Really hoping and thinking the Knicks will keep what they have on the roster and trade down to pick up two possible needs. Williams and Wesley would be cool. But several other picks mentioned on here seem good there as well. Ones that may be Grimes/IQ type value picks. We shall see. Just wanted to acknowledge Burks as a sound contributor the last couple of years.

martin wrote:

fishmike wrote:Burks is very good and has values. He also just got his foot operated on so that might impede any movement

Hopefully it was just more like Pedicure Gone Wild level of foot surgery

But I think he's just a necessary casualty to move the team forward. We don't have the veteran-led, > .500 team we thought we had this time last year. Randle took a big step back, Rose & Noel were missing in action, and Kemba was a lost gamble.

If we're going to grow, we've got to find minutes for our young guys and see what we've got. Push come to shove, Burks is just easier to move than Fournier. Grimes, Cam, even Deuce can start dipping into those minutes.

FO could still find a way to keep Kobe Burks and make it work, but moving on seems to be the most straightforward approach and fits the revised timeline.

fishmike wrote:

martin wrote:

fishmike wrote:Burks is very good and has values. He also just got his foot operated on so that might impede any movement

Hopefully it was just more like Pedicure Gone Wild level of foot surgery

why you bringing up DJ's favorite website

Why so defensive? Is that you Rex Ryan?

martin wrote:

fishmike wrote:

martin wrote:

fishmike wrote:Burks is very good and has values. He also just got his foot operated on so that might impede any movement

Hopefully it was just more like Pedicure Gone Wild level of foot surgery

why you bringing up DJ's favorite website

Always suspected that bro had some weird foot fetish thing going on

Well, to be fair, he has his chip, and we have our feet's in our mouths more than not, so perhaps its just a good hygiene regimen we should all follow?
As for his injury? I suppose they gave it 8 weeks to heal (no pun intended) and now they have a timeline were he is ok by camp still. if not serious, it should be ok?

as for topic? Yeah, we jumped on Burks for being PG yet he was .500 in his time there for us? Is that what I have read? Not the long term solution but his play might not have been the cause of our issues.
It also gave IQ time to develop. This when DRose left the lineup to injury. ANd yes, our favorite mascot we call Deuce got some run also.
Thus, rather than panic and burn an asset for a retread, we solved form within and developed further. Not sexy, but effective.

Depends on how groatty ones toes really are?

Philc1 wrote:Nice player, was badly miscast as a full time pg last season. If we can dump his contract to get cap room to sign Brunson it’s beyond a no brainer

Not sure paying close to $25M for a player with one year of above average success is a "No Brainer"
More so if we have to do it via sign and trade and lose asset's. Which may be the case an another instance Cuban will get the long end of the stick. Imo
I also question how much playing with Luka helped.
Watching him play against us last year and on regular basis on league pass just did not impress me. Grant it, he did have some food games in playoffs. Think if we overpay Knick fans will have very high expectations. Ones that I do not think he will meet. Rather get a guy like Tyus and watch him overachieve.

smackeddog wrote:

fishmike wrote:Burks is very good and has values. He also just got his foot operated on so that might impede any movement

I'm going to say it- I'd rather have Burkes than Brogdon (who is a slightly better Burkes but with a worse contract and a lot more injuries).

smackeddog wrote:

fishmike wrote:Burks is very good and has values. He also just got his foot operated on so that might impede any movement

I'm going to say it- I'd rather have Burkes than Brogdon (who is a slightly better Burkes but with a worse contract and a lot more injuries).

One of my points on what I do not want to happen. Trading some solid pieces for more costly ones that may not pan out. Brogdon is a good example. He is a solid player. But is injury prone. Considering the cost that has been mentioned in order to acquire him, feel starting IQ and having Burks on the roster is better alternative. One that will translates to more wins.

Nalod wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Nice player, was badly miscast as a full time pg last season. If we can dump his contract to get cap room to sign Brunson it’s beyond a no brainer

for someone with limited sentence structure, vocabulary, or ability to inhibit redundancy, absorb concepts, and facts, you use "no brainer" rather often.
which is kind of funny.

Still sore?