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[Guano]

Don't worry it's ok, I'm a great person so I forgive you

Here’s an olive branch to make up for yesterday. Lots of praise for Jokic

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He's a better person than you.

Melo, this is what you deserve for letting your foot off his neck.

[Capn'O]

watching the nets has made me extra negative. i'm not trying to watch no plucky ass knicks team try their hardest to one day make the 2nd round. f*ck that.

It's not that hard. You just need a brilliant GM like Sean Marks.

Jarrett Allen - 22nd pick by Nets.....they properly developed him.

Dinwiddie - 38th pick by Detroit...traded & waived 2 years later.... Nets signed off the scrap heap and properly developed him.

Caris LeVert - 20th Pick by Indy...traded to Nets two weeks later for a PF and properly developed.

D'angelo Russel - Acquired from Lakers after they soured on him, made a leap in development first full season with Nets.

All young players, and all were pivotal players in Nets 6th seed playoff run, only to fall 4-1 to the Sixers.

Nevertheless, it was the overall professionalism of that org, their playoff run, and the development of those "pieces" that made the Nets so attractive to Kyrie and KD who clearly wanted to play in NY.

Russel then became a valuable piece for GS in the transaction that would send KD to the Nets. The value of those other players later enabled the Harden trade as well.

Knicks have fallen light years behind the Nets in every aspect of running a franchise...but it looks like they're finally headed in the right direction.

Bingo. They were an attractive destination because they had good management, good young players, and were improving. They ultimately had the pieces and flexibility to build this juggernaut. Knicks need to keep their heads down and at least hit doubles like they kept doing and we'll eventually have the cache to strike the opportunity presents itself.

If we can get Kawhi AND Lillard this summer... you do that. If not (likely), you keep building.

[Iron Mantis]

Jarrett Allen - 22nd pick by Nets.....they properly developed him.

Dinwiddie - 38th pick by Detroit...traded & waived 2 years later.... Nets signed off the scrap heap and properly developed him.

Caris LeVert - 20th Pick by Indy...traded to Nets two weeks later for a PF and properly developed.

D'angelo Russel - Acquired from Lakers after they soured on him, made a leap in development first full season with Nets.

All young players, and all were pivotal players in Nets 6th seed playoff run, only to fall 4-1 to the Sixers.

Nevertheless, it was the overall professionalism of that org, their playoff run, and the development of those "pieces" that made the Nets so attractive to Kyrie and KD who clearly wanted to play in NY.

Russel then became a valuable piece for GS in the transaction that would send KD to the Nets. The value of those other players later enabled the Harden trade as well.

Knicks have fallen light years behind the Nets in every aspect of running a franchise...but it looks like they're finally headed in the right direction.

They're definitely headed there...

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but a treadmill can only take you so far

People are really SIMPLE. KD and Kyrie did not sign with the Nets to play with Dinwiddie, Jarrett Allen, and Caris Levert... How many games did KD play last season? They can talk all that S*** about a culture change at Barclays, the plan was always to add Harden to that core and surround those three with a bunch of 10 day contract, vet minimum scrubs.

KD and Kyrie just didn't want to do it here... and the reasons were probably more personal than anything else. Psychological... A Dolan-owned team isn't a great look, he has a history of being overbearing (euphemistic phrasing here)... KD and Kyrie run the Nets organization with zero intervention/impositions... It's their blank slate.

Miss me with that "culture change" s***.

You can speculate intentions and slice it how you want, but if the Knicks were the team fresh off the playoff run with a team full of young, promising pieces and some semblance of a stable and professional organization.... it's logical to believe KD and Kyrie may have looked at the Knicks differently.

The Knicks culture and FO was absolutely toxic..

The summer of KD & Kyrie's FA, Knicks had the worst record in the entire league, the Knicks were a mess and the NBA's laughing stock, zero talent/assets, Steve Mills was making decisions using tarot cards, parody coach David Fizdale was driving the tank,...& the best player on the Knicks was rookie 2nd round pick Mitch Rob.

How can you really compare the two situations?

[Capn'O]

is this a sly attempt at rooting for mo bamba without us noticing?

mo bamba > noel

Lol no he isn't.

[3toheadmelo]

Don't worry it's ok, I'm a great person so I forgive you

Here’s an olive branch to make up for yesterday. Lots of praise for Jokic

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He's a better person than you.

