KAT To The Knicks Part 2

[E-Balla]

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They think 5 out means everyone spots up at the 3 point line every possession with no movement.

Edit: and in KAT's defense here this is great offensive scheming. Most players would fall for this. My issue with KAT is based off his history they could run this play back to back and he's falling for it twice.

[mpharris36]

i guess precious or sims. it was gonna be a problem but it was gonna be 2 months of a problem.

Precious is still going to play. And Sims blows so I hope everyone is good with Sims not playing.

Precious will be playing alonside KAT as well.

Also Mitch just closed on a home in NY and was in NY today. Who says he is officially getting traded?

Aller is pretty strong with the cap. I don't think they are just moving Mitch for bums. They still value him.

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If he's not getting traded the team we have is what we get because 3 vet minimum contracts out us over the 2nd apron. I'm hoping we trade Mitch because if not it's going to be a long season when guys inevitably go down.

Again we shall see...Aller has worked some cap magic before. All I'm saying I don't think they are moving Mitch for scraps just for 2nd apron purposes.

MItch is a ticking time bomb with his injuries so I would absolutely consider moving him in the right deal. But lets see what the final details of the deal look like before we think we can't fill out the roster.

[Chanel Bomber]

I would like to thank KAT for bringing Realgm Knicks back from the dead.

[3toheadmelo]

Towns, who was benched for nearly the last nine minutes of the Wolves' Game 2 loss in Minneapolis, is now shooting 27.8% for the series. That mark is the fourth-worst field goal percentage by any player through the first three games of a conference or divisional finals in the shot clock era, according to ESPN Stats & Information data.

His 3-point shooting, extending back to the conference semifinals against the Denver Nuggets, also has been unprecedentedly poor. Towns is 4-for-32 (12.5%) on 3s in his past five games, which is the worst 3-point percentage over a five-game span among players with 30 or more 3-point attempts in NBA postseason history.

[mpharris36]

i guess precious or sims. it was gonna be a problem but it was gonna be 2 months of a problem.

Precious is still going to play. And Sims blows so I hope everyone is good with Sims not playing.

Precious will be playing alonside KAT as well.

Also Mitch just closed on a home in NY and was in NY today. Who says he is officially getting traded?

Aller is pretty strong with the cap. I don't think they are just moving Mitch for bums. They still value him.

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we don't know that. and he's not good at center full time. you can survive a little while. we've survived with sims starting for awhile. kat at center full time....not good.

I don't think he's a full time center either. But Precious still has a roll and until Mitch is officially gone he will hopefully come back during the season.

I know some don't want to compare Julius and KAT...but that was the trade and we would have had to deal with the lack of center position regardless...probably even more pronounced...because yes KAT struggles to rim protect...but Randle was always going to be a disaster if they attempted that at the 5.

[MrDollarBills]

if we didnt lose Donte this trade could been a landslide win

The loss of white donte is being overblown. While I get it sucks losing a player you like it will have little to no impact on the teams success.

Racist!!!!!!

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[god shammgod]

teams that try to be copy cats rarely win. everyone thinks that the way the last team won is how every team has to win and then all of a sudden someone wins a different way and now that's the way you have to win. the nuggets won 2 years ago and they take among the least amount of 3s in the league.

[Iron Mantis]

Is Randle still traded to the Wolves?

[E-Balla]

Precious is still going to play. And Sims blows so I hope everyone is good with Sims not playing.

Precious will be playing alonside KAT as well.

Also Mitch just closed on a home in NY and was in NY today. Who says he is officially getting traded?

Aller is pretty strong with the cap. I don't think they are just moving Mitch for bums. They still value him.

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If he's not getting traded the team we have is what we get because 3 vet minimum contracts out us over the 2nd apron. I'm hoping we trade Mitch because if not it's going to be a long season when guys inevitably go down.

Again we shall see...Aller has worked some cap magic before. All I'm saying I don't think they are moving Mitch for scraps just for 2nd apron purposes.

MItch is a ticking time bomb with his injuries so I would absolutely consider moving him in the right deal. But lets see what the final details of the deal look like before we think we can't fill out the roster.

We got 2 roster spots and we're $924,835 under the second apron according to all reports of this deal. I think the most likely scenario Mitch and Nick Richards get added to the trade. Maybe Brandon Clarke or Daniel Theis?

[3toheadmelo]

teams that try to be copy cats rarely win. everyone thinks that the way the last team won is how every team has to win and then all of a sudden someone wins a different way and now that's the way you have to win. the nuggets won 2 years ago and they take among the least amount of 3s in the league.

We tryna be Boston but we gonna end up being the Sacramento kings.

[MrDollarBills]

If he's not getting traded the team we have is what we get because 3 vet minimum contracts out us over the 2nd apron. I'm hoping we trade Mitch because if not it's going to be a long season when guys inevitably go down.

Again we shall see...Aller has worked some cap magic before. All I'm saying I don't think they are moving Mitch for scraps just for 2nd apron purposes.

MItch is a ticking time bomb with his injuries so I would absolutely consider moving him in the right deal. But lets see what the final details of the deal look like before we think we can't fill out the roster.

We got 2 roster spots and we're $924,835 under the second apron according to all reports of this deal. I think the most likely scenario Mitch and Nick Richards get added to the trade. Maybe Brandon Clarke or Daniel Theis?

Clarke would be a nice addition. Is he healthy now?

Theis would also be a good pick up.

[E-Balla]

teams that try to be copy cats rarely win. everyone thinks that the way the last team won is how every team has to win and then all of a sudden someone wins a different way and now that's the way you have to win. the nuggets won 2 years ago and they take among the least amount of 3s in the league.

