Hey guys,
I have just been listening into the introductory press conference from Derrick Williams (once a Knick always a Knick! ;-) at FC Bayern Munich Basketball here in Germany.
He is joining the team this season playing in the German League (which is okayish) and the Euroleague (which is the second best league after the NBA).
One Point that came up was how it basically "came" to him being a second pick in the draft now playing overseas and not in the NBA anymore.
He was also asked about his experience playing with LeBron in Cleveland.
He brought up a really good point in pointing out, that when he joined the league at 19, 20 yrs old he lacked in guidence and veteran leadership to understand what you got o sacrifice and the work you have to put in.
Now looking at the Knicks this season in that perspective we obviously have a lot of young talent in KP, Knox, Mitch Rob, Trier, Mudiay, Dot and Hezonja you just NEED to have the "right" kind of veteran leadership on the squad as well.
I really like how Fiz and the organization have brought in Pat and Clyde to talk to the young guns but you also need this everyday leadership.
I see that guys like Lance and Lee can provide that but there is not much depth in that department I think.
Enes Kanter, THJ or Burke are not gonna provide this I think.
What do you guys think... do we have enough Leadership on the team?