Official Frank Ntilikina Thread

[Infinitimind]

I cannot help but be fascinated and intrigued by a back court comprised of 6-7 RJ as primary ball handler/facilitator and 6-7 Frank as the point of attack defender.

The problem would be a lack of shooting but most specifically Frank's 3ball because if he doesn't hit that at a decent clip it won't ever work for extended mins.

No penetration, like those old Cinemax soft cores.

Have you seen rj play before, that his game. He didn’t average 20 plus hitting jump shot. Frank can also get to the paint using pick and roll which he excel in Europe with. We also have randle who can get to the paint.

[god shammgod]

rj needs minutes no matter what. if they didn't agree they shouldn't have drafted him. forget minutes, i'm gonna be really disappointed if he don't start. hold him accountable by yelling at him a lot if need be.

[eagle54]

Heurtel is out for the World Cup so now Frank could be starter for the French squad.

[GONYK]

The point is there is different ways to get a point across. What team in their right mind that is in a full rebuild gonna cut minutes from 19 years olds? Hell yeah that is funny as hell to me.

The Knicks. Last year.

[taj2133]

I don't why you guys defend frank to much and its obvious he is not playing well over seas right now and it only 2 game so far. Frank shouldn't get dominated by turkey and tunishia both of those teams don't have nba level guards so frank should dominate but he is not. Frank is shooting 20 percent from field and 16 percent from three while averaging 4.5 points and 5.5 assist not great numbers. If this was rj barret or knox shooting 20 percent you guys would call them out to if there were playing like crap but not frank its kind of a double standard.

[bearadonisdna]

I don't why you guys defend frank to much and its obvious he is not playing well over seas right now and it only 2 game so far. Frank shouldn't get dominated by turkey and tunishia both of those teams don't have nba level guards so frank should dominate but he is not. Frank is shooting 20 percent from field and 16 percent from three while averaging 4.5 points and 5.5 assist not great numbers. If this was rj barret or knox shooting 20 percent you guys would call them out to if there were playing like crap but not frank its kind of a double standard.

Maybe it's because Frank plays d.

[Garbagelo]

I don't why you guys defend frank to much and its obvious he is not playing well over seas right now and it only 2 game so far. Frank shouldn't get dominated by turkey and tunishia both of those teams don't have nba level guards so frank should dominate but he is not. Frank is shooting 20 percent from field and 16 percent from three while averaging 4.5 points and 5.5 assist not great numbers. If this was rj barret or knox shooting 20 percent you guys would call them out to if there were playing like crap but not frank its kind of a double standard.

Pot meet kettle, Taj2133, the double standard master. You're really going out of your way (since forever)to put down Frank like he has killed your dog. Frank helps the team and you know it.

Maybe it's because Frank plays d.

Elite defense

[Fat]

I don't why you guys defend frank to much and its obvious he is not playing well over seas right now and it only 2 game so far. Frank shouldn't get dominated by turkey and tunishia both of those teams don't have nba level guards so frank should dominate but he is not. Frank is shooting 20 percent from field and 16 percent from three while averaging 4.5 points and 5.5 assist not great numbers. If this was rj barret or knox shooting 20 percent you guys would call them out to if there were playing like crap but not frank its kind of a double standard.

Maybe it's because Frank plays d.

So? We knew he was a good defender since his rookie season. Don’t get me wrong being a good defender is a positive but that was never the issue with frank he has to make a leap on offense.. at least become a serviceable 3D player the least.


Jarret jack started over you

Trey Burke started over you (he’s barely even in the league right now)

Mudiay acquired, Dennis acquired, Payton acquired

If I was Ntilkina I would be in kill mode every time i stepped on the court...

Stop clanging onto he plays defense. You don’t draft somebody 8th pick and be content with him being just some kind of defensive specialist

Unless dude is about to start pulling in defensive player of the years I’m tired of hearing about how good his defense is. Show me something on offense now... it’s about to be his 3rd year this is the time to start making progress

[Dave_R]

Ntilikina loses value if he is unable to play point guard. Let him have a chance -- see whether his offense has improved enough to allow his defense to compensate.

[Fat Kat]

This is how he stacked up against the competition last year

[CharlesOakley]

Defense is so undervalued by morons.