Dallas had great spacing but kept a true C on the court at all times too.

There's just no way to out Celtic the Celtics. When it comes to rim protection from floor spacers Horford and KP are two of less than 10 players with that skill set. Anyone else that wants to copy them has to figure that out first.

[Chanel Bomber]

teams that try to be copy cats rarely win. everyone thinks that the way the last team won is how every team has to win and then all of a sudden someone wins a different way and now that's the way you have to win. the nuggets won 2 years ago and they take among the least amount of 3s in the league.

Let's try point God Burks again

I think we were onto something

[Im Coming Home]

Maybe the conference semifinals would have gone differently had he been available for Game 1, which the Knicks lost at home.

Randle’s entire body of work this postseason, though, left a lot to be desired.

He averaged 16.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and shot just 37.4 percent from the field. His 3.5 turnover average was an issue.

In five games against the Heat, Randle had 21 assists and 20 turnovers, a poor ratio.
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The Knicks were relying on Randle to help their offensive struggles in this series and if anything, he’s made it worse. There honestly may not have been a single bright moment from Randle all game and the stats show it.

Julius Randle’s final statline shows how atrocious Knicks were in Game 3
In 38 minutes of play, Randle put up 10 points, 14 rebounds, and two assists while shooting 4-of-15 from the field and 0-of-5 from beyond the arc. To make matters even worse, Randle also had four turnovers, meaning he had the same amount of made shots as turnovers which is just embarrassing. There wasn’t a thing Randle could do offensively and a lot of it was due to the way the Heat were guarding him.

Randle has historically been extremely productive in the regular season, but in the 15 games he's played in the postseason - all with the Knicks - he's shot 34.4% from the floor, including 28.3% from three, all while turning the ball over 3.9 times per game.

[E-Balla]

Again we shall see...Aller has worked some cap magic before. All I'm saying I don't think they are moving Mitch for scraps just for 2nd apron purposes.

MItch is a ticking time bomb with his injuries so I would absolutely consider moving him in the right deal. But lets see what the final details of the deal look like before we think we can't fill out the roster.

We got 2 roster spots and we're $924,835 under the second apron according to all reports of this deal. I think the most likely scenario Mitch and Nick Richards get added to the trade. Maybe Brandon Clarke or Daniel Theis?

Clarke would be a nice addition. Is he healthy now?

Theis would also be a good pick up.

Clarke should be back. And I'm sure Memphis would love Mitch to flank Edey.

FWIW JJJ at media day said he's been working with Clarke through his rehab process and that he's back to what he used to be and unlike most bigs that fall off after an Achilles injury he's light (like 220 lbs).

Embiid will destroy us if he's our back line of defense but maybe we're lucky and avoid him?

[Jalen Bluntson]

Rudy said it right. Julius has gotten better very season (aside from that offseason) with NY.

KAT's here. I just hope NYK can pull the dawg out of him.

No he didn't. He was bad year good year bad year Julius until we got Brunson. Everyone who watched this team knows that. He's also never performed well or made it through the playoffs...ever.

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Yes, anyone who watched the games and read the stats know Randle improved every year except one with the Knicks. Literally, statistically, whateverly. C'mon, man.

Just stating facts. It wasn't every year.

[KnixinSix]

being bad at defense while playing center is very different than being bad at defense while playing the 4

prior to the trade who was going to be playing the 5 with mitch out for months?

1. KATs D was markedly improved in 2024 and played some excellent defense in the playoffs under the bright lights vs the best 5 in the entire NBA in Jokic

2. Whatever deficiencies he has at C we happen to have possibly the best most versatile defensive wing trio in the game between: Bridges, OG and Hart. Some teams may have one elite wing defender. Very few have two. We have THREE. Add in a fourth elite backcourt defender in McBride (if we keep him).

3. IF we keep Mitch we have a Gobert type defender at 5 to complement him. If not we will probably trade for another rim protecting 5.

4. Minnesota's run last year was not a fluke and he was a huge part of it. We need to give credit where credit is due. He played well under a good defensive coach in Finch and he likely will play well under a good defensive coach in

[Wildcat]

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He had to go. It was like walking on eggshells around this dude. Chemistry will be a lot better.

I'm gonna side with his teammates on this one. We've seen time after time these guys have gone to bat for this dude. Even today. For all accounts, he was beloved in that locker room.

I don't know Randle personally or if he is a good or a bad teammate but what exactly do you expect them to say about him? Do you think they would publicly trash him if they didn't like him? They may truly love him but even if they didn't they are professionals.

They would say absolutely nothing and/or keep it brief. This argument on "WhAt ThEy GoNnA sAy" is weak. Do they got to tattoo his name on their forearm??? I mean, if we take Josh at face value -- which we all should because he seems fairly straightforward -- we know how he really feels about Randle. Same with DDV. The way Robinson pouts, I bet you 100 bucks if there was something to Randle's locker room presence, it'd have gotten out by now.

[god shammgod]

teams that try to be copy cats rarely win. everyone thinks that the way the last team won is how every team has to win and then all of a sudden someone wins a different way and now that's the way you have to win. the nuggets won 2 years ago and they take among the least amount of 3s in the league.

Dallas had great spacing but kept a true C on the court at all times too.

There's just no way to out Celtic the Celtics. When it comes to rim protection from floor spacers Horford and KP are two of less than 10 players with that skill set. Anyone else that wants to copy them has to figure that out first.

and the celtics have jrue at the point of attack. brunson tries but he's not a really good defender. we can't be them.

[sol537]

Can we achieve the Wolves league leading defense and the Celtics league leading offense? That would be something…