What a Difference a Year Makes - Backcourt Edition

[DOT]

I think we need to pump the brakes on the whole "one of the best backcourts in the NBA" thing

When healthy, I'd say we're pretty good. Rose and Kemba are both good PGs, whoever you choose between RJ and Fournier to be the "SG" is solid for a starter, and Quick/Burks are good backups

I'd put the backcourt rotation as around average, because while we might have more depth, we don't have that same star power (unless Kemba returns to form, then it's a different story, but that's not super likely) the top teams have, and time and time again, it's proven that star power is more important than depth, though good depth does help

Also think it's a touch early to proclaim Rose&co as the saviors of the franchise, we had one good season which relied on a lot of guys overperforming, and now we've paid them to overperform. Overall, I can't think of any major misses off the top of my head, but we should wait and see if they've built a sustainable roster and can make the moves to get us into contention before crowning them. I think they most certainly can, but I'm gonna wait and see.

[2020]

I think we need to pump the brakes on the whole "one of the best backcourts in the NBA" thing...

...we should wait and see if they've built a sustainable roster and can make the moves to get us into contention before crowning them.

No one is "crowning them" as the best team. He said one of the best overall backcourts (Kemba/Rose - Fournier, Quick) which I can see

[DOT]

I think we need to pump the brakes on the whole "one of the best backcourts in the NBA" thing...

...we should wait and see if they've built a sustainable roster and can make the moves to get us into contention before crowning them.

No one is "crowning them" as the best team. He said one of the best overall backcourts (Kemba/Rose - Fournier, Quick) which I can see

I don't think you read my comment correctly

Please go back and try again, this time not just reading the first and last sentences and getting offended.

[thebuzzardman]

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[N Y K]

would nyk-mentality have a back up made since 2006 though? that would be impressive

[prophet_of_rage]

Hide your kids, hide your Wingos. Mentality is back.

Another stupid response. I said one of the better overall backcourts, I didn't say the best. If they can stay healthy, why is this statement so hard to accept? I know Knick fans have been traumatized over the years for one reason or the other.

I have been a silent member of this forum for years, probably longer then some of you snarky, posters. Responses like this is why I seldom choose to post. Difficult to get a decent conversation going with so many know it alls.

In name it is top 5.

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[HarthorneWingo]

Watch both Kemba and Rose go down with injuries/COVID.

[KnickMan]

I think we need to pump the brakes on the whole "one of the best backcourts in the NBA" thing

When healthy, I'd say we're pretty good. Rose and Kemba are both good PGs, whoever you choose between RJ and Fournier to be the "SG" is solid for a starter, and Quick/Burks are good backups

I'd put the backcourt rotation as around average, because while we might have more depth, we don't have that same star power (unless Kemba returns to form, then it's a different story, but that's not super likely) the top teams have, and time and time again, it's proven that star power is more important than depth, though good depth does help

Also think it's a touch early to proclaim Rose&co as the saviors of the franchise, we had one good season which relied on a lot of guys overperforming, and now we've paid them to overperform. Overall, I can't think of any major misses off the top of my head, but we should wait and see if they've built a sustainable roster and can make the moves to get us into contention before crowning them. I think they most certainly can, but I'm gonna wait and see.

Who is proclaiming Rose and Walker are Saviors? Why do we need to pump the brakes? If they can stay healthy, which was the original premise, I like our chances of having ONE OF The Best ALL AROUND backcourts. Nothing you have posted has changed my mind about that.

[KnickMan]

I think we need to pump the brakes on the whole "one of the best backcourts in the NBA" thing...

...we should wait and see if they've built a sustainable roster and can make the moves to get us into contention before crowning them.

No one is "crowning them" as the best team. He said one of the best overall backcourts (Kemba/Rose - Fournier, Quick) which I can see

Don't know why it is so hard for folks to see this. I guess two decades of futility will do that to a fan base.

[Knicksfan1992]

"One of the best in the league" probably depends on the version of Kemba we're getting and I can understand K-Dot's thought that banking on Kemba being 100% healthy is probably not the safest bet here even though I'm more bullish on the Kemba signing than not.

That said I do think we have one of the more deeper backcourts in the league. Like yes if Kemba or Rose get hurt for a long time we probably go from a potential ceiling of a 3-6 seed to more of a fight our way into the playoffs kind of team, but I feel more confident this year than last year that we could survive some "load management" or small injury stretch games at the guard spot given what we saw from IQ, Grimes, and Deuce in summer league. We even have point Burks in our back pocket from last year that we know we could steal minutes with.

