martin wrote:

Marv wrote:not seeing it. i think he’s waaay behind both randle and obi. but i’m curious - what’s the rumored trade that sends both of them out?

Most likely Obi to Utah and Randle to Lakers; Westbrook, Mitchell, others, picks also involved

The trade that works out $ wise which cannot go through till 9/6 is:

Knicks get:
Mitchell
Protected #1 from Lakers

Utah gets:
Toppin
Quickly
Westbrook
4 protected #1s

Lakers get:
Randle
Clarkson
Beverly

newyorknewyork wrote:I don’t see Knicks trading Obi or Grimes in a Spida trade. They will move IQ due to his size not complimenting Brunson and Spida. They will move Reddish as well as probably McBride.

They are looking for a front court rotation of
Mitch/Hart
Obi/Sims
When you look at skill sets they compliment each other. As long as Obi’s 3pt shot continues to come along.

I've never thought about Sims and Hart playing together. Nice.

martin wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:I don’t see Knicks trading Obi or Grimes in a Spida trade. They will move IQ due to his size not complimenting Brunson and Spida. They will move Reddish as well as probably McBride.

They are looking for a front court rotation of
Mitch/Hart
Obi/Sims
When you look at skill sets they compliment each other. As long as Obi’s 3pt shot continues to come along.

I've never thought about Sims and Hart playing together. Nice.

Yup, Hart roaming the perimeter gives Sims enough space to operate in the paint.

Nalod wrote:If Obi is traded pehraps Cam if the matchups are there gets some time there.
We got a long way to go before the roster is set. I suspect trade activity commences after labor day.

August always totally dead

franco12 wrote:I would feel more comfortable with RJ playing the 4. You can't count on Cam for anything next year, doing so is mismanagement of the highest order.

The way things look .. the 6.8 Cam Reddish maybe the best talented player on the Knicks roster to put at the Starter SF (3) spot.
And 6.6 RJ Barrett's young raw performance need to be the backup SF covering the 3 spot.

The Knicks having three dynamic combo-guards to start the upcoming season in Brunson, Rose, and Quickley in the rotation will give the Knicks a chance to play .500 b.ball.
Plus, the Knicks FO are in pursuit of adding a 4th combo-guard super-star Donovan Mitchell to the team.

The Knicks 4 spot has been empty since the Knicks vs Hawks playoff series, where PF Randle average 36 minutes a game in the series being the Knicks PG. When the Knicks needed a PF to help center Noel vs Clint Capela & Collins in the paint.
The Knicks not giving 6.9 Obi Toppin 24 to 28 minutes per game had the Knicks 4 spot empty throughout last season. Taj Gibson were the Knicks best experience PF on the roster, which the coach played at the center position only.

Next season ....
The Knicks Back-Court guards (1 & 2 spot) will Grade a B+
The Knicks forward position (3 & 4 spot) may Grade a C- minus or less
The Knicks Center position will Grade a B+

TLover wrote:If the Knicks trade both Toppin & Randle in rumored 3-way trade. Cam is already a better shooter than both and with today’s small ball NBA he should have no issue defending. A really young guy who is still filling out his body.

I’m 1000% with you on this. It’s really starting to look like we need to go with a smaller spacing and pacing lineup:

PG: Brunson
SG: Grimes/IQ
SF: RJ
PF: Reddish
C: Mitch

Obi CANNOT SHOOT. Randle is a ball hog black hole on offense whose shooting isn’t good enough to justify his crap. Go young, fast and athletic