3toheadmelo wrote:Iron Mantis wrote:3toheadmelo wrote:I was just pointing out how I'm happy we got rid of those cancers RJ and Obi too and how the Knicks have been much better off without them! So we're both happy! Rejoice with me brother!!!
I posted my stat projections in the stat thread
Aren't you glad Randle is gone since KAT is going to help bring us a championship?
You’re not happy with how better we looked without RJ and Obi?
Rose and company have been molding this team more and more into a team that can truly win a championship playing in Thibs system.
RJ was inefficient, not a good 3 shorter and therefore kind of redundant to Hart except not as good defensively.
Quickly could not really play the 1 and didn't have ideal length for what Thibs wants at 2. And of course wanted big money. McBride is almost what Quickley is but at a 5th of the cost.
Randle was also a very erratic 3 point shooter and ball stopper who did not play defense. Absolutely a monster scorer but no where near as efficient as KAT. KAT also fits next to Brunson.
Losing DDV hurts the most because he has infinte range but we spent 5 first round picks to aquire Bridges. The value of something is a determined by how much willing to pay for it. Five first round pics i's huge value. It is obvious that Thib's values , his elite defense and length at the 2 (and sometimes 3 spot) more than DDVs 3 point shooting.
Couple that with having Mcbride who then shorter than DDV actually has a longer wingspan than him.He also can somewhat offset losing Dante with his development arc continuously improving. So Im not as devastated about
Losing Dante as I originally was.
We also brought in veterans that are more than camp fodder in Shamet and Payne. These guys can provide quality bench minutes.