[DOT]

This is how he stacked up against the competition last year

So, even by those standards, he's still our best defensive guard. And like, really the only stat there that's useful is dFG%, and even then, it's an incomplete stat. So let's look at some individual defensive metrics.

https://stats.nba.com/players/ball-handler/#!?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&TypeGrouping=defensive&CF=PLAYER_NAME*E*ntili

Frank rated above average as a PnR defender last year. While I don't love this stat for a variety of reasons, mostly that a lot of PnR play comes off of secondary actions, and this only accounts for the scoring of guys running PnRs, there is stuff you can glean from it. Mostly that guys turned the ball over 26% of the time against Frank in the PnR. And considering how often PnRs are used, it would be helpful to have a guy defending them who forces a turnover more than a quarter of the time, no? To be fair, Burke actually graded extremely well in the PnR defense last year with us, at around 92nd percentile, but then dropped to 23rd percentile in Dallas, so make of that what you will.


https://stats.nba.com/players/isolation/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&TypeGrouping=defensive&CF=PLAYER_NAME*E*ntili

Now, I seem to recall you going on about how we can't play Frank at PG because he can't iso, and isolations are the very most important aspect of guards games, hands down, no contest. So, if we have a guy who makes opponents shoot, say, 30% off of isolations, that would be good for us, right? Frank's so good at defending isolations that he makes opposing players look like Frank when they isolate. Let that sink in for a second. And pretty much everyone agrees he was worse this year than last year, so that means he can get better when he's already better than 95% of the league statistically.

Like, he just turned 21 years old and is already this good defensively. If all he does is get his 3 pointer consistent, he's an extremely valuable piece on any team. Sure, maybe we overrate his defense a bit, but he is legitimately good by most individual metrics. Is he a PG? Probably not in the NBA. Cause you are right, he's not good enough of a creator off the dribble to make it. But he could absolutely play the 2 or 3 if he gets his shot consistent.

[Fat Kat]

This is how he stacked up against the competition last year

Now, I seem to recall you going on about how we can't play Frank at PG because he can't iso, and isolations are the very most important aspect of guards games, hands down, no contest.

Refresh my memory and quote the post where I said this

[Knicks Byke]

Kid could be so marketable if he wasn't so trash.

[DOT]

Now, I seem to recall you going on about how we can't play Frank at PG because he can't iso, and isolations are the very most important aspect of guards games, hands down, no contest.

Refresh my memory and quote the post where I said this

Literally a page ago

Now comes the part where you say "but actually, I said..."

Go on. This is what I don't get about you. I know I've given you the same stats over and over, yet you continue to pretend they don't exist for some reason. It's like you don't want to admit Frank's good at defense or something, and use pseudo-analytics as a shield, then get defensive when someone points out the flaws in the stats you use

When you use stats for defense, you have to understand what they actually say. You don't, you just like to find the ones which you think say what you want them to say. When I post stats, I do so with the disclaimer that they're incomplete, cause stats usually only tell you one or two things. Like how you love the DRTG stat that says DSJ was better than Frank. You wanna know why that's incomplete? Cause it's heavily reliant on team play. Frank played roughly half of his minutes with THJ. His DRTG then? 114.7. In the half of his minutes without THJ, his DRTG was 104, a difference of nearly 11.

Which explains why his team defensive stats are dogsh*t, cause he played so many minutes with terrible defensive players. The only exception is Dot, who was also really only effective when paired with Frank

Defensive stats have a very limited scope. You can't just post general stats and say "there it is," you have to know what stat means what

[Fat Kat]

Now, I seem to recall you going on about how we can't play Frank at PG because he can't iso, and isolations are the very most important aspect of guards games, hands down, no contest.

Refresh my memory and quote the post where I said this

Literally a page ago

Now comes the part where you say "but actually, I said..."

Go on. This is what I don't get about you. I know I've given you the same stats over and over, yet you continue to pretend they don't exist for some reason. It's like you don't want to admit Frank's good at defense or something, and use pseudo-analytics as a shield, then get defensive when someone points out the flaws in the stats you use

When you use stats for defense, you have to understand what they actually say. You don't, you just like to find the ones which you think say what you want them to say. When I post stats, I do so with the disclaimer that they're incomplete, cause stats usually only tell you one or two things. Like how you love the DRTG stat that says DSJ was better than Frank. You wanna know why that's incomplete? Cause it's heavily reliant on team play. Frank played roughly half of his minutes with THJ. His DRTG then? 114.7. In the half of his minutes without THJ, his DRTG was 104, a difference of nearly 11.

