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RandlesCornrows · Post #1421 » by **RandlesCornrows** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:39 am

robillionaire wrote:
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Morant second highest. Beal up there too.

Russell jus stinks.

Beal and Lavine both on there, for those interested in trading for them

Yeahhhh I’ll pass. I’ll throw my chips at Kawhi then trade any of our assets

Phish Tank · Post #1422 » by **Phish Tank** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:50 am

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I can't disagree with any of that. He's reached his ceiling it appears. He was really good in the bubble.. then he got hurt again. Maybe he keeps gaining weight. That's what I would advise. Forget diversity in his game and just focus on the couple of things he does do well. Dallas is still a player away and it's going to be interesting to see who Doncic develops a friendship with out of the other good players as time goes by. Who is the guy that says hey I want to go to Dallas and play with Luka rather than trying to draft that player. Is it Jokic? Or does Luka look to leave?

You're right on all the above.

I think one of the issues this year is that he may have put on more upper body weight than he really wanted to and thus looks very slow out there. He probably needs to rebalance the weight. Only thing to watch out for is that I believe he has small feet relative to a big man (he's size 15). That means he can't put on too much weight otherwise he'll have foot problems. Foot problems killed Yao's career in the NBA.

Big men 7'3 and taller rarely have long lasting careers in the NBA. Their primes are even shorter. Dallas has to mitigate those realities sooner than later. That means not playing KP back to backs, playing him less than 30 mins/game, probably turning him into a back-to-basket player that doesn't exert too much athleticism.

Dallas needs to find Luka a true Robin otherwise he's gonna be pissed

Right. His feet were screwed right from the jump. I'm 5'11 and my feet are wrecked I can imagine what his are going to feel like as he gets older. Foot problems are debilitating mentally. Your mind wants to go and go hard but you can't because of the feet. it really sucks.

Yes it is. I’m sure he’s thinking twice anytime he moves laterally, afraid that he’ll re-injure his knee.

At this point, he’s had nagging knee, achilles, and foot injuries over his young career - in both legs. Clearly a sign of overcompensating. These lower leg injuries are often interconnected too.

Ironically, RC may have threw him a favor by eliminating the Melo tendencies and restricting him to a perimeter shooter

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2010 · Post #1423 » by **2010** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:58 am

LibertyKnicks00 wrote:
robillionaire wrote:
KnicksGod wrote:
Morant second highest. Beal up there too.

Russell jus stinks.

Beal and Lavine both on there, for those interested in trading for them
Yeahhhh I’ll pass. I’ll throw my chips at Kawhi then trade any of our assets

Kawhi, the king of load management is not coming to play for Thibs, who likes to push his starters to maximum minutes overload.

Our chance for Kawhi ended once KD flaked on us.

DaGawd · Post #1424 » by **DaGawd** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:59 am

2010 wrote:
LibertyKnicks00 wrote:
robillionaire wrote:
Beal and Lavine both on there, for those interested in trading for them
Yeahhhh I’ll pass. I’ll throw my chips at Kawhi then trade any of our assets

Kawhi, the king of load management is not coming to play for Thibs, who likes to push his starters to maximum minutes overload.

Our chance for Kawhi ended once KD flaked on us.

We should tell Kawhi if he signs here we’ll trade whatever for whoever he wants to play with

2010 · Post #1425 » by **2010** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:01 am

DaGawd wrote:
2010 wrote:
LibertyKnicks00 wrote:Yeahhhh I’ll pass. I’ll throw my chips at Kawhi then trade any of our assets

Kawhi, the king of load management is not coming to play for Thibs, who likes to push his starters to maximum minutes overload.

Our chance for Kawhi ended once KD flaked on us.

We should tell Kawhi if he signs here we’ll trade whatever for whoever he wants to play with

His philosophy and Thibs philosophy is a major clash. It’d never work.

DaGawd · Post #1426 » by **DaGawd** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:03 am

2010 wrote:
DaGawd wrote:
2010 wrote:
Kawhi, the king of load management is not coming to play for Thibs, who likes to push his starters to maximum minutes overload.

