It was obvious Zion was disappointed and shocked with the outcome. After AD pulled his nonsense and Paul tried to steer AD to LJ, NO went into full-fledged tank mode and managed to creep up to a favorable position, where their odds were nearly half as good as the team with the worst record.
Tell me, how is a roster with Jrue, Randall and AD only slightly better than NYK? So the narrative that tanking wasn’t rewarded is hilarious.
And, with guaranteed contracts and salary cap restrictions, this is was gave birth to tanking. When KP went done, Knicks were doing the responsible thing and preparing for this free agent class.
Anyway, Pelicans wasn’t on Zion’s radar... he had 50% chance to go to NY or LA, when they cut to commercial after announcing the fifth pick.
NO was a punch to the gut. He didn’t wear a fake smile. We saw raw emotion. But he’s a good young man, raised properly, so he slept on it and accepted his fate and will now go to NO happily.
I can’t believe we’re getting RJ! Barrett is for real! JA propelled himself into the equation, but I still can’t believe a team will ignore what RJ is!
Thankfully NYK got the third pick.
It was obvious Zion was disappointed and shocked with the outcome. After AD pulled his nonsense and Paul tried to steer AD to LJ, NO went into full-fledged tank mode and managed to creep up to a favorable position, where their odds were nearly half as good as the team with the worst record.
Tell me, how is a roster with Jrue, Randall and AD only slightly better than NYK? So the narrative that tanking wasn?t rewarded is hilarious.
And, with guaranteed contracts and salary cap restrictions, this is was gave birth to tanking. When KP went done, Knicks were doing the responsible thing and preparing for this free agent class.
Anyway, Pelicans wasn?t on Zion?s radar... he had 50% chance to go to NY or LA, when they cut to commercial after announcing the fifth pick.
NO was a punch to the gut. He didn?t wear a fake smile. We saw raw emotion. But he?s a good young man, raised properly, so he slept on it and accepted his fate and will now go to NO happily.
I can?t believe we?re getting RJ! Barrett is for real! JA propelled himself into the equation, but I still can?t believe a team will ignore what RJ is!
Thankfully NYK got the third pick.
DA MEDIA over blew this as usual, nothing to see here...moving right along
I can't buy all the NO tanking talk without looking at our own team in the mirror likewise. Look no further than Knits and DSJ injuries and how fans blew gaskets how Fitz was treating them in fav of Mudiay. We kept M-Rob and Trier out for long stretches during the season. There were also rumors #kporzee wanted to play but we wouldn't let him. Many teams were culpable here, be thankful we're picking 3 and not 5
Sour Graping every time we come up short just comes off disingenuous. Look sometimes you lose it is what it is. Suns Cavs Bulls paid for their sins gravely. There were other camera angles and it showed Zion laughing being cool at the time of announcement. If anything it was Barrett who seemed to be more the one trying to clown the moment
DA MEDIA over blew this as usual, nothing to see here...moving right along
I can't buy all the NO tanking talk without looking at our own team in the mirror likewise. Look no further than Knits and DSJ injuries and how fans blew gaskets how Fitz was treating them in fav of Mudiay. We kept M-Rob and Trier out for long stretches during the season. There were also rumors #kporzee wanted to play but we wouldn't let him. Many teams were culpable here, be thankful we're picking 3 and not 5
Sour Graping every time we come up short just comes off disingenuous. Look sometimes you lose it is what it is. Suns Cavs Bulls paid for their sins gravely. There were other camera angles and it showed Zion laughing being cool at the time of announcement. If anything it was Barrett who seemed to be more the one trying to clown the moment
I’m not sour, not one bit. Not an iota of sourness in me bones. Did my post come off sour? I’m just laughing at DA MEDIA for how they’re trying to run with the narrative of this lottery being an indictment on teams who tank.
Should the system reward inept management? Like LAK? Trade Russell, let go of Randall and Lopez?
When NO sat AD in 4th off LAK game... tank or not tank?
Again, what my post meant was that the hard cap is what motivates tanking... not draft position.
Should NYK sign another Curry? When you bring in upgrade via free agency you must overpay. Overpay too much and you screw your cap space and prohibit yourself from really improving.
Now, sitting players is sorry and shouldn’t occur.
