Derrick Rose to NY

[Zooropa]

BOY THAT ROSE QUICKLY

Amazing that it wasn't a bad photoshop job, and that they actually misplaced the 25 on the jersey

[NYKnicksTAPE]

MSG is gonna be on fire next season whenever Rose gets going

[DowNY]

I can definitely see a sticky scenario playing out this season.
DRose is really going ball out. CP3 & the Clippers will struggle this year.
We'll have a decision to make come February.

[Zooropa]

I'm gonna hold up on evaluating. This trade shook up the whole landscape of free agency and he traded neither cap space or picks to do it. If he gets the big one... that's what you hope to get anyway through the long road. You can do a lot with that team going forward.

That's true. My Durant pessimism is pretty unwavering, and so I'll gladly eat crow if and when. Horford would be alluring to be sure, but it would take a pretty meteoric leap from KP earlier than we expect for that core to well and truly contend.

My overall outlook is based on the Knicks' repeated failures to build a team in one summer. In my mind, the Rose trade marked the end of an 18-month period (beginning with the JR/Shump trade) during which Phil was building a team more or less the way I would do it. But that's why he's making 12 mil a year, and I'm sitting here posting on a basketball forum.

That's more or less where I was at. This business with Durant going to the Hamptons for his interview though... that's really intriguing. That's Dolan's BBQ. He's interested.

When Phil started here, Abe and I had a series of private convos figuring that Durant was the end game for PJax. He's the exact kind of player that Jackson would be target to push from a great player to a champion. The fact that they're gonna sit down together is pretty f'n exciting. All of this preliminary stuff is setting up getting him in the room and once he's in the room... you have Phil Jackson telling him how he's going to create a champion out of him.

If he misses - yeah, Horford or Batum would be nice. Maybe they'll just get some 1 years though and kick the can for the next ridiculous scenario.

You're probably going to hate hearing this, but Stephen A has also always said that Phil was brought here with KD in mind

Perhaps. But everything he's said from the opening presser in March of '14 on has indicated that he cares more about culture than any single player. But Phil has never tipped his hand, so maybe he's been thinking Durant this whole time.

As for the Hamptons, it doesn't mean too much to me. Especially because Phil's in LA over the summer anyway. The Hamptons are lit... I don't blame him for having meetings out there!

[offense]

Hyped for Rose, I have a good feeling about this season.

[El Poochio]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/746439286111764480[/tweet]

[El Poochio]

You can tell Rose is hungry.

Hungry to prove doubters like myself wrong, and hungry to win. I felt that interview. Came off as real.

Phil needs to do a good job filling out the roster. We can surprise people next season.

Rose is horny

PorzinGOD is horny

Fans are horny

Horny is horny

We already have great harmony

NY BABY

[NY2TheBay]

Im excited. Really, as a fan, thats all you can ask for.

[Zooropa]

You can tell Rose is hungry.

Hungry to prove doubters like myself wrong, and hungry to win. I felt that interview. Came off as real.

Phil needs to do a good job filling out the roster. We can surprise people next season.

Rose is horny

PorzinGOD is horny

Fans are horny

Horny is horny

We already have great harmony

NY BABY

Rambis is definitely horny

[Capn'O]

That's true. My Durant pessimism is pretty unwavering, and so I'll gladly eat crow if and when. Horford would be alluring to be sure, but it would take a pretty meteoric leap from KP earlier than we expect for that core to well and truly contend.

My overall outlook is based on the Knicks' repeated failures to build a team in one summer. In my mind, the Rose trade marked the end of an 18-month period (beginning with the JR/Shump trade) during which Phil was building a team more or less the way I would do it. But that's why he's making 12 mil a year, and I'm sitting here posting on a basketball forum.

That's more or less where I was at. This business with Durant going to the Hamptons for his interview though... that's really intriguing. That's Dolan's BBQ. He's interested.

When Phil started here, Abe and I had a series of private convos figuring that Durant was the end game for PJax. He's the exact kind of player that Jackson would be target to push from a great player to a champion. The fact that they're gonna sit down together is pretty f'n exciting. All of this preliminary stuff is setting up getting him in the room and once he's in the room... you have Phil Jackson telling him how he's going to create a champion out of him.

If he misses - yeah, Horford or Batum would be nice. Maybe they'll just get some 1 years though and kick the can for the next ridiculous scenario.

