Knicks · Knicks sign Mindaugas Kuzminkas (page 6)

crzymdups wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

crzymdups wrote:The Lithuanian DWill?

Seems like that's his role he will play. Might not see a lot of time but he is that athletic combo forward who will be insurance for Melo and Lance.

Yeah, I could see him filling the lane on fast breaks with Rose and Jennings. Seems like he improved his 3pt shot a little last year too.

Every Knick fan must have thought the same thing! Are they in a league that doesn't allow the jump shot? Even his dime was for a dunk- I like the move though!

At the risk of comparing him to another white player and pissing people off, but do any of you old heads who watched B-Ball in the 80s see the Tom Chambers comparison???
Leaping off of both feet to throw down nasty two-handed tomahawk slams

And of course I hate that his most infamous dunk came at the expense of my main man Mark "Action" Jackson

NYKBocker wrote:

martin wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:M.Berman was just a guest at halftime of the Knicks vs Clippers summer league game and said one euro scout compared this kid to Gallinari.

Just heard it and you beat me to the comment.

Would be nice if true.

Phil keeps surprising us with moves none of us predicted, or entertained. I never heard one thing about this kid, but definitely seems like a solid comparrison

Another Clarence Gaines Jr. find? Man. He is really earning his money.

Kevin Wilson, he is the Knicks guy in Spain.

Either way, our international scouts are rock stars.

I'm in Spain and you're right about Kevin and me.

Ira wrote:The Warriors got Durant, but we got Kuzminskas - watch out GS.

Our KD neutralizer

CrushAlot wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

Knickoftime wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Hopefully Kuzminkas will be in the Vegas league.

Hope not, because the Knicks won't be.

That sucks. I thought Knicks were participating in both leagues?

They were going to and then backed out of Vegas. I like the Vegas league a lot better. It has been hard to watch the team they have in Orlando this summer.

They played good against the Clippers today.

Nalod wrote:
Blonde tipped Derrick Williams!!!
Chase Buddinger!!
The Van Arnsdale twins!

Tom chambers

Jack sikma

Dennis Rodman

No Dan "Thunder" Majerle?

Caseloads wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Nice.

Kid has good taste. Like him already.

93BUICK wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

martin wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:M.Berman was just a guest at halftime of the Knicks vs Clippers summer league game and said one euro scout compared this kid to Gallinari.

Just heard it and you beat me to the comment.

Would be nice if true.

Phil keeps surprising us with moves none of us predicted, or entertained. I never heard one thing about this kid, but definitely seems like a solid comparrison

Another Clarence Gaines Jr. find? Man. He is really earning his money.

Kevin Wilson, he is the Knicks guy in Spain.

Either way, our international scouts are rock stars.

I'm in Spain and you're right about Kevin and me.

oh nice. Playin or just hangin out?

WaltLongmire wrote:

dk7th wrote:he's got pretty impressive elevation and not a bad power dribble. no outside shot apparently? is he an nba-caliber athlete? looks like he might be.

Martin's article seems to indicate that he has improved his shot significantly.

Vertically, he looks like an NBA athlete, no doubt. Does sound like he is so-so on D, similar to Williams, who he has replaced.

I like the idea that he does not force things, and that the Celtics were interested in him.

Hope he gets some burn and comes through.

Long time lurker Knicks fan since the age of 10, and I am 35 now so I have suffered a lot due to this team. But anyway back on topic a lot of questions regarding his shot (not saying he is the next coming of Curry)but here is a video of him going 4/4 from 3

disGRUNTled wrote:Long time lurker Knicks fan since the age of 10, and I am 35 now so I have suffered a lot due to this team. But anyway back on topic a lot of questions regarding his shot (not saying he is the next coming of Curry)but here is a video of him going 4/4 from 3

Takes a while to get it off

LOL Eny

ActionJackson wrote:At the risk of comparing him to another white player and pissing people off, but do any of you old heads who watched B-Ball in the 80s see the Tom Chambers comparison???
Leaping off of both feet to throw down nasty two-handed tomahawk slams

And of course I hate that his most infamous dunk came at the expense of my main man Mark "Action" Jackson

I don't see the comparison. Chambers was nasty! That dunk on the whole Celtic squad (minus DJ) reminds me of the Dominique vs the Bucks dunk over Lanier.

