TripleThreat wrote:Chandler wrote:Beasley
D. Williams
Jimmer
Anthony Randolph (ouch)hoping you can revitalize a lottery-type player that another professional organization failed on is very risky business
No rational NBA front office actually thinks they are developing any player beyond their nominal first three year developmental window (sans major injury/major barriers to any kind of regular playing time)
Sometimes you just need warm bodies to soak up minutes because you are cap locked and can't do any better than minimum contract guys looking to stay in the league or find a pathway to minutes.
The Knicks DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. They spent big buckets of cash on Noah, Thomas, Lee, Rose, Melo, Hardaway Jr, Kanter, so all they have left is the vets minimum most of the time. Mudiay on this squad is fallout from fiscal irresponsibility. Don't sign a dumb ass contract like Noah and maybe you'll have some money to get something better than a minimum contract PG.
The Knicks are not saying we are planning to sign vets to minimum contracts to try to develop them. They need players to soak up some minutes and they've got no money left. That's it. That's all that's happening. All this other bull**** is just media talk and front office nonsense to create articles and blogs to ignore the fact that there is NOT enough legit NBA news to cover a 365/24/7 cycle.
True. But at the same time you find a player who might crawl back to his trajectory as a lottery pick. 1 out of four? Still bad odds but it happens.
The sins of the past are irrelevant. Hardaway jr. is an average salary and while no superstar he about plays to his salary when healthy. Noah and Lance are just a reality that's best dealt with by not doubling down and trade which is NOT happening.
Vonleh is certainly inline with KOQ and younger with perhaps upside still. The future is not with these guys, but its better to bring these guys in than vet minimums.
The furture is KP, Frank and Knox. Hardaway if he can be a bit more consistent and healthy is a good asset and tradable too. If we continue to play to a bottom 5 team we will draft a potential franchise talent and have cap for KD if it is so written.
Frank
Knox
KP
KD
Zion:etc
Pipe dream for sure but only KD is. If we are better than Lottery its because one or more retreads really stepped up.
im not dreaming about KD but maybe Lebron is setting a tread. Legacy in place and move to a city for family/business/Cultural reasons. "Winning" is important but the sense of urgency is not so. Lebron has to know going to the finals every year will also shorten his career. Look how not going to playoffs or deep runs has done for Melo's longevity up until now?
Im not banking on a "stars" but fact is we have young talent as our core.
Kristaps is the most compelling prospective talent in the NBA in my opinion. Not since Ralph Sampson Have I seen these kind of fundamentals in a 7plus foot player. Odds of a long healthy career are not there. There is always hope, remember Brook Lopez? Fans laughed at resigning him but he healed up nice and had a very good run for a while! Steph Curry's ankles were problematic. Kurt Thomas also kept breaking his feet. There are examples. ACL if that's it might be ok. The compelling part about KP is he moves like wing and that might have to stop. Sabonis (dad) was a skinny kid but as he grew large his fundamentals kept him very relavent. His best years were behind the iron curtain but he was able to have a nice NBA career late. Im hoping. Im a fan.