(WOJ) Knicks sign Bobby Portis 2 yr/$31 mil (Team Option)

[BKlutch]

https://deadspin.com/bobby-portis-is-a-lesson-in-the-cost-of-doing-business-1836031127

So we paid him 10x his actual value just so that we can have a team option

carmelo is not his actual value. It is a number calculated by 538.com, and it may not be accurate when applied to a guy on a shyt team. So we took a gamble on him. Maybe we're hoping to use him to scare Embiid if he gets too rough with Mitch? Those eyes are crazier than Beas' eyes.

[Sark]

https://deadspin.com/bobby-portis-is-a-lesson-in-the-cost-of-doing-business-1836031127

So we paid him 10x his actual value just so that we can have a team option

carmelo is not his actual value. It is a number calculated by 538.com, and it may not be accurate when applied to a guy on a shyt team. So we took a gamble on him. Maybe we're hoping to use him to scare Embiid if he gets too rough with Mitch? Those eyes are crazier than Beas' eyes.

It's a projected value. Obviously you're worth what the market will pay, but that doesn't mean it's not an overpay. At one point Chandler Parsons was worth a massive contract on the market. It turned into a massive overpay, and one of the worst contracts in basketball.

Portis is only a 1 year deal, but it's still a massive overpay for this year.

[BKlutch]

So we paid him 10x his actual value just so that we can have a team option

carmelo is not his actual value. It is a number calculated by 538.com, and it may not be accurate when applied to a guy on a shyt team. So we took a gamble on him. Maybe we're hoping to use him to scare Embiid if he gets too rough with Mitch? Those eyes are crazier than Beas' eyes.

It's a projected value. Obviously you're worth what the market will pay, but that doesn't mean it's not an overpay. At one point Chandler Parsons was worth a massive contract on the market. It turned into a massive overpay, and one of the worst contracts in basketball.

Portis is only a 1 year deal, but it's still a massive overpay for this year.

It is a gamble, an overpay, but it will likely have no consequences because we wouldn't have done anything with that money. Of course, there may be entertainment value in having Crazy Eyes on the team.

[nyknicks09]

So, are they paying Gibson 10 milly to just be a locker room guy and veteran? Cus I dont see how he gets minutes over the other 3 big guys

He’s our Lance Thomas man. Randle is our ZBO, and Portis and Bullock is a combination of THjr and Courtney Lee.

The key signing here is Randle. He’s going to bring us luck in getting that number 1 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.

Are you sold yet on this or does Mills have to send another apology letter to Knicks fans?

[Cookies4Life]

I've been watching a lot of his highlights from last season. He's surprisingly good on the offensive side, nearly shot 40% from behind the arc. The money is a little high but he's still only 24 years old and his ability to stretch the floor is something this team was in dire need of.

I'm really starting to like a lot of these signings. Him and Bullock are very good 3 point shooters and Randle is starting to become one himself. I like the fact Portis and Randle are only 24, they fit the timeline of what this team is trying to build here. I just hope they can grow into average defensive players.

Some underrated moves this offseason. I'm beginning to think this team might actually be half decent this upcoming season.

[Infinitimind]

I’m not mad at this or the randel pick up. A 24 years old, 6-11 who shoots 40 percent from 3s and averaged 14 and 8. And He still has room to grow. Hopefully he can grow with with our kids.

[Clyde Frazier]

Probably my least favorite signing. I would've rather kept that space for 1 salary dump. A little too high usage for my liking, the 3PT shooting is only over a 50 game sample, and while everyone makes mistakes, slugging mitotic in the face isn't exactly a good look. I really don't know what to expect from him beyond inconsistency.

[Clyde Frazier]

2 years, but point taken.

This wasn't the worst offseason, until they signed Portis. Then it turned questionable. Still not horrible, just not good either. Aside from any Durant\Kyrie\Kawhi pipedreams

Did you want Morris as the backup to Randle? Who would you have chosen?

A cheaper guy like Vonleh

I really don't get taj over vonleh. We'll have to see where he ends up. My only guess is he wanted a long term deal. I don't care if his shooting fell off, that team was so bare it was pretty much expected. He was just solid.

[bearadonisdna]

Gives knicks that 2 7 footer look they were using with kornet at the end of last season.

[Fat Kat]

Did you want Morris as the backup to Randle? Who would you have chosen?

A cheaper guy like Vonleh

I really don't get taj over vonleh. We'll have to see where he ends up. My only guess is he wanted a long term deal. I don't care if his shooting fell off, that team was so bare it was pretty much expected. He was just solid.

Veteran leadership and a locker room presence.

