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very weird. I don’t mean that in a bad way, or even a judgmental one. I mean that he is constantly, at all times, consumed by child-like wonder, and that this is an unusual way for adults that play in the NBA (or do anything, really) to be. It’s not as if Beasley has lost a step. Nearly a decade and two stints in the Chinese Basketball Association later, this former No. 2. overall pick is still obviously blessed with unusual talent. If it is a bucket you seek, he can procure a bucket. He will find a way. He will batter his way down low with his butt, he will roll off his defender like water, he will explode right past the sturdy and spidery Julius Randle. Sit back and watch Beas work. He can get you the bucket. He wants to get you the bucket. Don’t worry about it. But watch him improvise in the interstitial spaces between jump shot and layup—strange little leaners, floaters, and tip-ins emerge from his hands, smoother than they have any right to be. Catch him mid-flight, teetering back at a 45-degree angle with three enemy limbs clotting his field of vision, and still his body maintains its simple stoned composure. “A lot of his shots may look like they’re off balance, but those are shots he shoots and makes all the time,” Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said last night. I submit that when Michael Beasley is playing even reasonably well—in that humble subset of NBA games—he has one of the most telegenic offensive repertoires in the league. |
I've always been a big Melo fan but he looked really bad last night. It will be interesting to see what OKC does going forward. Melo has to opt in right? What would he even get on the open market now?
Apparently the two of them slapped 5 on a big bucket during the previous game. I guess they are over it. Supposedly Portis is a good dude, good teammate. People make mistakes.
A few things that have really bothered me so far.
The road record, more specifically, dropping the games @ ATL over Thanksgiving weekend and Saturday @ Chicago.
To a lesser extent the 4th quarter disaster against the Cavs, but since it was LeBron I guess you can't go crazy. Just makes me mad that game was the turning point for the Cavs so far.
The other big negative is Hardaway's injury. Any update on that?
I've always been a big Melo fan but he looked really bad last night. It will be interesting to see what OKC does going forward. Melo has to opt in right? What would he even get on the open market now?
The Wade stuff is an apt comparison. The question was how good Wade could be without a great outside shot... well we found out... first ballot HOFer. To this day the most memorable sequence in an NBA game against the Knicks for me was by Wade. I don't recall the specifics but it was like a block, a dunk, a steal, another dunk. I'm not saying Mitchell will be a first ballot HOFer but they certainly have some similar traits,.
-I think Melo still opts out if Lebron lands in LA. I doubt he's looking to end his career as a loser in OKC sans George.
I've always been a big Melo fan but he looked really bad last night. It will be interesting to see what OKC does going forward. Melo has to opt in right? What would he even get on the open market now?
Starting to become the norm for Melo.
Greg,
Everything you said is true. I just meant you can see why people made the comparison, there are some similarities there. Obviously if the consensus was Mitchell was going to be anywhere near Wade he's the #1 pick and he wasn't.
Well the fact he's supposedly headed to LAL will hold down his value BUT
1. He's been better than Melo 17.0 PER, .125 WS/48, Melo 14.1 PER .091 WS/48
2. More importantly George has been very good more recently than Melo. Melo last posted a WS/48 over 1.00 2 seasons ago, PG13 hasn't posted a WS/48 sub .125 since his rookie season
Now watch Saturday he lights it up..
He needs to move to the bench like wade did for the cavs
They are playing like the Knicks did last year, every time down it is alternating shots...
They need melo to take a step back and sacrifice his shots, Westbrook and George should be go to guys
Really incredible to think about it. The Knicks fleeced Sam Presti.
The Knicks.
FLEECED.
Sam Presti.
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when that trade happened lol.
Really incredible to think about it. The Knicks fleeced Sam Presti.
The Knicks.
FLEECED.
Sam Presti.
Don’t forget we got the Bulls second round pick. Which is basically a late first.
Kanter has mostly been as expected, right? McDermott has been a nice surprise. But the upside going forward for both of them was always going to be somewhat mitigated by their respective contract situations. Final evaluation of this deal will be made when we see their next contracts.
