Game thread: New York Knicks vs Atlanta Hawks 7:30 12/21/2018 [Game #34]
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Said he was good. Kid has a dunk and 3 9pts in the game. Hawks take their first lead on a Len 3 78-76 Hawks.
mafra
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IMHO, Mudiay, Knox, Vonleh, Trier, MRob, KP is the core.. Dotson and Knits right there but would be the first 2 I look to deal to improve... now, if somebody wants the others and makes me an offer I can?t refuse... them sure.
But if Dotson was the price to shed Timmy... I do it. I wouldn?t move Knits just to shed money bc I?m not confident NY will sign anybody. I would want a young asset or pick for FN.
I mean, really, I want to preserve the Frank trade chip for when the move is right. A trade for Davis next year... another piece down the line? In other words, I don?t simply jump at the first halfway decent trade offered to me.
We actually need to move THJR and Lee to make room to sign our guys and the premium free agent(s). I'd be more than willing to shed Knits and even Dotson but would prefer to keep Dotson in the event we trade away guards. Dotson has 3 definable asset qualities...mid range/3pt jumper, defense, and can run offense if needed...Knits has nothing definable except maybe defense
Probably too difficult to get rid of both Lee and TJHR. I want THJR gone though we don't need him now that Knox is emerging and factoring #kporzee back
mafra
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I think Dotson has the higher floor but Knits the higher ceiling. That?s why they pay those guys the big bucks to make that call.
You have to remember that Knits is 4 years younger than DD. Dotson also played college ball for like 6 years, between Oregon and HOU.
If I could dump both Timmy and Lee... than I would move Knits. But not for 1 just yet... we could wake up in AUG and discover that nobody even as good as Timmy signs with us... then we give a Rozier a Timmy contract... then frank explodes and NO trades Davis for a package with Frank in it. That would be our luck.
You have to remember that Knits is 4 years younger than DD. Dotson also played college ball for like 6 years, between Oregon and HOU.
If I could dump both Timmy and Lee... than I would move Knits. But not for 1 just yet... we could wake up in AUG and discover that nobody even as good as Timmy signs with us... then we give a Rozier a Timmy contract... then frank explodes and NO trades Davis for a package with Frank in it. That would be our luck.
Mudiay and KK were worth watching and if it's Fiz plan to lose as many games as he can for the tank he's doing a great job. Heard Mills again today about be patient we're building a team and changing the culture of the team. I'll believe it when I see some results, losing to the Sun's and the Hawks makes me salty honestly.
mafra
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After the Suns beat NY they went into BOS and spanked them. It happens in baseball and b-ball. I think our immaturity cost us both games (PHO/ATL). They went into halftime and thought game was in the bag... they didn?t bring the same focus out after the break... then the shots stopped falling.
We're not on Davis list of teams and losing isn't helping our cause to make us attractive to him. We have a draft coming up and if we make the right trades Knits is easily replaceable Trier proves this. Plus we can just bring back Burke if wants a Vet deal not like he's old. If we don't have any confidence of landing free agents well they never were realistic targets to begin with but I'd like to position ourselves as best as possible aside from losing games to get them, freeing up cap space. We make have to part with a piece we'd prefer to keep to accomplish this.
The Knicks loss to the 8-23 record Atlanta Hawks should be the reason Silverman should just hand the Knicks the first pick of the 2019 NBA draft on Christmas day.
The Bucks showed the Celtics who's the Boss of the Eastern Conference in todays game in Boston .. Bucks 120 - Celtics 107
The Bucks showed the Celtics who's the Boss of the Eastern Conference in todays game in Boston .. Bucks 120 - Celtics 107