Johnny Hoops wrote:ORANGEandBLUE wrote:92Knicksfan93 wrote:I like Hood but he's 22-23 with no upside. At 19, Justise Winslow is a better defender and rebounder whose shot is still improving (his shot is where Hood's was before transferring to Duke from Miss State). Hood is 6'7 without shoes (6'8 with) whereas Winslow is 6'4.5 w/o shoes (6'6 with), however, Winslow has a better wingspan and standing reach than Hood: compare 6'10.25 wingspan and 8'8.5" standing reach for Winslow vs 6'8 wingspan and 8'7" standing reach for Hood. Winslow plays bigger than his raw height because he's got the length of power forward despite the height of a Shooting Guard. Winslow's steal % 2.8 and block% 2.9 at Duke was better than Hoods 1.3 steal % and 0.8 block % (Winslow's got active hands and the length to bother ball handlers and shooters alike). Winslow's total rebound % at Duke was 13.1 compared to Hood's 7.2 (Winslow's length and bigger frame allow him to crash the boards at a better rate). Winslow's D-Rating at Duke was 95 compared to Hood's D-Rating of 107 (Hood's rookie year D-Rating was similar to what he did at Duke in 2013-2014).
Give me the player whose 3-4 years younger, with upside to be a better player, whose also a better defender and rebounder coming out of the same college.
It's not just Hood v. Winslow. We'd also be getting WCS and a guy in Booker who could hold down the starting spot for a new and has an outside chance of being another Millsap.
Many of these guys have no ability to consider slide down and add extra assets type deals. They envision a dream superstar sitting at #4 and the thought of moving 2 or 3 spots is very frightening for them. They dont understand the notion that the Knick brass may prefer another player who they can get a few spots down
The problem is the particular trade with Utah that I critiqued doesn't involve "Assets" coming back to us in the form of Hood and Booker.
That hypothetical Knicks team would never get out of the East-hell it would be lucky to get past the second round.
Trevor Booker (27) is 2 years younger than Paul Milsap (29) and is a significantly worse free throw shooter, a worse rebounder and a worse defender than Paul Milsap. There is no upside to Booker's game at this point. Trevor Booker is actually a worse player than even Clarance Weatherspoon was.
Willie Cauley Stein as much as I like him is not worth this trade at all...if my choice was WCS plus this trade or giving a max deal to DeAndre Jordan and keeping #4, I'll take DeAndre and the #4 pick.
The only way I deal with Utah and our #4 pick is if Derrick Favors was included (hes gotten better as a player each year and still only 23 years old) he's a shot blocking, rebounding big man who also scores on offense and at 67% isn't a liability at the FT line. However seeing how hard it is to find a guy like Favors in either Free Agency or the Draft, I have a hard time believing Utah would agree to this trade. If they agreed to it, I would take it and then look to add a starting caliber PG, a wing to be Melo's sidekick and a complimentary big to play opposite Favor
O&B your better than this, if the Knicks trade the #4 they better get a star or possible star.
