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Clean
Posts: 28781 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 8/22/2004 Member: #743 |
6/23/2022 9:39 AM
Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: “The NBA punishes the middle.” Yes they do. It is why we have been at a talent deficit for 20ish years. |
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Nalod
Posts: 68781 Alba Posts: 154 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
6/23/2022 9:42 AM
AJ Griff likely would be a bench player but could push the narrative with is play. EF might have more trade value than emotionally bias fans think and Grimes is a big time chip with his cap hold. I would not expect EF and Grimes to be here long term if we take AJ. That means something else will happen. What that is I don’t know. Funny, when pass on guys that have knee issues they don’t become problems? Guys like Blair and Danny Granger had nice careers. Give this kid a year with a physiologist and get that body together rather than having to produce to get to the next level. Have to see him have dropped to us at 11 becuase of the issues. The kid can lights out shoot. The rest? Have to speculate if we take him. The Boo Birds will be in brooklyn if it happens. Duran? Might be the long term solution at center. Key word “Might”. I trust Leon and his years evaluating talent. WWWes to figure out a kids head, Byant acumen to develop, Perry’s experience both good and bad, and Brock Aller keen analytics. BTW, if you want to know the current FO look here: https://www.nba.com/knicks/front-office. scroll down and you get to the basketball operations staff. Its them who is accountable or “Fanatics” like me, PhilC, and Briggs. We mean well but we only go by what we read and what makes sense to us. Some of us read more than others. By that I mean the whole lot of us. Well, most of us. |
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Nalod
Posts: 68781 Alba Posts: 154 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
6/23/2022 9:50 AM
Clean wrote:Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: ITs true. But its not always by design is it? Issue is when you go for it like we did 12 years ago with the AMARE/Melo thing and you lack picks and cap space your stuck good or bad. Being bold would have been trading KP when Phil wanted to. His legacy could have changed right there. Instead he opted in to his last two years, got 24mil, and then fired. Dolan wanted his star. We all know how that worked out. And to be fair, phil had little pulp in his cred to continue. His firing was justified at that time. Its the hindsight irony that is all to familiar to knick fans. |
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Uptown
Posts: 30878 Alba Posts: 3 Joined: 4/1/2008 Member: #1883 |
6/23/2022 9:59 AM LAST EDITED: 6/23/2022 10:01 AM
Clean wrote:Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: A franchise that "gets it"! Silas, the head coach said, "Hopefully, that leads to wins, but development is the priority." I've been saying this for years. But, over the years, we have been more concerned with being somewhat relevant (bottom-middle) as opposed to tearing this thing, slowly building the foundation so it can support consistent winning in the future, and prioritizing development before all else. |
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fishmike
Posts: 53165 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/19/2002 Member: #298 USA |
6/23/2022 10:16 AM
Clean wrote:Is that really the reason why? I thought it was trading decades of draft picks for front offices desperate to field a good product for the tourist filled MSG bubble.Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: I'm lukewarm on this FO, but its surely the first I have seen since Ewing that takes a team building approach, uses the draft and fills key spots with young players. I suspect it's going to be awhile but you cant always control that "winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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Uptown
Posts: 30878 Alba Posts: 3 Joined: 4/1/2008 Member: #1883 |
6/23/2022 10:33 AM LAST EDITED: 6/23/2022 10:43 AM
If we can't get Ivey, would definitely look to move up to grab Sharpe...As Macri says, it would show some "Forward-thinking" from this front office.
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martin
Posts: 69008 Alba Posts: 108 Joined: 7/24/2001 Member: #2 USA |
6/23/2022 10:50 AM
I am a buyer of this thought process and where the Knicks/Sac are on a trade for #4. I think the Knicks FO LOVE IQ cause he is a pro's pro in terms of practice and extra work.
I would add my own caveat on top of the below: If the Knicks include IQ, they would DESPERATELY try to unload Burks, Noel, whatever to make room to go after Brunson and would try to shift the trade for #4 to help with that. Who knows though Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: Official sponsor of the PURE KNICKS LOVE Program
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Uptown
Posts: 30878 Alba Posts: 3 Joined: 4/1/2008 Member: #1883 |
6/23/2022 10:54 AM
martin wrote:I am a buyer of this thought process and where the Knicks/Sac are on a trade for #4. I think the Knicks FO LOVE IQ cause he is a pro's pro in terms of practice and extra work. I just posted minutes after you did that if Ivey is the transcendent player that we think he is, IQ can't be the reason we don't get him. It's going to be painful watching IQ go, as he is prob my second-fav player on this team, but you have to give to get. |
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martin
Posts: 69008 Alba Posts: 108 Joined: 7/24/2001 Member: #2 USA |
6/23/2022 11:02 AM
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BigDaddyG
Posts: 37661 Alba Posts: 9 Joined: 1/22/2010 Member: #3049 |
6/23/2022 11:08 AM
Uptown wrote:martin wrote:I am a buyer of this thought process and where the Knicks/Sac are on a trade for #4. I think the Knicks FO LOVE IQ cause he is a pro's pro in terms of practice and extra work. What if you think Ivey is more Bradley Beal than D. Wade? Not crapping on Ivey, but a transcendent player would have no problem being the #1 overall pick over Jabari Smith. I'd have to think long and hard on this. Always... always remember: Less is less. More is more. More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, and too much is never enough except when it's just about right.
- The Tick
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foosballnick
Posts: 21414 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 6/17/2010 Member: #3148 |
6/23/2022 11:10 AM
NBA TV Mock has us taking Malaki Branham at 11.
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