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Re: Knicks-Bulls II PG 

Post#141 » by kNicksGmen » Mon Nov 3, 2025 4:10 pm

HEZI wrote:Rotation got tighter, Hart back in with starters and reality starting to set in for coach Brown. The you before him actually figured it out and knew how to get the best out of this group. Eventually front office will give him the green light to pull Robinson from the starting lineup after seeing it continue to fail

the big unit has been fine.
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Post#142 » by Capn'O » Mon Nov 3, 2025 4:32 pm

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Post#143 » by thebuzzardman » Mon Nov 3, 2025 4:37 pm

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Wildcat wrote:Hit your open 3's and you win. Thibs punching the air right now.


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Mikal really hated thibs man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If we had this mikal last season we would have won the championship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Mikal Castro lead the revolt against the Thibista regime, for sure.

Be careful once this revolutionary consolidates power though. It never ends well.
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Re: Knicks-Bulls II PG 

Post#144 » by Wildcat » Mon Nov 3, 2025 4:38 pm

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Wildcat wrote:Hit your open 3's and you win. Thibs punching the air right now.


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Mikal really hated thibs man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If we had this mikal last season we would have won the championship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Which I find it crazy because on paper, you'd think Mikal and Thibs would mash well together.
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Re: Knicks-Bulls II PG 

Post#145 » by mpharris36 » Mon Nov 3, 2025 4:49 pm

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Wildcat wrote:Hit your open 3's and you win. Thibs punching the air right now.


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Mikal really hated thibs man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If we had this mikal last season we would have won the championship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Post#146 » by NoDopeOnSundays » Mon Nov 3, 2025 5:11 pm

TheGreenArrow wrote:
Wildcat wrote:Hit your open 3's and you win. Thibs punching the air right now.


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Mikal really hated thibs man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If we had this mikal last season we would have won the championship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Post#147 » by ctorres » Mon Nov 3, 2025 5:34 pm

This picture is so wholesome!

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Post#148 » by sol537 » Mon Nov 3, 2025 5:38 pm

Brunson, Mikal, and OG have started the season off quite well. (not surprising because I peg them as our three most important players).

Everyone else has started slooooow. Some promising signs in the last game. Gotta keep building on that... still think we'd be better off dealing KAT at the deadline. Let's see what happens.
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Post#149 » by TKKnicks1 » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:03 pm

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Post#150 » by thebuzzardman » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:08 pm

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Post#151 » by thebuzzardman » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:10 pm

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Post#152 » by ctorres » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:19 pm

sol537 wrote:Brunson, Mikal, and OG have started the season off quite well. (not surprising because I peg them as our three most important players).

Everyone else has started slooooow. Some promising signs in the last game. Gotta keep building on that... still think we'd be better off dealing KAT at the deadline. Let's see what happens.


I was about to say that Brunson's 3 ball has not been falling, but then I checked and saw that he had a terrible first game of the season.

So discounting the first game from his numbers, he has been averaging 32.8 ppg on 51/38/82 shooting splits over the last 5 games

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Post#153 » by Guano » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:20 pm

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Mp come get you man and tell him to stay in front of ayo and giddy

Mikal already burning his goodwill. :noway:
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Post#154 » by Guano » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:26 pm

DOT wrote:Last year, we had 5 guys over 35 mpg

So far this year, we have 1

To my eyes, the bench minutes are more a factor of roster construction than anything. You look at the bench guys in the rotation, it's Hart (6'4), Shamet (6'4), Clarkson (6'3), Deuce (6'2), and Kolek (6'1). Those guys have the 5 most total minutes from non-starters for us, and of those 5, Hart is the only one who's kind of a big. This is where Yabusele being out of shape really hurts us, cause if he can't play due to fat, as well as Mitch being made of glass, our only other guy who can maybe play in the rotation as a big is Hukporti, who is really not that good and also injured a lot, but he was a late 2nd round pick for those reasons so it's hard to expect much from him

We don't need to make big moves, we just need to re-balance the roster. Get a big wing to spell Mikal/OG for a few more minutes a game, and get a backup big who can spot start. Ideally those roles would be filled by Dadiet/Yabu/Mitch, but it doesn't look like we can rely on them so far this year

This is a good team, just unbalanced. I'm not worried for when we get to the playoffs.