I LoVe having teams on the rise who have talent and are on verge bring in position to grab top pick. These teams can go from talented to title worthy whereas the process makes bad team average.
I’m not sour, not one bit. Not an iota of sourness in me bones. Did my post come off sour? I’m just laughing at DA MEDIA for how they’re trying to run with the narrative of this lottery being an indictment on teams who tank.
Should the system reward inept management? Like LAK? Trade Russell, let go of Randall and Lopez?
When NO sat AD in 4th off LAK game... tank or not tank?
Again, what my post meant was that the hard cap is what motivates tanking... not draft position.
Should NYK sign another Curry? When you bring in upgrade via free agency you must overpay. Overpay too much and you screw your cap space and prohibit yourself from really improving.
Now, sitting players is sorry and shouldn’t occur.
I LoVe having teams on the rise who have talent and are on verge bring in position to grab top pick. These teams can go from talented to title worthy whereas the process makes bad team average.
DA MEDIA over blew this as usual, nothing to see here...moving right along
I can't buy all the NO tanking talk without looking at our own team in the mirror likewise. Look no further than Knits and DSJ injuries and how fans blew gaskets how Fitz was treating them in fav of Mudiay. We kept M-Rob and Trier out for long stretches during the season. There were also rumors #kporzee wanted to play but we wouldn't let him. Many teams were culpable here, be thankful we're picking 3 and not 5
Sour Graping every time we come up short just comes off disingenuous. Look sometimes you lose it is what it is. Suns Cavs Bulls paid for their sins gravely. There were other camera angles and it showed Zion laughing being cool at the time of announcement. If anything it was Barrett who seemed to be more the one trying to clown the moment
P&T reports:
So, what does all that mean? Well, (shameless plug) I spoke with Marc Berman of the New York Post on Locked On Knicks today, and he seemed to think maybe Knicks brass is being withholding right now because they’re working on a trade for that third pick, and don’t want to talk up Morant and Barrett only to ship the pick off.
“In and out of the hotel [Perry and Mills] said they can’t talk [to the media], and were not even willing to chit-chat. They were in a big, big hurry... My sense on why they’re not talking to us right now is, they don’t want to build up this third pick because they may trade it. They don’t want to start talking about RJ Barrett in the media when he could be part of an AD package.”
P&T reports:
So, what does all that mean? Well, (shameless plug) I spoke with Marc Berman of the New York Post on Locked On Knicks today, and he seemed to think maybe Knicks brass is being withholding right now because they?re working on a trade for that third pick, and don?t want to talk up Morant and Barrett only to ship the pick off.
?In and out of the hotel [Perry and Mills] said they can?t talk [to the media], and were not even willing to chit-chat. They were in a big, big hurry... My sense on why they?re not talking to us right now is, they don?t want to build up this third pick because they may trade it. They don?t want to start talking about RJ Barrett in the media when he could be part of an AD package.?
Hard to figure what we?re doing. Knicks have met with Jarrett Culver and Cam Reddish in addition to Ja and RJ. Doesn?t make sense unless trading down is a possibility, unless our front office is just bored and trying to look thorough. Imagine we trade down and end up with Cam instead of RJ? Broadway would implode.
A trade shouldn?t happen until late July. You can?t trade down unless you are building a roster around KD. Knicks won?t know about KD until the draft.
Trade down for a Beal type player only makes sense if we know KI and KD coming.
Otherwise, you take RJ and build around him.
Personally, I take RJ over Ingram and Tatum. I watched all 3 at Duke and Barrett was the better player. Barrett also fits the Zion rebuild timeline.... and they were both teammates at Duke.
I prefer Robinson to Kuzma or Brown, because he fits well with Zion-RJ front court. Zion and Robinson blocking shots and catching dunks with RJ as point forward.
Robinson is from Louisiana .. so there?s sign-ability there. LAK players are only under contract for 2-3 years... RJ under team control for 5.
It all depends on how DG views RJ/MR... he may value this 2 more than top 2 BOS or LAK can offer.
I?m cool just setting the foundation on RJ an MR myself. We better not make a foolish trade. Remember, RJ one of the most celebrated HS players since LeBron.
There?s a reason why there is less parity in NBA than other sports. There?s a reason why 2-4 teams have a shot every decade or so.... I think there?s been like 12 teams to win a title last 40 years.