Willy Hernangomez "rooting" for everything

IllmaticHandler · Post #81 » by **IllmaticHandler** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 3:57 pm

Greenie wrote:
IllmaticHandler wrote:
Greenie wrote:Willy under Pop?
LAWD

Yeah his ass on the Bench if he does not learn to defend.

Willy about to ball

Eh.. Pop has not made everyone a stud. We will see.

shtolky · Post #82 » by **shtolky** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 3:59 pm

Pop is a legend but let's not act as if every player he gets his hands on turns to gold. He almost ran Aldridge out of town before realizing he was over-coaching him. I still can't see us letting go of Willy unless we get an offer we can't refuse.

Greenie · Post #83 » by **Greenie** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 4:05 pm

IllmaticHandler wrote:
Greenie wrote:
IllmaticHandler wrote:

Yeah his ass on the Bench if he does not learn to defend.

Willy about to ball

Eh.. Pop has not made everyone a stud. We will see.

Sure hasn’t.

He will with Willy though.

Clyde_Style · Post #84 » by **Clyde_Style** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 4:07 pm

shtolky wrote:Pop is a legend but let's not act as if every player he gets his hands on turns to gold. He almost ran Aldridge out of town before realizing he was over-coaching him. I still can't see us letting go of Willy unless we get an offer we can't refuse.

They are not trading Willy.

It seems the front office has informed the media they are geared towards 2019 and are not concerned whether players like Kanter or KOQ are still on the team today or tomorrow.

Willy is so cheap they will want to keep him and see if he is ready to be a key contributor by 2019.

If a good deal comes along for the other centers I can see a trade happening, but not for Willy. He's actually more safe to remain a Knick than anyone else IMO.

shtolky · Post #85 » by **shtolky** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 4:10 pm

Clyde_Style wrote:
shtolky wrote:Pop is a legend but let's not act as if every player he gets his hands on turns to gold. He almost ran Aldridge out of town before realizing he was over-coaching him. I still can't see us letting go of Willy unless we get an offer we can't refuse.

They are not trading Willy.

It seems the front office has informed the media they are geared towards 2019 and are not concerned whether players like Kanter or KOQ are still on the team today or tomorrow.

Willy is so cheap they will want to keep him and see if he is ready to be a key contributor by 2019.

If a good deal comes along for the other centers I can see a trade happening, but not for Willy. He's actually more safe to remain a Knick than anyone else IMO.

I couldn't agree more. 2019 is the clear plan and I'm not sure why anyone thinks they are dealing Willy. No reason to go nuts this deadline, with the exception of moving Lee's deal. We are in a great position for 2019 with that amazing FA class.

Mecca · Post #86 » by **Mecca** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 4:12 pm

Get me SlowMo

Fortune55 · Post #87 » by **Fortune55** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 4:18 pm

Mecca wrote:Get me SlowMo

F*ck yeah I been saying this since before he got drafted

Post #88 » by **Capn'O** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 4:22 pm

seren wrote:Spurs are interested apparently. I wonder it is because they are a great franchise that understands value

They're also interested in Stanley Johnson. So, let's cut out the middleman and trade Willy for Stanley :-)

F N 11 · Post #89 » by **F N 11** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 4:24 pm

Willy under pop? 15 10 5 ....

Clyde_Style · Post #90 » by **Clyde_Style** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 4:25 pm

shtolky wrote:
Clyde_Style wrote:
shtolky wrote:Pop is a legend but let's not act as if every player he gets his hands on turns to gold. He almost ran Aldridge out of town before realizing he was over-coaching him. I still can't see us letting go of Willy unless we get an offer we can't refuse.

They are not trading Willy.

It seems the front office has informed the media they are geared towards 2019 and are not concerned whether players like Kanter or KOQ are still on the team today or tomorrow.

Willy is so cheap they will want to keep him and see if he is ready to be a key contributor by 2019.

If a good deal comes along for the other centers I can see a trade happening, but not for Willy. He's actually more safe to remain a Knick than anyone else IMO.

I couldn't agree more. 2019 is the clear plan and I'm not sure why anyone thinks they are dealing Willy. No reason to go nuts this deadline, with the exception of moving Lee's deal. We are in a great position for 2019 with that amazing FA class.

Agreed as well. I would trade Lee now as he is at peak value and could net a legit draft pick. If he doesn't yield a pick I would also sit on him since he will remain a cost effective solid contributor for the rest of his deal. He still could be dealt in an upcoming trade period even if the right offer doesn't come along this time.