[bearadonisdna]

A cheaper guy like Vonleh

I really don't get taj over vonleh. We'll have to see where he ends up. My only guess is he wanted a long term deal. I don't care if his shooting fell off, that team was so bare it was pretty much expected. He was just solid.

Veteran leadership and a locker room presence.

Taj is from ny and he may be better than Bobby.
Both can perform at 6moy levels.

[Clyde Frazier]

A cheaper guy like Vonleh

I really don't get taj over vonleh. We'll have to see where he ends up. My only guess is he wanted a long term deal. I don't care if his shooting fell off, that team was so bare it was pretty much expected. He was just solid.

Veteran leadership and a locker room presence.

I like taj, don't like Portis. Would've been fine with taj + vonleh too.

[bearadonisdna]

I really don't get taj over vonleh. We'll have to see where he ends up. My only guess is he wanted a long term deal. I don't care if his shooting fell off, that team was so bare it was pretty much expected. He was just solid.

Veteran leadership and a locker room presence.

I like taj, don't like Portis. Would've been fine with taj + vonleh too.

Taj is a beast small ball 5 but wouldn't do it regularly against legitimate size.
Taj is 6'9 so it's easy to see that he is more suited for spot minutes.

Vonleh was getting phased out. He seems like he could be more a 5, but Bobby brings more offense than him.

[Clyde Frazier]

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[SmoothLefty21]

https://deadspin.com/bobby-portis-is-a-lesson-in-the-cost-of-doing-business-1836031127

Hey look, another article by a clueless idiot who doesn't know or understand that we had some $60m we had to spend. The only way to do that without massively overpaying one player is to kinda overpay a bunch of guys on 1-year deals. It's a non-issue and that's a stupid article.

[thebuzzardman]

I really don't get taj over vonleh. We'll have to see where he ends up. My only guess is he wanted a long term deal. I don't care if his shooting fell off, that team was so bare it was pretty much expected. He was just solid.

Veteran leadership and a locker room presence.

Taj is from ny and he may be better than Bobby.
Both can perform at 6moy levels.

I should have been clearer. I like Taj after Randle. THEN I would have liked cheap Vonleh over Portis

[cgmw]

Veteran leadership and a locker room presence.

Taj is from ny and he may be better than Bobby.
Both can perform at 6moy levels.

I should have been clearer. I like Taj after Randle. THEN I would have liked cheap Vonleh over Portis

I don’t care about the one-year money. I’m happy we added players with more experience than Vonleh. We already have Knox filling the role of goofy overgrown puppy. Let’s get some grown people out there and re-sign Von in 2 years for the full MLE.

[Chanel Bomber]

Probably my least favorite signing. I would've rather kept that space for 1 salary dump. A little too high usage for my liking, the 3PT shooting is only over a 50 game sample, and while everyone makes mistakes, slugging mitotic in the face isn't exactly a good look. I really don't know what to expect from him beyond inconsistency.

I kind of agree.

I'm not mad at the signing in and of itself, nice player with upside on a good contract. But it felt completely unnecessary.

The forward spots are now overcrowded and he will only take minutes away from Kevin Knox as a back-up 4, which should be Knox's long-term position. I would've been cool with a Randle/Mitch +Knox/Taj frontcourt rotation with a cheaper back-up big. We'll see, maybe Portis reaches another level.

[Jose7]

Probably my least favorite signing. I would've rather kept that space for 1 salary dump. A little too high usage for my liking, the 3PT shooting is only over a 50 game sample, and while everyone makes mistakes, slugging mitotic in the face isn't exactly a good look. I really don't know what to expect from him beyond inconsistency.

I kind of agree.

I'm not mad at the signing in and of itself, nice player with upside on a good contract. But it felt completely unnecessary.

The forward spots are now overcrowded and he will only take minutes away from Kevin Knox as a back-up 4, which should be Knox's long-term position. I would've been cool with a Randle/Mitch +Knox/Taj frontcourt rotation with a cheaper back-up big. We'll see, maybe Portis reaches another level.

agreee CB..

excessive.. this was the SLOT for the iggy contract absorption.

[thebuzzardman]

Taj is from ny and he may be better than Bobby.
Both can perform at 6moy levels.

I should have been clearer. I like Taj after Randle. THEN I would have liked cheap Vonleh over Portis

I don’t care about the one-year money. I’m happy we added players with more experience than Vonleh. We already have Knox filling the role of goofy overgrown puppy. Let’s get some grown people out there and re-sign Von in 2 years for the full MLE.

Once I found out it was 1+1 I was ok with Portis