Around the NBA - the sharp end of the playoffs - Randle snubbed for All NBA

[RHODEY]

One thing to be defeated by role players, then another thing on a whole new level to be defeated by undrafted role players like Strus and Vincent. They're really good shooters but on another team in a different system, they'd be like 7th - 8th man to getting DNP-CDs.

Kinda like Bullocks...

[3toheadmelo]

just wanted him to get back in to secure the win for my HEAT

Tatum averages 33 PPG after a loss so I hope you realized what you just did!!!!!

Guan0pia lives to see another day

[Capn'O]

I’ve seen enough blown leads in the staged performance art that they call the nba to know that the Celtics are certainly going to win this game, cutting a 25-30 pt lead to just 15 at the half is one of the dead giveaways when the league’s script writers have decided to do the very fun comeback storyline! We are in for a real treat

You got the wrong script

[Adelheid]

Knicks quietly hired Tim Hardaway sr as an NBA scout

[Capn'O]

Knicks quietly hired Tim Hardaway sr as an NBA scout

Might as well just bring on PJ Brown while we're at it

[SelbyCobra]

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[robillionaire]

I’ve seen enough blown leads in the staged performance art that they call the nba to know that the Celtics are certainly going to win this game, cutting a 25-30 pt lead to just 15 at the half is one of the dead giveaways when the league’s script writers have decided to do the very fun comeback storyline! We are in for a real treat

You got the wrong script

Plan all along was to reverse jinx my Heatles to victory and I wake up to see it worked!

[Montmorencie]

Celtics are hard carried by their role players - Smart, Horford, 2x Williams. Put Tatum and Brown in Bucks and they lose to Bulls first round. Put Giannis and Middleton in Celtics and they are literally sweeping these playoffs. OK, if Steph or Klay get hot, maybe lose one game.

[thebuzzardman]

Knicks quietly hired Tim Hardaway sr as an NBA scout

Don't worry. The Knicks hired an ex Nike guy as the other scout, so now they are really top of the heap, scouting wise.

By the way, I have no idea if having excellent vs good scouts makes a difference.

I mean on the face of it, the better a scout is, the better the information that a FO receives.
On the other hand, it feels like given the limited number of NBA scouting positions available, most of the scouts are pretty good.
Seems like there are enough guys out there who can do the job well, and it's more the ability of the FO to process the information that matters.

Guess this a way of saying it doesn't really matter who the scouts are, for the most part, since guys like Leon Rose, WWW, Scott Perry and ultimately Dolan, are making decisions.

Anyway, link to the articles for those who care

https://nypost.com/2022/05/21/knicks-hire-ex-nike-executive-vince-baldwin-as-talent-evaluator/

https://nypost.com/2022/05/19/ex-knicks-foe-tim-hardaway-joining-team-as-a-scout/

One Knick scout, Walker Russel, went on to scout for the Mavs, so maybe he was good.

[Adelheid]

Knicks quietly hired Tim Hardaway sr as an NBA scout

Don't worry. The Knicks hired an ex Nike guy as the other scout, so now they are really top of the heap, scouting wise.

By the way, I have no idea if having excellent vs good scouts makes a difference.

I mean on the face of it, the better a scout is, the better the information that a FO receives.
On the other hand, it feels like given the limited number of NBA scouting positions available, most of the scouts are pretty good.
Seems like there are enough guys out there who can do the job well, and it's more the ability of the FO to process the information that matters.

Guess this a way of saying it doesn't really matter who the scouts are, for the most part, since guys like Leon Rose, WWW, Scott Perry and ultimately Dolan, are making decisions.

Anyway, link to the articles for those who care

https://nypost.com/2022/05/21/knicks-hire-ex-nike-executive-vince-baldwin-as-talent-evaluator/

https://nypost.com/2022/05/19/ex-knicks-foe-tim-hardaway-joining-team-as-a-scout/

One Knick scout, Walker Russel, went on to scout for the Mavs, so maybe he was good.

all that scouting brain-trust they acquired -- would amount to nothing if the head decision makers keep making the wrong choices and not use the data collected from scouts

When you have a guy at the top of the heap clamoring they pick the kentucky guy regardless of competence level, that does not instill confidence at all. Not saying that UK guys are hot trash, its just that other bball programs can also produce top quality players

[robillionaire]

Bam - 31 pts 10 reb 6 ast on 15-22 shooting

Selected 14th in 2017. We took Fr*nk. Thanks again Phil jackson you very bad person

[thebuzzardman]

Bam - 31 pts 10 reb 6 ast on 15-22 shooting

Selected 14th in 2017. We took Fr*nk. Thanks again Phil jackson you caulksucker

Frank & Reggie holding down Warriors to 119 ppg, so don't discount their value!