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when that trade happened lol.
Kanter has mostly been as expected, right? McDermott has been a nice surprise. But the upside going forward for both of them was always going to be somewhat mitigated by their respective contract situations. Final evaluation of this deal will be made when we see their next contracts.
Knicks could trade for Durant for nothing and you would find the negatives in the deal
Zero chance
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when that trade happened lol.
Kanter has mostly been as expected, right? McDermott has been a nice surprise. But the upside going forward for both of them was always going to be somewhat mitigated by their respective contract situations. Final evaluation of this deal will be made when we see their next contracts.
Knicks could trade for Durant for nothing and you would find the negatives in the deal
sorry, contracts matter.
it's not impossible that all of these deep playoff runs for their key players may catch up to them and they'll simply run out of gas at some point.
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when that trade happened lol.
Kanter has mostly been as expected, right? McDermott has been a nice surprise. But the upside going forward for both of them was always going to be somewhat mitigated by their respective contract situations. Final evaluation of this deal will be made when we see their next contracts.
There isn’t a Knicks fan on the planet that expected this kind of contribution from Kanter.
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when that trade happened lol.
Kanter has mostly been as expected, right? McDermott has been a nice surprise. But the upside going forward for both of them was always going to be somewhat mitigated by their respective contract situations. Final evaluation of this deal will be made when we see their next contracts.
There isn’t a Knicks fan on the planet that expected this kind of contribution from Kanter.
you're right, he's totally been a different player since coming over! Oh wait, that's total bullshit. He's not doing anything that he hasn't previously shown in his career. His PER is basically identical to what he posted in the last 2 years.
If someone would of told you Frank Lee mcbuckets Beasley and up were closing out a game they would of laughed and said how much Knicks losing by
LOl there is no way in hell I'm going down that road. If a miracle happened and he came here great. There's no way I'm believing that until he's at the press conference.
If he doesn't go to LA or Houston, I could see him staying in the East & teaming up with Embiid & Simmons in Philadelphia.
Tyler Zeller is a pretty brutal matchup to put out there, i like what i have seen from jared allen, who has been good.
KP should have a field day size wise on RJH, Acy, and Carroll. ANd knicks should do well on the glass.
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when that trade happened lol.
Kanter has mostly been as expected, right? McDermott has been a nice surprise. But the upside going forward for both of them was always going to be somewhat mitigated by their respective contract situations. Final evaluation of this deal will be made when we see their next contracts.
There isn’t a Knicks fan on the planet that expected this kind of contribution from Kanter.
you're right, he's totally been a different player since coming over! Oh wait, that's total bullshit. He's not doing anything that he hasn't previously shown in his career. His PER is basically identical to what he posted in the last 2 years.
Sorry, this is utter nonsense. PER does not reflect defense outside of blocks and steals. Kanter has a positive DBPM and DRPM for the first time in his career. Playing next to a guy like KP who is a dominant rim protector has changed him defensively. I'm still not sold that KP wouldn't be better as a 5 with a defensive minded, switchable 4 next to him, but Kanter has definitely been WAY better defensively this year then anytime in his career.
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when that trade happened lol.
Kanter has mostly been as expected, right? McDermott has been a nice surprise. But the upside going forward for both of them was always going to be somewhat mitigated by their respective contract situations. Final evaluation of this deal will be made when we see their next contracts.
There isn’t a Knicks fan on the planet that expected this kind of contribution from Kanter.
you're right, he's totally been a different player since coming over! Oh wait, that's total bullshit. He's not doing anything that he hasn't previously shown in his career. His PER is basically identical to what he posted in the last 2 years.
Sorry, this is utter nonsense. PER does not reflect defense outside of blocks and steals. Kanter has a positive DBPM and DRPM for the first time in his career. Playing next to a guy like KP who is a dominant rim protector has changed him defensively. I'm still not sold that KP wouldn't be better as a 5 with a defensive minded, switchable 4 next to him, but Kanter has definitely been WAY better defensively this year then anytime in his career.
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