You're probably going to hate hearing this, but Stephen A has also always said that Phil was brought here with KD in mind

Perhaps. But everything he's said from the opening presser in March of '14 on has indicated that he cares more about culture than any single player. But Phil has never tipped his hand, so maybe he's been thinking Durant this whole time.

As for the Hamptons, it doesn't mean too much to me. Especially because Phil's in LA over the summer anyway. The Hamptons are lit... I don't blame him for having meetings out there!

It's not a tough argument to come by, really. I don't think it was Durant or bust in his mind as it is with the fans but Jackson always has several threads going. KD fits in any great culture team scenario and he's got a shot to get him. Why not take it?

If he misses, it'll be interesting to see what tack they take. Maybe they trade BOTH Melo and Rose midseason for youth. Maybe they chase that crackpot LeBron scenario from the last page. Phil doesn't seem to leave any big option closed.

[Zooropa]

That's more or less where I was at. This business with Durant going to the Hamptons for his interview though... that's really intriguing. That's Dolan's BBQ. He's interested.

When Phil started here, Abe and I had a series of private convos figuring that Durant was the end game for PJax. He's the exact kind of player that Jackson would be target to push from a great player to a champion. The fact that they're gonna sit down together is pretty f'n exciting. All of this preliminary stuff is setting up getting him in the room and once he's in the room... you have Phil Jackson telling him how he's going to create a champion out of him.

If he misses - yeah, Horford or Batum would be nice. Maybe they'll just get some 1 years though and kick the can for the next ridiculous scenario.

You're probably going to hate hearing this, but Stephen A has also always said that Phil was brought here with KD in mind

Perhaps. But everything he's said from the opening presser in March of '14 on has indicated that he cares more about culture than any single player. But Phil has never tipped his hand, so maybe he's been thinking Durant this whole time.

As for the Hamptons, it doesn't mean too much to me. Especially because Phil's in LA over the summer anyway. The Hamptons are lit... I don't blame him for having meetings out there!

It's not a tough argument to come by, really. I don't think it was Durant or bust in his mind as it is with the fans but Jackson always has several threads going. KD fits in any great culture team scenario and he's got a shot to get him. Why not take it?

If he misses, it'll be interesting to see what tack they take. Maybe they trade BOTH Melo and Rose midseason for youth. Phil doesn't seem to leave any big option closed.

All good points. The good news is that the Rose move made the remainder of the offseason much more interesting. With the under-the-radar Wroten release the same day, I have a feeling that the other shoe is going to drop sooner than later. And I'm praying to God it isn't size D12.

[Capn'O]

^Yeah, agreed. Dwight would be meh.

[Zooropa]

In other news, the obvious top-down mandate for Jonah Ballow or whoever runs the official Knicks Twitter account to start using more emoji is becoming cringeworthy.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/746432495277772800[/tweet]

[offense]

any vid of the rose conference?

[andrenym00]

Derrick rose knicks press conference

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LU76Ij465H4

[Zooropa]

any vid of the rose conference?

Not yet to my knowledge but MSG will be re-airing it all night.

Never mind. See above and below

[GONYK]

any vid of the rose conference?

Not yet to my knowledge but MSG will be re-airing it all night.

It's on the Knicks Facebook right now

[magnumt]

In other news, the obvious top-down mandate for Jonah Ballow or whoever runs the official Knicks Twitter account to start using more emoji is becoming cringeworthy.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/746432495277772800[/tweet]

It's Twitter, not a Press Release bro.

I for one am happy with the media guys at MSG.

--Mags

[Zooropa]

In other news, the obvious top-down mandate for Jonah Ballow or whoever runs the official Knicks Twitter account to start using more emoji is becoming cringeworthy.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/746432495277772800[/tweet]

It's Twitter, not a Press Release bro.

I for one am happy with the media guys at MSG.

--Mags

Compared to nearly every other NBA team, our social media presence is severely lacking. Look at ATL or POR.

But we have bigger fish to fry.

[K_ick_God]

In other news, the obvious top-down mandate for Jonah Ballow or whoever runs the official Knicks Twitter account to start using more emoji is becoming cringeworthy.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/746432495277772800[/tweet]

Oblivious folks with D-Rose 10 feet away.