Kemba
Rose
Barrett
Fournier
IQ
Burks

Have all proven to be positive contributors on playoff teams at one point or another in their careers. Hard to find that kind of depth on a lot of rosters in the league.

That's why I think people who put us more in the "undecided" tier of the East are weighing too heavily the enigma of Kemba/Fournier and how the tradeoff of more offense for defense equates to more or less regular season success. I think that line of thinking brushes aside the thought that a big reason the Knicks were the 4 seed last year was because the bench unit absolutely murdered 2nd units consistently and that is all still in tact. Maybe with less COVID concerns and people seemingly in the stands that changes, but I think the case for the Knicks being a solid playoff team is a lot more straightforward than most of the teams we've seemingly been put in the same tier as and that has a lot to do with our backcourt depth now being a massive strength advantage over other middle of the road teams. 24-11 with Rose in the lineup last year is not a coincidence IMO and now the Knicks can basically pencil in 48 minutes of "Rose level" PG play every night even if Kemba is not the borderline all-NBA talent he once was.

[-YogiBiz-]

would nyk-mentality have a back up made since 2006 though? that would be impressive

It'd explain why he was so aggressive he had depth.

[DOT]

I think we need to pump the brakes on the whole "one of the best backcourts in the NBA" thing

When healthy, I'd say we're pretty good. Rose and Kemba are both good PGs, whoever you choose between RJ and Fournier to be the "SG" is solid for a starter, and Quick/Burks are good backups

I'd put the backcourt rotation as around average, because while we might have more depth, we don't have that same star power (unless Kemba returns to form, then it's a different story, but that's not super likely) the top teams have, and time and time again, it's proven that star power is more important than depth, though good depth does help

Also think it's a touch early to proclaim Rose&co as the saviors of the franchise, we had one good season which relied on a lot of guys overperforming, and now we've paid them to overperform. Overall, I can't think of any major misses off the top of my head, but we should wait and see if they've built a sustainable roster and can make the moves to get us into contention before crowning them. I think they most certainly can, but I'm gonna wait and see.

Who is proclaiming Rose and Walker are Saviors? Why do we need to pump the brakes? If they can stay healthy, which was the original premise, I like our chances of having ONE OF The Best ALL AROUND backcourts. Nothing you have posted has changed my mind about that.

That's because I was talking about Leon Rose, not Derrick. Why is that so hard for y'all to understand, do you just see that I disagree, then only skim the rest of it?

Also, putting "all around" doesn't change the fact that you called them "one of the best backcourts in the NBA," which is a hard sell when we don't have any All Star level talent in the backcourt as of right now. Depth matters, but star power is more important, it's been proven time and time again.

[FreeSpiritNY]

Bravo man bravo. Right on point!! Go Knicks!

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[KnickMan]

I think we need to pump the brakes on the whole "one of the best backcourts in the NBA" thing

When healthy, I'd say we're pretty good. Rose and Kemba are both good PGs, whoever you choose between RJ and Fournier to be the "SG" is solid for a starter, and Quick/Burks are good backups

I'd put the backcourt rotation as around average, because while we might have more depth, we don't have that same star power (unless Kemba returns to form, then it's a different story, but that's not super likely) the top teams have, and time and time again, it's proven that star power is more important than depth, though good depth does help

Also think it's a touch early to proclaim Rose&co as the saviors of the franchise, we had one good season which relied on a lot of guys overperforming, and now we've paid them to overperform. Overall, I can't think of any major misses off the top of my head, but we should wait and see if they've built a sustainable roster and can make the moves to get us into contention before crowning them. I think they most certainly can, but I'm gonna wait and see.

Who is proclaiming Rose and Walker are Saviors? Why do we need to pump the brakes? If they can stay healthy, which was the original premise, I like our chances of having ONE OF The Best ALL AROUND backcourts. Nothing you have posted has changed my mind about that.

That's because I was talking about Leon Rose, not Derrick. Why is that so hard for y'all to understand, do you just see that I disagree, then only skim the rest of it?

Also, putting "all around" doesn't change the fact that you called them "one of the best backcourts in the NBA," which is a hard sell when we don't have any All Star level talent in the backcourt as of right now. Depth matters, but star power is more important, it's been proven time and time again.

So who is proclaiming LEON Rose to be a savior??? Why not just give them credit for revamping our backcourt in one year from one of the worst, to one of the best overall especially in terms of depth. this was about the BACKCOURT, not the entire team.... I personally am very high on Grimes and McBride. Fournier and Walker are DEFINITE upgrades, I don't think that can be disputed.

[BKlutch]

Who is proclaiming Rose and Walker are Saviors? Why do we need to pump the brakes? If they can stay healthy, which was the original premise, I like our chances of having ONE OF The Best ALL AROUND backcourts. Nothing you have posted has changed my mind about that.

