Trades and Transactions Thread - Preseason and Beyond

Besart19 · Post #101 » by **Besart19** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 3:57 am

Joel Anthony was the the starting center for the Heat when they won a ring

Guano · Post #102 » by **Guano** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:21 am

god shammgod wrote:

Read on Twitter

randle at 14....well damn
https://sports.yahoo.com/ranking-the-nbas-no-2-options-lakers-celtics-boast-the-leagues-best-co-stars-160133431.html

@ Pascal being 9.

aggo · Post #103 » by **aggo** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:35 am

randle for Draymond

rajajackal · Post #104 » by **rajajackal** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 5:05 am

3toheadmelo wrote:
rajajackal wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:We should have traded him years ago for Myles Turner

as a mitch fan i've always been down for this just because myles turner is pretty rare variety of 2 way center

Shamtopia continues to lose members on a daily basis

i happen to like mitch more than most here. he is the best center we've had since chandler, unless you count KP. what he brings is more special than what hartenstein did, so i supported keeping him over isaiah and i'm glad we did. but there are players out there that would be an upgrade at the position overall no doubt

Ma10 · Post #105 » by **Ma10** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 6:42 am

aggo wrote:randle for Draymond

Man, shut the fck up!

Kampuchea · Post #106 » by **Kampuchea** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 9:52 am

Ma10 wrote:
aggo wrote:randle for Draymond

Man, shut the fck up!

thebuzzardman · Post #107 » by **thebuzzardman** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 9:57 am

Besart19 wrote:Joel Anthony was the the starting center for the Heat when they won a ring

Knicks have zero players on the level of LeBron or Wade.

38 wins.

thebuzzardman · Post #108 » by **thebuzzardman** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 9:58 am

Guano wrote:
god shammgod wrote:

Read on Twitter

randle at 14....well damn
https://sports.yahoo.com/ranking-the-nbas-no-2-options-lakers-celtics-boast-the-leagues-best-co-stars-160133431.html

@ Pascal being 9.

It's a masterclass in comedy, because the funniest part isn't listed but inferred:

Spoiler:

spree2kawhi · Post #109 » by **spree2kawhi** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 10:19 am

thebuzzardman wrote:
Guano wrote:
god shammgod wrote:

Read on Twitter

randle at 14....well damn
https://sports.yahoo.com/ranking-the-nbas-no-2-options-lakers-celtics-boast-the-leagues-best-co-stars-160133431.html

@ Pascal being 9.

It's a masterclass in comedy, because the funniest part isn't listed but inferred:

Spoiler:
Haliburton as a #1 option

That’s true. Indiana doesn’t have that.

Iron Mantis · Post #110 » by **Iron Mantis** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 10:52 am

Long offseason has folks feeling a little edgy .

Relax. First Knicks preseason game is 9 days away.

spree2kawhi · Post #111 » by **spree2kawhi** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:00 am

Iron Mantis wrote:Long offseason has folks feeling a little edgy .

Relax. First Knicks preseason game is 9 days away.

Nerves are on edge. Criticism of a certain player is taken personal like this is kindergarten.

Knicks players seem to be serving as some posters‘ personality extensions and only hindsight will ever be level-headed.

thebuzzardman · Post #112 » by **thebuzzardman** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:24 am

Iron Mantis wrote:Long offseason has folks feeling a little edgy .

Relax. First Knicks preseason game is 9 days away.

Damn. That's soon. I'll have to sharpen my negativity.

R-DAWG · Post #113 » by **R-DAWG** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 12:19 pm

Besart19 wrote:Joel Anthony was the the starting center for the Heat when they won a ring

This is kind of true. But what happened with that Heat team is Bosh was essentially the closing C (soon become the starting C) with Spo mixing in Battier/Hasslem at the 4 depending on matchups. It would be like us having Randle play up at C and mixing Hart/DDV depending on matchups.

That Heat team also had the best player of his generation at his apex , another top 5 and a borderline top-15 player. Those details kind of matter. For context, if we had Giannis and AD playing next to Brunson, we wouldn’t be as concerned with Precious being the starting C.

Jalen Bluntson · Post #114 » by **Jalen Bluntson** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 12:45 pm

9 days until pre season game one!!! No Mitch. No trade rumors for a center.

Brunson/Deuce/Kolek
Bridges/DDV/Payne
OG/Hart/Pacome
Randle/KBD
Precious/Sims

Mitch getting drunk with his homeboys.
McCullar
Hukporti
Toppin

Shamet/Morris camp invites.

Losing Shart with Mitch not ready really grabs the short hairs but, it will be interesting to see us running a small ball rotation until things change. Gunning for the one seed!! LFGK!

thebuzzardman · Post #115 » by **thebuzzardman** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 12:48 pm

These guys have the Knicks around 8th or 9th best defense, so essentially mediocre.