WaltLongmire wrote:

dk7th wrote:

dk7th wrote:he's got pretty impressive elevation and not a bad power dribble. no outside shot apparently? is he an nba-caliber athlete? looks like he might be.

and i wonder if he can defend the position at the nba level? otherwise he is pretty useless.

Yeah...this will determine how much time he gets on the court...sounds like he has some limitations.

Lets hope we did our due diligence scouting him.

DWill had his limitations too but I think it's asking a lot to expect him to give us what DWill gave us last year right out the box. Then again, he is 26 so maybe he's ready. Seems like he's worth taking a chance on.

Man Phil and his staff have done some serious work. This is something they talked about possibly doing and it looks like they got a nice player. It's gonna be interesting to see how he does.

disGRUNTled wrote:Long time lurker Knicks fan since the age of 10, and I am 35 now so I have suffered a lot due to this team. But anyway back on topic a lot of questions regarding his shot (not saying he is the next coming of Curry)but here is a video of him going 4/4 from 3

Nice find.

Hopefully the naysayers can calm down a little bit. We brought in a couple of risky vets (Rose and Noah) but also brough in a solid "you know what you're getting" vet who fits a need very well (Lee), a relatively young starter-level back up point guard who in the worse case scenario can fill in for Rose if he gets hurt and best case scenario can give us instant offense off the bench (Jennings). We signed some young legs to satisfy the folks complaining about acquiring players over 30 (Willy and Kuzminkas), resigned solid bench vet Lance Thomas who played well for us last year and we may be able to resign Galloway. Hopefully KP will continue to get better and Melo didn't have to spend the offseason rehabbing an injury. Not to mention we kicked Calderon to the curb. The only negative is we couldn't resign DWill.

Now that the dust is settling, I don't see much room to complain.

Just a thought...

If you do an arena announcer's version of

Kuzzzzminnnkas and compare it to Porrrzinggas

its going to sound similar.

I just hope that our court announcer is up to the challenge and comes up with a distinctive sound for Kuzminkas.

Quite a challenge for the poor guy.

WaltLongmire wrote:

disGRUNTled wrote:Long time lurker Knicks fan since the age of 10, and I am 35 now so I have suffered a lot due to this team. But anyway back on topic a lot of questions regarding his shot (not saying he is the next coming of Curry)but here is a video of him going 4/4 from 3

Nice find.

Those were the first 4 scoring plays of the game for them. Wonder how he ended the day, what percentage?

Welpee wrote:Hopefully the naysayers can calm down a little bit. We brought in a couple of risky vets (Rose and Noah) but also brough in a solid "you know what you're getting" vet who fits a need very well (Lee), a relatively young starter-level back up point guard who in the worse case scenario can fill in for Rose if he gets hurt and best case scenario can give us instant offense off the bench (Jennings). We signed some young legs to satisfy the folks complaining about acquiring players over 30 (Willy and Kuzminkas), resigned solid bench vet Lance Thomas who played well for us last year and we may be able to resign Galloway. Hopefully KP will continue to get better and Melo didn't have to spend the offseason rehabbing an injury. Not to mention we kicked Calderon to the curb. The only negative is we couldn't resign DWill.

Now that the dust is settling, I don't see much room to complain.

This is the best roster makeover we've had in a very long time. There's competency up and down the roster. They've filled all the holes and still have some room for more. Boatloads of upside. What's not to like???

EnySpree wrote:

disGRUNTled wrote:Long time lurker Knicks fan since the age of 10, and I am 35 now so I have suffered a lot due to this team. But anyway back on topic a lot of questions regarding his shot (not saying he is the next coming of Curry)but here is a video of him going 4/4 from 3

Takes a while to get it off

Very true