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[Rasho Brezec]

Luka deciding whether to sit in the chair of guys who took the big payday but are not on a path to a title.

$ > title

Luka good enough to will any half-decent team to a title.

[Capn'O]

The Nets never get Harden if they don't have those pieces. Very similar to LeBron's timing for choosing the Lakers. He knew they had the pieces to get him his second star.

Give us three years of not looking like total idiots and people will forget Dolan exists.

[K_ick_God]

Luka deciding whether to sit in the chair of guys who took the big payday but are not on a path to a title.

$ > title

Luka good enough to will any half-decent team to a title.

Prolly. But Dirk had to get a little lucky.

[Chanel Bomber]

Here’s an olive branch to make up for yesterday. Lots of praise for Jokic

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He's a better person than you.

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I looked into the future and I saw a vision of game 2

[BKlutch]

You got around the algorithm!

#Shitheads

Actually, this is a way around the current algorithm. But what I posted above - the dreaded F word - will work every time and they can't block it. I suppose the current state of algorithms is still like the current state of El Fraud.

But wait, I just tried **** mofos and it got blocked. Is there a formula to this?

Yes there is. I don't want to tell everybody, but I'll give you a hint. Go the the post where I used the F word. Use your browser search function to find that word (yes, enter the word into the search field). What do you see?

[BKlutch]

Man, seeing so many great 2-way players blossom who were drafted right after our picks in the last decade or so is tough to swallow. That’s why drafting is so important.

Mikal was my guy. As was Haliburton. SGA and DMitch were also guys we should have looked harder at. Man what a terrible front office we’ve had.

My wife complains that I want SGA so much, she worries I'm "switching teams."

[TheGreenArrow]

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Jkidd news soon!!!!!!!!!!!

[BKlutch]

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.

Add him to our collection. Old Melo, old Bob MacAdoo, old Marcus Camby, Old Spreewel, mostly old Bernard King, Old Amaré, etc.Old old old and older, we've had them all.

[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.

Add him to our collection. Old Melo, old Bob MacAdoo, old Marcus Camby, Old Spreewel, mostly old Bernard King, Old Amaré, etc.Old old old and older, we've had them all.

My very favorite was the 2012-13 Knicks...

Old Sheed, Camby, KMart and Kidd on the same team.

Amare/Tyson at 30ish were probably subjected to rookie hazing by the rest of the frontcourt on that team...

Jesus Christ, what it means to be a Knicks fan.

Definitely have to reexamine Melo's so-called "loser" legacy when you look at what he was working with.

[Rasho Brezec]

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Jkidd news soon!!!!!!!!!!!

Did that kid grew into his head yet.

[sol537]

Man, seeing so many great 2-way players blossom who were drafted right after our picks in the last decade or so is tough to swallow. That’s why drafting is so important.

Mikal was my guy. As was Haliburton. SGA and DMitch were also guys we should have looked harder at. Man what a terrible front office we’ve had.

My wife complains that I want SGA so much, she worries I'm "switching teams."

That's how I felt about Doncic

[RHODEY]

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[KnicksGadfly]

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.

Add him to our collection. Old Melo, old Bob MacAdoo, old Marcus Camby, Old Spreewel, mostly old Bernard King, Old Amaré, etc.Old old old and older, we've had them all.

My very favorite was the 2012-13 Knicks...

Old Sheed, Camby, KMart and Kidd on the same team.

Amare/Tyson at 30ish were probably subjected to rookie hazing by the rest of the frontcourt on that team...

Jesus Christ, what it means to be a Knicks fan.

Definitely have to reexamine Melo's so-called "loser" legacy when you look at what he was working with.

Why did we need to sign all those vets to keep our team in line? Because our so-called franchise player couldn’t keep guys like JR in line. Some franchise stars force their teammates to go hard on defense and take the game seriously...like Kobe passing on practice habits to Randle or KG holding Allen and Pierce accountable or Lebron forcing JR and Iman not to be clowns. That 2012-13 goes nowhere without the vets leading the team.

[HerSports85]

Where’s the off-season thread???

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[ENYK]

Where’s the off-season thread???

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Nice... John Wall, join Baron Davis, Steve Francis, and Derrick Rose in the Knicks' past their prime PG collection. Almost as impressive as our past their prime Frontcourt collection.