I got why Fizdale was playing musical lineups last season. This upcoming season, the rotation needs to be less in flux. Not trying to fix something that isnt broke either. If Fizdale can do a good job of managing the rotation, we arent too snakebit by injuries, could see us sneaking into the playoffs.

Nalod wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:https://nypost.com/2019/08/23/julius-randle-is-a-big-reason-why-jalen-rose-is-a-knicks-believer/

First, kudos to Mr. Berman. I have said some negative things in the past. I liked this article. I would like to see more like this.

Second, I think Jalen Rose's take on the Knicks resonates with my own expectations. Very logical and thought out. Love the concept of the "All Dark Alley" team. Definitely and enforcer component to this team. If I disagree with Rose regarding the 28 win over/under, its basically because I see no harm to the Knicks in tanking another year. Without knowing the thoughts of the front office, any over-28 bet is subject to the fat tails of the bell curve where the Knicks do not try to win more than 28. So, they would have to try hard and do well to win more than 28, but there are a number of scenarios where they purposefully fail to try (bad start, injury, etc...).

Nice article.

I couldn't have agreed more with Rose. I personally didn't like the plan b or c, but I could not disagree more with the 28 win projections.

I feel like for the money we spent this off season, 40 to 44 wins should be a goal. The 2 players that i'm looking to level up the most is Randle, and DSJ.

This 40-44 win goal, how do you come up with that? Because we spend money? We had 9 players come off the payroll, there was money to spend. Its not like we paid on top of what we paid last year. Set some goal that is really might not be doable, and then you get to repost Rose article as "validation" as if "see, even rose though they'd win".

I took in part rose saying Nets are not that great and about where they were last year. KD is not playing and he don't say Kyrie not really an improvement over Russell.
I hope his assess meant is right. Don't matter, Im tuned in and will love it if we hit .500!

That the "money was there to spend" and "not on top of what we spent last year" is a straw man argument. The Knicks had $70 MILLION in cap space, most in the league, many GM's wet fantasy. You get to bring in players with that much gun powder, you don't get to use those crappy justifications for still sucking this year.

Panos wrote:

Nalod wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:https://nypost.com/2019/08/23/julius-randle-is-a-big-reason-why-jalen-rose-is-a-knicks-believer/

First, kudos to Mr. Berman. I have said some negative things in the past. I liked this article. I would like to see more like this.

Second, I think Jalen Rose's take on the Knicks resonates with my own expectations. Very logical and thought out. Love the concept of the "All Dark Alley" team. Definitely and enforcer component to this team. If I disagree with Rose regarding the 28 win over/under, its basically because I see no harm to the Knicks in tanking another year. Without knowing the thoughts of the front office, any over-28 bet is subject to the fat tails of the bell curve where the Knicks do not try to win more than 28. So, they would have to try hard and do well to win more than 28, but there are a number of scenarios where they purposefully fail to try (bad start, injury, etc...).

Nice article.

I couldn't have agreed more with Rose. I personally didn't like the plan b or c, but I could not disagree more with the 28 win projections.

I feel like for the money we spent this off season, 40 to 44 wins should be a goal. The 2 players that i'm looking to level up the most is Randle, and DSJ.

This 40-44 win goal, how do you come up with that? Because we spend money? We had 9 players come off the payroll, there was money to spend. Its not like we paid on top of what we paid last year. Set some goal that is really might not be doable, and then you get to repost Rose article as "validation" as if "see, even rose though they'd win".

I took in part rose saying Nets are not that great and about where they were last year. KD is not playing and he don't say Kyrie not really an improvement over Russell.
I hope his assess meant is right. Don't matter, Im tuned in and will love it if we hit .500!

That the "money was there to spend" and "not on top of what we spent last year" is a straw man argument. The Knicks had $70 MILLION in cap space, most in the league, many GM's wet fantasy. You get to bring in players with that much gun powder, you don't get to use those crappy justifications for still sucking this year.

For this team the ceiling for the guys we signed are not as high as our returning yoot core.
Realist projection to me is we did not gain the talent to double our win total unless they are the support to an emerging yooth. We spent money on role players, a lot of them and some good ones.
We all have our own definition of success. If the Rainman wants 44 wins and then if fall short be all “told ya” then its about him. The article was about nets perhaps being horizontal and Knicks might not be too far behind. The implications are Knicks to win “40plus”. Man, that would be great. But Just cuz we spend the money don’t mean it happens. Most of that was all one year or team option so its not like we made commitment. I’m looking for winning but thru development. Thats sustainable. Thats culture building. Maybe we are all aaying the same thing. Hard to say sometimes.