martin wrote:Nalod wrote:martin wrote:Nalod wrote:Porter was a gamble good team can take.
SGA is most regretful.
Mikal Bridges is good, but a 4-5th option on a good team. He’d be behind RJ now.
It sucks. But Randle better than the whole lot. Less regret when you succeed in other places.
Fuck that noise. No need to dwell on Knox. Im rooting for him. One season at at time.
Mikal might be a 4-5th option on O but he is a first option on D to guard any 1-3 on an opposing team while shooting an incredible 42.5% from deep on decent volume and having 64% eFG% who would fit in nicely right next to RJ playing the SF position.
He is a much better, younger version of Bullocks who can put the ball on the floor and who Thibs would have loved.
Role players who excel at their role and are 2-way are GOLD
I wanted us to take him. But think of the circumstances and his game. We had Frank. We draft Rj, think we keep him? His game came together the last season. He three years older than Knox. Maybe Knicks get patience still?
The circumstances were that Mikal was coming off of an NCAA championship and was a starter and integral part of that team. He plays SF and shoots from distance AND plays defense.
Frank was kinda sort slotted at PG.
RJ was drafted in the year AFTER Mikal/Knox.
Guys like MDA/Fiz should never have say in drafts.
Both Knicks and PHX came together last season so the story might have unfolded differently. Bridges had great pedigree, but he blossoms when Paul ties it together.
Would knox have survived/ done well Suns if he was taken there? Since it did not happen, we assume it does not. Same for Bridges, he succeeds, we think that would have here? Thats my point. Its not so clear.
NO proof other than Bridges starts on a team that went to the finals. My argument is not strong, its only a thought that not everything is linear.