Kid, I think you are right that one of our troika of lotto points will probably see many more minutes at the wing than at the point. It won’t be Frank shifting to the wing. It will be Mudiay. Frank or Burke will start and the other will be the primary backup.
Stretching Noah and only paying Lance his guaranteed million instead of paying his full contract has us with cap holds and rookie scales with between 65-70 mil on the books. This will put us in the neighborhood of 40 million under the cap. There’s no law saying we have to commit that space to pedigree vets at top dollar right away. We could be patient, and roll the space forward to a year where our key players are further developed and defined.
Lance is due 7 million and change in both 2018-2019 and 2019-2020.
Unaware of any outs or team options. Can you point to some evidence to the contrary?
Meanwhile...
Don't see the Knicks positioning Knox at PF.
A) Young
B) YOUNG
C) Body still developing
D) Physical demands of bodying up with beefier more physical players
E) KP's return
At some point in the future, I could see KP playing some 5 with Knox at the 4. For right now, I think Fizz prioritizes Knox's short term development, and leaves the future to define itself.
The back court?
I could see Burke tallying more minutes at the off guard than Frank or Emmanuel, as he is better able to create his own shot. Sure, his lack of size puts him at a disadvantage defensively, but his quickness and off the ball skills could put pressure on bigger defenders as well...make them work.
Otherwise, speaking of logjams...
Despite Fizz loving size and length, to accommodate all of his ballhandlers and wings, still think we will see significant minutes for Hardaway and Dotson at the 3-spot, as match-ups allow, and as we attempt to foster more three-point attempts.
Dotson is a good defender, Timmy not so much.
We shall see.
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