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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: February 13, 2024, 06:39:26 PM »

You can run Deuce and Alec together

Wish Thibs realized that.  Deuce has become the forgotten man.

I ran into old forum regular PrezIke in the KFS YouTube chat last night.  He said nice things about the NYTimes forum days.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: February 07, 2024, 08:15:05 PM »

If there's no trade made I won't mind.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: February 02, 2024, 07:28:05 PM »

I think we won the Precious Achuiwa trade.

Can't believe they threw in OG too.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: February 02, 2024, 07:25:41 PM »

2 all stars, coach of the month and a win against Indy. A good Knicks night

Best win of the season considering who we had in uniform, and how the Pacers were trying to take advantage of that with Halitosis taunting in the 1st q, OBI dunk hunting, and the refs nearsightedness.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: January 05, 2024, 11:59:29 PM »

FORMIDABLE.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: January 02, 2024, 11:11:57 PM »

Donte's play takes the sting out of losing IQ and he's a lot cheaper as IQ is seeking twice the salary.

OG is a breath of old Knicks defensive flavor.   He's like an X-man or Sprewell/Anthony Mason hybrid.

I'm interested in how the minutes shake out, but on paper i'd guess;

iHart 36 min / Precious 12 min
Randle 36 min / OG 12 min   
OG 24 min / Hart 24 min
Donte 24 min / Grimes 24 min
Brunson 36 min / Deuce 12 min


This assumes Deuce can hold down the backup PG spot and Grimes bounces all the way back to form.  If Grimes plays well I wouldn't rule out him getting his starting job back if Donte struggles to defend. On the other hand if Grimes or even Deuce falters I could see Donte picking up some of that slack with more minutes.   I don't see Malachi Flynn getting much run until he can prove himself in practice to Thibs.  Precious is the wildcard guy.  He's another swiss army knife defender.  He had a tough first matchup vs Gobert but he could be deployed against multiple positions, taking the other teams primary frontcourt weapon if OG is guarding a guard on the perimeter. 

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: December 31, 2023, 01:41:55 PM »

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: December 31, 2023, 01:41:07 PM »

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: December 31, 2023, 01:40:13 PM »

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: December 31, 2023, 01:30:07 PM »

Thank you RJ. Thank you IQ.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: December 14, 2023, 02:27:56 PM »

IQ might've been on a quasi-minutes restriction, as he's coming back from the injured list and Thibs did reinsert him at the end of the game after sitting most of the 2nd half.

Last night was on the players missing shots, but also on Thibs for his weird substitution patters.  DDV can't sit on the pine that long while all our other shooters are bricking their threes.  Thibs play calls after time outs yielded ugly looking possessions and can we look inspired for once when we start or end a half or are we singing kumbaya in the locker room?

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: December 09, 2023, 02:02:42 PM »

As far what changes... 

Brunson vs IQ.   Pick your guy and move the other one.  We can't afford the luxury of carrying both.   Losing either player would hurt our depth and bench performance, but if you can get an big wing like Anunoby to guard the big wings of the league, it's a piece this squad desperately needs.

Hartenstein vs Robinson.  Pick your guy and move the other one.  We can't afford the luxury of carrying both.  If you make the first move to acquire a big wing who defends the other teams primary wing, that will help offset the loss of one of our big men. I love Mitch and everything he has meant to the franchise, but its no surprise that the top teams in the league all employ at least one stretch five if not multiple guys (Denver, Boston, Milwaukee, Philly etc etc) who defend and stretch the floor.  While Hartenstein isn't a stretch five per se, he gets us closer to that ideal, allowing us to maybe move a guy like Mitch for something valuable.  Or perhaps it's Ihart who is more appealing accross the league.

Either way we have a surplus at the PG and C.  You take these strengths and use them to shore up your weaknesses and balance the team.

I really have no sacred cows.   If it costs a Brunson or a Robinson to fundamentally change the ceiling of this franchise, then Leon needs to pull the trigger.   If it costs IQ and IHart, i'll be sad but looking forward to the talent we get in return and what that does for the team as a whole.   I like this team, but it has first round playoff exit, maybe second if we get lucky.   Serious contenders we are not.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: December 09, 2023, 01:47:38 PM »

Well that last post didn't age well did it.   Thibs surprised me.  Grimes looked more confident not having to defer to others.  But our point of attack defense offered up less resistance than swiss cheese.  Mitch got hurt, but we looked more competitive with ihart who, while not exactly a stretch five by any means, at least gives you more on offense than Mitch.

We have a team defensive concept that is good enough on most nights, but as we've seen with the 0-5 record vs the Celtics and Bucks, it's not good enough to beat the top teams UNLESS we execute at our 95th percentile AND get a little lucky to boot.

With the benefit of hindsight, it would've been better not to blow out Charlotte, so we'd have had two lesser opponents.  But on the other hand, we've had our eyes opened and so has Leon that this team is a nice team and tries hard, but is ultimately lacking a couple more pieces to truly compete.

I like this team, but at some point there will need to be some changes.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: December 08, 2023, 12:42:46 PM »

IQ coming up small recently, and in big games.  Combined with his playoffs no-show, it's a little concerning.

Randle is an infuriating player to root for.  To get the good Randle, you have to put up with the occasional lack of focus, reluctance to hustle, and apathy on defense.   Because offensively he is a force for good.  You just hope the good outweigh the rest on any given night. Early this year the good didn't outweigh the bad.  But he's rounding into form now.

Grimes on the bench.  I agree he should go there if only to touch the ball more often.  But I know Thibs will not want to mess with a bench unit that his been gangbusters and a starting unit that is still a net positive.  Grimes defense on starters is more important than his defense on reserves.  There's offensive superstars in the league we need to put Grimes on, and usually they start games.   

Katz made mention of something interesting. Yes, much of Grimes struggle is on himself. He had the same role last year and he was much more effective, and not always parked in the corner.   But another wrinkle to it is that when Grimes IS open in the corner Jalen Brunson, as the nominal PG, should sacrifice some of his own looks to create a couple of shots for Quentin.  RJ and Randle to a lesser extent should look to involve him more.  So I think if there is a change, it starts with the starters sharing the ball more often.   

The forum wanted to draft Haliburton.   We drafted OBI instead.  Thanks Leon.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: November 29, 2023, 03:28:50 PM »

Isiah Hartenstein not Immanuel Quickley