Quoted in the April issue of the Latvian sports magazine Sporta Avize, Porzingis was asked if he will sign a second contract with the Knicks. Porzingis’ four-year rookie deal has two years left and he said he hopes to finish his career with the Knicks — with a caveat.
“Absolutely, I want to stay here all my career,’’ Porzingis said, according to the English translation provided by the magazine. “But the thing I want most of all is winning. When the time comes, I will seriously start to think about it. Right now I just try to do my best.”
“This was a situation media did not hesitate to heat up more than it was in reality. I think there was some mistakes from Phil — things he maybe shouldn’t [have] said or written, things that made the situation worse or made him not look good. But at the same time — it’s that kind of business. I understand.’’
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A SoCal native, he’s been talking about playing for his hometown team, the Lakers, for a long time. He’s never made his long-term intentions a secret within the Pacers’ locker room, according to former teammates. He wants to wear the purple and gold.
Where Rose will be playing is another story. He’s an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career after the Bulls traded him to the Knicks for Robin Lopez and Jerian Grant last June. The Knicks missed the playoffs and Rose averaged 18 points in 64 games. “I’m going into it with an open mind and will listen to everyone,” Rose said. “Last season sucked losing. But it was a great experience. I loved the guys that I played with and I loved the coaching staff. And who wouldn’t like playing in New York? It was great.”
Complications from his back surgery involving spinal cord fluid leakage. He sounds like he even regrets having the surgery all together.
i dont care how pissed you are, you dont slip a meeting with your boss..
Gotta keep his options open. Can't trash the one location where someone (Phil) was pretty "praisy" given the season that transpired.
wonder if he retired if phil gives him a call to come work in front office?
obviously his first choice would be helping gs in front office
I'm not too concerned either. If the Knicks aren't headed in the right direction in 3 years it's almost to the point he might as well leave, it means this is truly a cursed franchise anyway.
The Clippers are going to get bounced, get desperate that Paul will leave, and want to appease him by getting his buddy Melo.
I could see OKC being a really good spot for Griffin. He goes back to his hometown, and all of a sudden a Westbrook-Oladipo-Griffin-Adams foursome is one of the best in the league.
What they have to trade is another issue, but I bet they could put a decent enough package together.
The Clippers are going to get bounced, get desperate that Paul will leave, and want to appease him by getting his buddy Melo.
I could see OKC being a really good spot for Griffin. He goes back to his hometown, and all of a sudden a Westbrook-Oladipo-Griffin-Adams foursome is one of the best in the league.
What they have to trade is another issue, but I bet they could put a decent enough package together.
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i think it is melo, because kp said he wanted to run the triangle from the beginning..
The Clippers are going to get bounced, get desperate that Paul will leave, and want to appease him by getting his buddy Melo.
I could see OKC being a really good spot for Griffin. He goes back to his hometown, and all of a sudden a Westbrook-Oladipo-Griffin-Adams foursome is one of the best in the league.
What they have to trade is another issue, but I bet they could put a decent enough package together.
I've been on the OKC three way result for a while. Another advantage to OKC is that it probably prevents them from giving Roberson 8 figures per season.
I'd like to get in on Sabonis and Abrines. Alternatively, it could be moved to a 4 team deal and Kanter could go elsewhere, with assets to NY. I think the D12 trade was a 4 teamer.
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optimistic about the chances of a Blake/Melo/3rd team deal.
The Clippers are going to get bounced, get desperate that Paul will leave, and want to appease him by getting his buddy Melo.
I could see OKC being a really good spot for Griffin. He goes back to his hometown, and all of a sudden a Westbrook-Oladipo-Griffin-Adams foursome is one of the best in the league.
What they have to trade is another issue, but I bet they could put a decent enough package together.
I've been on the OKC three way result for a while. Another advantage to OKC is that it probably prevents them from giving Roberson 8 figures per season.
I'd like to get in on Sabonis and Abrines. Alternatively, it could be moved to a 4 team deal and Kanter could go elsewhere, with assets to NY. I think the D12 trade was a 4 teamer.
Sabonis doesn't interest me much. Not quite sure what he does all that well. .399 from the field this year, bad defender, bad rebounder/shotblocker.
Where do I sign?
This might be my favorite of all the proposals. Draft a guy like OG with Miami's pick, Frank or Isaac with ours, and all of a sudden we'd have a lengthy defensive team.
While I don't believe Melo should have a lot of value, I don't know if I can agree with this yet. We won't know anything until we know how many teams are intersted. If Phil can drum up interest from multiple teams, the return will go up. Just get teams to bid against each other and we should get more than he's worth.
