fishmike wrote:if you are Thibs, Leon, etc who are you targeting? I dont see any names on that FA list that jump out at me except veteran PGs like Conley except for Derozan. Maybe he's the guy? Derozan is 32 next year so he's got some gas.

Obviously there will be moves even if minor ones but assume Rose comes back, check out the Knicks with Derozan and just the guys currently under contract:
PG Rose/Rivers
SG RJ/Quickley
SF Derozan/Knox
PF Randle/Obi
C Mitch
Dallas FRP, Knicks FRP, Detroit #2

How would you feel about that starting 9 next year? (hopefully a rookie beats out Rivers)

Not to great. Derozan doesn't really fit with Randle. They operate in similar areas of the court. Randle is hitting the three at a nice clip, but I don't want to see him living out there. Derozan doesn't really hit the three well enough to be able to play of Randle out there. Now, it might work if you Derozan coming off the bitch. I would consider that depending on how much he gets.

BigDaddyG wrote:

fishmike wrote:if you are Thibs, Leon, etc who are you targeting? I dont see any names on that FA list that jump out at me except veteran PGs like Conley except for Derozan. Maybe he's the guy? Derozan is 32 next year so he's got some gas.

Obviously there will be moves even if minor ones but assume Rose comes back, check out the Knicks with Derozan and just the guys currently under contract:
PG Rose/Rivers
SG RJ/Quickley
SF Derozan/Knox
PF Randle/Obi
C Mitch
Dallas FRP, Knicks FRP, Detroit #2

How would you feel about that starting 9 next year? (hopefully a rookie beats out Rivers)

Not to great. Derozan doesn't really fit with Randle. They operate in similar areas of the court. Randle is hitting the three at a nice clip, but I don't want to see him living out there. Derozan doesn't really hit the three well enough to be able to play of Randle out there. Now, it might work if you Derozan coming off the bitch. I would consider that depending on how much he gets.

Point is we get much better in the short term and we retain assets while hopefully adding more via draft and of course player dev

Just for the record this looks like a very conservative approach. Imagine if we signed Hayward! While a believer in Thibs coaching Im not an advocate for him to be GM anytime soon, but he was right to want Hayward. I would have wondered why we gave this guy $30mm whatever when we stink. Only to be like oh... ahhh... well ok then

High school announcer caught by hot mic blames racist outburst on high blood sugar

-Announcer used racial slur for girls’ team who knelt for anthem
-Incident happened before Oklahoma high school playoff game
-Broadcaster blames racist comments on diabetes in statement

An announcer for a live stream of an Oklahoma girls’ high school basketball game cursed and called one team by a racial epithet as the players knelt during the national anthem, then suggested his diabetes was to blame for the episode in a statement expressing his regret.

The incident occurred on Thursday before the Norman High School-Midwest City quarter-final game in Sapulpa as the Star-Spangled Banner began to play. The broadcasters told their listeners on the NFHS Network stream they would return after a break and then one, apparently not realizing the audio was still live, used an expletive and the epithet as the Norman players knelt.

“They’re kneeling? Fuck them,” one of the men said. “I hope Norman gets their ass kicked.”

He continued: “I hope they lose. C’mon Midwest City. They’re gonna kneel like that? Hell no. ... Fucking niggers.”

The incident was posted on Twitter and widely disseminated on Friday.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/CoachFParks/status/1370389926903226369

Matt Rowan, owner of OSPN, the third-party company that produced the telecast for NFHS, revealed on Friday afternoon that he was the speaker overheard during the anthem.

Rowan, who described himself as a family man and former youth pastor, said there was “no excuse” for his comments before disclosing that he suffers from type 1 diabetes and attributing his use of racist language to hyperglycemia.