Which explains why his team defensive stats are dogsh*t, cause he played so many minutes with terrible defensive players. The only exception is Dot, who was also really only effective when paired with Frank

Defensive stats have a very limited scope. You can't just post general stats and say "there it is," you have to know what stat means what

Miss me with your bullchit. If I said it, quote it. Otherwise take your weirdo crap somewhere else. I honestly ignore your post 80% of the time. If you want to discuss guard penetration, do that.

[DOT]

Refresh my memory and quote the post where I said this

Literally a page ago

Now comes the part where you say "but actually, I said..."

Go on. This is what I don't get about you. I know I've given you the same stats over and over, yet you continue to pretend they don't exist for some reason. It's like you don't want to admit Frank's good at defense or something, and use pseudo-analytics as a shield, then get defensive when someone points out the flaws in the stats you use

When you use stats for defense, you have to understand what they actually say. You don't, you just like to find the ones which you think say what you want them to say. When I post stats, I do so with the disclaimer that they're incomplete, cause stats usually only tell you one or two things. Like how you love the DRTG stat that says DSJ was better than Frank. You wanna know why that's incomplete? Cause it's heavily reliant on team play. Frank played roughly half of his minutes with THJ. His DRTG then? 114.7. In the half of his minutes without THJ, his DRTG was 104, a difference of nearly 11.

Which explains why his team defensive stats are dogsh*t, cause he played so many minutes with terrible defensive players. The only exception is Dot, who was also really only effective when paired with Frank

Defensive stats have a very limited scope. You can't just post general stats and say "there it is," you have to know what stat means what

Miss me with your bullchit. If I said it, quote it. Otherwise take your weirdo crap somewhere else. I honestly ignore your post 80% of the time. If you want to discuss guard penetration, do that.

Someone's upset they got called out on their bullsh*t lol

[Fat Kat]

Literally a page ago

Now comes the part where you say "but actually, I said..."

Go on. This is what I don't get about you. I know I've given you the same stats over and over, yet you continue to pretend they don't exist for some reason. It's like you don't want to admit Frank's good at defense or something, and use pseudo-analytics as a shield, then get defensive when someone points out the flaws in the stats you use

When you use stats for defense, you have to understand what they actually say. You don't, you just like to find the ones which you think say what you want them to say. When I post stats, I do so with the disclaimer that they're incomplete, cause stats usually only tell you one or two things. Like how you love the DRTG stat that says DSJ was better than Frank. You wanna know why that's incomplete? Cause it's heavily reliant on team play. Frank played roughly half of his minutes with THJ. His DRTG then? 114.7. In the half of his minutes without THJ, his DRTG was 104, a difference of nearly 11.

Which explains why his team defensive stats are dogsh*t, cause he played so many minutes with terrible defensive players. The only exception is Dot, who was also really only effective when paired with Frank

Defensive stats have a very limited scope. You can't just post general stats and say "there it is," you have to know what stat means what

Miss me with your bullchit. If I said it, quote it. Otherwise take your weirdo crap somewhere else. I honestly ignore your post 80% of the time. If you want to discuss guard penetration, do that.

Someone's upset they got called out on their bullsh*t lol

Not upset. Just looking for that quote.

Slow down and look at yourself.

[DOT]

Miss me with your bullchit. If I said it, quote it. Otherwise take your weirdo crap somewhere else. I honestly ignore your post 80% of the time. If you want to discuss guard penetration, do that.

Someone's upset they got called out on their bullsh*t lol

Not upset. Just looking for that quote.

Slow down and look at yourself.

If you're too lazy to literally look a page earlier, that's on you

Regardless,

Spoiler:

This isn’t Hoosiers. Guards need to be able to beat their man one on one. It collapses the defense and creates open shots.

And now comes the part where you pretend like you didn't mean what you said.

Are you also gonna pretend you didn't use DSJ's DRTG being better than Frank's as proof Frank can't be good defensively?

Take my weirdo crap somewhere else lol. So salty because you can't handle being proven wrong.

[Thugger HBC]

So.....how many minutes are we predicting Frank plays next season? He'll definitely have comp at the 1-3 positions. I doubt he starts.

I guess if he truly did get taller perhaps some small ball 4 is in the works for him.