It really is crazy that Rambis was forced on the current staff. The 2 best players clearly can't stand the guy, he's not a good coach, why keep him around? Oh because Phil loves him and wants one of his guys on staff. What a joke.
Solid point about winning with teammates. Having that history is key.
I was really alarmed with Noah's play last year. I think his game was so predicated on his athleticism and that's gone down. He was never a great shot blocker, but he could really move and switch well in his prime. I think his athleticism and defensive decline affected his confidence on offense as well. He really killed the offense when he was out there.
Send him overseas for some "treatment"! I'm sure Kobe or Richard Jefferson know a guy. Vince Carter too...
Noah did not play to his previous abilities. To argue otherwise is kind of silly. The guy won defensive player of the year. His ability to move his feet was ELITE in his prime for a guy his size. He would play up on guards and be able to stop them off the dribble. It's not only about Derrick Rose or Melo. His physical gifts did not show themselves. He would sag off players to "cheat" in ways he didn't do previously. This is from post 2015 when he was still with the Bulls
"And unfortunately, things don't get much better for Noah once we start looking at the defensive side of the ball. Individually, Noah's advanced metrics -- which, to be sure, are far from flawless -- indicate he's fallen off defensively this season. A season ago (remember, being Defensive Player of the Year and All-NBA first team?), he was worth a staggering 6.6 defensive win shares. This season he's only worth a pedestrian 2.9. He's posting a career-low block rate (2.9 percent) and a career-low in blocks per 100 possessions. Opponents are shooting 51.8 percent at the rim against Noah this season compared to a healthy 47.2 percent merely a year ago, and they're only shooting about a shot less per game on average."
Sure, when healthy he should absolutely help the Knicks defensively. But he's not the player he once was. His ability to track and stick with much smaller players while being a legit 5 was unusual.
He was terrible finishing around the rim and wasn't even setting strong screens like he used to. I really don't think its a case of injuries preventing him from staying on the court. I think the injuries have destroyed his game, even when he is healthy and playing.
I'm assuming we get more out of him next year. He was clearly never really healthy. I'm not expecting 82 games from him and the contract will always be bad but you would hope with so much time off + the surgery that he will be healthier (then again he barely played the previous season) and wasn't healthy. He should have "value" for a rebuilding team given his rep and given the fact our likely "future" at the 5 has a long way to go defensively. In theory he's a nice compliment to Willy.
Multiple sources refute report that ANY Celtics coaches pushed to trade for Carmelo.
-Chad Ford thinks the Knicks would take Fox over Frenchy at 7
“It’s harder for my family,’’ Porzingis said, laughing. “When we play road games, my family comes together to watch it in my apartment, and after one such game, I needed a new TV set. Janis was way too upset at one point.’’
The Knicks are in the dark on why Porzingis went AWOL. Sources told The Post he isn’t happy the way the franchise is being run – with Jackson publicly trying to trade his mentor Carmelo Anthony and issuing mixed messages on the team’s offensive and defensive systems. Porzingis described the climate as “confusion’’ in March.
Porzingis, who was limited to 66 games in an injury-plagued sophomore season, was asked at the press conference if he sees himself with the Knicks after his rookie contract expires in 2019. The Knicks can extend a qualifying offer to Porzingis after Year 4, which would make him a restricted free agent and allow them to match any contract offer he receives.
“To be honest, I don’t think about that right now, I just try to do my best. I believe everything will resolve itself,” he said.
it would have to be a sign and trade for Griffin right? He has a ETO, not quite sure why he'd opt in when he could get $200M on the open market.
“It’s harder for my family,’’ Porzingis said, laughing. “When we play road games, my family comes together to watch it in my apartment, and after one such game, I needed a new TV set. Janis was way too upset at one point.’’
The Knicks are in the dark on why Porzingis went AWOL. Sources told The Post he isn’t happy the way the franchise is being run – with Jackson publicly trying to trade his mentor Carmelo Anthony and issuing mixed messages on the team’s offensive and defensive systems. Porzingis described the climate as “confusion’’ in March.
Porzingis, who was limited to 66 games in an injury-plagued sophomore season, was asked at the press conference if he sees himself with the Knicks after his rookie contract expires in 2019. The Knicks can extend a qualifying offer to Porzingis after Year 4, which would make him a restricted free agent and allow them to match any contract offer he receives.
“To be honest, I don’t think about that right now, I just try to do my best. I believe everything will resolve itself,” he said.
According to the translation, Porzingis said, “As a player who wants to be leader someday — when I saw things we need to change and be better at — I tried to speak up in the locker room. But there are many players used to playing this kind of basketball for more than ten years so you can’t change them. Coaches can try but it is what it is.
Bingo.