It was great to see the Knicks grind out a victory last night with Carmelo Anthony in a serious foul trouble. KP stood like a colossus and intimidated the Houston Rockets in the paint. I live in Houston and boy, that felt gooood!! Thank you Phil Jackson.
I came across this KP's draft video. Enjoy.
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Yeah, well Knicks fans feel that pain, and it's a hard pain. Stephen Curry was drafted one slot ahead of the Knicks.
He's averagging 16 and 10.4 with 2.4 blocks 52% from the field and he's a few months YOUNGER than KP
Yeah he would still go one if the draft was today, KP though would move up from four that it certain. The Lakers are the team that will have the biggest regrets.
Russell, Alcindor, Magic, Bird.
Short list.
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Zinger but I think KAT is almost being underrated at this point. His start has been fantastic.
Yeah he would still go one if the draft was today, KP though would move up from four that it certain. The Lakers are the team that will have the biggest regrets.
There were people on the Lakers that wanted KP and he was the pick for a while. They they cooled on him. There is a lot of 2nd guessing lot here not just on KP, but on 2 or 3 other players they should have taken. They are not happy with Russell.
By who?
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Zinger but I think KAT is almost being underrated at this point. His start has been fantastic.
By who?
By the people saying KP would go #1 overall? By non-stop talk of KP with very, very little national coverage of Towns?
Unknown. He's 7'3 and moves like a guard with 3 point range. Good luck finding a good comp. Garnett with 3 point range is the closest I can come up with personally.
Bargnani: 2 games of 13+ rebounds (528 games)
Porzingis: 4 games of 13+ rebounds (14 games)
Bargnani: 2 games of 13+ rebounds (528 games)
Porzingis: 4 games of 13+ rebounds (14 games)
Not to say it wouldn't have happened anyway but I wonder if Phil's genius in voicing the possibility of he being similar to Sean Bradley has anything to do with it coming so early?
At the time that comment seem to really get under KP's skin and Phil Jackson has a history of using the media in motivating players.
Likely these three will be compared to each other for the next decade or two
That was a real concern with KP. But I think the beauty of Phil is that he will straight up say "this is what worries me about him" instead of beating around the bush. I think it's possible a guy like KP took those concerns to heart and made sure to put an emphasis on being tougher.
Deej how else would you read this?
"KP is one if the most unusual players I've ever seen
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And I mean that in a good way. I've never seen a guy his size with forward skills like that. And he can play center too? Really something. Probably should have been the #1 overall selection."
They finished the game yesterday with Calderon-Galloway-Afflalo-Melo-KP and the Rockets didn't make a basket the final 5 min (suck it Osi).
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I dont see people saying KP would go over Porz.
Deej how else would you read this?
"KP is one if the most unusual players I've ever seen
BillT : 11:15 am : link : reply
And I mean that in a good way. I've never seen a guy his size with forward skills like that. And he can play center too? Really something. Probably should have been the #1 overall selection."
LOL
The best comp I can think of is Ralph Sampson
They finished the game yesterday with Calderon-Galloway-Afflalo-Melo-KP and the Rockets didn't make a basket the final 5 min (suck it Osi).
Rockets suck right now, congrats on beating a mediocre team. Just praying they can get hot at the right time to end the season.
KG could play PG on offense and could guard slow PGs like Calderon on defense.
KP is ridiculously unique himself and there are definitely similarities between him and KG. I'd agree that he is more similar to KG than he is to Dirk.
But he's still not THAT similar to KG.
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know it's a ridiculous comparison given one is an all-time great, first ballot HOF but I really think Garnett with better range is the closest thing we have to a KP comp.
The best comp I can think of is Ralph Sampson
No knock on Sampson because he's an all-time great in terms of actual talent but Sampson hit 10 career 3's (17%).
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know it's a ridiculous comparison given one is an all-time great, first ballot HOF but I really think Garnett with better range is the closest thing we have to a KP comp.
KG could play PG on offense and could guard slow PGs like Calderon on defense.
KP is ridiculously unique himself and there are definitely similarities between him and KG. I'd agree that he is more similar to KG than he is to Dirk.
But he's still not THAT similar to KG.
I don't see anyone who is a great comp. Dirk at the same age could easily go coast to coast off the dribble. Dirk also had more handle, less of a run/jump athlete. I think KP is one of the hardest players to compare others to in the history of the sport.
Raef is actually underrated for his career but I'd be shocked if KP isn't a better pure scorer.
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know it's a ridiculous comparison given one is an all-time great, first ballot HOF but I really think Garnett with better range is the closest thing we have to a KP comp.
The best comp I can think of is Ralph Sampson
No knock on Sampson because he's an all-time great in terms of actual talent but Sampson hit 10 career 3's (17%).
I'm not saying they are equivalent but to use your comparison I am saying he reminds me more of a Ralph Sampson with range than a Garnett with more range. Plus the game was very different when Sampson played and the threes weren't really even part of the game when he entered the league. To be fair and accent that point he only attempted four total 3-pointers his rookie season.
He's at 43/31 right now
Bargs is 44/36 for his career
Raef was 47/36 for his career
Dirk is 48/38 for his career
I wonder what kind of percentages KP will have in his prime.
I still take KAT #1. But it's arguable to me that KP has greater upside. It will be interesting to see if Minny can build a real team up there. In the past a lot of guys have wanted out. Will winning trump cold weather? It's a good town.