[Gravy]

Bam - 31 pts 10 reb 6 ast on 15-22 shooting

Selected 14th in 2017. We took Fr*nk. Thanks again Phil jackson you very bad person

2017 draft 8-10 picks:
Frank Ntilikina
DSJ
Zach Collins

11-14 picks:
Malik Monk
Luke Kennard
Donovan Mitchell
Bam

Much better to be in that 2nd group, no one ever says we should have won more games.

[KnicksGadfly]

Bam - 31 pts 10 reb 6 ast on 15-22 shooting

Selected 14th in 2017. We took Fr*nk. Thanks again Phil jackson you very bad person

2017 draft 8-10 picks:
Frank Ntilikina
DSJ
Zach Collins

11-14 picks:
Malik Monk
Luke Kennard
Donovan Mitchell
Bam

Much better to be in that 2nd group, no one ever says we should have won more games.

Fack you’re so right. Damn if we swapped places with Miami, they would have been forced to draft Frank! Or maybe Utah…we could have forced them to draft Frank and then other people who have been forced to draft Kennard and crap, leaving Donovan to us.

Hmm could it be that if a team like Miami drafted higher, they might still draft Bam that high? Mindblownnnnnnn whoaaaaaaaa. Or maybe the fact that development plays a role?! Wtf it does?! No way.

[Deeeez Knicks]

Bam - 31 pts 10 reb 6 ast on 15-22 shooting

Selected 14th in 2017. We took Fr*nk. Thanks again Phil jackson you very bad person

2017 draft 8-10 picks:
Frank Ntilikina
DSJ
Zach Collins

11-14 picks:
Malik Monk
Luke Kennard
Donovan Mitchell
Bam

Much better to be in that 2nd group, no one ever says we should have won more games.

Fack you’re so right. Damn if we swapped places with Miami, they would have been forced to draft Frank! Or maybe Utah…we could have forced them to draft Frank and then other people who have been forced to draft Kennard and crap, leaving Donovan to us.

Hmm could it be that if a team like Miami drafted higher, they might still draft Bam that high? Mindblownnnnnnn whoaaaaaaaa. Or maybe the fact that development plays a role?! Wtf it does?! No way.

Even if we drafted 14th we probably still would have drafted Knox. He was mostly projected as a mid round pick until it was leaked the Knicks would take him

[Montmorencie]

Acting like Bam would have been the same Bam, D-Mitch the same D-Mitch etc. We would have destroyed Steph Curry even, Obi would have been the new Shawn Camp and dominated with dunks because Steph Curry never happened and the crazy 3 point shooting wasn't a thing.

[Gravy]

Bam - 31 pts 10 reb 6 ast on 15-22 shooting

Selected 14th in 2017. We took Fr*nk. Thanks again Phil jackson you very bad person

2017 draft 8-10 picks:
Frank Ntilikina
DSJ
Zach Collins

11-14 picks:
Malik Monk
Luke Kennard
Donovan Mitchell
Bam

Much better to be in that 2nd group, no one ever says we should have won more games.

Fack you’re so right. Damn if we swapped places with Miami, they would have been forced to draft Frank! Or maybe Utah…we could have forced them to draft Frank and then other people who have been forced to draft Kennard and crap, leaving Donovan to us.

Hmm could it be that if a team like Miami drafted higher, they might still draft Bam that high? Mindblownnnnnnn whoaaaaaaaa. Or maybe the fact that development plays a role?! Wtf it does?! No way.

A year earlier the Heat drafted Justice Winslow 10th over Devin Booker and never developed Winslow into anything special. I dont believe all lottery picks are equal and their destinations determine how good they will be.

[Jay10]

Bam - 31 pts 10 reb 6 ast on 15-22 shooting

Selected 14th in 2017. We took Fr*nk. Thanks again Phil jackson you very bad person

So you're taking Bam with Kristaps on the roster?

[TheGreenArrow]

Frank Bricksliania stinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marty McFly]

man, its crazy how quickly you can shoot yourself out and back into a game with 3s. **** is getting kind of boring.