VDesai wrote:These last few games have prepped me for the mentality that the sky is NOT falling if we don't make a trade.

That said teams will press the Knicks in the playoffs. The regular season is a marathon and the playoffs are long, but once its about elimination teams will go all out and use the press and trap and the Knicks are susceptible. Miami played a turnover margin game with us - they don't turn it over and they make you work and they wore us down. Cle tried it at times, but we crushed them on the boards with second opportunities which neutralized things. We have a long way to go and there's a lot of responsibility on Brunson's shoulders. This why a Lowry would make sense even if we just kept it to the buyout market.

I think the trade really helped us though. DDV, Hart, OG are such heady players and teams aren't gonna expose us with pressure like they used to. These guys know how to break traps and fill the gaps. No one has been able to expose us with zone nor pressure/traps in a long time.

EwingsGlass wrote:

Nalod wrote:PRedictions? Windy and collective this morning talk alot about knicks and Cavs who are both doing super well.
Not finished it but that they are like 14-4 without mobley and Garland and playing great defense is the subject.
They think Knicks don’t spend much on a rental. They discuss the EF salary slot and how it could get picked up for next year and used if desired. We not the only team with picks and with Thunder are in a great situation “winning” with all that capital.
The really give Team credit for Randle, Brunson, Ihart and DDV signings and “very methodical” in doing so without the big premature grab as we did “for a generation”. The won’t use “Starphuch”. That takes time. LOL.

THat NOla and Houstan are on the rise with the picks they have are telling.

We are down three starters and blowing out under .500 teams. This is not a bad thing BTW, its quite good.
Fans reaction to injuries is to fix it with trades but we patch it with depth. I don’t expect we stay at this level BTW. Our guys will get tired and if more injuries happen we start to get the talent squeeze. Trades take time to acclimate new players TRADITIONALLY. OG has fit in day one and precius needed only a few games after a slow start.
Leon won’t over pay. THat I can predict. Will everything turn to gold as it has?

The stream of consciousness writing style is harder to follow this morning. This one is a gem.

This mean the meds kicked in or haven't kicked in yet? One wonders

Nalod wrote:

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

Nalod wrote:PRedictions? Windy and collective this morning talk alot about knicks and Cavs who are both doing super well.
Not finished it but that they are like 14-4 without mobley and Garland and playing great defense is the subject.
They think Knicks don’t spend much on a rental. They discuss the EF salary slot and how it could get picked up for next year and used if desired. We not the only team with picks and with Thunder are in a great situation “winning” with all that capital.
The really give Team credit for Randle, Brunson, Ihart and DDV signings and “very methodical” in doing so without the big premature grab as we did “for a generation”. The won’t use “Starphuch”. That takes time. LOL.

THat NOla and Houstan are on the rise with the picks they have are telling.

We are down three starters and blowing out under .500 teams. This is not a bad thing BTW, its quite good.
Fans reaction to injuries is to fix it with trades but we patch it with depth. I don’t expect we stay at this level BTW. Our guys will get tired and if more injuries happen we start to get the talent squeeze. Trades take time to acclimate new players TRADITIONALLY. OG has fit in day one and precius needed only a few games after a slow start.
Leon won’t over pay. THat I can predict. Will everything turn to gold as it has?

The stream of consciousness writing style is harder to follow this morning. This one is a gem.

This mean the meds kicked in or haven't kicked in yet? One wonders

Your Meds or mine?

hahaha mine are always in kicked in mode lol

VDesai wrote:These last few games have prepped me for the mentality that the sky is NOT falling if we don't make a trade.

That said teams will press the Knicks in the playoffs. The regular season is a marathon and the playoffs are long, but once its about elimination teams will go all out and use the press and trap and the Knicks are susceptible. Miami played a turnover margin game with us - they don't turn it over and they make you work and they wore us down. Cle tried it at times, but we crushed them on the boards with second opportunities which neutralized things. We have a long way to go and there's a lot of responsibility on Brunson's shoulders. This why a Lowry would make sense even if we just kept it to the buyout market.

Lowry is from Philadelphia wouldn't he prefer to go there instead ?

DLeethal wrote:Fournier, Grimes, pick(s) for DD is probably the #1 title contention play you can make if he takes on a supersub role.

Brunson - DDV - OG - Randle - iHart
Deuce - Hart - Derozan - Precious/Mitch (for playoffs)

That is a friggen lineup right there.

I was on the Derozan train, even started a thread about it last year and this year. After recently seeing a shot chart, it became clear to me that Thibs doesn’t value the mid range shot. Thibs being big on metrics prefers 3’s and shots at the rim for their higher percentage. Looks like any Knicks target has to either get to the basket or shoot 3’s and play defense. I think we can scratch DeRozan off the list

Rookie wrote:

DLeethal wrote:Fournier, Grimes, pick(s) for DD is probably the #1 title contention play you can make if he takes on a supersub role.

Brunson - DDV - OG - Randle - iHart
Deuce - Hart - Derozan - Precious/Mitch (for playoffs)

That is a friggen lineup right there.

I was on the Derozan train, even started a thread about it last year and this year. After recently seeing a shot chart, it became clear to me that Thibs doesn’t value the mid range shot. Thibs being big on metrics prefers 3’s and shots at the rim for their higher percentage. Looks like any Knicks target has to either get to the basket or shoot 3’s and play defense. I think we can scratch DeRozan off the list

Maybe, I think Thibs would adjust for one of the best mid range snipers of all time leading the bench though.

BingBong wrote:

MaddogSharp wrote:The more we go on the more I don’t want to screw up the chemistry and rather stand pat. The fact that we still look great without Mitch, Randle, and OG proves there something special here. Plus the prices for even guys coming off the ne h seem pretty steep

Dittos for me. Very leery of tampering with something that is working like a well-oiled machine. I think Brogdon could be a plus to the team, but tampering with success is unnerving...at least it is to me.