Knicks · What Free Agents Are We Inviting For Mini Camp? (page 2)

MSG3 wrote:Joe Alexander was invited also, per Hahn. He said Alexander and Wells both impressed. Alexander is the type of guy I think would be a good fit.

Actually it was Alexander and Crittenton impressing.

Either way, everyone at this camp is a scrub.

Childs2Dudley wrote:

MSG3 wrote:Joe Alexander was invited also, per Hahn. He said Alexander and Wells both impressed. Alexander is the type of guy I think would be a good fit.

Actually it was Alexander and Crittenton impressing.

Either way, everyone at this camp is a scrub.

Well this is a D League audition, so it's not like you're going to get some high quality FA. You want to see if there are some useful role players you could use on the cheap and at the same time put a good DL team together so you're better prospects at least have some borderline NBA talent to work with. You want players that are still young enough to develop and that's what they represent.

Childs2Dudley wrote:

MSG3 wrote:Joe Alexander was invited also, per Hahn. He said Alexander and Wells both impressed. Alexander is the type of guy I think would be a good fit.

Actually it was Alexander and Crittenton impressing.

Either way, everyone at this camp is a scrub.

Alexander was a great in the d-league last year. He would be a nice pick up for the Knicks. Getting a former lottery pick from the d-league might impact the team a lot more than a second round pick purchased by the Knicks this draft. Hopefully they end up with both.

CrushAlot wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:

MSG3 wrote:Joe Alexander was invited also, per Hahn. He said Alexander and Wells both impressed. Alexander is the type of guy I think would be a good fit.

Actually it was Alexander and Crittenton impressing.

Either way, everyone at this camp is a scrub.

Alexander was a great in the d-league last year. He would be a nice pick up for the Knicks. Getting a former lottery pick from the d-league might impact the team a lot more than a second round pick purchased by the Knicks this draft. Hopefully they end up with both.

Yea I agree Alexander could be a valuable body out there for the Knicks. He's not a stud but he's a rotation player. One that fills a need.

What do you all think of Jeff Foote? Knicks brought him in for 2 workouts last year before he decided to sign overseas prior to the draft.

ITGM over at RealGM posted this video of him:

He's got the size, won Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year twice (junior and senior year), and can pass. Would love to see him brought into training camp for the big league team.

MaTT4281 wrote:What do you all think of Jeff Foote? Knicks brought him in for 2 workouts last year before he decided to sign overseas prior to the draft.

ITGM over at RealGM posted this video of him:

He's got the size, won Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year twice (junior and senior year), and can pass. Would love to see him brought into training camp for the big league team.

I haven't seen him play but I've heard good things about him. He was said to maybe be a late 1st last year but signed overseas, so no one drafted him. He is better on defense than offense (don't think he has much of an outside shot), but he is probably more athletic than J. Jordon. Clearly he is worth a look. I mean we should have 2 or 3 centers on the roster and we have ZERO. I think he would be a great shot and would be like having a late first or early second rounder handed to us.

earthmansurfer wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:What do you all think of Jeff Foote? Knicks brought him in for 2 workouts last year before he decided to sign overseas prior to the draft.

ITGM over at RealGM posted this video of him:

He's got the size, won Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year twice (junior and senior year), and can pass. Would love to see him brought into training camp for the big league team.

I haven't seen him play but I've heard good things about him. He was said to maybe be a late 1st last year but signed overseas, so no one drafted him. He is better on defense than offense (don't think he has much of an outside shot), but he is probably more athletic than J. Jordon. Clearly he is worth a look. I mean we should have 2 or 3 centers on the roster and we have ZERO. I think he would be a great shot and would be like having a late first or early second rounder handed to us.

He is the type of guy you would want to sign up for your DL team- a bit smart kid with a few skills- I thought we might pick him up as one our 2s before he signed overseas. Taller players sometimes take a longer time to develop.

Things did not seem to work out for in Israel, though:

NOVEMBER 17, 2010
According to Euroleague.net, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv has agreed to send men’s basketball alum Jeff Foote ’10 on loan to Club Melilla Baloncesto, which competes in Spain’s second division. Foote signed a multi-year dear with Maccabi after graduating from Cornell but “did not fit into head coach David Blatt’s plans this season." He we will finish out the season with Melilla before returning to Tel Aviv next season for the remainder of his contract. The two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year did not play in the Euroleague this season, appearing in one Israeli League game for four minutes earlier this week.

Worth a look, IMO, though, and I think he indicated he wanted to play with the Knicks prior to last year's draft.

MSG3 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:

MSG3 wrote:Joe Alexander was invited also, per Hahn. He said Alexander and Wells both impressed. Alexander is the type of guy I think would be a good fit.

Actually it was Alexander and Crittenton impressing.

Either way, everyone at this camp is a scrub.

Alexander was a great in the d-league last year. He would be a nice pick up for the Knicks. Getting a former lottery pick from the d-league might impact the team a lot more than a second round pick purchased by the Knicks this draft. Hopefully they end up with both.

Yea I agree Alexander could be a valuable body out there for the Knicks. He's not a stud but he's a rotation player. One that fills a need.

I'd take a chance on Alexander. Did not want him when he came out, but this is a different thing. Still young... you never know.

We could concieveably, remedy several problems by grabbing a few of these veterans as role players on next year's team. Jeff Foote gives the same defensive itensity that Jeffries does. And from the looks of it, will dunk the ball when given the opportunity.

MaTT4281 wrote:What do you all think of Jeff Foote? Knicks brought him in for 2 workouts last year before he decided to sign overseas prior to the draft.

ITGM over at RealGM posted this video of him:

He's got the size, won Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year twice (junior and senior year), and can pass. Would love to see him brought into training camp for the big league team.

Papabear Says

I like his music on his video.

When this thread started some where cracking jokes about this process, but it's really a good move. This franchise hasn't taken advantage of the D League as a resource and this process might just net some results. Every year there's a success story for some player that fell thru the cracks, so who knows what might come of this.

Im okay with Crittendon but Bonzi Wells? Really? Why not just work out Rashad McCants? Whoever impresses gets the same deal Shawne Williams had

Where is McCants anyway?

nixluva wrote:Where is McCants anyway?

I think D-League

ATrain wrote:Im okay with Crittendon but Bonzi Wells? Really? Why not just work out Rashad McCants? Whoever impresses gets the same deal Shawne Williams had

McCants has serious talent so his issues have to be pretty bad. I know he talked negatively about the d-l, was supposed to play in China and then came back to d-l. He doesn't appear to be worth the trouble at this point.

Spree's only 40! Anyone cited Milwaukee's Best offshore anywhere yet?