Should be the first of 4 losses this week. 4 road games against 3 playoff teams and a 4th likely one. Unless the Spurs rest everyone.
Big stat lines last night:
-Dame 49
-Kyrie 46
-D-Lo 40
-Lebron 34 and 7
-Love 21 and 15
-Ingram with 18
-Nurkic 21 and 12, 3 blocks
-Davis 28 and 12. Jordan Crawford 22, been a big addition. Solomon hill has been doing a bit better too.
-KAT 33, Wiggins 25
-Saric with 23. Another win, the sixers actually look like a decent team without Embiid/Simmons
-WCS and Hield. 18 and 5 assists. Skal 14 and 7
Sixers don't really have an incentive to tank. They will naturally pass Sacramento in the standings so a top 6 pick is very much in play.
It's hard to disbelieve this. Phil just screams doosh to me. I wanted to love the guy when hired here. But his overall persona is just awful. Perception is reality and all that crap...but it's true. If the the guy making the moves for your franchise is perceived as a total dickwad, that can't be good.
Rondo told The Undefeated that he asked a few of the other players from the 2008 team if Allen should be invited to the party, and that he received “a no, a no head shake,” in response. Apparently, Rondo and the others are still steaming mad about Allen’s decision to sign with the Miami Heat in 2012. Here’s Rondo explaining things:
“It will be a long story about that, but it is what it is,” Rondo, who plays for the Chicago Bulls, told The Undefeated. “I don’t know a good analogy to put this in. It just wasn’t the greatest separation. It wasn’t the greatest thing that could’ve happened to us as a team, a bond. We were at war with those guys [Miami]. To go with the enemy, that’s unheard-of in sports. Well, it’s not so unheard of. It’s damn near common now.
“The mindset we had. The guys on our team. You wouldn’t do anything like that. It makes you question that series in the Finals … Who were you for? You didn’t bleed green. People think we had a messed-up relationship. It’s not the greatest. But it’s not just me. I called and reached out to a couple of other vets and asked them what they wanted to do with the situation. They told me to stick with what we got [without Allen].”
As if that's anything new for the Knicks
Lakers are fully preparing for Ball to be on-ball.
Very hard to fix organizational issues when the fish stinks from the head (Dolan) and there is no mechanism to chop off the head.
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Carmelo has been doing a lot of thinking, feels like he's missing out that he's not in the playoffs. Sounds like someone who needs a change.
Very hard to fix organizational issues when the fish stinks from the head (Dolan) and there is no mechanism to chop off the head.
I agree with this but it works for the Rangers, why couldn't it work for the Knicks with the right guy? I'd love for them to go big game hunting for a GM but I'd be happy with an up and comer to replace Phil. I just don't see Phil doing a complete rebuild and that's what's needed.
Very hard to fix organizational issues when the fish stinks from the head (Dolan) and there is no mechanism to chop off the head.
you would think even the worst sell-out or sycophant should be able to avoid dumb moves like Noah and Rose. I agree that the organization is rotten due to Dolan (e.g. the Oak fiasco) but the failure of this current roster and the black cloud over this season is on Phil IMO.
not lately.
Basically things Phil didn't have when he accepted the job.
However, this year will be the first time the Rangers have their #1 pick since 2012. 4 straight seasons with no #1s. In that span we've had two seasons without a #2 either. And we just traded a 2 and a 3 for an average defenseman who is a UFA on July 1. The Rangers havent killed themselves trading away these assets because they've drafted VERY well with the picks they retained, but the lack of picks has left a massive hole in the organization, particularly at defense. Is Dolan driving any of that? I dont think he's telling management to make specific trades. But I wouldnt be shocked if he's suggesting the same win-now mentality that the Knicks have operated under for years. Albeit with the Rangers that mentality is justifiable due to having a strong team. And what happens to the Rangers if they struggle for a few seasons again?
Because those Knicks teams of 2011-2013 wouldn't be the worst thing if the NBA wasn't as star reliant. I mean you take that 2012-13 Knick team equivalent of an NFL or MLB team and you have a decent shot. Didn't the knicks break a 3 point attempt record that year? If it was baseball and they could be like the SF Giants, a WC team that just gets hot (in this case, by just taking an insane amount of 3s) and it can win you a WS even if you aren't close to being the best team (and the Knicks were arguably a top 5-6 team that year).
It just doesn't work like that in the NBA because Lebron.
Now that's the blueprint every team is going for.
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Hopefully by the time we play them on April 12 Melo, Rose and KP will already have been shut down. It would just be so typical of the Knicks to win the last game of the season against Philly to put us behind them in the lottery.
Carmelo Anthony hinted that he might be willing to waive his no-trade clause this offseason.
This year will be the fourth straight season the Knicks have failed to qualify for the playoffs. Speaking with reporters on Monday, Melo was introspective. "Honestly, I think about it a lot," he said. "I try to put everything into perspective. I think about [New York], I think postseason... It makes you want to think about what’s next or what could be next." Melo had been averaging over 36 minutes per game for the last two months but played just 25 in Monday night's blowout. He may be rested once or twice over New York's final 12 games.
Melo sure seemed open to LA in those comments. I would love for Magic to give up something for him- would have to take on long term money though. However it happens, he can't come back next year. These next few months will be crucial to the Knicks future....
only bad contract to come of it was noah and hopefully he can at least give you good leadership for the young guys..
Now having said that phil got lucky as shit that the team bottomed oit and didnt barely miss the playoffs..
lets just hope if it is true he is hell bent on tradng melo that means rose walks as well
If the Pacers turned that down they could be screwed depending on how serious PG is about LA.
Was talking to my friend who is a die-hard Sixers fan. I told him if the Sixers get the Lakers pick, they should trade one of their picks for Jimmy Butler and use the other one on Monk.
Having all these assets are nice, but they need someone to take that franchise into relevancy. Boston was offering much less for Butler and Chicago was still listening anyways.
Trade a top 5 pick in this draft, Okafor, the Sixers own 2017 pick, maybe throw in some combo of Luwawu, Korkmaz and stuaskas as well.
Can have a team of
Monk/Mcconnell
Butler
Covington/ Anderson
Simmons/ Saric (6th man)
Embiid/Holmes
Depending on how impactful Simmons is next year, I think that team could immediately compete for a top 3 seed in the east, even if embiid rests alot and Holmes fills in. Maybe throw in RoLo into the deal as a backup option.