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Total Members Voted: 3

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

[Kam]

Mitch: From the moment Mitchell Robinson stepped onto the court, it felt like he was going to do whatever the hell he felt like. It started with some offensive boards and putbacks as well as some dunks...it continued with more offensive rebounds and some dunks. Mitch received the lion's share of the love from the Knicks' PG's combining for 18 assists and 0 TO's. When players couldn't feed the young Center, he'd clean up anything they missed. So over 27 minutes, Robinson went 11/11 from the field (tying a record for perfection) and notched 22 points, 8 boards, a block and a steal.

I can't stress just how dominant this felt. During the third quarter, the Knicks felt like they were on the verge of breaking the game open. Melo was going off to keep things close. Mitch came onto the court and quickly helped double team Melo in the post. By the fourth quarter, Melo wasn't scoring anymore and neither were the rest of the Blazers. Mitch only had to come off of the floor for some damned mercy (ironically it didn't work because Portis decided to go full Lil Ze in the hotel on 'em). Robinson was a game breaker. If the ball went up, he'd get a hand on it.

There was a Damian Lillard drive to the hoop past Elfrid Payton with 5 minutes left in the first quarter. He sees Mitchell waiting there at the cup so he has to hold himself up in the air momentarily before shooting to adjust his shot.  Right after Robinson gets close enough to alter the shot, here comes Elfrid Payton from behind and blocks it, Lillard falls to the floor.

Nice bit of team Defense right there.  Payton get's the credit but if there was a stat for assisted block Mitch would get it.

One last thing, it's undeniable that the Knicks have had a soft stretch of schedule. It's also undeniable that they weren't even beating the bad teams for most of this season.

Let's put the schedule talk completely to rest.  Fizdale had soft parts of the schedule to exploit like the 6-6 Miller. 

He did not.

Such as this one where he managed a .250 win percentage with an average point differential of negative 9 ppg including several home blowout losses.


Mon, Oct 28   
vs
Chicago  WIN by 7

Wed, Oct 30   
@
Orlando LOSE by 12

Fri, Nov 1   
@
Boston LOSE by 2

Sun, Nov 3   
vs
Sacramento LOSE by 11

Wed, Nov 6   
@
Detroit LOSE by 20

Fri, Nov 8   
@
Dallas WIN by 4

Sun, Nov 10   
vs
Cleveland LOSE by 21

Tue, Nov 12   
@
Chicago LOSE by 18

[bodiddley]

Yep, Fizz blew the early easy part of the schedule.

Quite a game from Franc.  Just tossing up a million creative lobs to Mitch.  Popping in a 3, flying around the corner for a dunk.  Certainly a glimpse of Franc's upside.  Twas exciting.

That one oop Mitch smashed down late in the 1Q was crazy.

[chipstern]

Yep, Fizz blew the early easy part of the schedule.

Quite a game from Franc.  Just tossing up a million creative lobs to Mitch.  Popping in a 3, flying around the corner for a dunk.  Certainly a glimpse of Franc's upside.  Twas exciting.

That one oop Mitch smashed down late in the 1Q was crazy.

Yup, that was the Randle pass.  Not quite on the mark, but Mitchell sure cleaned it up pretty.  DAMN. 

I eagerly await Mitchell's second jump shot of the season.  Hey, took Giannis a while, too, didn't it? 

[bodiddley]

Longish article on KZ sacrificing and blending in and not posting up for Dallas.

[chipstern]

McDermott?

Gone.

Mudiay?

Gone.

Enes?

Gone. 

The one enduring asset from the Melo Trade on the evening of his return to the Garden, was second round pick Mitchell Robinson. 

PS: Oh, and Julius Randle, as well, if you factor in the cap space we saved in renouncing Mudiay and Kanter, and re-shuffled into our power forward's contract. 

[chipstern]

Longish article on KZ sacrificing and blending in and not posting up for Dallas.

KZ has been playing well, thriving as a gifted roll player, as has Timmy, not being called upon to be the saviors, with Luca clearly the face of the Mavs and their bell cow.  Trae Young is a terrific player, but Dallas clearly came out ahead in their 2 x #1 picks exchange with Atlanta. 

[facilitatorn]

Clarkson for Exum can’t possibly be the last shoe to drop.

[bodiddley]

Trades are almost always closer to the deadline.

The first real move was POR picking up Melo.

Btw, that was quite a nice showing by Melo.
Assume he wanted to show the Knix Org he wasn't washed up.
fans were behind him as well, which was nice.

[chipstern]

Trades are almost always closer to the deadline.

The first real move was POR picking up Melo.

Btw, that was quite a nice showing by Melo.
Assume he wanted to show the Knix Org he wasn't washed up.
fans were behind him as well, which was nice.

Of all the egregious things Phil Jackson did (both directly and indirectly through fronts, such as Charlie Rosen) was his treatment of Melo. 

It is one thing to conclude that a man's best days are behind him, and that it is time to move on. 

Quite another to publicly humiliate him, let alone to utterly eviscerate his trade value. 

I lost all respect for Jackson off of that punk move.   

[kiidcarter8]

The equation reflects the NBA CBA rules and works under the Trade Machine calculations.


So?

[Kam]

PS: Oh, and Julius Randle, as well, if you factor in the cap space we saved in renouncing Mudiay and Kanter, and re-shuffled into our power forward's contract.

Oh NOW you like cap space from dumping Kanter.  Something i still get called out for by tweedle dees and dumm.

_{the friggin cojones on this one}

[kiidcarter8]

IMO the Celts don't need to trade away two all-stars and a lottery ticket, and restructure a team that should be able to compete at the highest levels for years, for  KAT and Dieng.


Dont kid yourself - Celts move Tatum in a heartbeat for Towns.

Gordie's been good - they would need to replace him with Gordie light.

The "nahhhh" is from Wolves end but the #1s make it at least something to consider

[bankshot1]

The equation reflects the NBA CBA rules and works under the Trade Machine calculations.


So?

So its was a proposed trade that satisfies NBA cap rules.

As opposed to an earlier proposal that would not meet the NBA cap rules.

[kiidcarter8]

Carlos, this team is still made up mostly of those same players.

What a difference a coach makes, huh?

Management was right

I wonder if Stephen A wants a do over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx-m8Js_oJU

[kiidcarter8]

So its was a proposed trade that satisfies NBA cap rules.


Yeah, so what?  Wolves piss on it.