Our chance for Kawhi ended once KD flaked on us.

We should tell Kawhi if he signs here we’ll trade whatever for whoever he wants to play with

His philosophy and Thibs philosophy is a major clash. It’d never work.

Probably right. I’m just fantasizing mostly it’s definitely a long shot at best that he even considers leaving LA.. unless they just completely bomb out the playoffs

3toheadmelo · Post #1427 » by **3toheadmelo** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:06 am

Damn hopefully it’s not serious

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3toheadmelo · Post #1428 » by **3toheadmelo** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:10 am

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knicks94 · Post #1429 » by **knicks94** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:17 am

KP will never be a superstar in this league if he can’t give his team multiple 30 plus point games on a consistent basis.

god shammgod · Post #1430 » by **god shammgod** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:22 am

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Porter is obviously significantly better than Kuzma. I’m just tryna instigate something

i like porter more too to be honest. kuz having a good year actually. shooting the 3 well, playing d & rebounding. much more of a team player now. now with obi and this version of randle though, no need for kuz.

3toheadmelo · Post #1431 » by **3toheadmelo** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:29 am

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Post #1432 » by **mpharris36** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:31 am

god shammgod wrote:
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Porter is obviously significantly better than Kuzma. I’m just tryna instigate something

i like porter more too to be honest. kuz having a good year actually. shooting the 3 well, playing d & rebounding. much more of a team player now. now with obi and this version of randle though, no need for kuz.

thats a given at this point right? Does anyone actually believe they are in the same stratosphere of player?

MPJ got caught there not doubt.

Overall though MPJ has made major strides defensively this year...avg over a steal and a block in 27 MPG. Much more engaged on that end to go along with him being a walking bucket.

Just got to stay healthy.

jstudabaka · Post #1433 » by **jstudabaka** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:10 am

Thank you Dame for keeping the Dallas tank alive.

ctorres · Post #1434 » by **ctorres** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:34 am

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If Melo can get his overall field goal percentage to at least 43%, he can contend for 6th man of the year.

Reign23 · Post #1435 » by **Reign23** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:51 am

god i loved this blazers game. melo locking down kp is just crazy cool to see. And he also had the game deciding assist. making winning plays right now. blazers entertaining as always.

Reign23 · Post #1436 » by **Reign23** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:52 am

knickstape4ever wrote:I could see the Blazers letting Trent walk this summer

they're already over the cap w/o a Trent extension. matching an offer similar to what Harris/Bogdanovic got (4yr/70-75M) would put them over the luxury tax

+ when McCollum comes back, the backcourt minutes will be crowded w/ Dame, CJ, Trent, and Simons (who's been very impressive this season). next season they can replace Trent by giving Simons a larger role

I think I would even trade one of them to upgrade DJJ or Nurkic.
god do I hope we get Trent.

Reign23 · Post #1437 » by **Reign23** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:54 am

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so good to see our boy ballin again, homie. I was a little concerned when he had a major slump for 5-6 games earlier this season..

Ma10 · Post #1438 » by **Ma10** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:01 am

3toheadmelo wrote:Damn hopefully it’s not serious

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Man, what a devastating injury it would have been without his pantyhose and his t-shirt underneath?

Reign23 · Post #1439 » by **Reign23** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:02 am

ctorres wrote:
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If Melo can get his overall field goal percentage to at least 43%, he can contend for 6th man of the year.

no, this is almost over. Clarkson is averaging 17 points off the bench for the best team in the league.

Fat Kat · Post #1440 » by **Fat Kat** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 12:30 pm

LibertyKnicks00 wrote:Dallas losing to Detroit would be massive. They’re schedule coming up is difficult so they can fall down the standings: HOU, MEMP, BOS, PHI, BKN, ORL.

Christian Wood should be back for that game, and Memphis’s bigs should provide KP by getting pieced up

We need them to go on another losing streak