nedleeds wrote:KnicksGadfly wrote:nedleeds wrote:
I think it’s awful how we traded all those assets for him and paid him such a huge contract! Typical Knicks!!!!!
I don't care either way. Anything is better than Payton, but people are shooting their loads like we're getting anything resembling Kemba Walkers prime.
He has chronic arthritis. Not a sore knee. He doesn't "keep getting hurt", he has no cartilage in his left knee.
Deluded sheep in here losing their minds and people from other boards are just laughing at our clowning over a guys swan song for a couple years at home. This is MSG ticket revenue material and nothing more. I feel bad for Kemba because he's a great teammate and a competitor but his knee just betrayed him, 4 surgeries on his left knee years of steroidal injections and now he's been trying stem cells to eek out another couple years.
If he could play he wouldn't be a Knick right now, he'd be on the 76ers or some competitive team. Nice story that he gets to play a few games at home, can't wait for the coming home redux.
Dude what's the downside here? He averaged 19/5 on 36% 3pt last year when he was at his worst. That's only like 5 points and 1 assist less than his best prime year. So even at his worst he's one of the best PG in the league and the best we've had in decades. Not to mention the effect he'll have on the team and influence on our youngsters.
We also are paying him buyout pickup money, which is peanuts. And still kept all of our draft capital and talent.
Considering modern medicine and the rest he's getting, I'm optimistic about his health. Chris Paul bounced back from worse and he's a lot older. There's really no risk here, don't be a karen