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[Iron Mantis]

Knicks getting smoked like a cheap cigar in the playoffs mean the culture building was for nothing.

Now the narrative is that Thibs sucks as a coach as he's too offensively old fashioned, Randle isn't it, and the Knicks lack talent.

It's what the national sports media has started pumping and will pump all summer and into the fall.

And you'd think that maybe athletes in the game would know better, but I think a lot of them consume ESPN in the same stupid way regular people do.

Oh well.

Here's to another 20 years of mediocrity.

The Knicks didn't get eliminated by the Wizards. NBA players and execs aren't dumb.

I don't like the Hawks, but I admit they are no joke. They waltzed into Philly for game one and bust the #1 seed upside their head.

[thebuzzardman]

Knicks getting smoked like a cheap cigar in the playoffs mean the culture building was for nothing.

Now the narrative is that Thibs sucks as a coach as he's too offensively old fashioned, Randle isn't it, and the Knicks lack talent.

It's what the national sports media has started pumping and will pump all summer and into the fall.

And you'd think that maybe athletes in the game would know better, but I think a lot of them consume ESPN in the same stupid way regular people do.

Oh well.

Here's to another 20 years of mediocrity.

The Knicks didn't get eliminated by the Wizards. NBA players and execs aren't dumb.

I don't like the Hawks, but I admit they are no joke. They waltzed into Philly for game one and bust the #1 seed upside their head.

I'm just going with the crowd on here.

Thibs sucks.
Randle sucks.
Mediocre picks
Knicks are doomed.

[Deeeez Knicks]

Are you listening to this interview? He's not leaving Booker and Ayton to play with Randle and RJ.

Yea, he will probably resign with Phoenix before free agency even starts to get a few more years. Its a perfect spot for him.

Honestly, who would really want to play with Randle and RJ period?

Randle is like Marbury Giannis - dominating the ball to ill effect and RJ is a robotic SG who struggles to create his own shot. Setting aside the fact that he's 20, he's got to be among the worst starting SGs in the league. Certainly one you have to question building around, when shot creation off the dribble and shooting are what it's all about, and RJ is a spot up shooter who struggles to create.

Who knows? But if everyone sucks and we still made it to the playoffs as a 4th seed, then that might be attractive to free agents.

[DaGawd]

A move into the lottery would be just as exciting for me as trading for the likes of Dame

[god shammgod]

As much as I like Chris Paul for this team, it would've been perfect this year, not next year when he's going to start breaking down after signing him to a 3 year contract.

The only way I'm interested in Chris Paul is if he opts out of a one year for a two year.

Even then, his kneecaps will probably eject themselves from his body the moment he signs a Knick contract. If so, at least it's only 2 years of wrecking the cap, instead of 3.

suns are paying paul anyway so he's not coming. once they got out of the 1st round he got his money,


i love all your posts this morning though. when i read this kind of stuff i feel like i don 't even need to post. my voice is represented.

[god shammgod]

A move into the lottery would be just as exciting for me as trading for the likes of Dame

dame would excite me if he brought kawhi or another star with him. of course, that's not happening.
the 2nd most exciting thing would be to trade randle and get back into the top 5. not happening either
the least exciting option would be adding from the likes of the lonzo, gary trent, schroder, derzoan, oubre group. so of course, that's what's happening.

[mpharris36]

A move into the lottery would be just as exciting for me as trading for the likes of Dame

dame would excite me if he brought kawhi or another star with him. of course, that's not happening.
the 2nd most exciting thing would be to trade randle and get back into the top 5. not happening either
the least exciting option would be adding from the likes of the lonzo, gary trent, schroder, derzoan, oubre group. so of course, that's what's happening.

[ENYK]

A move into the lottery would be just as exciting for me as trading for the likes of Dame

If this FO is able to trade its way into the top 4 of this draft, I'm 100% sold on them and the organization's future.

[K_ick_God]

A move into the lottery would be just as exciting for me as trading for the likes of Dame

dame would excite me if he brought kawhi or another star with him. of course, that's not happening.
the 2nd most exciting thing would be to trade randle and get back into the top 5. not happening either
the least exciting option would be adding from the likes of the lonzo, gary trent, schroder, derzoan, oubre group. so of course, that's what's happening.

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[nykballa2k4]

How many bad Bucks beatdowns before we are allowed to start fantasizing of the Bucks trading us Giannis?

[ENYK]

How many bad Bucks beatdowns before we are allowed to start fantasizing of the Bucks trading us Giannis?

Giannis will one day be a Knick... He might be 33, with two torn Achilles and no athleticism left, but he will be a Knick. This is the illustrious organization that traded for Antonio McDyess, we can pull it off again. NY, where aging stars come to die.

[nykballa2k4]

How many bad Bucks beatdowns before we are allowed to start fantasizing of the Bucks trading us Giannis?

Giannis will one day be a Knick... He might be 33, with two torn Achilles and no athleticism left, but he will be a Knick. This is the illustrious organization that traded for Antonio McDyess, we can pull it off again. NY, where aging stars come to die.

Bring us your old, your pre-retired, your seeking-max's

[3toheadmelo]

there were so many options too...Shai, MPJ, Mikal...we couldn't go wrong...but yet...

