D-Rose went down and took our season with him.
Poor Nerlens was a train wreck.
Kemba, whose signing I was surely enthusiastic about, truth be told, torpedoed our chemistry so conclusively, that Thibs freaked and literally nailed him to the pine until he ran out of bodies.
As per NEON LEON, please nothe, that ere in the wake of the Celtics' 42-28 ascension, it is worth noting that GM Brad Stevens wrote off Evan Fournier, and was willing to give the Thunder a 2021 #1 pick as a sweetner to offload Kemba and bring back Al Horford.
Stretch 4 Two-Way Signing Luka Samanic looked like a burgeoning talent in Westchester, but hurt his heel and has played to my knowledge, on game in 2022. SIGH.
Evan's game last night was hopeful on a number of fronts, no doubt teasing Facil's trade barometer, as he shot well, actually defended, and had what, 2 steals and 6 assists.
Burks has been a gamer, doing what was asked, even though mis-cast as a PG.
Where NEON LEON excelled, was in the draft, where Quentin Grimes, Miles McBride and Jericho Sims are all keepers, though it remains to be seen what their ceiling is, and Jokubaitis remains a tantalizing X-Factor.
Oh, and no moves at the trade deadline? Kevin Knox and the provisional #1 from Charlotte for Cam Reddish was looking pretty damn good--and still is--when the kid went down. I am looking for Cam & RJ to be a signficant tandem [and hopefully poor Kevin goes to a team this summer where he actually gets off the pine.]
CHEMISTRY?
Performance wise, the Burks/Bullock over/under seems to be a wash. Reggie has had an up and down year for the Mavs, dealing with his share of injuries.
CHEMISTRY? Thibs leaned hard on Reggie, and he was apparently Julius' best bro on the team.
CHEMISTRY?
Oddly enough I would nominate THEO PINSON as a signficiant loss.
Okay, I hear you. OUR EXPERIENCE of Theo was when he came in around garbage time, and bricked a trey [0-8 for the season].
Oddly enough, Theo also ended up with Dallas, where his invisible influence counts for something, little as it may be, but he is for them, what he was for us, a glue guy, a practice player, a locker room/bench jockey, a positive influence who keeps everyone loose and laughing, something of a coach on the bench.
Anyway, would I rather have Jericho Sims, or for that matter, Ryan Arcidiacono? The mirage known as Luka Samanic? Sure.
But when charting the inconsistencies and palpable chemistry issues our Knicks and their coach jousted with all season long, well, there is more between heaven and earth than is accounted
for in boxscores, Horatio.
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