NFT: Marcus Morris to the Knicks?

signed a 2+1 so he'll be a free agent in 2021

In comment 14495902 Jon in NYC said:

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signed a 2+1 so he'll be a free agent in 2021

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Kawhi Leonard and Paul George both will be free agents in two years, and both wanted it that way because they hit 10 years of service and can get a larger raise up to 35% of the salary cap (up from 30%). Not about leaving Clippers (necessarily) it's about the $$$

Damn, blast from the past with that one. I remember he was supposed to be the next AI.

He was waived

In comment 14495913 Anakim said:

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He was waived

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In comment 14495843 DanMetroMan said:

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the Knicks insist on adding veteran mentors, I'd take Shaun Livingston.

Can he play power forward? But seriously I agree with this. But don’t see why he would sign with the Knicks.

take on the Morris stuff (more the decision not the Knicks aspect so much)
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just not sure how his body has held up this late at 34

But when used particularly in past seasons, he was a great mentor, you'd expect better than Morris fwiw, esp as a PG

I listed out all the 'old' LAC players I used to watch in another thread and stupidly missed him. He was truly fantastic b4 all the awful knee injuries. Actually, not sure I mentioned Eric Gordon on that list either!

being a good glue guy, having some D, and a ton of bball IQ

He is not good enough to beat out Frank. Bye!

https://twitter.com/NYKFilmSchool/status/1148775254883545088

Mitchell Robinson has 5 fouls in just over 9 minutes.

This is not good. Seriously, you need to get your game under control after spending a year in the league. Last year was a different story


These are the types of things that are going to hinder Robinson until it improves consistently. It's directly related to his minutes per game and why they can't just write him in for 30 minutes a game. We can explain it away as summer league, but this is how he played at times last year too.

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Iggy w/ a 3 to kick it off from Allen

Mitch w/ a stuff

RJ w/ a righty drive and a call!

there are times he gets to the rim so easily, so smooth, and drops it in like nothing

RJ attacking again, another call

has played his way on to Westchester. Does something every game, tons of effort, both ends

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not bad esp as a non-PG

In comment 14496348 ChaChing said:

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not bad esp as a non-PG

You are correct. #1 in scoring, #7 in assists and #11 in rebounds.

Loved that guy in his knick prime (was that like his 2nd comeback off major injury?)

That needs to happen, at least on mismatches off switches or on smaller Gs. First time in SL i think

this first half so far by the Knicks was good across the board.

who said that?

Took him a second to realize he had the spin but really nice

And almost got a dunk for Mitch right there if he wasn't fouled

Very impressed with his basketball iq. Watch how he gets open and moves without the ball.

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coming of a curl near the elbow, just 1 dribble, 1 step past the (awful) defense. He's had a couple decent moves off the ball / slashing I don't think we saw a ton of last yr...

as bad as he looked early, we didn't even see these little moments on the break, moving w/o the ball, in the post, nice steal just now (lazy pass or not). Still can see his weaknesses, but can see his value on day 1 (hopefully)

Looks very engaged now (travel or not! It's the NBA baby)

In comment 14496373 ChaChing said:

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as bad as he looked early, we didn't even see these little moments on the break, moving w/o the ball, in the post, nice steal just now (lazy pass or not). Still can see his weaknesses, but can see his value on day 1 (hopefully) Looks very engaged now (travel or not! It's the NBA baby)

should of had 2 more free throws on that fastbreak..

he is a hell of a rebounder

sorry fan bitching or not, Zion got star calls for 9 min while RJ definitely did not. He played pretty bad, but 3-13 / 3-15 w/ a few more FTs & pts is better than 3-18 fwiw

bring to the big club now bud

But I see we're winning big. How is RJ looking?

In comment 14496380 Anakim said:

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But I see we're winning big. How is RJ looking?

Best game so far

In comment 14496381 ChaChing said:

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In comment 14496380 Anakim said: Quote: But I see we're winning big. How is RJ looking? Best game so far

Well, that's not hard :P

what a sweet spin move & pass

but had 3 straight nice plays in the post, a few on the break, a lot of attacking plays & FTs (like right there again). Seems engaged off the ball and on D...at least after he makes a play on O (lol smh, but he's a rookie). Was surprised he only had 1A in the boxscore, at least 2-3 were fouls b4 buckets & there were a few misses on a few others - might have had 4-5

Just tuned in to see Tom Coughlin's favorite Flava Flav

but I kinda wish they would just widen the floor. Who wants to see all these TOs for stepping OB all the time...vs actual made buckets? For all the desire to speed games and help O this would just that

6-11, 6-6 FTs, 7R, 2A, 1Stl

Very aggressive all game

Mitch did what he does, 5-5, 7R, 4B

Allen w/ about the best game he can have, 4-4, 5A, 2R, 1A. Still a decent defender at least SL level. (Again, 'can't wait' for Payton, believe it or not)

Back to stupid split screen. Yes, that's why we watch - the interviews w/ asst coaches, not the game. Dumbasses

Also that was a real nice break. One of those 'ball doesn't touch the ground' the length of the court

Ignas boards, to KK at half, to Cavanaugh at the rim / layup oop

0 TOs

The two rookies take basketball very seriously. Sounds ridiculous to say, but that's where the bar is for me - a lot of other recent and current Knicks always seem like they're just picking up their paycheck.

Will knicks get one more game in summer league or is this it?

n bucket

then a bad TO in the paint...

rj 21 10 and 3, his shooting percentage was not great but he got fouled on a few drives that were not called..he is going to live in the paint his rookie year until he gets more confident with that jumper

knox 25 and 7, he looks a lot.more confident driving to the hoop and his jumper looks smooth..

Back to the OP, what’s the latest on Morris?

Berman, Bullock has plantar fasciitis that might need surgery

-Rich Paul was pushing Davis to the Knicks "as hard" as the Lakers

-Wanted the Knicks to trade back and take Garland

-Offer to Morris is 1 for 14.8

In comment 14496471 DanMetroMan said:

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-Rich Paul was pushing Davis to the Knicks "as hard" as the Lakers

Absolutely no one believes this

In comment 14496472 Greg from LI said:

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In comment 14496471 DanMetroMan said: Quote: -Rich Paul was pushing Davis to the Knicks "as hard" as the Lakers Absolutely no one believes this

there were reports if this before the trade but yeah i dont believe it, i believe davis wanted a big market but this was a clear power move by klutch to get lebron a running mate

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“I haven’t thought about it much,’’ Barrett said. “I’m trying to get through the summer league first [before making a decision].’’

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