“I think at that point it was too far gone,” Anthony said. “I already had in my mind that I wanted to win, that I wanted to move on. We didn’t think it would take as long as it did, but my mind was already made up.”
The delay to find a workable trade, in Anthony’s view, stemmed from the fact that Jackson was willing “to trade me for a bag of chips,” while Scott Perry, who became the Knicks’ new general manager after Jackson’s departure, took a harder line in trade talks with Houston and Cleveland that eventually fizzled.
“They went from asking for peanuts to asking for steak,” Anthony said with a laugh.
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Don't think anyone's ever accused Melo of being a rocket scientist and don't think they ever will.
Good riddance.
I also think Melo would have fit perfect with the Rockets. I still think he'll do great with OKC, but I view Houston as a better fit.
Perry has attended Steelers training camp for about five years to closely watch their operation, becoming friends with longtime head coach Mike Tomlin and GM Kevin Colbert.
“I’m so excited and happy for Scott and the New York Knicks,’’ Tomlin said in a statement to The Post. “Scott is a quality man and a quality professional.
“We spent a lot of time together over the years. It’s just been a great relationship being able to talk about leadership, leadership styles, and some of the different challenges that different sports present but also the parallels. I like his approach to business. He’s a detailed and thoughtful leader. I expect those guys to be extremely successful.”
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Just look at the matchup thursday night. I know OKC is going to be an elite team- but who's guarding their big 3? KP on Melo, Lee or THJ on George and Sessions/ Jack on Westbrook? Yikes.
Lee is the only guy who could be considered an above average defender and he's probably closer to average. Only rim protection will be from KP but he'll be chasing forwards around on the perimeter. This roster construction makes zero sense.
They definitely have the right leadership in place. They have veteran front office personnel, people who have experience winning and experience in their positions. So I would contend that the future is bright for them. . . . Frank Ntilikina is better than people think, and it’s too bad he’s getting put in this bucket of “Phil [Jackson] took him for the triangle, and now he’s gone.” That’s the most lazy, stupid comment of all time, because that kid is big [6' 5"], he’s skilled and he likes to play defense. He wasn’t playing at a superhigh level in the French league, but the team went to the finals and he contributed to that. It was the right pick, because it was a swing for the fences based on talent, and he’s got a lot of it. . . . Willy Hernangomez is another solid young piece. I don’t think people understand how good he can be either. He’s not playing just because he’s big. . . . Ron Baker is a nice, solid player, but if he was on a very good team he’d probably be the fifth guard. . . . Courtney Lee is still valuable but not on a team that’s building. He needs to go to a playoff team to be maximized, like he was in Charlotte. . . . I don’t know what the motivation was behind signing Michael Beasley. . . . Is Tim Hardaway Jr. really that bad? He’s gonna get smashed because he got signed to that contract this summer, but what is he supposed to say no? Wings are really, really valuable and there’s not a lot of them. The guy made 149 threes last year, he’s durable, he’s tough and he plays defense. It’s not an untradable contract.
They definitely have the right leadership in place. They have veteran front office personnel, people who have experience winning and experience in their positions. So I would contend that the future is bright for them. . . . Frank Ntilikina is better than people think, and it’s too bad he’s getting put in this bucket of “Phil [Jackson] took him for the triangle, and now he’s gone.” That’s the most lazy, stupid comment of all time, because that kid is big [6' 5"], he’s skilled and he likes to play defense. He wasn’t playing at a superhigh level in the French league, but the team went to the finals and he contributed to that. It was the right pick, because it was a swing for the fences based on talent, and he’s got a lot of it. . . . Willy Hernangomez is another solid young piece. I don’t think people understand how good he can be either. He’s not playing just because he’s big. . . . Ron Baker is a nice, solid player, but if he was on a very good team he’d probably be the fifth guard. . . . Courtney Lee is still valuable but not on a team that’s building. He needs to go to a playoff team to be maximized, like he was in Charlotte. . . . I don’t know what the motivation was behind signing Michael Beasley. . . . Is Tim Hardaway Jr. really that bad? He’s gonna get smashed because he got signed to that contract this summer, but what is he supposed to say no? Wings are really, really valuable and there’s not a lot of them. The guy made 149 threes last year, he’s durable, he’s tough and he plays defense. It’s not an untradable contract.
I was really happy to read that piece in SI. Hopefully they are right about the Frank pick. Perry seems to be very well regarded around the league.
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Not trying to be funny but because it mentions winning it obviously doesn't mean Mills. Perry has a ring, Madkins was with the Clippers aka a "good" franchise, Robinson comes from the Bucks
if he jjst plays average defense it is a good contract..
if he jjst plays average defense it is a good contract..
Small sample size but the offense looked more diverse than when he was here the first time, defense still looked rough to me. I think slightly below average is the best we can realistically hope for defensively.
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but if hardaway contonues to play the way he did in the preseason at least offensively he is worth every penny of that contract...
if he jjst plays average defense it is a good contract..
