Knixkik wrote:I’m really high on Diawara. I’m not high on the others. I don’t expect Hukporti or Kolek to be on the roster after this season. Hukporti will be let go and kolek will be traded to a team where he can get a real opportunity as a backup PG. McCullar could stick as a non-guaranteed player due to him being a useful wing in theory. Dadiet might hang around another year simply because he makes enough money to be used for future trades, etc.

I expect the Knicks to mostly replenish the youth in this draft. It’s a good opportunity to fill out the roster, as we won’t have a first round pick or pick at the very top of the second round next year.

The biggest variable next year is the second apron. Will they go over it or won’t they? They have done enough this year so far to justify going over for a year. If they can resign Mitch, might as well go over. If he leaves, it’s a moot point as they will stay below another year. So he is the biggest factor with all of that.

Shamet and Clarkson should want to be back. Do they value their roles on a contender or do they want more consistent rotation minutes ? I’d like to prioritize Diawara slightly more next year during the regular season and make sure he sees every game minutes. A lot of factors here. I have no idea what happens but my gut says we are mostly the same team next year with a couple of rookies replacing Kolek, Hukporti etc. time will tell. I really enjoy this process of projecting this stuff out, so it’s natural for me to focus on this and forget we are currently on an incredible run. I have to try to just enjoy that first.

Wow surprised at your Kolek trade mention. Knicks don’t need to trade him and his upside and ability to run team has been shown. 2 years left at less than vet min too. Don’t know how long GTA has to opt in or extend his contract, but you can’t move Kolek until at least after that. I don’t see any upside to trading him for the Knicks and lots for keeping him.

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martin wrote:

Knixkik wrote:I’m really high on Diawara. I’m not high on the others. I don’t expect Hukporti or Kolek to be on the roster after this season. Hukporti will be let go and kolek will be traded to a team where he can get a real opportunity as a backup PG. McCullar could stick as a non-guaranteed player due to him being a useful wing in theory. Dadiet might hang around another year simply because he makes enough money to be used for future trades, etc.

I expect the Knicks to mostly replenish the youth in this draft. It’s a good opportunity to fill out the roster, as we won’t have a first round pick or pick at the very top of the second round next year.

The biggest variable next year is the second apron. Will they go over it or won’t they? They have done enough this year so far to justify going over for a year. If they can resign Mitch, might as well go over. If he leaves, it’s a moot point as they will stay below another year. So he is the biggest factor with all of that.

Shamet and Clarkson should want to be back. Do they value their roles on a contender or do they want more consistent rotation minutes ? I’d like to prioritize Diawara slightly more next year during the regular season and make sure he sees every game minutes. A lot of factors here. I have no idea what happens but my gut says we are mostly the same team next year with a couple of rookies replacing Kolek, Hukporti etc. time will tell. I really enjoy this process of projecting this stuff out, so it’s natural for me to focus on this and forget we are currently on an incredible run. I have to try to just enjoy that first.

Wow surprised at your Kolek trade mention. Knicks don’t need to trade him and his upside and ability to run team has been shown. 2 years left at less than vet min too. Don’t know how long GTA has to opt in or extend his contract, but you can’t move Kolek until at least after that. I don’t see any upside to trading him for the Knicks and lots for keeping him.

Yes I agree, there’s no real reason to trade him. I am just looking at how this front office operates. I expect Alvarado to opt into his player option and be the primary backup. I think the Knicks do Kolek a solid and move him to a situation where he can play, while recouping a second round pick or two as they are pretty bare bones in a couple years. With his contract being 2 more years for cheap, the Knicks can likely get a little value for him. And given the fact they will be managing around the second apron for the foreseeable future, they will not extend a player who isn’t part of the core group. Knicks tend to get ahead of these things. They will simply replace him as a third string PG with an overqualified cheap vet.

JBGoat wrote:The near future is tomorrow night!! ECF game 2!!! What is this blasphemy!?! Talking about splitting up the team that may take us to glory!?? Thinking about next year already is something I can't even wrap my head around right now.

The only thing I have been saying all season is Pac can go. That's all I got. It's all gonna come down to the draft when discussing the end of bench players. Assume they will do whatever they can to juggle salary but, we are most likely going over the apron. Once that happens, contracts like Kolek hold tremendous value to the team.

That just took a lot of energy. :LOL: GAME TWO TOMORROW NIGHT!!! LET'S GO KNICKS!

Yeah, the off-season is for teams that got bounced from the playoffs and we're still in it!

Ain't no time for trade scenarios