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Basketball / if ya didn't get it already...

« on: January 14, 2022, 09:30:23 AM »

Les, my doggie, The Athletic site is blocked for non-subscribers.

Maybe you can copy/paste some of the article?

...The Hawks have made Reddish widely available since before this past draft cycle. The price then was a first-round pick, and it never changed.

Atlanta was looking for something closer to the slot where it drafted him, No. 10 overall, but nothing materialized. The front office had conversations with the Pacers, Lakers, Cavaliers and Pistons over the past several months, sources say, but the Hawks were always waiting for that first-round pick for Reddish.

Recently, The Athletic learned that the Lakers had offered two second-rounders for Reddish. Still, the Hawks believed a team would eventually offer the first-round pick they sought. They asked for Knicks rookie Quentin Grimes, the No. 25 selection during this past summer

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: January 13, 2022, 06:54:58 PM »

Atlanta has been looking to move him. They were just waiting for a team to meet their price. The Knicks were the first team that did.

https://theathletic.com/3069571/2022/01/13/cam-reddish-traded-how-hell-fit-with-knicks-why-the-hawks-gave-up-on-him-right-now-and-more/?source=nbatw

Not jumping up and down over this one. Had tons of minutes in Atlanta and hasn't developed much. Doesn't bother me much though unless he eats into too many Grimes minutes.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: January 13, 2022, 05:51:43 PM »

Cruel

Does Knicks management have a plan for Randle and company beyond following a failed blueprint?



https://sports.yahoo.com/new-knicks-same-as-the-old-knicks-210814867.html

It's not the same at all.  That team had no youth and no picks.   This team has plenty of young players with upside and is stocked with picks.

Agree
 
A very specious, superficial analysis.

yup, awful, and ignores the most salient difference: Steve Mills was given the reins in fall 2013. As long as he's not brought back for a third go-round (which you can't entirely discount in a Dolan-run universe), we have nothing to worry about.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: January 13, 2022, 11:12:58 AM »

(lol, RJ keeps this up he might break into our top five, lol)

Another meaningful game for our boys. The Execution Game. Coming on the heels of the Randle Finally Acquiesces game and the Fournier Explodes game. All important for us. Yes, Carlos, some patience with Thibs warranted. Cracking Coconuts is a process.

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Basketball / Normal as Fuk! Kinda funny tho'

« on: January 12, 2022, 09:51:35 AM »

Chinese woman stuck in blind date's house after city lockdown

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/chinese-woman-stuck-blind-dates-102103267.html

"Besides the fact that he's as mute as a wooden mannequin, everything else (about him) is pretty good," Wang told The Paper. "Despite his food being mediocre, he's still willing to cook, which I think is great."

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Basketball / Speaking of Scoff...Normal as Fuk!

« on: January 12, 2022, 09:39:45 AM »

In the northwestern city of Xian, hospital employees refused to admit a man suffering from chest pains because he lived in a medium-risk district. He died of a heart attack.

They informed a woman who was eight months pregnant and bleeding that her Covid test wasnt valid. She lost her baby.

Two community security guards told a young man they didnt care that he had nothing to eat after catching him out during the lockdown. They beat him up...

For the officials, virus control comes first.... lives, well-being and dignity come much later.

The government has the help of a vast army of community workers who carry out the policy with zeal and hordes of online nationalists who attack anyone raising grievances or concerns....

rofl...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/business/china-zero-covid-policy-xian.html?smid=em-share

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Basketball / So our BEST two-way player is 16th on the team in steals per 36?

« on: January 12, 2022, 09:33:41 AM »

Terrific 2nd half by RJB.
I said the other week that RJB is our best 2-way player and kiid scoffed.
But it's not really close.
I'm not even sure who is 2nd.
Rose?  Mitch??  Grimes??   Burks? ? ?

lol, I scoffed cause it wasn't even close to true.

RJB .. first handful of games excepted...up until the last couple..has had a pretty sad season. Beyond uninspiring.
A net-negative losing-impact player. Not anybody's best-two way. Or even one-way, his D was def not "all that" or even "just that." ****

Kiid's "do you trade him while he still has some good value" question, was totally legit.

Thankfully, he's finally showing signs of achieving what we hope he's capable of. Seeing his teammates and making the right play. Hitting the three. Unleashing a right hand and more varied attack. Not barrelling like a clown into three players underneath the hoop and throwing up junk. Seeing the game, Consistency

He had a wonderful game. Two recent ones. Let's hope it turns into the start of a wonderful second half of the season, and career, lol...


*** and yes, minus the first three minutes ... Randle had a BIG impact on our win ... a worker bee after an ugly-ass ball dominating turnover creating start..didn't look too happy about it...but as long as he does it!


