PGs are the QB of NBA. This is why they are absolutely necessary and why Forwards and Centers flounder without one... How many great F/C won without a PG?
KP and Mudiay are both special... Both have flaws... The mistake last draft was Grant (or Fisher for not playing JG)...
Knicks in full tank mode... A shame... A swoon will certainly scare away any potential free agents...
This was a terrible loss... Another bad start and another terrible 4th... This is the game Melo needs to take over down the stretch... We didn't lose bc Mudiay made plays (he was 6-18)... We lost bc Melo failed to make his imprint. We can only pray Melo asks PJ to trade him.
first of all what is so special about porzingis, to me he is more of a novelty player now. can get hot hit some jumpers fly over peoples back(which is a foul) and get a rebound, but his game has so many flaws I refuse to call that special.... the same with mudiay, he is not special now either. But I do like mudiay much better because I know what he is, he is a PG, and plays exaclty the way you want one to play.He does have to fix a lot of holes in his game tho. Both are a work in progress with mudiay needing a lot less work to become a great PG.. than porzingis to become whatever he is supposed to be.. I don't know.
I have no clue what porzingis is... and I am not trying to be mean or nasty about it....
And the knicks are not in tank mode, if so, they would be playing Grant every minute of every game... they are a veteran team, that was put together to make the playoffs.. they lack a lot of talent, but they do play hard and play fundamental ball, they are just limited.. and what would the knicks tank for? Denver owns their pick!!
It is a terrible loss for a good team.. knicks are a good team, and denver has beat some good teams this year, including the Warriors which blew the knicks into another universe..
you lost because Mudiay did make plays, and the nuggets starting 5 dominated from the start... put this on carmelo all you want, but this is why some of us like myself hated the trade.. gallo on the knicks( the real gallo) right now would be a better fit and carmelo...
I bet knicks fans would give a kidney to have gallo, mudiay, jokic and barton over this motley crew..... but when you sell your soul to sign a guy who has never been an elite talent and fans defend that move to their graves.. this is what you get.. I hope carmelo doesn't waive his no trade clause and just drains every penny out of phil and dolans dumb azzes as he ages and his game starts to decline...
a 35 year old carmelo collecting 25 mil from a knicks team is going to be priceless to watch..and yes I am bitter, never has one player and owner made me dislike a team so much, and this is from someone who tooted for this team for over 35 years..