Sark wrote:NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Sark wrote:
I'm not suggesting to not trade for him. I'm suggesting that we don't overpay.
Obi showed enough progress at the end of the year, that he's worth keeping.
I don't see how it's an overpay, we'd be trading 1 rotational player and a pick for a starter, Knox doesn't even play so being included in the trade is moot.
Obi could be John Collins someday, that doesn't change the fact he's not going to be a starter anytime soon as long as Randle is on the team. If we played smallball lineups I could see wanting to keep Obi, but we don't and Thibs is going to play Randle 35-38mpg next season.
It's this type of thinking that has doomed the Knicks for the last 2 decades. Overpaying for marginal talent, and then not having enough assets when a big trade comes along.
I'm not opposed to trading Obi.
I'm opposed to giving up 3 assets for Collin Freaking Sexton, who does not move the needle at all.
First and foremost he's not a marginal talent, secondly point out to me in the last 20 years where we traded for players who weren't already over the hill (Melo is the only prime player we ever traded for). This is nothing like our past moves, this is identifying a young player who actually fits in with what we do.
Knox isn't an asset, that is the problem here, you're viewing this as a 3 for 1. We're not playing 2 rookies next season, so that pick would be just another dude rotting on the bench next to Knox, and Obi is never going to get substantial minutes here because he has Randle in front of him. We'd still have a pick & caproom this summer to add more to the roster.
