the pick so much - I wasn't sold on the Bridges "brothers". I didn't think they were above and beyond what we might be able to get out Dotson and the slew of 6'5/6'6" wings on our roster.

Kevin Knox has legitimate size as a 3 or 4, though his body needs work. I'm a little worried about the skinny legs - he'll likely get pushed around. But hey, Kevin Durant got over that.

He looks like a confident shooter, so if anything, we have a player with the tools to get off a 3 vs anyone, run the floor, and be a pain in the neck defensively. At 18, he's 6 or 7 years away from his best basketball.

If we have a Tobias Harris clone, I think we'll have done pretty well.

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6/21/2018  11:00 PM    LAST EDITED: 6/21/2018  11:00 PM
jskinny35 wrote:and he rose in our draft radar after playing 1 on 1 vs 6'5" Miles Bridges? Remember Shump had a great day shooting at his workout... we drafted him instead of looking at the whole college career where he wasn't a strong shooter. I see Charlie Villaneuva but will hope for Rashard Lewis
Yet in that same draft nobody thought much about Jimmy Butler until the Portsmouth Invitational and he gets drafted with the last pick in the first round and becomes an All-NBA guard, so it works both ways. The bottom line is every player's situation is different.
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6/21/2018  11:04 PM
jskinny35 wrote:and he rose in our draft radar after playing 1 on 1 vs 6'5" Miles Bridges? Remember Shump had a great day shooting at his workout... we drafted him instead of looking at the whole college career where he wasn't a strong shooter. I see Charlie Villaneuva but will hope for Rashard Lewis

I see Austin Daye but not as skilled.
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6/21/2018  11:04 PM
Hard Knox Life!!!!
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6/21/2018  11:12 PM
He’s a Tabias Harris clone. Not a bad pick.
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6/21/2018  11:16 PM
It's not about how good he could be - nobody really knows the future... he could develop intensity and play strong defense as he gets older. With the information we have at this time, he doesn't appear to play strong defense, likes to isolate and people have questioned his motor. I'd stay away from that just like a back injury... especially when there were defensive-minded players available. Think we should have looked at what a player did all year in college and not go on how he outplayed the 13th pick who is 4-5 shorter then him... I personally prefer hard working, defensive-hungry players that don't need to work on "playing hard" - that doesn't seem like Knox now, but will root for him and hope he gets there one day
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6/21/2018  11:21 PM
Dangerous pick. But then at 9 it usually is. Question will be can he play the 3, since we are adverse to playing KP at the 5. Seems raw and unmotivated if he isn't being featured. Don't have a good feeling about this one.
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6/21/2018  11:25 PM
Bad night over all. Mikal was right there, bad first draft by this crew
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6/21/2018  11:35 PM
martin wrote:
WaltLongmire wrote:Hahn saying Fizdale was "giddy" after the Knox workout. "He was absolutely in love with him."

Let’s just hope this wasn’t MDA-Jordan Hill giddy

Shump and Hill got picked based on workouts in front of Dantoni. Sad times.
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6/21/2018  11:35 PM
meloshouldgo wrote:Bad night over all. Mikal was right there, bad first draft by this crew

Bridges was drafted @ 10 and essentially traded for the 16th pick in the draft...I wasn't completely sold on Bridges.
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6/21/2018  11:49 PM
Bridges would have been a great pick if he stayed with the 76ers - not sure where he will play in Phx with TJ Warren, Josh Jackson and Booker getting all the minutes at the 2/3 spots...
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6/22/2018  12:11 AM
blkexec wrote:
nixluva wrote:
franco12 wrote:We're set up front with 2 bigs that can both shoot well from outside.

I think that is awesome.

We still have a ton of work to do.

Knox hasn’t even scratched the surface of his potential. Already has a sweet stroke and ideal size n length. This pick is about MAX POTENTIAL!!!

Knox has the same potential for stardom as Porter. I like his size with today's positionless ball.

I think you're spot on. I took a second look at him recently and thought he was a reasonable risk. In listening to his interview after being picked I was really impressed by his intelligence (Ayton, OTOH, sounded silly). I think the scouting report of him being lazy may be manufactured or exaggerated. lots of posters keep repeating it without very much evidence except an innuendo on a scouting report written by a gerbil.

I think the Knicks have a player.
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6/22/2018  12:25 AM
Uptown wrote:
meloshouldgo wrote:Bad night over all. Mikal was right there, bad first draft by this crew

Bridges was drafted @ 10 and essentially traded for the 16th pick in the draft...I wasn't completely sold on Bridges.

...AND a 2021 first round pick via Miami, which isn't anything to scoff at if it's lightly protected. That's a worthwhile proposition IMO. It opens the door to a number of different possibilities.
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6/22/2018  12:32 AM
Knox is beast, I feel the steal of this draft . Kentucky head coach J.C. had more positive things to say about KNOX Then CAT who we all know went number one. One thing no one is really talking about is his elite ability put the ball on the floor and create off the dribble, run the floor, and finish at the rim, he’s 18 but sky is the limit. The way he can take over a game single handedly at his age I think this kid is a future star!
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