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Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: June 13, 2022, 11:38:11 PM

[chipstern]

Something seems to be afoot.

First the Ryan Arcidiacono signing, Villinova PG, on a 10-Day. 

Then cutting Wayne Selden to open up a roster spot. 

Then peripheral involvement in the Cavs-Lakers trade, with Rajon Rondo going to the Cavs, Denzel Valentine to the Lakers, and Valentine being rerouted to the Knicks for cash considerations. 

Also, a host of second round stash assets, none of whom is likley to see any face time in the NBA, passed around. 

For absorbing Valentine, Knicks cop 1.1 million cash considerations from the Lakers. 

What exactly is afoot?  Some other moves coming? 

Can't quite see wasssup, but Arcidiacono would seem likely to stick, as I suspect Walker is out for a while, along with Rose, IQ and Burks are more combo guards, McBride is still getting his feet wet. 

Not sure if there is some more impactful wheeling and dealing on the horizon, but I suspect Dawg's wet dream is not in the cards, as per Thibs. 

[chipstern]

Mitchell and Jericho have cleared protocols. 

[chipstern]

League invalidated Arcidiacono signing. 

Procedural issues, having to do with protocols and personnel.

Got me. 

Thinking is they will revisit and resubmit a 10 day contract. 

[chipstern]

Off Protocols. 

Needs conditioning.  Won't play tonight. 

[chipstern]

MITCHELL

JERICHO

Julius

All Available Tonight

[facilitatorn]

Jules looked better after his rest cure.

RJ had a very nice game.

Between those factors and the pacers shorthandedness, we were able to overcome Fournier and still get the win.

[elephant]

Wow, that was last year's Randle on display tonight.

Confident. Focused. Fierce with the rebounds.

Can we see it again Thursday against the Celtics?

[carlos123]

I knew King Julius would be back.
He just needed a break.
Nobody can play 35 minutes plus a game for a whole season.
Thibs needs to learn to manage minutes and not overwork players into smithereens.

[bodiddley]

RJB with another strong driving game. 
FourEva somnambulent. 
Shouldn't have struggled against their G-League backcourt.  Credit whoever those guys were (Sykes & Washington).  It's been fun to see GLeaguers get NBA starts and long minutes.
Sabonis too slow-footed for Randle.
IQ needs to pass.  Especially with other PG's unavailable.
Not sure why MyTurn never gets the ball.
Good to see Torey Craig play well, always a hustler with some skills.

General league trade talks centers around Jerami Grant,
And poaching someone from IND or POR, two expensive, heavily underperforming teams.
The Kings needing to shake things up.  With ATL also underwhelming, and their GM getting jittery.
One of those 4-5 teams will send out a semi-desirable player.
I think some deals will go down, as m,any tams feel they can contend and many need rests.

[Kam]

It took 154 games, but Julius Randle and RJ Barrett both scored over 30 points on the same night.

[lesterluv]

Good to see Randle refreshed as anticipated.
Wouldn't have minded a longer refresh.

Still, it took a few plays to purge Bad Randle.

That first turnover. Where he coughs up the ball. Chases the steal all the way down court. Then retreats off the ball and watches indifferently as the thief pops an uncontested three. Yick.

That second turnover. Coughs up the ball. Barely runs back.

Maybe I got 'em reversed.

Things got better, tho...

[bodiddley]

I like Wally on game calls.  Informative, enthusiastic, positive.  Wally's forte remains O and he's still not much on defense.  The other game he claimed Knox was playing excellent D before he got Covid-ed.  And he frequently overpraises mediocre Knick defenders.  Seems Wally equates activity with good D.  Breen is also usually overly diplomatic, saying such as 'A little miscommunication on that play' as nobody is near a 3-point shooter or someone gets to the rim unimpeded.  Instead of noting that the miscommunications almost always involve at least one of Randle, Fournier, Burks. 

IND game Breen was surprised Burks committed a dumb foul on a 3Pt shot, calling him "Usually such a smart defender."  What he failed to notice was Burks midget assignment was a good 6' behind Sabonis, but Burks oddly veered in and ran into Sabonis for no reason.  If Burks just kept his course he would have been well clear of the barely attempted screen.  So Burks had to disentangle himself from his self-caused collision with Sabonis and then lunged to foul the 3-point shooter.  One dumb mistake cascading into another. 

Burks is routinely awful dealing with screens (and has trouble reading switches).  Was an issue last year as well.  There was a play in the OKC game with a bit under 3 mins left in the 2Q.  OKC has a Big with the ball stationed along the left baseline and both guards are dancing around there.  One OKC G starts flaring out along the 3 point arc.  You can see Fournier point for Burks to take the other G in the corner, as FourEva heads for the potential perimeter shooter.  Two beats and inexplicably Burks takes the exact same interior route that Fournier did trying to cover the very same player.   The now unguarded other  OKC G in the corner simply cuts baseline gets a feed from the Big and slams it home.  Just a bizarre read, as screens befuddle the man.  I do like Burks renewed energy and activity on D this year, and it's led to a fair number of steals and deflections (and sometimes fouls).

Anyway, I just wish there were a little more frankness when it comes to defensive failings.  When Randle was in his recent funk, Breen and Wally were calling him out for slack D, which was unusual and refreshing.  But just seems to me if we're going to praise guys for good defensive plays, they should also be called out for mistakes.  More accountability is a good thing.

[Kam]

Breen seems not as engaged this year.  I forget why but I was annoyed at something he said last game.   And when he said 'bing bong' the season went off the rails.

[chipstern]

Seeing RJ & Julius CLICK was gratifying. 

Attackng the rim.  Decisive. 

Not settling for threes. 

As goes their chemistry, so go the Knicks. 

As for Dawg and JR's purgative. 

Yes, Julius' initial foray into TurnOverVille was as per usual...over dribbling.  Right into doubles and congested passing lanes   Two quick faux pas. 

Only had one more TO after his initial spasms.

Randle and Sabonis both played 39 minutes. 

Each had three turnovers. 

Sabonis: 15-8-4

Randle: 30-16-4

[chipstern]

As per Bo's ongoing narrative as to the Burks' lousy defense. 

Had 3 steals to go with 14-6-4

Gave us good minutes. On both ends. 

Whears Fournier gave us nothing.  Puzzling.  Something is amiss.  Looked dynamic with the French National team and on opening night.  Since then, not sure which Fournier will show up.

Need a larger sample, but apparently Scott Perry was right about pursuing DeRozan, who has completely transformed the Bulls' chemistry. 

Grimes got a large share of Fournier's minutes.