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Even if we think RJ may continue toward acceptable Big 3 status, where are we getting the third guy if not by using young assets?
And what other top twenty guy comes available
It's just about a MUST STRIKE situation
That’s the recipe all crap franchises follow. Good we won’t be doing that.
Such as giving Kevin Love a long term deal.
The idea that one MUST STRIKE is SO LAME, and that the road to success is predicated on ponying up all of your assets for that Redd Foxx,
this is the big one Elizabeth SHINY OBJECT....ugh.
That Kiid would happily pony up our burgeoning TWENTY YEAR OLD SUPERSTAR for a soon to be 31 year old making 40-50 million a year for the next 4-5 years is all you need to know about the assclown who repreatedly mocked Ainge for passing on Fultz to take Tatum, until the evidence became so irrefutable that he was compelled to rewrite history and go into MY MAN, I Told You So MODE.
Kiid is a moron, so I would expect no less, but BoD's willingness to pony up Mitchell AND Immanuel, but hey, we could always claim the earthly remains of Kevin Love [yup, a perfect addition to THIBS' Kulture, off of the buyout market] bespeaks something more dire, THE GHOST OF KNICKS PLANS PAST.
Memories grow dim in a hurry. DO THEY NOT.
We have nurtured Mitchell from a pup, and his progression has been steady with some dramatic improvement under Payne and Thibs. How many players do the Knicks need to cash in, only to see them blossom and bloom and go on to have long productive careers for other teams.
Kiid and BoD are very much of the ALL IN School of gamesmanship.
Again, while BoD made compelling arguments on behalf of Wood and Haliburton, and yes, BB is a talented player, this was THE FIRST YEAR IN MODERN MEMORY where the Knicks did not go ALL IN on the quick fix, though admittedly they were ready willing an able to go all in for Chris Paul. Point taken. Gordon Hayward? Be careful what you wish for.
Again, the idea that anyone, let alone a grifter as palpably stoopid as Kiid would with a straight face suggest we offload 20 year old home grown RJ Barrett let alone all of our draft assets and thus NEGATE THE RATIONALE FOR COPPING A TALENT SUCH AS DAME, is a reminder that stoooopidddity can detonate all manner of progress in an instant.
Oh, and fuck those useless late first rounders.
Right, such as the #25 with which we copped Quickley, who in an up and down season has generally trended UPWARDS. The consistency of his stoke has returned, he is hoisting from the 4-point stripe with Coach's blessing, and, lo and behold, his assists are on the rise, as he looks to create, and not merely for his self. Mitchell, who we copped with the #36 pick and whom some seem to forget was on a tear when he returned from his busted hand.
Damn Dame. Well, God bless, BUT NO HERSHEL WALKER DEALS. NO MELO DEALS.
Noels. Bullock. Burks.
Dennis Smith and a #46 pick for DERRICK ROSE? Now THAT's a DEAL.
Anyway, we agree to disagree.
PS: The greatest deal in Knicks history? We did indeed pony up serious assets, but it was addition by subtraction, not giving away the fucking store. Howie Komives was our starting PG, but offlading him opened up space for Walt Frazier [our RJ in waiting]. Walt Bellamy? A HALL OF FAME CENTER. A double double, night in and night out. Trading him opened up the center slot for Willis Reed, and Dave DeB, well, that worked out okay.
PPS: Melo? We got that ONE season under Woodson and Jason Kidd. Otherwise, no remaining assets to develop, no talent to build nor nurture around our one certifiable stud. What Rose & Thibs are building is very possibly SUSTAINABLE & ENDURING. Not STARZ but rather KULTURE.
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