2 possible solid backcourt additions -- Issuf Sanon and Bryce Cotton

[NYKnickerbocker]

How good is the lg he plays in? He looks good in his highlights.

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Interesting. Thanks for responding.

Could you elaborate a little? Why don't your think Sanon plays in the NBA next year? Is he not ready in your opinion? What about him looks like he's not ready (keeping in mind we really could use the depth at 2G and this guy's an asset--one of our better ones--that we have available to us to work with)? I see a John Starks-type of player that worked on his game the last couple of years and needs a chance in the NBA now, just like Starks got with us years ago. I think we could use him and he makes sense for us.

Too raw physically. Also, doesn't really have a position or a jump shot to play the 2. He really needs a lot more seasoning. Also looked like he was so far behind many of the other prospects in Summer League.

Regarding Sanon, obviously I've never seen him play live, no one on here has, but just going on available tape on youtube -- I like what I see A LOT. If you look at all his tape (there's a 30-pt game he's had that's on there and a scouting video that goes over different categories to his game), he shows promise. And some of these vids are 2 years old. Who knows how tall he is now -- he could be 6'5" maybe and I'd be willing to bet his game has progressed some since then. The skills i saw were finishing ability at the rim against bigger players while absorbing contact, a nice jumper with excellent form from 3, good effort on defense along with some moxie to him. Again, given our dearth at SG (is Dotson even coming back? I hope so), he makes sense. Dot's a nice player and could be a Raja Bell-type for us and he's already here in a way--just need to resign him and get him back in the fold. Then we could move Barrett over to the 3, draft Saddiq Bey to also play 3, then maybe grab another shooter like Desmond Bane to go with Dotson possibly. That's what I was thinking before considering this kid Sanon. Sanon, like Dotson, is another "in-house" option so to speak -- if we like him and our Euro scouts say he's ready, I say why the hell not -- we have his rights and could use the backcourt help (this guy can even play some point). I'm at least in favor of getting him in here for summer league to take a closer look -- getting him some SL time and we evaluate. Couldn't hurt. I think he may have had a stint or two in summer league with the Wizards but nothing can be taken away from that because they barely played him. It was a waste. I say get him in here and give him some legit burn this time. Who knows, the kid could be a gem that's right under our nose and again, he's in-house. Here's hoping our Euro scouts are on top of their game and have a good feel for him and where he's at and communicate stuff like that to Rose on the regular..

Doing a small dive into Sannon, he seems to have had me sort of leg surgery over the summer - this video was on youtube from July entitled Recovering in Dnipro. I suppose it's possible it could be why Ljubljana cut him (if that's so).

Watch on YouTube

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Too raw physically. Also, doesn't really have a position or a jump shot to play the 2. He really needs a lot more seasoning. Also looked like he was so far behind many of the other prospects in Summer League.

Regarding Sanon, obviously I've never seen him play live, no one on here has, but just going on available tape on youtube -- I like what I see A LOT. If you look at all his tape (there's a 30-pt game he's had that's on there and a scouting video that goes over different categories to his game), he shows promise. And some of these vids are 2 years old. Who knows how tall he is now -- he could be 6'5" maybe and I'd be willing to bet his game has progressed some since then. The skills i saw were finishing ability at the rim against bigger players while absorbing contact, a nice jumper with excellent form from 3, good effort on defense along with some moxie to him. Again, given our dearth at SG (is Dotson even coming back? I hope so), he makes sense. Dot's a nice player and could be a Raja Bell-type for us and he's already here in a way--just need to resign him and get him back in the fold. Then we could move Barrett over to the 3, draft Saddiq Bey to also play 3, then maybe grab another shooter like Desmond Bane to go with Dotson possibly. That's what I was thinking before considering this kid Sanon. Sanon, like Dotson, is another "in-house" option so to speak -- if we like him and our Euro scouts say he's ready, I say why the hell not -- we have his rights and could use the backcourt help (this guy can even play some point). I'm at least in favor of getting him in here for summer league to take a closer look -- getting him some SL time and we evaluate. Couldn't hurt. I think he may have had a stint or two in summer league with the Wizards but nothing can be taken away from that because they barely played him. It was a waste. I say get him in here and give him some legit burn this time. Who knows, the kid could be a gem that's right under our nose and again, he's in-house. Here's hoping our Euro scouts are on top of their game and have a good feel for him and where he's at and communicate stuff like that to Rose on the regular..

Doing a small dive into Sannon, he seems to have had me sort of leg surgery over the summer - this video was on youtube from July entitled Recovering in Dnipro. I suppose it's possible it could be why Ljubljana cut him (if that's so).

Watch on YouTube

Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing. Obviously a setback for the young man.. No idea how bad his injury was (can't find anything about it on the Net anywhere). Was just looking at another recovery video he's got on youtube -- you gotta love the "sacrifice" and "I bet on myself" he's got written on his body. Looks like he's taking his recovery very seriously. These videos were from 3 months ago, maybe not even. Unfortunately, if his injury was bad, there probably won't be enough time for him to be ready for the Knicks and the NBA right away.. Sucks, I think this dude can play and considering all of our backcourt problems, Sanon could've been a factor/solution possibly (and i was thinking more at the 2 than at the point). Wishing him all the best.

Desmond Bane should very much be in consideration with that pick at 27 now imho. And I think we really need to bring Dotson back too.