Knicks · Best fit at Shooting Guard (page 3)

ActionJackson wrote:How in the hell is Batum NOT on this list!!! I believe he is actually the team's number one choice unless of course Melo's "Wining & Dining / Champagning & Campaigning" of KD somehow works a miracle. Batum would fill the deficiencies that Rose presents and easily become our Draymond type player that makes the whole offense go. Plus, I would give anything to hear Clyde say "Batuming & Booming" or "The Doom of Batum"

Batum will also be pricy also he's almost a lock to stay in Charlotte.

STATMELO wrote:
Batum will also be pricy also he's almost a lock to stay in Charlotte.

Why??? Their core is not as strong as ours if Rose is 75% of the player he was and for an international player the NY stage has got to be attractive.

I really like batum is he worth max? I'd rather offer the younger beal a max and hope Washington doesn't match. If Washington matches, then go batum .both guards are injury prone . Is batum as talented as beal? Beal is a real sharp shooter who also can get to the rack or free throw line .

I really like batum but shouldn't we try to steal beal first if we fail to get Durant

ActionJackson wrote:How in the hell is Batum NOT on this list!!! I believe he is actually the team's number one choice unless of course Melo's "Wining & Dining / Champagning & Campaigning" of KD somehow works a miracle. Batum would fill the deficiencies that Rose presents and easily become our Draymond type player that makes the whole offense go. Plus, I would give anything to hear Clyde say "Batuming & Booming" or "The Doom of Batum"

I agree.. perfect fit. Also he's an excellent 3 when you go small and move Melo/KP to the 4/5

I haven't paid too much attention to Batum. Did he play a lot of 2 in Charlotte? He seems big for a 2.

Charlotte did much better when they acquired Courtney Lee to be their starting SG and moved Batum over to small forward.

Charlotte has also prioritized keeping Batum and Marvin Williams. Batum has said he wants to stay.

I think they don't have enough money to keep Lee and Lin though.

fishmike wrote:

ActionJackson wrote:How in the hell is Batum NOT on this list!!! I believe he is actually the team's number one choice unless of course Melo's "Wining & Dining / Champagning & Campaigning" of KD somehow works a miracle. Batum would fill the deficiencies that Rose presents and easily become our Draymond type player that makes the whole offense go. Plus, I would give anything to hear Clyde say "Batuming & Booming" or "The Doom of Batum"

I agree.. perfect fit. Also he's an excellent 3 when you go small and move Melo/KP to the 4/5

Well since the Knicks/fans do not care about injury concerns then why not go after CHandler Parsons as a 2? Middleton moved from the 4-3-2 and Batum moved from 3-2 so why not give Parsons a look at the 2? He has the skills offensively to play in any system and isn't just a one trick pony on offense. He moves well of screens, he cuts, spots up, runs floor, pick and Pop, facilitate, handle ball in PnR, and post up. He might even have more success at the 2 and make better use of his size going up against 2s.

Defensively, is not an issue either. If people can live with Lee, Henderson, Fournier, Mayo, and Crabbe they should be okay with Parsons. In Houston he had to guard the best wing player on most nights while Harden was hiding on the weaker offensive player. He has the lateral quickness, endurance, and the hips to navigate around screens but his man problem is focus. The same for a lot of players.

To me it comes back to injuries and what the medical say about his Knees. The one thing I like is that Parsons came back from his injury and played very well. If it wasn't for a slow start he would have easily been a 50%-40% guy on a pretty high usg rate. That's impressive. If you are okay with Batum, Beal, Noah, Rose, and other Players with injury concerns should you really be concerned with Parsons when he actually performs well after injuries?

Also, like other wings you can always just slide him down the line up and play small ball since he can play SF/PF too.

yellowboy90 wrote:

fishmike wrote:

ActionJackson wrote:How in the hell is Batum NOT on this list!!! I believe he is actually the team's number one choice unless of course Melo's "Wining & Dining / Champagning & Campaigning" of KD somehow works a miracle. Batum would fill the deficiencies that Rose presents and easily become our Draymond type player that makes the whole offense go. Plus, I would give anything to hear Clyde say "Batuming & Booming" or "The Doom of Batum"

I agree.. perfect fit. Also he's an excellent 3 when you go small and move Melo/KP to the 4/5

Well since the Knicks/fans do not care about injury concerns then why not go after CHandler Parsons as a 2? Middleton moved from the 4-3-2 and Batum moved from 3-2 so why not give Parsons a look at the 2? He has the skills offensively to play in any system and isn't just a one trick pony on offense. He moves well of screens, he cuts, spots up, runs floor, pick and Pop, facilitate, handle ball in PnR, and post up. He might even have more success at the 2 and make better use of his size going up against 2s.

Defensively, is not an issue either. If people can live with Lee, Henderson, Fournier, Mayo, and Crabbe they should be okay with Parsons. In Houston he had to guard the best wing player on most nights while Harden was hiding on the weaker offensive player. He has the lateral quickness, endurance, and the hips to navigate around screens but his man problem is focus. The same for a lot of players.

To me it comes back to injuries and what the medical say about his Knees. The one thing I like is that Parsons came back from his injury and played very well. If it wasn't for a slow start he would have easily been a 50%-40% guy on a pretty high usg rate. That's impressive. If you are okay with Batum, Beal, Noah, Rose, and other Players with injury concerns should you really be concerned with Parsons when he actually performs well after injuries?

Also, like other wings you can always just slide him down the line up and play small ball since he can play SF/PF too.

Parsons had microfracture surgery I believe. That is definitely a huge concern if you are going to sign him to big money. I haven't read all the way through the thread but are guys indicating that they don't care about injury concerns with players?

Think if Justin Holiday is our 5th option, then we should be fine with him starting. He plays good D and hits the 3. That's all we need from our shooting guard.