First. Doncic’s mom? Jeeeesus. Even a couple of my son’s college buddies are texting him about her lol. Hilarious.
Lonnie Walker. Loved how he helped his mom down the stairs even when dad had bolted through.
Wendell Carter Jr. was accepted to Harvard. He was my pick this morning. That seals it. Carter and Wagner at the top of the second and I’m thrilled.
Here we go!
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The Knicks resisted the temptation to snag Porter Jr. at No. 9 and took Kevin Knox — a versatile wing out of Kentucky who’s still developing. Initially seen as a late-lottery talent, the Knicks stuck to their guns with Knox rather than take someone like Mikal Bridges, a system player without as much upside.
Knox can run the floor, lead transition breaks, take the ball off the bounce and hit from outside. There’s always pressure to find an immediate contributor, but Knox’s trajectory fits with the Knicks’ timeline. He should also complement Kristaps Porzingis well as the two can both draw defenders out to the perimeter.
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but as a guy who was a kid during the real glory years, it's sad that the NBA basically requires a team to tank for multiple - long - seasons in order to rebuild.
Of course the Knicks took it to an extreme and tanked (unintentionally) for 20 f*cking years and still haven't rebuilt, but it sucks that building a competitive team in the NBA takes SO long.
Basically every contender at some point intentionally or unintentionally tanked. Except the Celtics who just had the nets tank for them.
Not disputing that. It just sucks that it takes SO long to rebuild in the NBA even for most well run orgs.
Contrast it with the NFL, last year the Giants unintentionally tanked, but no one should be surprised if they're a contender this year.
Another NBA player from NYS's section 2.
good call, he went two picks later
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In comment 13996895 Dr. D said:
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Contrast it with the NFL, last year the Giants unintentionally tanked, but no one should be surprised if they're a contender this year.
The NFL's structure is completely different than the NBA's. The NFL's structure is more similar to the NCAA tournament. The NFL is a 16 game regular season with single elimination playoff games. 16 vs 82 games. A team like the Eagles can lose their star QB and a hot streak can allow them to blaze through and win the SB. The Giants weren't ever the best team in the NFL in the years they won the 2 SB's. You can't compare that to the NBA where the best team will win 90% of the time in 7 game series. Therefore teams have to build accordingly.