**** so I based my RJ defensive assessment purely on eyetestTM, but if you want to go look at defensive stats it isn't just ugly it is butt-uggly, steals, 9th on team, AND per 36 MIN, 16th on the team, rofl! blocks 8 OR per 36, 10th! want to go to defensive rating, advance stats DBPM, i'm telling you now...DON'T GO THERE, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GOING THERE

***** so I based my RJ offensive assessment purely on eyetestTM, but if you want to go look at advanced offensive stats or composite stats.....IT AIN'T JUST BAD...ITS A HORROR FILM

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Basketball / sometimes we play dumb, sometimes we play...

« on: January 10, 2022, 11:51:23 PM »

because tonight they played nice, smart basketball, good stuff, maybe our smartest of the year
giving the ball to the hot shooters..finding folks in rhythm, skip the stupid stuff
respect to Randle for doing the dirty work without apparent complaint and with focus, maybe we're getting somewhere
(after the first three plays of the game, when he had to do his bossman thing, two of which were turnovers)

* (kinda the same w/Quick who came off the bench doing his best Allonzo Trier impression but then moved forward to better things)
**yes, best game we've seen RJ play for sure
*** and right in the KNICK OF TIME because my Ja Morant envy was starting to soar off the chart after last night's WONDERS of the WORLD HIGHLIGHTS
****really the only bad part, the incredible misuse and abuse of Obi Toppin continues.....

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: January 10, 2022, 01:44:07 PM »

Sadly there is no "first touch" or "second touch" in NBA advanced stats.

There is simply front court touches, the number of times a player touches and possesses the ball on the offensive half of the court per game.

Julius is 4th behind Jokic, Embid, KAT. 48 per game. The eyes don't deceive.

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Basketball / Re: Meanwhile, Back On Planet Earth

« on: January 09, 2022, 09:03:09 PM »

PS: I love Obi, but the notion that somehow he is ready to supplant Julius, or that Thibs has gelded him, is dubious.  Two things.  ONE: Without both ROSE and WALKER, the kind of back cuts and P&R opportunities an effective PG can precipitate with an athelete like Obi are pretty much negated.  TWO: Obi has yet to display a consistent, effective, NBA grade outside shooting game on par with his college heroics, either in the form of a midrange stop and pop off of the dribble, or from three point range, where he has been a horrific 12-58.  EVERY TIME OBI HITS A JUMPER, AN ANGEL GETS HIS WINGS. 

Not saying it's supplant Julius time by any means...but when our asses are already kicked, maybe, just maybe, can we find a little time for Obi to work on this kind of thing..

https://www.nba.com/stats/events/?ContextMeasure=FGM&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0022100545&PlayerID=1630167&RangeType=0&Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612752&flag=3&sct=plot&section=game&CF=SHOT_DISTANCE*E*6

or that kind of thing

https://www.nba.com/stats/events/?ContextMeasure=FGM&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0022100545&PlayerID=1630167&RangeType=0&Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612752&flag=3&sct=plot&section=game&CF=SHOT_DISTANCE*E*16

I'd rather see some of that than another 58 three point attempts...or another possession where Quick dribbles the ball around for 18 seconds..and don't need any fancy PG'ing for the aforedelivered video samples.

I mean f'ck...RJ has had three seasons of green card to work on his arsenal despite the fact that he still misses 15 shots a night half the time..let's give Obi some time and some damn rope, particularly whenever Julius' apparently chronic constipation is acting up...32 minutes, say, would be more than enough there.


*** this kid Toppin has fantastic hands and a lovely touch..let's work with him on the where and how

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Basketball / Ashlee..I miin Ashey..I meen Ashly..doing good from da grave tho

« on: January 08, 2022, 10:32:56 PM »

*** Mike Byrd said, "Bitch, you ain't getting into this house." BAM!

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Basketball / Re: Disaster

« on: January 08, 2022, 10:24:24 PM »

Don't know what else to say about this game.

lol, a true wtf. Yes, why is Julius still on the floor after sucking ass to a spectacular degree when we're down by 23 with three minutes left? I figured maybe Thibs was trying to punish him. But that would be giving Thibs too much credit. Maybe Thibs was unwilling to put Toppin in the game because he has no clue what to do with OBI beside park him at the three point line.

A DISASTER INDEED.


*** that "apology" to the fans was def written by PR because JR clearly wanted to say F U to Knicks fans one more time!

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: January 07, 2022, 01:53:29 PM »

I didn't realize there was a Julius Randle controversy in the late stages of the win, lol, lol...

https://youtu.be/c3XOogp1fu4

Still haven't seen the game, but expect to come down on the side of the TNT crew. Unconditional love reserved for my little lesterdawgs and my little lestercat!

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: January 07, 2022, 12:20:25 PM »

(when is this post-truncation thing gonna stop) Randle's first ZERO TURNOVER GAME since April last. RJB with the killer. Can't wait to watch!

Most of the game was brutal to watch.   Skip to 81-61.

lol, thanks...will do

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: January 07, 2022, 10:12:56 AM »

(when is this post-truncation thing gonna stop) Randle's first ZERO TURNOVER GAME since April last. RJB with the killer. Can't wait to watch!