Knicks to Have Own D-League Team in White Plains This Fall

Post #21 » by **j4remi** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:02 pm

Get a good developmental coach and let's start building raw players from the ground up.

BadNewsBarnes · Post #22 » by **BadNewsBarnes** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:29 pm

Well, it's not conjecture...

http://nypost.com/2014/02/26/knicks-pla ... te-plains/

GnarlesOakley · Post #23 » by **GnarlesOakley** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:52 pm

Hopefully this means the D-League will become more like the AHL is for the NHL - give every team an affiliate and take it seriously as a development league instead of forcing team to look for unemployed scraps all the time. This would especially help poorer teams and teams unwilling to tank, give fans a reason to actually pay attention to second round projects and European players who need time to adapt.

KnicksFan7 · Post #24 » by **KnicksFan7** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:49 pm

That's good. It will be a shorter drive for Chris Smith when he gets put on the active roster.

Jammer345 · Post #25 » by **Jammer345** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:52 pm

Knowing the Knicks, the D-League team will be just as inept, look at the Summer League rosters we put together, pathetic every year.

MKCATL · Post #26 » by **MKCATL** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:56 pm

This is so we can give everyone's brother a shot at playing.

Post #27 » by **Brooklyn_Yards** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:53 pm

Too bad any team can call up our players, the NBA should allow an additional 3 rosters spots so that NBA teams can retain the rights to prospects they want to develop but have to cut.

justin12140 · Post #28 » by **justin12140** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:08 pm

Brooklyn_Yards wrote:Too bad any team can call up our players, the NBA should allow an additional 3 rosters spots so that NBA teams can retain the rights to prospects they want to develop but have to cut.

its kind of unfair to the D-League players. If a team could retain D-Leaguers you would have a lot more Pierre Jackson's where their is clearly a need for them in the nba, but their stuck in purgatory.

If it did happen tho they should at least raise the wages of D-leaguers

BadNewsBarnes · Post #29 » by **BadNewsBarnes** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:11 pm

Jammer345 wrote:Knowing the Knicks, the D-League team will be just as inept, look at the Summer League rosters we put together, pathetic every year.

Jammer, have you watch a Bayhawks game? I can tell you that they are running the same offense there...

don't panac · Post #30 » by **don't panac** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:29 pm

what are they going to be called?

BadNewsBarnes · Post #31 » by **BadNewsBarnes** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:33 pm

don't panac wrote:what are they going to be called?

Westchester Wheezers

don't panac · Post #32 » by **don't panac** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:40 pm

they should have a contest for the name

Post #33 » by **Mr. E** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:25 pm

Rasho Brezec wrote:Every team should have its own affiliate. This is good, hopefully they'll start using it to play the players Woodson doesn't want to.

This is a great move for the Knicks.

Now I want to see more protected players on each roster.

Post #34 » by **moocow007** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:27 pm

don't panac wrote:they should have a contest for the name

The White Plains Phenomenals. Maybe if they do that Stoudemire will want to play for that team instead?

Post #35 » by **Thorn** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:31 pm

LBnySuaveJav23 wrote:White Power!?

LBnySuaveJav23 · Post #36 » by **LBnySuaveJav23** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:25 pm

Thorn wrote:
LBnySuaveJav23 wrote:White Power!?

As a Puerto Rican, perhaps! I'm just testing y'all mufukkas :lol:

don't panac · Post #37 » by **don't panac** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:01 pm

moocow007 wrote:
don't panac wrote:they should have a contest for the name

The White Plains Phenomenals. Maybe if they do that Stoudemire will want to play for that team instead?

btw, they ARE having a contest for the name
http://www.nba.com/dleague/newyork/name ... 40310.html

people can write-in their suggestions, and then vote on whatever is selected

anyone with some good suggestions?
is it going to be New York, White Plains or westchester?

New York Appleseeds
Big Apple Seeds
NY Cores
New York Cabbies
New York Empires, Emperors
Withe Plain 'Bockers
Westchester Urbans
or just Gotham

Johnj1Rens · Post #38 » by **Johnj1Rens** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:19 pm

Should be and will be Knights to keep with the logos and colors and then you can sell the jerseys to a whole host of players who played for you. I think the roster spots for the Knicks team will be HIGHLY sought after considering the arena will be packed and you will get noticed

don't panac · Post #39 » by **don't panac** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:22 pm

Johnj1Rens wrote:Should be and will be Knights to keep with the logos and colors and then you can sell the jerseys to a whole host of players who played for you. I think the roster spots for the Knicks team will be HIGHLY sought after considering the arena will be packed and you will get noticed

which logo/colors?

Post #40 » by **NoLayupRule** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:24 pm

were moving our D-League team out of MSG to White Plains?