Mediocrity here we come.
Also, these guys are the biggest iShart ball lickers around

https://youtu.be/RgJVTSi61B4?si=XNjHyVnurhDTy_a3

Jalen Bluntson · Post #116 » by **Jalen Bluntson** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 12:50 pm

R-DAWG wrote:
Besart19 wrote:Joel Anthony was the the starting center for the Heat when they won a ring

This is kind of true. But what happened with that Heat team is Bosh was essentially the closing C (soon become the starting C) with Spo mixing in Battier/Hasslem at the 4 depending on matchups. It would be like us having Randle play up at C and mixing Hart/DDV depending on matchups.

That Heat team also had the best player of his generation at his apex , another top 5 and a borderline top-15 player. Those details kind of matter. For context, if we had Giannis and AD playing next to Brunson, we wouldn’t be as concerned with Precious being the starting C.

Randle/OG/Bridges is a nice lineup next to Brunson. I'm not concerned with Precious as the starting C!!! I get your point but, we have great depth and continuity/chemistry in abundance. We can pull this off without Lebum or Giannis or AD!!

thebuzzardman · Post #117 » by **thebuzzardman** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 1:19 pm

35 wins. Every other NBA team got better, Knicks treaded water.

R-DAWG · Post #118 » by **R-DAWG** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 2:42 pm

Jalen Bluntson wrote:
R-DAWG wrote:
Besart19 wrote:Joel Anthony was the the starting center for the Heat when they won a ring

This is kind of true. But what happened with that Heat team is Bosh was essentially the closing C (soon become the starting C) with Spo mixing in Battier/Hasslem at the 4 depending on matchups. It would be like us having Randle play up at C and mixing Hart/DDV depending on matchups.

That Heat team also had the best player of his generation at his apex , another top 5 and a borderline top-15 player. Those details kind of matter. For context, if we had Giannis and AD playing next to Brunson, we wouldn’t be as concerned with Precious being the starting C.

Randle/OG/Bridges is a nice lineup next to Brunson. I'm not concerned with Precious as the starting C!!! I get your point but, we have great depth and continuity/chemistry in abundance. We can pull this off without Lebum or Giannis or AD!!

My point was when your comparing a team to the 2010-2014 Heat, you need to take into account what they had. And it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to team the undisputed best player in the game with another top-5 and top-15 guy.

rajajackal · Post #119 » by **rajajackal** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 2:56 pm

Capn'O wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:The last couple years of them punting on the draft has come back to bite them in the ass, with how injury prone Mitch is they should have made it a point to get a center sometime in the last 3 years as an insurance policy. In 2022 Walker Kessler went 22, now if we want to get him we're gonna need to dance with the devil, if they want Nick Richards it's going to be more costly than it would have been to just buy a pick and draft him.

How they viewed the draft was really shortsighted.

What? You have no faith in Hukporti? We could have had Duren too if they managed their cap better.

Generally, this front office has been pretty good but actually using the picks has been a blind spot.

recently yes. but they got us quickley mcbride and grimes. obi was probably selected too high (for non basketball reasons) but he was still a useful and fun pick for us - if we actually tried to get fair value for him, we would've probably been happy enough with the result. but he was essentially represented by our FO so they simply put him where he was best suited like an agent would. i maintain that we passed on haliburton because leon rose took the knicks job with jalen brunson in mind. who else should we have picked then? maxey is also a point guard and we had plans for quickley just a few picks later

Jalen Bluntson · Post #120 » by **Jalen Bluntson** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 3:24 pm

R-DAWG wrote:
Jalen Bluntson wrote:
R-DAWG wrote:
This is kind of true. But what happened with that Heat team is Bosh was essentially the closing C (soon become the starting C) with Spo mixing in Battier/Hasslem at the 4 depending on matchups. It would be like us having Randle play up at C and mixing Hart/DDV depending on matchups.

That Heat team also had the best player of his generation at his apex , another top 5 and a borderline top-15 player. Those details kind of matter. For context, if we had Giannis and AD playing next to Brunson, we wouldn’t be as concerned with Precious being the starting C.

Randle/OG/Bridges is a nice lineup next to Brunson. I'm not concerned with Precious as the starting C!!! I get your point but, we have great depth and continuity/chemistry in abundance. We can pull this off without Lebum or Giannis or AD!!

My point was when your comparing a team to the 2010-2014 Heat, you need to take into account what they had. And it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to team the undisputed best player in the game with another top-5 and top-15 guy.

Yeah. See the bolded. I just wanted to feel good about this team. :lol: