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Red Vines wrote:I'm not going to flip out if we get the 5th pick but it will suck having no idea who we'll get at that spot. 1-2 we know we're getting a big man, 3-4 we know we're getting a combo PG, it will be a long month of wondering if we fall to 5.
sasso wrote:bigfnjoe96 wrote:Mudiay reminds soooooo much of Stephon Marbury is not even funny.
That's a great comp. They have very similar styles, skills, and athleticism.
knicks94 wrote:As a basketball fan you have to be happy if the Lakers receive the top pick.
Wonderllama wrote:Whoever we end up drafting, I'll support him by buying his shirt. I'm not into jerseys but I do love the NBA name t-shirts.
BeagleBoss wrote:sasso wrote:bigfnjoe96 wrote:Mudiay reminds soooooo much of Stephon Marbury is not even funny.
That's a great comp. They have very similar styles, skills, and athleticism.
Marbury had a much better J but Mudiay isn't mentally ill or a team cancer either.
Jstarks3 wrote:Dantares wrote:Several N.B.A. teams have Porzingis, 19, penciled into their top three, Fraschilla said.
“You’re talking about a very young, extremely talented player,” said Fraschilla, who added that the danger for the Knicks — at least from a public relations point of view — would be having fans immediately associate Porzingis with Andrea Bargnani instead of with Dirk Nowitzki. “As a team, you have to have a comfort level with this type of international player.”
Fraschilla emphasized the overall point that the lottery has remarkable depth this year. And if the Knicks are fortunate enough to secure one of the top two picks, they might at least consider trading down — to four or five, say — to maximize the value of the draft. Because who is to say that Okafor or Towns will turn out to better than Mudiay, Russell or even Porzingis?
“There would be a temptation to trade down knowing you could acquire another key asset and still have a top-five pick,” Fraschilla said. “There are some drafts where, after the first or second pick, teams might be scratching their heads, saying: ‘Who do we take here? Do we have anybody here who has potential stardom?’ ”
still. i wonder what he said about Darko.
JayKnicKz11 wrote:Top 3 im satisfied
Marcus wrote:E-Balla wrote:
that was that first game against Wisco early in the year. mad aggressive on the defensive drives that game too handsy though got in foul trouble. made the adjustment.
E-Balla wrote:AllanH20 wrote:
Sprewell4Three wrote:Frank fraschilla once said Gallinari was going to be the Knicks version of Derrick Jeter. I wouldn't take him seriously.
mpharris36 wrote:knicks94 wrote:As a basketball fan you have to be happy if the Lakers receive the top pick.
moocow007 wrote:Sprewell4Three wrote:Frank fraschilla once said Gallinari was going to be the Knicks version of Derrick Jeter. I wouldn't take him seriously.
Yeah Fraschilla isn't the best when it comes to judging talent. He comes up with some outlandish comparisons.
moocow007 wrote:Jstarks3 wrote:
still. i wonder what he said about Darko.
Not sure but he once referred to Yi Jianlian as the next Yao Ming. Called Yi Jianlian "New School" to Yao's "Old School" and referred to Yi as "Hip Hop" and "50 Cent" version Yao. To which, I guess technically the "50 cent" version may be right (or maybe more like the 10 cent version or 5 cent version) though not obviously how he intended it to be.
BTW...Fraschilla just referred to Porzingas as "Kirilenko with skills".
moocow007 wrote:Sprewell4Three wrote:Frank fraschilla once said Gallinari was going to be the Knicks version of Derrick Jeter. I wouldn't take him seriously.
Yeah Fraschilla isn't the best when it comes to judging talent. He comes up with some outlandish comparisons.
Capn'O wrote:
I keep imagining scenarios where we get Porzingas AND Okafor and have to rein myself in and remember there's only one pick.
Wonderllama wrote:Whoever we end up drafting, I'll support him by buying his shirt. I'm not into jerseys but I do love the NBA name t-shirts.
Ekstrand argues that Okafor's defensive grade is still incomplete because the potential No. 1 pick was coached to lay back on that end. "People say he didn't play great defense, he didn't defend the pick-and-roll," Ekstrand said. "But at Duke, they didn't want him committing aggressive fouls on defense. If he's going to have two to three on the offensive end, you don't want him to have any on the defensive end because you want him to be in the game."
The league executive agreed to a certain extent but still foresees issues for Okafor defensively. "Let's assume that argument is right with Duke—that he was saved, he was never coached and he wants to play D," he said. "He's still not going to block shots. He's also going to have a hard time chasing around perimeter 4's. He's an offensive-minded 5. I think with Okafor, you need a guy like [Serge] Ibaka next to him—a guy that cleans up the glass and blocks shots."
In addition to fine-tuning his all-around offense, Towns needs to learn to play defense more with his body than his hands. "Towns has the rep of being the better defender (over Okafor), but look at the minutes played and how many fouls he committed," Ekstrand said. "If you're only playing 20 minutes and you're in foul trouble, that's a red flag. What's not different from college to the NBA is you still have to use your body more and your hands less."
