Welcome to the Knicks Tyler Kolek

[GettinitDone]

Potential lies somewhere between Beno Udridh and Goran Dragic

[TrueWarrior]

A much cheaper Ryan Arcidiacono. That's it. Deuce is the backup point, stop it yall.

You sure? I heard Kolek's pretty much already as good as Brunson, a top 5 NBA player...

I get it, Knicks fans don’t watch college basketball or follow the nba draft closely, but Kolek is one of the most nba ready players in this draft. We needed a backup PG to actually run the offense, that’s not Deuce’s strength. But the good thing is you can play them both together if needed. It’s not Deuce’s replacement but someone that brings a missing element to our bench.

If he plays, I dont see how Tyler wouldn’t cut into Deuce’s minutes mainly though.

Here’s the rough breakdown of our likely minutes:

Jalen 35 / Deuce 13
Mikal 24 / Donte 24
OG 18 / Josh 24 / Mikal 6
Julius 34 / OG 14
Isaiah 28 / Mitch 20

Deuce, Donte, and Josh are already getting their minutes cut with the addition of Mikal.

Our 2nd unit needs a PG. Yeah Deuce and Tyler can play together, but then Josh or Donte get reduced even more.

We’re getting ahead of ourselves here obviously since Tyler may not pan out, but Deuce better get his PG abilities up asap because we’re trying to win a ring here. Mikal has reduced the need for Deuce a bit in general also.

[mpharris36]

You sure? I heard Kolek's pretty much already as good as Brunson, a top 5 NBA player...

I get it, Knicks fans don’t watch college basketball or follow the nba draft closely, but Kolek is one of the most nba ready players in this draft. We needed a backup PG to actually run the offense, that’s not Deuce’s strength. But the good thing is you can play them both together if needed. It’s not Deuce’s replacement but someone that brings a missing element to our bench.

If he plays, I dont see how Tyler wouldn’t cut into Deuce’s minutes mainly though.

Here’s the rough breakdown of our likely minutes:

Jalen 35 / Deuce 13
Mikal 24 / Donte 24
OG 18 / Josh 24 / Mikal 6
Julius 34 / OG 14
Isaiah 28 / Mitch 20

Deuce, Donte, and Josh are already getting their minutes cut with the addition of Mikal.

Our 2nd unit needs a playmaker. Yeah Deuce and Tyler can play together, but then Josh or Donte get reduced even more.

We’re getting ahead of ourselves here obviously since Tyler may not pan out, but Deuce better get his PG abilities up asap because we’re trying to win a ring here. Mikal has reduced the need for Deuce’s defense a bit also.

You are not going to get through a season 100% healthy...if we lose someone for a period of time instead of Thibs just shortening the rotation because we have no one trust worthy...to have a backup PG that you can plug in there and you know he will be able to run an NBA offense is at least reassuring.

[eagle54]

If he's really similar to McConnell so he will be a very good add.

[ezmoney707]

You sure? I heard Kolek's pretty much already as good as Brunson, a top 5 NBA player...

I get it, Knicks fans don’t watch college basketball or follow the nba draft closely, but Kolek is one of the most nba ready players in this draft. We needed a backup PG to actually run the offense, that’s not Deuce’s strength. But the good thing is you can play them both together if needed. It’s not Deuce’s replacement but someone that brings a missing element to our bench.

If he plays, I dont see how Tyler wouldn’t cut into Deuce’s minutes mainly though.

Here’s the rough breakdown of our likely minutes:

Jalen 35 / Deuce 13
Mikal 24 / Donte 24
OG 18 / Josh 24 / Mikal 6
Julius 34 / OG 14
Isaiah 28 / Mitch 20

Deuce, Donte, and Josh are already getting their minutes cut with the addition of Mikal.

Our 2nd unit needs a playmaker. Yeah Deuce and Tyler can play together, but then Josh or Donte get reduced even more.

We’re getting ahead of ourselves here obviously since Tyler may not pan out, but Deuce better get his PG abilities up asap because we’re trying to win a ring here. Mikal has reduced the need for Deuce’s defense a bit also.

I think that’s a healthy problem to have though, I think this is a year that Thibs has to be okay with being situational with certain players/matchups (I know I know it’s Thibs). It’s possible he will be cutting into his time though, but I don’t see him coming in making duece obsolete, there’s minutes there if you want to play them together or separately.

[CharlesOakley]

Whoever called him Vanilla Brunson, that's a huge win of a post.

I like "Tyler the Creator".

[Grinditout]

Can he keep up with athleticism and size of the league. Everything else looks great though.

[BKlutch]

He looks like the alt universe Captain America.

[Zenzibar]

A much cheaper Ryan Arcidiacono. That's it. Deuce is the backup point, stop it yall.

You sure? I heard Kolek's pretty much already as good as Brunson, a top 5 NBA player...

Happy Friday my Guy.

[Zenzibar]

He passes the eye test for me and definitely has a game similar to Brunson. It would be great if Brunson could go to the bench and have a legit playmaker on the floor.

Seriously?
Where the 6 And1s come from?

[Stannis]

He'll be the next John Stockton.

[Stannis]

Maybe I'm just being hopeful, but I think he will get playing time. Thibs is going to have to expand his regular season rotations.

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[kNicksGmen]

You sure? I heard Kolek's pretty much already as good as Brunson, a top 5 NBA player...

I get it, Knicks fans don’t watch college basketball or follow the nba draft closely, but Kolek is one of the most nba ready players in this draft. We needed a backup PG to actually run the offense, that’s not Deuce’s strength. But the good thing is you can play them both together if needed. It’s not Deuce’s replacement but someone that brings a missing element to our bench.

If he plays, I dont see how Tyler wouldn’t cut into Deuce’s minutes mainly though.

Here’s the rough breakdown of our likely minutes:

Jalen 35 / Deuce 13
Mikal 24 / Donte 24
OG 18 / Josh 24 / Mikal 6
Julius 34 / OG 14
Isaiah 28 / Mitch 20

Deuce, Donte, and Josh are already getting their minutes cut with the addition of Mikal.

Our 2nd unit needs a PG. Yeah Deuce and Tyler can play together, but then Josh or Donte get reduced even more.

We’re getting ahead of ourselves here obviously since Tyler may not pan out, but Deuce better get his PG abilities up asap because we’re trying to win a ring here. Mikal has reduced the need for Deuce a bit in general also.

we still don't know the final roster but i agree. unless we play small 8 mins a game or so with OG guarding the opposing center. that's one way Deuce could maintain his minutes. there's always some injuries to open up more opportunities.

[Ray Williams]

He passes the eye test for me and definitely has a game similar to Brunson. It would be great if Brunson could go to the bench and have a legit playmaker on the floor.

Seriously?
Where the 6 And1s come from?

He doesn’t mean start him over Brunson, he means having a capable player to run the offense when he rests.

[DOT]

These guys love him for us, for what it's worth

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Also list the Nets as one of the biggest losers lol.

[robillionaire]

These guys love him for us, for what it's worth

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Also list the Nets as one of the biggest losers lol.

CBS sports gave the IQ pick a D+ and the Brunson free agent signing a D+ so this scares me if nothing else

[Zenzibar]

He passes the eye test for me and definitely has a game similar to Brunson. It would be great if Brunson could go to the bench and have a legit playmaker on the floor.

Seriously?
Where the 6 And1s come from?

He doesn’t mean start him over Brunson, he means having a capable player to run the offense when he rests.

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