Knicks · AJ Matthews coming to the Knicks (page 2)

Grunwald was scaring me with no deals for more picks, but I think he tried, but also clearly had a list of guys he was watching to grab once the draft was over. I think Gruny and the staff are proving to be expert at getting quality from outside the draft. If this kid sticks it would only add to that reputation. I can now relax a bit cuz I think Gruny gave Woody his older guys last year but now he's back to going with younger talent and Woody will have no choice but to play these kids. No more AARP All Star Teams. YAAAAAAAY!!!

I like this kid, I am more enthusiastc about him than I am about Hardaway Jr. Hope he makes it to he roster. I guess I dont dislike TimHJ,but I don't like him either. I would have been more interested in a high risk high upside pick since here weren't any really good players left.

MaTT4281 wrote:

nyshakespeare wrote:Deadspin article on him for those that didn't read it before:
http://deadspin.com/5966923/meet-aj-matt...

Meet AJ Matthews, The 7-1 NBA Talent Playing At Farmingdale State Because No One Told Him About The SATs

Yahoo recently published a profile of AJ Matthews, Farmingdale State center and favorite for Division III player of the year. It shouldn't be surprising that he's kicking ass at Farmingdale State—he's 7-1 and athletic, a late-comer to basketball but also the recipient of a good deal of coaching since he took up the sport during his sophomore year of high school, and determined to reach the NBA. He might just get there, too. For the first time since anyone can remember, NBA scouts are showing up at the Farmingdale State gym, meaningfully increasing attendance at games where fans show up not in droves but smatterings. Matthews can run, dunk, block shots—the Yahoo piece tells of him dominating pick-up games at West 4th Street in New York, games that aren't easily dominated, and he spent five years playing on a Lamar Odom-sponsored AAU team.

So why is he playing at Farmingdale State, the boondocks of a college basketball division that had its last NBA success in Devean George? In an NCAA environment that has seen academic scandal become more the rule than the exception—think Simeon High changing grades for Derrick Rose and allegedly letting someone else take his SATs, North Carolina athletes that don't know what a paragraph is, or schools like Western Oklahoma State College that exist partly to award athletes from elsewhere quick and easy credits—how did AJ Matthews, an NBA talent, end up ineligible due to academics?

...and a highlight vid:

Nice, impressed with his ability to put the ball on the floor. Nice little baby jumper on the baseline too. Tyson could definitely use that in his aresenal.

Knicks can definitely use the size. Stock up on this cheap talent while you can. If anyone sticks, terrific! I'm feeling better about Grunwald potentially finding a few hidden gems again this offseason.

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