Game thread: New York Knicks vs LA Lakers 7:30 1/22/2020 [Game #45]

mafra said:

Dunn and Porter were in the 2018 draft class.... Just like I called BS when Embiid won ROY.... To me, a 25 year old who played in G-league last season isn’t a rookie. Porter spent all last season in DEN, getting professional training an everything... a taste of NBA life.

It’s what you are using to evaluate and measure.... are all things equal? Who are they sharing court with, what systems? What are they being asked to do

Did you read what Wade said about position switch? RJ went through camp and on cusp of season, Fiz decided out of blue to start kid at PG.

And, who exactly has “earned” playing time for NY? Don’t the all kind of leave us wanting something more?

We are in rebuilding mode, right? So the priority should be building for the future. So, yeah, your high lottery pick is getting special treatment. The goal is to get this kid playing like an All Star down the road... reaching his potential.

Frank? EP? DSJ? Bullock? Dotson? Who exactly is being slighted, whose play on the court warrants them playing time over RJ? And, we have to remember, we aren’t at practice... we don’t see who is proving themselves day in and day out with their work in practice.

I believe now we ride Bullock (to showcase for trade) and Dotson (to see if we are re-signing him).... but if RJ was being benched for a SG hitting 30% of their 3s, or a vet who hasn’t played all season... then we would be calling for the HC’s head.

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jimkcchief88 said:

And what about Bullocks career numbers??? RJ hasn’t even played a full season so the sample size is too small. And that goes for all the Rookies. The key is RJ is trending up, or was before his injury. I know it’s the Knicks so we eat our own because the franchise still sucks. Doesn’t matter If it’s it’s Melo, or Eddy Curry or “Crawful”(Jamal Crawford), or Starbury. I am one of the few posters left to survive the “Starbury Wars”. So now RJ is KO.Com’s latest whipping boy because he was the 3rd overall pick he’s RJ not MJ. That’s an unrealistic expectation. So I will hold to hope that RJ turns out. Bullock is my whipping boy because he obviously spends more time getting his wig braided and colored than he does working on his broke jumper on chief.

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mafra said:

Dunn and Porter were in the 2018 draft class.... Just like I called BS when Embiid won ROY.... To me, a 25 year old who played in G-league last season isn?t a rookie. Porter spent all last season in DEN, getting professional training an everything... a taste of NBA life.

It?s what you are using to evaluate and measure.... are all things equal? Who are they sharing court with, what systems? What are they being asked to do

Did you read what Wade said about position switch? RJ went through camp and on cusp of season, Fiz decided out of blue to start kid at PG.

And, who exactly has ?earned? playing time for NY? Don?t the all kind of leave us wanting something more?

We are in rebuilding mode, right? So the priority should be building for the future. So, yeah, your high lottery pick is getting special treatment. The goal is to get this kid playing like an All Star down the road... reaching his potential.

Frank? EP? DSJ? Bullock? Dotson? Who exactly is being slighted, whose play on the court warrants them playing time over RJ? And, we have to remember, we aren?t at practice... we don?t see who is proving themselves day in and day out with their work in practice.

I believe now we ride Bullock (to showcase for trade) and Dotson (to see if we are re-signing him).... but if RJ was being benched for a SG hitting 30% of their 3s, or a vet who hasn?t played all season... then we would be calling for the HC?s head.

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