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dakomish23 wrote:

Mecca wrote:

dakomish23 wrote:
They did get Pizza Guy at #60

Literally the only good draft pick they made during the DMC era. And they gave him away

Isaiah dropping to 60 was a travesty. I was on record on this site screaming for the Knicks to grab IT. Dude was an absolute baller in Washington, and an alpha in tournament play. I still remember playing NCAA March Madness with Washington because of IT and Dante Cunningham. No reason Nate went in the 1st round and IT went pick #60.

My hot take of the day is that I think prime Nate Robinson could've been just as good as Isaiah Thomas if under the proper coaching, usage, and opportunity. IT was getting the journeyman/6th man rep pretty quickly until Boston allowed him to flourish.

In '08, Nate had like an 8 game streak of dropping 30 points, doing it in only 25 MPG.

So who's that guy in this draft? The HOU pick wil be in the 50's

newyorker4ever wrote:Knicks targeting Jrue Holiday in free agency.

https://t.co/9oCIuRkgVm

knickstape4ever wrote:Watching ESPN and everyone is still **** on the Kings for the Cousins trade. Call me crazy but I dont think Its a terrible trade. I actually kinda like it for the Kings. There is a very good chance the Pelicans don't make the playoffs, so the Kings get a lottery pick, they also get Buddy Hield, who was just a lottery pick last year and its way too soon to call him a bust. Thibs actually said recently he's a "big fan" of Hield and that he'd have a terrific career. The most important part of the deal, IMO, is that the Kings got rid of Cousins in order to keep their pick this year; they were winning too many games to keep their pick with Cousins, and dealing their best player was the best chance at keeping a top 10 pick in a loaded draft.

So essentially the Kings got:
Hield
potentially 2 Lottery picks in 2017 (one of which is top 10, and the other from the Pelicans is currently at #6)
Galloway (solid bench piece)

doubt they resign Evans

The Kings could potentially have 2 top 10 picks. I'm jealous, especially in this draft

Mecca wrote:

dakomish23 wrote:

Mecca wrote:
Isaiah dropping to 60 was a travesty. I was on record on this site screaming for the Knicks to grab IT. Dude was an absolute baller in Washington, and an alpha in tournament play. I still remember playing NCAA March Madness with Washington because of IT and Dante Cunningham. No reason Nate went in the 1st round and IT went pick #60.

My hot take of the day is that I think prime Nate Robinson could've been just as good as Isaiah Thomas if under the proper coaching, usage, and opportunity. IT was getting the journeyman/6th man rep pretty quickly until Boston allowed him to flourish.

In '08, Nate had like an 8 game streak of dropping 30 points, doing it in only 25 MPG.

So who's that guy in this draft? The HOU pick wil be in the 50's

Midget guard that gets underlooked because of size? I loved Tyler Ulis last year. He went like 33 though.

I like Jawun Evans and Melo Trimble this year. Don't know if either have NBA skill sets though. Maybe Evans.

Knicksfan1992 wrote:

Mecca wrote:

dakomish23 wrote:
So who's that guy in this draft? The HOU pick wil be in the 50's

Midget guard that gets underlooked because of size? I loved Tyler Ulis last year. He went like 33 though.

I like Jawun Evans and Melo Trimble this year. Don't know if either have NBA skill sets though. Maybe Evans.

I like Melo Trimble but, I don't think he makes it in the NBA. He has a lot going against him. He's got really short arms for a guard which is devastating at that position defensively. He doesn't shoot all too well nor pass it really well. He's a combo guard scorer who isn't the greatest defender and with short arms is going to have trouble guarding long 6'5" 6'6" sg's in the NBA. And he's not fast enough to chase 1's around. He'll probably be better off overseas.

FemaleDogPlease wrote:Assuming the Knicks dont get a top 5 pick. I think they should look to see if they can swap picks with Denver and acquire Mudiay since they seem to prefer Jamal Murray.

moocow007 wrote:

knickstape4ever wrote:Watching ESPN and everyone is still **** on the Kings for the Cousins trade. Call me crazy but I dont think Its a terrible trade. I actually kinda like it for the Kings. There is a very good chance the Pelicans don't make the playoffs, so the Kings get a lottery pick, they also get Buddy Hield, who was just a lottery pick last year and its way too soon to call him a bust. Thibs actually said recently he's a "big fan" of Hield and that he'd have a terrific career. The most important part of the deal, IMO, is that the Kings got rid of Cousins in order to keep their pick this year; they were winning too many games to keep their pick with Cousins, and dealing their best player was the best chance at keeping a top 10 pick in a loaded draft.