Small sample size but the offense looked more diverse than when he was here the first time, defense still looked rough to me. I think slightly below average is the best we can realistically hope for defensively.
i am just hoping for passable...
and my worry offensively is he starts chucking when the offense gets bogged down...
i want to see 2 man game between him and kp, hardaway is probably the only guard right now he can consistently get to the hoop
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Not trying to be funny but because it mentions winning it obviously doesn't mean Mills. Perry has a ring, Madkins was with the Clippers aka a "good" franchise, Robinson comes from the Bucks
sorry but you can't just exclude the team president from "leadership". He's a buffoon and he proved it over the summer. Oddly, Madkins and Robinson don't appear anywhere on the front office listing on the web site. Warkentien and some of the other front office survivors are still lurking however.
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That would be awesome
I agree and think its a lock. But they have enough good players that I think they could put together some meaningless wins towards the end of the year. If it results from KP/ Willy/ Frank playing well- I'm fine with that. If it's Kanter/ Lee and the vets puting together big games- that sucks.
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As crotchety as I can be about the nomenclature, there is something of a standard definition for “unicorn” in the NBA world — a center who has the potential to both reliably shoot a high volume of 3-pointers and protect the rim.
The modern NBA game is all about creating space on offense and taking it away on defense. Having a five who’s a legitimate threat to rain fire from 24 feet away, draws his man out of the paint and removes the last line of defense at the basket gives ball-handlers an easier path to scoring. Having one who can reject, alter or discourage shots in the lane emboldens your defenders to play tighter and more aggressively up top, and makes generating and converting high-percentage shots more difficult. Get you a man who can do both, and you’ve really got something.
In spite of their perpetual dysfunction, the New York Knicks have something in Porzingis, who was blessed with the folkloric handle early in his rookie season by no less an authority on cool NBA stuff than Durant. The four-time NBA scoring champ recognized the rare combination of shooting skill and shot-swatting prowess that would make Porzingis the first player in NBA history to drain more than 150 3-pointers and block more than 250 shots in his first two pro seasons. Now, when we talk about inside-out big men who seem too good to be true, we use the name KD gave KP — a mythological moniker to match the fantastic reality.
As you’d expect from a 7-foot-3 dude with the wingspan of an aircraft carrier, Porzingis can have trouble defending in space. He’s got strides to make as a facilitator; his rebounding rate dipped as he spent more time parked at the arc; and his foul rate last season ticked north of 5.5 whistles per 100 possessions of floor time (though some of that is due to facing drivers with a full head of steam after blowing past the Knicks’ eternally permissive guards). In each of his first two seasons, his shooting percentages and scoring efficiency have tailed off after the All-Star break, and he’s missed 26 games in two years. There are warts.
Those flaws, though, don’t come close to spoiling the big picture.
Porzingis’ handle is tighter and more functional, and his gait running the floor lighter and more natural, than any skyscraper should have the right to expect. The pull-up, turnaround and pick-and-pop jumpers are feathery, with a quick release. He’s nimble enough to punish overly aggressive closeouts off the bounce, and enormous enough to swallow up drivers just by lifting his arms; only four dudes who played big minutes allowed a lower field-goal percentage at the rim.
The next evolutionary step, it seems, is for head coach Jeff Hornacek to find more opportunities for Porzingis to play center, and for the front office of Steve Mills and Scott Perry to craft a roster that can more effectively facilitate that. (Not an easy task, given how much money their predecessor tied up in Joakim Noah for the next three seasons.) New York was outscored by 24 points in 450 Porzingis-at-the-five minutes last season, according to NBAwowy.com’s lineup data, but within that negative number lives a glimpse of a brighter future. The Knicks scored 111.9 points per 100 possessions in those minutes, a rate of offensive efficiency on par with Mike D’Antoni’s go-go Rockets. Find some wings who can shoot and credibly defend — hello, hoped-for-best-case-scenarios of Tim Hardaway Jr. and Frank Ntilikina — crank up the tempo and have some fun.
There are, as ever, reasons to be skeptical about where the Knicks are headed. They have Porzingis, though. As long as that’s true, they also have hope.
it won't be too embarrassing for KP simply because he's going to pick up 2-3 quick fouls and be on the bench most of the first half. And by the time the second half roles around OKC will be up 20 and Melo will be on the bench with a towel on his head.
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don't like the Melo/KP matchup but considering I want them to stink I won't lose sleep over it lol
it won't be too embarrassing for KP simply because he's going to pick up 2-3 quick fouls and be on the bench most of the first half. And by the time the second half roles around OKC will be up 20 and Melo will be on the bench with a towel on his head.
This 99% is going to be what happens.
Hopefully KP puts a little stank on his game tonight and makes Melo his b*tch. If I get nothing more this season, i'd be fine with it.
Despite very few people leaving the basketball operations staff, Perry and Mills made five new hires: Gerald Madkins (assistant GM), Craig Robinson (VP of player development), Harold Ellis (director of player personnel), Michael Arcieri (director of basketball strategy) and Fred Cofield (scout).
"We have some guys at the point guard spot so hopefully we can get him in there some minutes. We have a lot of guys that we have to make some decisions, that, hey, 'You might not get in,'" Hornacek said. "And they have to be ready in case something happens. But with Frank, we'll try to get some minutes for him."
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don't like the Melo/KP matchup but considering I want them to stink I won't lose sleep over it lol
Hopefully KP puts a little stank on his game tonight and makes Melo his b*tch. If I get nothing more this season, i'd be fine with it.
Did you mean tomorrow night?