Sangfroid wrote:Chandler wrote:TripleThreat wrote:misterearl wrote:Last year was an open audition to determine who could play.
To be fair to Fizdale, lots of guys hunting for contracts just went rogue on him.
They were looking to drive their stats as they knew the Knicks wouldn't resign them, any form of team play be damned.
We could see a repeat of that w the flexible deals
Guys will need to buy in and want to be a Knick
I’m also curious as to who you think went rogue. Mudiay?
Trey Burke definitely went rogue. Mudiay didn't know any better.
Not sure on this, because from the beginning of SL, we saw guys like Trier and Knox being given the freedom to pretty much do what they wanted with the ball.
Some here seem to give Fizdale a pass on developing an offensive scheme...saying he was looking at what players could do, but how the F do you know what players can do in your scheme if you really aren't pushing it on them.
I believe you can make a case, and no, it isn't the only reason we struck out of level A free agents, that not seeing the team play together that well and not seeing much progress in integrating players into a system, was a turnoff for people like Durant or Irving?
Look at what Kenny Atkinson did with the Nets. They bought into what he wanted. Even if you the Knicks didn't win last year, FAs looking at us from the outside would have seen growth, not just a few talented players participating in amateur hour.
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