So essentially the Kings got:
Hield
potentially 2 Lottery picks in 2017 (one of which is top 10, and the other from the Pelicans is currently at #6)
Galloway (solid bench piece)

doubt they resign Evans

The Kings could potentially have 2 top 10 picks. I'm jealous, especially in this draft

The Kings trying to keep their own pick by losing doesn't really have anything to do with trading Cousins for pocket change. If they had gotten a better package (as is the argument that most folks are making) it still would have involved Cousins leaving the team and the team losing, no? So you can't really use that as an argument to justify the trade.

bokoli wrote:Porzingis for jaylenn Brown from celtics. That guy will be hof-er..

Mecca wrote:

FemaleDogPlease wrote:Assuming the Knicks dont get a top 5 pick. I think they should look to see if they can swap picks with Denver and acquire Mudiay since they seem to prefer Jamal Murray.

Ok Isiah Thomas.

knickstape4ever wrote:

bokoli wrote:Porzingis for jaylenn Brown from celtics. That guy will be hof-er..

smh...but I would love to trade Melo over the summer to BOS for Brown. I think he's got great potential as a two-way player

2Mas wrote:

knickstape4ever wrote:

bokoli wrote:Porzingis for jaylenn Brown from celtics. That guy will be hof-er..

smh...but I would love to trade Melo over the summer to BOS for Brown. I think he's got great potential as a two-way player

Sorry man, that's not happening.

The Fultz - Brown - Ayton core is the future man.

HarthorneWingo wrote:

2Mas wrote:

knickstape4ever wrote:
smh...but I would love to trade Melo over the summer to BOS for Brown. I think he's got great potential as a two-way player

Sorry man, that's not happening.

The Fultz - Brown - Ayton core is the future man.

Then why did you sign Horford and hope to sign Hayward? Either you go for it now or rebuild. Looks like Ainge is not committing to either.

knickstape4ever wrote:

HarthorneWingo wrote:

2Mas wrote:Sorry man, that's not happening.

The Fultz - Brown - Ayton core is the future man.

Then why did you sign Horford and hope to sign Hayward? Either you go for it now or rebuild. Looks like Ainge is not committing to either.

agree completely, last nights win over CLE showed me that they'll be competitive in a 7 game playoff series with Cavs and it won't be easy for Cavs, but we all know Cavs will ultimately win. Had Ainge gone and gotten a star at the deadline and parted with some young assets like the picks or Brown, they'd have a good chance of beating the Cavs in the playoffs; this is the year to do it; Love is injured and you don't know if he'll be 100% for the playoffs

2Mas wrote:

knickstape4ever wrote:

HarthorneWingo wrote:
Then why did you sign Horford and hope to sign Hayward? Either you go for it now or rebuild. Looks like Ainge is not committing to either.

agree completely, last nights win over CLE showed me that they'll be competitive in a 7 game playoff series with Cavs and it won't be easy for Cavs, but we all know Cavs will ultimately win. Had Ainge gone and gotten a star at the deadline and parted with some young assets like the picks or Brown, they'd have a good chance of beating the Cavs in the playoffs; this is the year to do it; Love is injured and you don't know if he'll be 100% for the playoffs

Why not try for both? Horford's a nice player. Getting Hayward would mean Bradley is gone (Unfortunately) but would make us better.

Id like trade for Jimmy Butler, but kinda realistically, we'd have -- Thomas - Hayward - Crowder - Horford leading us now & have Fultz, Smart, Brown, 2018 Big playing big mins off the bench until the they're ready to really get it.

& it's not perfect. Money & playing time will be an issue, but if we're 50-55 win team already. that'll solve some issues.

Danny got some stuff to figure out, & while we're not "real" contenders, but if we can be a fun Semi's-ECF team while prepping for the next decade, it's a good place to be.

My only with Ainge is that he coulda filled the desperate need for a rebounding big. No excuse. Horford can't move anymore. Would been nice to get Noel. Heard Danny offered a 1st for him too, but BC didn't wnana move him in their div? Dumb but he would helped.

BowlRips wrote:If Lakers hold on to their pick and are able to draft Ball, you think Magic would trade Deangelo Russel for Melo?

NoLayupRule wrote:

BowlRips wrote:If Lakers hold on to their pick and are able to draft Ball, you think Magic would trade Deangelo Russel for Melo?

I didn't think they could hold that pick
Is it still top 3 protected?

I'll be disgusted if the lakers steal another pick