TrueWarrior wrote:cgf wrote:egelband wrote:What are the Knicks to needs? With Robinson out I would have thought they need a center. But seems most posters here want to bring in a PG. Just wondering.
We do probably need a backup center, but we need another creator most of all. Either a starting SG to push DiVincenzo to the bench...or just replace him in the rotation if he's good enough...or more of a 6th man type to replace Quickley. A backup PG could work to, but I think we need more of a combo guard than a point.
Depending on the price I think any of these could make sense for us to target:
Brogdon
Hield
Olnyk + Sexton/Clarkson
Tyus Jones + Gafford
Rozier + Richards
Lavine...if we can get him without including Grimes or any unprotected future FRPs
Im in favor of the lower cost options like Brogdon, Sexton, or Rozier for that 6th man type we need.
Brogdon makes a whole lot of sense especially, with his size and shooting, and he’s obviously used to coming off the bench already. The Blazers prob dont want to keep him and shouldn’t be too expensive if we wanted him.
Murray and Lavine just dont feel right to me. I can be talked into Murray depending on the deal, but my gut is telling me to stay away and be patient.
We should at least see if some of our players can step their games up before we do anything. Thats my main thing. Give McBride, Grimes, Precious, and Sims a few more weeks and if they fail then make a deadline deal.
Brogdon would probably be my preferred target if Achuiwa/Sims/smallball can give Hartenstein enough rest because I really appreciate our FO's patient/gradual approach, but I go back and forth on whether we should focus our assets on the single biggest upgrade we can make without interfering with any future trade plans, or if we should split our resources.
I'll root for whichever option we opt for, and I am optimistic that even if we got Murray and he was a disaster for us he'd retain enough of his value because teams would still be able to tell themselves that he only failed for us & Atlanta because we played him at the 2 instead of the point. But I can't say that I would not be worried about the negative impact he could have on our spacing & chemistry.
Something we aren't talking about yet is that once we hit that 2nd apron, we won't be able to aggregate salaries in trades anymore. So unless we can swing a trade for an MVP caliber guy this summer/next season, we'll need somebody to be making over 40M to match salaries in a 1-for-1.
Now if our FO has knowledge that a Embiid, Luka, or Booker will be available this summer, that doesn't matter. Even if re-signing our guys took us over the 2nd apron post-trade, we could just wait to re-sign our guts until after the trade. But if nobody better than Mitchell will be available before Brunson & Randle's extensions make us a super-tax team, we'll need someone we can trade on an MVP salary.
Definitely agree that we should take advantage of this time we have before the TDL to see how things shake out post trade to see if that makes the decision any clearer.