“I do not believe I would have made such horrible statements absent my sugar spiking,” the statement read.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/BryanAGraham/status/1370519182387916801

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/mar/12/oklahoma-high-school-basketball-racial-slur

Sheesh, where to begin with that!

smackeddog wrote:

High school announcer caught by hot mic blames racist outburst on high blood sugar

-Announcer used racial slur for girls’ team who knelt for anthem
-Incident happened before Oklahoma high school playoff game
-Broadcaster blames racist comments on diabetes in statement

An announcer for a live stream of an Oklahoma girls’ high school basketball game cursed and called one team by a racial epithet as the players knelt during the national anthem, then suggested his diabetes was to blame for the episode in a statement expressing his regret.

The incident occurred on Thursday before the Norman High School-Midwest City quarter-final game in Sapulpa as the Star-Spangled Banner began to play. The broadcasters told their listeners on the NFHS Network stream they would return after a break and then one, apparently not realizing the audio was still live, used an expletive and the epithet as the Norman players knelt.

“They’re kneeling? Fuck them,” one of the men said. “I hope Norman gets their ass kicked.”

He continued: “I hope they lose. C’mon Midwest City. They’re gonna kneel like that? Hell no. ... Fucking niggers.”

The incident was posted on Twitter and widely disseminated on Friday.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/CoachFParks/status/1370389926903226369

Matt Rowan, owner of OSPN, the third-party company that produced the telecast for NFHS, revealed on Friday afternoon that he was the speaker overheard during the anthem.

Rowan, who described himself as a family man and former youth pastor, said there was “no excuse” for his comments before disclosing that he suffers from type 1 diabetes and attributing his use of racist language to hyperglycemia.

“I do not believe I would have made such horrible statements absent my sugar spiking,” the statement read.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/BryanAGraham/status/1370519182387916801

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/mar/12/oklahoma-high-school-basketball-racial-slur

Sheesh, where to begin with that!

He said that with the hard ER. It came out smoothly too, as if he had years of practice. I've done weird things when my blood sugar has dropped, but you'd think you'd have a candy bar in hand if you're doing a tv broadcast.

Juliano wrote:Watching Grizzlies-Thunder... Ja Morant is more than a bit good, ain't he? He plays with purpose and drive, very energetic when he gets the ball, yet doesn't look to be selfish. He attacks the rim, draws defenders but doesn't try and play hero ball. He seems to know when to kick it out for a 3 if he's surrounded in the paint, and his handles are quite something. Guy is gonna be a long term star.

It’s such a shame we missed him by one pick, he’s been great. There was an interesting argument/discussion on the Mismatch podcast as to whether they’d rather have Ja Morant or LaMelo ball as their franchise PG and which is better/more impressive- honestly don’t know where I stand on that! I think Ja might be more injury prone, so maybe I’d go with LaMelo, but then again Ja seems to have more of a winning player X factor

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https://twitter.com/ringernba/status/1370520480327819269

smackeddog wrote:

Juliano wrote:Watching Grizzlies-Thunder... Ja Morant is more than a bit good, ain't he? He plays with purpose and drive, very energetic when he gets the ball, yet doesn't look to be selfish. He attacks the rim, draws defenders but doesn't try and play hero ball. He seems to know when to kick it out for a 3 if he's surrounded in the paint, and his handles are quite something. Guy is gonna be a long term star.

It’s such a shame we missed him by one pick, he’s been great. There was an interesting argument/discussion on the Mismatch podcast as to whether they’d rather have Ja Morant or LaMelo ball as their franchise PG and which is better/more impressive- honestly don’t know where I stand on that! I think Ja might be more injury prone, so maybe I’d go with LaMelo, but then again Ja seems to have more of a winning player X factor

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/ringernba/status/1370520480327819269

So many “almost” picks. Barrett is starting to get to a new level so that makes me happy. But the mythical star PG we’ve always wanted keeps getting away.

James Harden.

martin wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/TommyBeer/status/1370858072881696771

Someone in the Knicks organization needs to recognize and make Tommy the head of PR.

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https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/1371516019110522901