This is where 3pac being unplayable is such a disappointment.
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Post#155 » by mpharris36 » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:37 pm

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also 3rd in the league in 3pt shot attempted

we were 27th in the league last year

we are shooting 10 more 3's a game...that is wild with basically the same roster.
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Post#156 » by aq_ua » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:45 pm

Guano wrote:
DOT wrote:Last year, we had 5 guys over 35 mpg

So far this year, we have 1

To my eyes, the bench minutes are more a factor of roster construction than anything. You look at the bench guys in the rotation, it's Hart (6'4), Shamet (6'4), Clarkson (6'3), Deuce (6'2), and Kolek (6'1). Those guys have the 5 most total minutes from non-starters for us, and of those 5, Hart is the only one who's kind of a big. This is where Yabusele being out of shape really hurts us, cause if he can't play due to fat, as well as Mitch being made of glass, our only other guy who can maybe play in the rotation as a big is Hukporti, who is really not that good and also injured a lot, but he was a late 2nd round pick for those reasons so it's hard to expect much from him

We don't need to make big moves, we just need to re-balance the roster. Get a big wing to spell Mikal/OG for a few more minutes a game, and get a backup big who can spot start. Ideally those roles would be filled by Dadiet/Yabu/Mitch, but it doesn't look like we can rely on them so far this year

This is a good team, just unbalanced. I'm not worried for when we get to the playoffs.


This is where 3pac being unplayable is such a disappointment.

Diawara cracking the rotation by the allstar break is my secret hope. I have little faith in flabu anything beyond an injury replacement this season.
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Re: Knicks-Bulls II PG 

Post#157 » by mpharris36 » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:46 pm

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Mp come get you man and tell him to stay in front of ayo and giddy

Mikal already burning his goodwill. :noway:


I will admit it hasn't been a great start of the year defensively for Mikal. He does have a career high 69% TS and career high 5.5 assists per game so he is really helping the offense. I think the defense individually will pick up.

However, I won't get on him for yelling at his teammates to get back on defense. I like players holding each other accountable.
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Post#158 » by Jalen Bluntson » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:46 pm

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Do we rank #1 is assists per game?
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Post#159 » by Jalen Bluntson » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:48 pm

aq_ua wrote:
Guano wrote:
DOT wrote:Last year, we had 5 guys over 35 mpg

So far this year, we have 1

To my eyes, the bench minutes are more a factor of roster construction than anything. You look at the bench guys in the rotation, it's Hart (6'4), Shamet (6'4), Clarkson (6'3), Deuce (6'2), and Kolek (6'1). Those guys have the 5 most total minutes from non-starters for us, and of those 5, Hart is the only one who's kind of a big. This is where Yabusele being out of shape really hurts us, cause if he can't play due to fat, as well as Mitch being made of glass, our only other guy who can maybe play in the rotation as a big is Hukporti, who is really not that good and also injured a lot, but he was a late 2nd round pick for those reasons so it's hard to expect much from him

We don't need to make big moves, we just need to re-balance the roster. Get a big wing to spell Mikal/OG for a few more minutes a game, and get a backup big who can spot start. Ideally those roles would be filled by Dadiet/Yabu/Mitch, but it doesn't look like we can rely on them so far this year

This is a good team, just unbalanced. I'm not worried for when we get to the playoffs.


This is where 3pac being unplayable is such a disappointment.

Diawara cracking the rotation by the allstar break is my secret hope. I have little faith in flabu anything beyond an injury replacement this season.


Would love to see Diawara get minutes but, Flabu is dealing with a knee sprain. This is all brand new. Acclimation time might be more than 6 games.
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Re: Knicks-Bulls II PG 

Post#160 » by DOT » Mon Nov 3, 2025 6:52 pm

Guano wrote:
DOT wrote:Last year, we had 5 guys over 35 mpg

So far this year, we have 1

To my eyes, the bench minutes are more a factor of roster construction than anything. You look at the bench guys in the rotation, it's Hart (6'4), Shamet (6'4), Clarkson (6'3), Deuce (6'2), and Kolek (6'1). Those guys have the 5 most total minutes from non-starters for us, and of those 5, Hart is the only one who's kind of a big. This is where Yabusele being out of shape really hurts us, cause if he can't play due to fat, as well as Mitch being made of glass, our only other guy who can maybe play in the rotation as a big is Hukporti, who is really not that good and also injured a lot, but he was a late 2nd round pick for those reasons so it's hard to expect much from him

We don't need to make big moves, we just need to re-balance the roster. Get a big wing to spell Mikal/OG for a few more minutes a game, and get a backup big who can spot start. Ideally those roles would be filled by Dadiet/Yabu/Mitch, but it doesn't look like we can rely on them so far this year

This is a good team, just unbalanced. I'm not worried for when we get to the playoffs.


This is where 3pac being unplayable is such a disappointment.

I will just never understand the people on this board who were adamant he was a great pick because he was willing to sign for slightly less than others would have

If they argued he was young and had potential, okay that's at least an argument people make about guys, but the argument they needed to draft someone at that exact spot who was willing to sign for less will never make any sense to me

I just feel like if rather than doing all these little trades and swapping assets around, if we had just stood pat and drafted guys, we might have found an actual contributor or two by now. The FO isn't bad at drafting at the end of the 1st and early 2nd, I don't get why they just keep punting on it the last few years.
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