Knox goes undrafted in a redraft. We picked the absolute worst player

while I agree that knox is a bust for his draft position (of course) and that we should have picked other players (of course), I don't think it is completely on him. we do everything to **** up these young dudes.
his second season sucked, but he made progress this year and he was nowhere near unplayable. But because we strike out on big FA we always sign waaay too many one year vets and don't have playing time for the "projects".

so, sure he didn't play well so far, but he couldn't be in a worse situation.

Nah…. Knox is trash

[god shammgod]

Knox goes undrafted in a redraft. We picked the absolute worst player

while I agree that knox is a bust for his draft position (of course) and that we should have picked other players (of course), I don't think it is completely on him. we do everything to **** up these young dudes.
his second season sucked, but he made progress this year and he was nowhere near unplayable. But because we strike out on big FA we always sign waaay too many one year vets and don't have playing time for the "projects".

so, sure he didn't play well so far, but he couldn't be in a worse situation.

Nah…. Knox is trash

it's not our fault he plays scared and uncoordinated

[B8RcDeMktfxC]

Knicks getting smoked like a cheap cigar in the playoffs mean the culture building was for nothing.

Now the narrative is that Thibs sucks as a coach as he's too offensively old fashioned, Randle isn't it, and the Knicks lack talent.

It's what the national sports media has started pumping and will pump all summer and into the fall.

And you'd think that maybe athletes in the game would know better, but I think a lot of them consume ESPN in the same stupid way regular people do.

Oh well.

Here's to another 20 years of mediocrity.

The Knicks best hope is for the Hawks to beat the 76ers in 5 games. Then the narrative will all be about Trae being a stud and so good that even Randle and Embiid-led teams couldn't stop him, and the fact that Nate will have comprehensively outcoached Thibs and Doc Rivers will be ignored.

[B8RcDeMktfxC]

Are you listening to this interview? He's not leaving Booker and Ayton to play with Randle and RJ.

Yea, he will probably resign with Phoenix before free agency even starts to get a few more years. Its a perfect spot for him.

Honestly, who would really want to play with Randle and RJ period?

Randle is like Marbury Giannis - dominating the ball to ill effect and RJ is a robotic SG who struggles to create his own shot. Setting aside the fact that he's 20, he's got to be among the worst starting SGs in the league. Certainly one you have to question building around, when shot creation off the dribble and shooting are what it's all about, and RJ is a spot up shooter who struggles to create.

The robot model RJ9 initially only featured "left-handed drive"-functionality in its ver 1.0. The firmware update to ver 2.0 enabled spot up shooting and FT shooting. I'm pretty confident that ver 4.0 will incorporate "right-hand drive" and ver 5.0 will have rudimentary "shiftiness".

[nykballa2k4]

Yea, he will probably resign with Phoenix before free agency even starts to get a few more years. Its a perfect spot for him.

Honestly, who would really want to play with Randle and RJ period?

Randle is like Marbury Giannis - dominating the ball to ill effect and RJ is a robotic SG who struggles to create his own shot. Setting aside the fact that he's 20, he's got to be among the worst starting SGs in the league. Certainly one you have to question building around, when shot creation off the dribble and shooting are what it's all about, and RJ is a spot up shooter who struggles to create.

The robot model RJ9 initially only featured "left-handed drive"-functionality in its ver 1.0. The firmware update to ver 2.0 enabled spot up shooting and FT shooting. I'm pretty confident that ver 4.0 will incorporate "right-hand drive" and ver 5.0 will have rudimentary "shiftiness".

Which version will have the trash-talk feature?

[nykballa2k4]

Knicks getting smoked like a cheap cigar in the playoffs mean the culture building was for nothing.

Now the narrative is that Thibs sucks as a coach as he's too offensively old fashioned, Randle isn't it, and the Knicks lack talent.

It's what the national sports media has started pumping and will pump all summer and into the fall.

And you'd think that maybe athletes in the game would know better, but I think a lot of them consume ESPN in the same stupid way regular people do.

Oh well.

Here's to another 20 years of mediocrity.

The Knicks best hope is for the Hawks to beat the 76ers in 5 games. Then the narrative will all be about Trae being a stud and so good that even Randle and Embiid-led teams couldn't stop him, and the fact that Nate will have comprehensively outcoached Thibs and Doc Rivers will be ignored.

But that means I have to see more of Trae's face. I'd rather we look worse and Trae has to go home after beating a team on their 3rd string center.

[3toheadmelo]

while I agree that knox is a bust for his draft position (of course) and that we should have picked other players (of course), I don't think it is completely on him. we do everything to **** up these young dudes.
his second season sucked, but he made progress this year and he was nowhere near unplayable. But because we strike out on big FA we always sign waaay too many one year vets and don't have playing time for the "projects".

so, sure he didn't play well so far, but he couldn't be in a worse situation.

Nah…. Knox is trash

it's not our fault he plays scared and uncoordinated

And being a fortnite addict. Remember that article that came out that said Fizdale was upset with him playing so much. Unreal

[GEOLINK]

How many bad Bucks beatdowns before we are allowed to start fantasizing of the Bucks trading us Giannis?

Giannis will one day be a Knick... He might be 33, with two torn Achilles and no athleticism left, but he will be a Knick. This is the illustrious organization that traded for Antonio McDyess, we can pull it off again. NY, where aging stars come to die.

Giannis still has hard feelings about how the Knicks treated his less talented brother that we drafted.