I stand by the fact Payton would not amount to much more than what we had in Mudiay. He plays just good enough to remain in the league but overall he's a crap player. Fans are going to tire of him quickly. MRob's issue will be staying on the floor and out of foul trouble...nothing has changed. I understand he's working on his shot and extending range but he should focus on defensive awareness and balance in his approach.
Can't wait until DSJ gets back and I'm not fond of Morris being a starter..IMO he should lead our bench group. We should run literally almost every play through Randle until we get some rhythm to establish an identity
Knits is still a First Ballot BUM
Yep! Payton is not a starter, and far from being up to par as a backup PG in the Atlantic Division like VanVleet, Smart, and Dinwiddle.
The Knicks (Fiz/Perry/Mills had all that money and couldn't talk one of the veteran starter PG in the FA market into signing on, as if Kyrie was the only starter PG in the FA market.
Both the Knicks 3rd season PG .. Frank & DSJ need to spend a full 82 game season on a team that has a vet 30 minute starter PG.
Then in their 4th season both Frank & DSJ will be performing at starter-mode .. I'm sorry, the Knicks did not invest in their young-core guards, nor did the Fiz/Perry/Mills invest in the Knicks future star center MitchRob, and SF Knox by talking FA center DeAndre Jordan into signing a 2 yr contract for $30M. So the three big-men players could've work-out together on and off in the off-season.
Rookie RJ Barrett's quick skill set in the preseason games really do need a NBA veteran PG to lead the point switching every once in a while from uptempo transition to half-court-set for the rookies growth at performing at a higher level each night.
Tonight game .. The Wizards head coach Brooks out-coach the Knicks Fizdale in every category in a B.ball game for a 115-99 win over the Knicks.
Brooks offensive-switching worked perfectly throughout the game in a half-court set having Knicks guards switching to defend the Wizards Big men in the paint.