Woj Kemba buying out of okc signing with NYC

[K_ick_God]

Kemba will tutor IQ and give him somebody to practice against, but his minutes on the floor will come wearing a blue mesh jersey.

[nedleeds]

Deluded sheep? Relax. Go outside. You’ve been internetting too long.

I'm relaxed. It's the other people who think we're getting All-NBA 3rd team Kemba who are emotional. I feel bad for them.

"WE bAcK!" "rEmEmBEr tWo DaYS aGO!"

It shows how deluded and scarred the fan base is. They can't even look at the guys injury history, it would force them to wake up from the dream.

He’s not in his prime but he’s still an effective player. He had a decent season last year, especially compared to what we had. It’s a good move.

It's a low risk move. I don't think the ceiling is that high, not with Thibs coaching anyway. I'd personally prefer the minutes just go to I.Q. or one of the rookies but this franchise wants something to put on a promo poster not actual development.

[3toheadmelo]

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I can live with a 2 year contract

[nedleeds]

I'd love to hear your alternative plan by the way

Stop signing cooked ancient vets and Thibs bathtime buddies and play and develop young players to try to build a good roster around players RJs age.

Not focus on playing players 45 minutes in February vs. the Bulls to eek out 6 more regular season wins only to get anally violated in the playoffs against better teams who rested their players and played young guys.

Use draft picks on players instead of trading them forward while mentally masturbating about trades for Dame.

How's that?

[Cookies4Life]

I know he's been dealing with injuries since the shortened pandemic season but didn't really know what the issue was exactly.

From what I gather he tore his medial mensicus in his left knee a few years ago and had to get a second (minor) arthroscopic surgery to clean up any debridement a year after that which is a common issue with knee surgeries (he had some swelling/fluid buildup.)

Last year he had a bone bruise in his right knee that kept him out late in the season.

We're not talking about an ACL/PCL tear or a horrific Achilles tendon tear. A meniscal injury isn't a death sentence to someone's career. Granted the way he moves on the court he puts a lot of stress on his lower extremities but as long as his MRI shows up clean which I'm sure the Knicks medical staff will have done while he's getting his physical exam and I think we're buying very low on someone of his ability, especially considering he's not that old (31.)

Even last year in an injury riddled season he average over 19 ppg with 5 apg and 4 rpg. He shot over 36% from behind the arc on over 8 attempts per game and shot nearly 90% from the line. Just 2 seasons ago the guy averaged over 25 ppg and was a 3rd team all NBA selection during his last season in Charlotte.

This gives us another shot creator and playmaker to our starting 5 which we were in desperate need of in the playoffs. At the price we got him for, this was an absolute steal. If he rehabs properly this summer and is able to make a full recovery than we just committed a highway robbery.

[Guano]

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[dakomish23]

This was a very nice way to uplift an otherwise mediocre FA.

I'm so hyped. Welcome home, Kemba.

[Tron Carter]

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[nedleeds]

Dude what's the downside here?

It's not the downside. It's the posters shooting their loads like we got a desirable talent. There is downside in that it's another example of prioritizing the back page and the tickets on sale posters instead of prioritizing young (guard) player development. Kemba isn't a bad guy or a unskilled player. He has an incurable knee condition. I really wish him well. But if any team thought he could play 20 minutes at his prior level he wouldn't be free.

[nyk2017]

This is a great move. Low risk. High reward. With our depth at the guard position, Kemba and Rose can both play 20-25 minutes and we would have enough playing time for Quickley, Grimes and McBride.

[Jalen Bluntson]

What is is health status?

Noooo. Is this like the Woj bomb you dropped yesterday?

[ScienceOfLosing]

We have enough cartilage for 2 good knees for the point guard position!

LOL

But I think Kemba gets things in order (some treatment) this off-season. He is still 31 years young and with him and Rose sharing minutes, I think they will be fine injury wise.

[bigfnjoe96]

Kemba 2 years 8-9 Million. I can live with that. Yes his knees are basically rubbing bone, but dude is from Soundview. They basically ball with no heel on their sneakers in that bitch...

Welcome Home Kemba......Kips Bay Boys Club in da building!

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[KnixtapeH20]

This was a very nice way to uplift an otherwise mediocre FA.

I'm so hyped. Welcome home, Kemba.

LEGGOOOOOOOOOOO

[K_ick_God]

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Sorry you're right. But even the fighter whose leg is in half didn't take it so badly.

[spree8]

Fuq it, I’m good. Gunna just roll with it. Adding Kemba, Fournier, Deuce, n Grimes to last years squad, plus a Euro stash, projects like Sims and Simms, and a future 1st and 2nd this offseason ain’t too bad. Maybe not the most ideal, but that’s life I guess.

Kemba/DRose/Deuce
Fournier/Quickley/Luca
Barrett/Burks/Grimes
Randle/Toppin/Taj/Simms
Mitch/Noel/Sims

[Cookies4Life]

Dude what's the downside here?

It's not the downside. It's the posters shooting their loads like we got a desirable talent. There is downside in that it's another example of prioritizing the back page and the tickets on sale posters instead of prioritizing young (guard) player development. Kemba isn't a bad guy or a unskilled player. He has an incurable knee condition. I really wish him well. But if any team thought he could play 20 minutes at his prior level he wouldn't be free.

I'm curious, what's his incurable knee condition? Does he have a degenerative condition in his knee such as chronic arthritis? I tried to research his injury history and I couldn't find anything outside of a medial meniscus tear a few years ago which required a subsequent arthroscopic procedure to clean up debris a year afterward. Also late last season he had a bone bruise but in the other leg.

Maybe I missed something on the injury history but if it's just a meniscal tear he didn't recover from properly (i.e. came back too early when he should be rehabbing,) than this seems like something he can work through. There's plenty of players that have had meniscal tears like Russell Westbrook and there are also plenty of athletes that tore their meniscus that just had it removed entirely without getting it repaired so they could come back earlier.

I'm just curious about his knee condition(s) because I didn't see anything from a bunch of websites when I tried to research his injury history outside of a meniscal tear in his left knee.

[nedleeds]

Deluded sheep? Relax. Go outside. You’ve been internetting too long.

I'm relaxed. It's the other people who think we're getting All-NBA 3rd team Kemba who are emotional. I feel bad for them.

"WE bAcK!" "rEmEmBEr tWo DaYS aGO!"

It shows how deluded and scarred the fan base is. They can't even look at the guys injury history, it would force them to wake up from the dream.

Kind of odd to be calling people deluded sheep, feeling bad for them as clowns and flashing some X-rays that the guy will never walk again. What’s wrong with a little hope. A lot of athletes are moving towards stem cell treatment.

Because thoughts and prayers don't grow cartilage. Because Boston traded him for a wretched contract and had his medicals, they know what the poor guy is dealing with. His left knee is cooked. He's tried everything, I don't doubt his work ethic or competitive spirit. If you have bone bruises its a bad sign, and having less or no cartilage is just never (currently) something that gets better. I'd rather just play the young guards we drafted last year and this year. He'll play 25-30 minutes, get hurt and you'll all act surprised, meanwhile our young players will just drone away on the bench and end up not even getting extensions.

Name the last Knicks draft pick to sign a second contract here?

[K_ick_God]

I like the guy who invited everybody to his South Bronx gym to beat them up if they don't like the Kemba signing. It's one of the more creative uses of RealGM I've seen.

[3toheadmelo]

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Horrible person!!!