I'm open to trading KOQ and Kanter for similar reasons, but management is obviously not going to take on additional longer contracts to move them. They would rather let them walk if they want to test the market in the off-season.

So I don't expect much to happen.

No action can be a good thing sometimes.

Greenie · Post #91 » by **Greenie** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 4:49 pm

2019 is about to be just like 2010.
Knicks need to stop it.

earthmansurfer · Post #92 » by **earthmansurfer** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 5:14 pm

Clyde_Style wrote:
shtolky wrote:Pop is a legend but let's not act as if every player he gets his hands on turns to gold. He almost ran Aldridge out of town before realizing he was over-coaching him. I still can't see us letting go of Willy unless we get an offer we can't refuse.

They are not trading Willy.

It seems the front office has informed the media they are geared towards 2019 and are not concerned whether players like Kanter or KOQ are still on the team today or tomorrow.

Willy is so cheap they will want to keep him and see if he is ready to be a key contributor by 2019.

If a good deal comes along for the other centers I can see a trade happening, but not for Willy. He's actually more safe to remain a Knick than anyone else IMO.

Good to hear and it makes sense. And tbh, San Antonio will of course, try to underpay. I would trade Willy if we can get a defensive presence there, but Willy actually fits in with KP in that way (once KP puts on some weight in the next 2 years or so.)

blueNorange · Post #93 » by **blueNorange** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 5:42 pm

3toheadmelo wrote:if spurs wants one of our players, that means you keep him

knicks never recovered from losing ime udoka to the spurs.

HEZI · Post #94 » by **HEZI** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 5:45 pm

blueNorange wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:if spurs wants one of our players, that means you keep him

knicks never recovered from losing ime udoka to the spurs.

Didn't Jackie Butler go there too?

blueNorange · Post #95 » by **blueNorange** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 5:45 pm

Greenie wrote:
IllmaticHandler wrote:
Greenie wrote:Willy about to ball

Eh.. Pop has not made everyone a stud. We will see.

Sure hasn’t.

He will with Willy though.

pop isn't going to play someone that doesn't play defense. :lol:

blueNorange · Post #96 » by **blueNorange** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 5:46 pm

HEZI wrote:
blueNorange wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:if spurs wants one of our players, that means you keep him

knicks never recovered from losing ime udoka to the spurs.

Didn't Jackie Butler go there too?

oooh boy i remember isiah thomas saying "durr durr sure we gave up our first rounder, but jackie butler is essentially like a first rounder"

and isiah fan boys ate. it. up.

Knox · Post #97 » by **Knox** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 5:53 pm

shtolky wrote:Pop is a legend but let's not act as if every player he gets his hands on turns to gold. He almost ran Aldridge out of town before realizing he was over-coaching him. I still can't see us letting go of Willy unless we get an offer we can't refuse.

But like a great Coach he found a way to work it out with Aldridge. We need more of that in a Coach for the Knicks. I would honestly like to see what they would do with Frank but they are good with Murray at PG.

shtolky · Post #98 » by **shtolky** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 5:57 pm

Knox wrote:
shtolky wrote:Pop is a legend but let's not act as if every player he gets his hands on turns to gold. He almost ran Aldridge out of town before realizing he was over-coaching him. I still can't see us letting go of Willy unless we get an offer we can't refuse.

But like a great Coach he found a way to work it out with Aldridge. We need more of that in a Coach for the Knicks. I would honestly like to see what they would do with Frank but they are good with Murray at PG.

Right, obviously we all want a coach like Pop. Problem is, those guys rarely come around. There are only a handful of decent coaches in the league. Hopefully we can snag a diamond in the rough a la Stevens.

Greenie · Post #99 » by **Greenie** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 5:59 pm

blueNorange wrote:
Greenie wrote:
IllmaticHandler wrote:

Eh.. Pop has not made everyone a stud. We will see.

Sure hasn’t.

He will with Willy though.

pop isn't going to play someone that doesn't play defense.

Watch him magically learn

seren · Post #100 » by **seren** » Fri Feb 2, 2018 5:59 pm

shtolky wrote:Pop is a legend but let's not act as if every player he gets his hands on turns to gold. He almost ran Aldridge out of town before realizing he was over-coaching him. I still can't see us letting go of Willy unless we get an offer we can't refuse.

See that is the thing though. He almost but he didn't. He adopted instead of giving up on the dude. That is what makes him great. He makes it work.