FireHornacek wrote:Vmart wrote:
That is why they have to develop their own talent and hope they become good enough to attract future free agents. Or that they become good enough that they don’t need any outsider FA.
Develop who exactly? Come on, except for Trier, our starting five would never see the floor on any other team. Already we know what Knox and Mitchell are. Decent enough to play in the league, but affecting nothing. Frank's a waste of a high pick; he's coming close to being called a bust. Dotson, Vonleh, Kornet, Mud, and Burke....they will develop into exactly what they are now -- marginal players. They are not developing beyond that.We are toast. There was a day not long ago when Tyson and Amare and a Melo would sign here. Did it work out with those guys? No, but at least we were a professional team. Now we really are a D-League team playing against the likes of LeBron and Curry and Davis... Who the hell is coming here? Porz ain't a big magnet to draw anybody. We are toast. I don't see how things can change.
Maybe "develop" is not the most accurate word for the entire situation.
The Knicks, like any other non contender, has to just keep drafting and do the best they can at the time and place and hope for the best. Is the draft a total crapshoot? Yes. Are the odds incredibly stacked against you? Yes. Is there any other choice?
There is NO OTHER CHOICE.
Draft picks/assets/cost controlled players are either core building blocks or trade bait for other help or dumping contracts. It's renewable currency, but not every player is going to pan out.
If a player is a bust, then he's a bust. Every team will miss on some picks. All you can do is keep trying.
Warriors drafted some real dogs after Steph Curry. But they kept at it and it worked out. But it could have easily not worked out.
People see Good Chance Versus Bad Chance. People who see this do not understand the resource management aspect of the NBA.
The reality is SLIM TO NONE CHANCE Versus ZERO CHANCE AT ALL IN HELL
Drafting and keeping throwing darts with picks and hoping it pans out is a SLIM TO NONE CHANCE.
But it's still better than ZERO CHANCE AT ALL IN HELL.
Even if you don't have a contender, there's something to be said for a fun team to watch. A set of players who give fans their moneys worth in terms of entertainment and competition. The Knicks don't need to look at contender status at the only metric of success here. Just start by putting a solid team that plays as a team first. Parcells always said never look at the Superbowl, always worry first about small things like yards gained/lost through special teams play. Baby steps. Worry about ball security in the 4th quarter. Making stops on 3rd down.
Small goals first. First goal, move towards a clean cap sheet. Start there.
There is no other choice. There are no market inefficiencies in this system. There are literally no market corrections available. You want to say it sucks? Yes, it does suck. But it's how it all works. It sucks a person can't eat nachos every night and be healthy and has to eat broccoli instead. But it's how it works.
If Zinger, Knox, MRob and Frank N all bust, guess what? So the **** what. You still keep drafting and you still try to do your best every time out. There is no other choice.