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Basketball / Re: Knicks
« on: February 06, 2019, 04:19:35 AM »
"Marc Stein reported that Porzingis was so fed up with the New York Knicks that he was willing to spend the rest of his rehab process in Spain (via New York Times):
According to Stein, his meeting with the Knicks was originally scheduled for earlier in January. But he and older brother Jānis Porzingis delayed it and then sat with the front office for “less than five minutes” before they requested an official trade."
The older brother starting to look more and more like the main actor in the whole process. Quite telling that Carlisle felt the need to acknowledge him so specifically in the press conference.
I think - for what it is worth - that the NY hype just got to their heads, a little bit. Thet started feeling bigger than they really are. The indicators were all there - I keep thinking about the "KP Recovery" documentary on youtube which was actually quite well done, and they stopped it after two episodes, I think - probably just when it would have been natural to start talking about how hyped he was to be getting closer to being back on the court for his beloved franchise...awkward.
AD can pull this kind of crap while under contract for another 18 months - and only just about, because he has the game to carry it.
KP ain't AD. The way I see it, he chose to make himself part of the problem, rather than part of the solution. Wish him well, maybe he will smarten up and become great - maybe not. Maybe he will blow another tendon, or slip and fall at home like John Wall did. Fuck knows. He's Cuban's problem now. We move on.
Pipe dream scenario: Kyrie, Frank, KD, Knox and DeAndre. This is top 4 in the East for years to come - Boston, Philly, Milwaukee and NYK. The way it fucking should be.
According to Stein, his meeting with the Knicks was originally scheduled for earlier in January. But he and older brother Jānis Porzingis delayed it and then sat with the front office for “less than five minutes” before they requested an official trade."
The older brother starting to look more and more like the main actor in the whole process. Quite telling that Carlisle felt the need to acknowledge him so specifically in the press conference.
I think - for what it is worth - that the NY hype just got to their heads, a little bit. Thet started feeling bigger than they really are. The indicators were all there - I keep thinking about the "KP Recovery" documentary on youtube which was actually quite well done, and they stopped it after two episodes, I think - probably just when it would have been natural to start talking about how hyped he was to be getting closer to being back on the court for his beloved franchise...awkward.
AD can pull this kind of crap while under contract for another 18 months - and only just about, because he has the game to carry it.
KP ain't AD. The way I see it, he chose to make himself part of the problem, rather than part of the solution. Wish him well, maybe he will smarten up and become great - maybe not. Maybe he will blow another tendon, or slip and fall at home like John Wall did. Fuck knows. He's Cuban's problem now. We move on.
Pipe dream scenario: Kyrie, Frank, KD, Knox and DeAndre. This is top 4 in the East for years to come - Boston, Philly, Milwaukee and NYK. The way it fucking should be.