That's because I was talking about Leon Rose, not Derrick. Why is that so hard for y'all to understand, do you just see that I disagree, then only skim the rest of it?

Also, putting "all around" doesn't change the fact that you called them "one of the best backcourts in the NBA," which is a hard sell when we don't have any All Star level talent in the backcourt as of right now. Depth matters, but star power is more important, it's been proven time and time again.

So who is proclaiming LEON Rose to be a savior??? Why not just give them credit for revamping our backcourt in one year from one of the worst, to one of the best overall especially in terms of depth. this was about the BACKCOURT, not the entire team.... I personally am very high on Grimes and McBride. Fournier and Walker are DEFINITE upgrades, I don't think that can be disputed.

I'm giddy with excitement just because we won't be starting El Fraud Pay-ton any more. But realistically, we're going to have to see how well our guards perform. I know you're happy to see the changes, but we didn't sign the second coming of Clyde Frazier.

[2020]

I think we need to pump the brakes on the whole "one of the best backcourts in the NBA" thing...

...we should wait and see if they've built a sustainable roster and can make the moves to get us into contention before crowning them.

No one is "crowning them" as the best team. He said one of the best overall backcourts (Kemba/Rose - Fournier, Quick) which I can see

I don't think you read my comment correctly

Please go back and try again, this time not just reading the first and last sentences and getting offended.

I didn't get offended.

I was just pointing out how I agree with his statement given how each and every one of our backcourt guys can drop 20 points any given night with ease.

[robillionaire]

I think we need to pump the brakes on the whole "one of the best backcourts in the NBA" thing

When healthy, I'd say we're pretty good. Rose and Kemba are both good PGs, whoever you choose between RJ and Fournier to be the "SG" is solid for a starter, and Quick/Burks are good backups

I'd put the backcourt rotation as around average, because while we might have more depth, we don't have that same star power (unless Kemba returns to form, then it's a different story, but that's not super likely) the top teams have, and time and time again, it's proven that star power is more important than depth, though good depth does help

Also think it's a touch early to proclaim Rose&co as the saviors of the franchise, we had one good season which relied on a lot of guys overperforming, and now we've paid them to overperform. Overall, I can't think of any major misses off the top of my head, but we should wait and see if they've built a sustainable roster and can make the moves to get us into contention before crowning them. I think they most certainly can, but I'm gonna wait and see.

Who is proclaiming Rose and Walker are Saviors? Why do we need to pump the brakes? If they can stay healthy, which was the original premise, I like our chances of having ONE OF The Best ALL AROUND backcourts. Nothing you have posted has changed my mind about that.

That's because I was talking about Leon Rose, not Derrick. Why is that so hard for y'all to understand, do you just see that I disagree, then only skim the rest of it?

Also, putting "all around" doesn't change the fact that you called them "one of the best backcourts in the NBA," which is a hard sell when we don't have any All Star level talent in the backcourt as of right now. Depth matters, but star power is more important, it's been proven time and time again.

If Kemba is healthy, yeah that might be a big if but that's the hypothetical here, he is an all-star level talent. He is a 4x all-star and was named a starter in the all-star game as recently as February 2020 and in that all-star game he scored 23 points. He is a star in the NBA

[RHODEY]

I think we need to pump the brakes on the whole "one of the best backcourts in the NBA" thing

When healthy, I'd say we're pretty good. Rose and Kemba are both good PGs, whoever you choose between RJ and Fournier to be the "SG" is solid for a starter, and Quick/Burks are good backups

I'd put the backcourt rotation as around average, because while we might have more depth, we don't have that same star power (unless Kemba returns to form, then it's a different story, but that's not super likely) the top teams have, and time and time again, it's proven that star power is more important than depth, though good depth does help

Also think it's a touch early to proclaim Rose&co as the saviors of the franchise, we had one good season which relied on a lot of guys overperforming, and now we've paid them to overperform. Overall, I can't think of any major misses off the top of my head, but we should wait and see if they've built a sustainable roster and can make the moves to get us into contention before crowning them. I think they most certainly can, but I'm gonna wait and see.

Average?...no way. Rose alone kept us in half the playoff games versus the Hawks, You subtract Payton and Bullock and add Fournier, and KEmba ..Quickley a year wiser and Duece? Way above average.

[Chanel Bomber]

I don't expect Kemba to have much of an impact on the court to be honest.

He reminds me of those good old big name Knicks moves, except this one's low-risk since it's not crippling in terms of the cap.

Good signing, but I don't expect more than 10-11 ppg on decent efficiency.