I disagree.......I like both signings.....We have been saying for so long we need a PG to facilitate an offense......now we have one.....
Did the Knicks need to take away the 11th pick to make this happen NO......but thats done so it is what it is......
We know we are not a top team in the East no matter what we did........
As you know we disagree on RJ so this will be the season to decide who is right and who is wrong.......
Robinson now signed which we wanted as long as he had a PG to run the offense and get him the ball......
We will be better then last year but maybe a play in at best.......My thinking and I will be optimistic is that we now have a few parts in place.....so if we suck more then last year I am wrong......BUT if Brunson Barrett and robinson can gel on the court we have a young foundation and a lot of 1st rounders to use as a trade for a star next season.
If the Knicks have a successful 2022-23 season it will be from a healthy D.Rose leadership on and off the court.
Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of getting Brunson, It's just Brunson plays best in lineups having PG-Donicic, or PG Dinwiddie.
In the upcoming Knicks season the starter lineup will have Bronson sharing the PG duties alongside Randle on offense .. I get it! Now what's up with the defense ???
As a Knicks fan .. last season the Burks & Barrett & Fournier & Randle lineup had no chemistry on offense/defense game after game .. Many times I had to cut the Knicks game off as early as the end of the first quarter, or the start of the 3rd quarter .. The Knicks got into a habit of losing 20 point leads.
How will Brunson improve Barrett's, Fournier, and Randle offense performance next season?
Last season, the only consistent defensive player in the Knicks starter lineup were center MitchRob.
I would've been happy if the Knicks FO would've signed FA Tucker instead of Hartenstein.
The Knicks best winning lineup are D.Rose & Quickley's chemistry in the back-court having Obi Toppin & Taj Gibson (or Sims) in the frontcourt. Fournier could take Burks spot in the lineup better than Barrett.
The FO and coach Thibs did not like the idea of the Knicks 2nd unit bench lineup performing better and more exciting than the Knicks starter lineup .. during the postseason games, and in the first 25 Knicks games of 2021-22 regular season games.
It didn't look good for both parties .. So Thibs snatch Payton out the rotation to go 0-3 vs Hawks .. Then Thibs snatch Kemba Walker out the rotation early in the regular season while the Knicks were playing .500 ball, which turned fast into .450 ball the remainder of the season having a 37-45 season.
Mainly from the Head coach decision-making throughout the season.
Last year this time, so many optimistic media comments bout Kemba Walker returning to N.Y. to play for the Knicks .. Last year the media Kemba Walker Hype almost had me, but I was to upset with not signing Dinwiddie, and resigning Bullock.
I hope Thibs dont wait to the end of the season to find out ..
The Knicks best guard back-court tandem will be ..
Brunson & Quickley, or Brunson & D.Rose, or D.Rose & Quickley