I do not see any of the above trades as putting us on a path to building a contender. A trade for Buddy comes closest to such a description, but then Sancto has done nothing with him and Fox, so why would it be any different here with RJ?
At this point, I feel that patience is our best strategy. Pick wisely in the draft, develop the youth that you have or are about to add, improve organically, and keep picks + caproom just in case there is an opportunity to trade for a generational player.
I voted for Hield. Comes with baggage, but I don’t see the Knicks acquiring a shooter as easily. Barrett and Hield should be able to co-exist given Barrett’s ability to handle the ball. Both need work defensively though. The 27 pick year could be given away without much tear shed. It would be a budget neutral move and would open up the PF position for a Christian Wood or other Free Agent. Barrett could also slide to SF if you ran Halliburton Hield Barret Wood Robinson. Would be a lot better floor spacing than last year, giving Barrett more room to work.
EwingsGlass wrote:I voted for Hield. Comes with baggage, but I don’t see the Knicks acquiring a shooter as easily. Barrett and Hield should be able to co-exist given Barrett’s ability to handle the ball. Both need work defensively though. The 27 pick year could be given away without much tear shed. It would be a budget neutral move and would open up the PF position for a Christian Wood or other Free Agent. Barrett could also slide to SF if you ran Halliburton Hield Barret Wood Robinson. Would be a lot better floor spacing than last year, giving Barrett more room to work.
I'm interested in Hield, but his defense must be a complete abomination if he's getting benched with that great offense.
Do not trade the Mavs 2021 pick- they could miss the playoffs if KP on Doncic gets injured or the season is disrupted. Even if they don't you could combine their pick in the 2021 draft with ours to trade up. I'd rather trade up in the 2021 draft than this one.
I'm hopeful all the player development hirings mean we've changed course and aren't going for a quick rebuild (so no CP3 and Melo) due to the covid situation. Next season is perfect time to tank with no ticket sales to worry about and a good draft at the end of it
VanVleet is a starting point(literally and figuratively) but not for $20 mil. If we had a 0.500 team then I would be all over this.
Grant/VanVleet would be nice but if we're going to use a lotto pick or shell out that kinda cap cash it better be for the likes of D.Mitchell or Ingram.
Grant/Ingram or Grant/Donovan would be nice. Otherwise roll the dice on the draft, spend on short/tradeable contracts
smackeddog wrote:EwingsGlass wrote:I voted for Hield. Comes with baggage, but I don’t see the Knicks acquiring a shooter as easily. Barrett and Hield should be able to co-exist given Barrett’s ability to handle the ball. Both need work defensively though. The 27 pick year could be given away without much tear shed. It would be a budget neutral move and would open up the PF position for a Christian Wood or other Free Agent. Barrett could also slide to SF if you ran Halliburton Hield Barret Wood Robinson. Would be a lot better floor spacing than last year, giving Barrett more room to work.
I'm interested in Hield, but his defense must be a complete abomination if he's getting benched with that great offense.
From the outside looking in, seems like contract dispute and verbal jabbing with Vlade Divac really disrupted his season. Certainly needs work on defense, but again, shooters like that aren’t easy to come by. I’d make that deal with the Clippers pick and think we got a steal. Bet that the change of scenery fixes things. I mean, if Bradley Beal were available, I’d rather have Bradley Beal. But small steps can help grow the team.
Im ok with trading for an up and coming player with potential to be a superstar, with the development coaches hired, it could work. Im ok with Heild, Lavin, i also like Kelly Oubre Jr. if he mysteriously becomes available with the cost of 1 first rounder and duplicate players we have like Randle and DSJ. With this we can still sign a free agent like Bertans or Woods.
I wont want to give up anything more, we will be better off to stay in coarse and rebuild slowly and organically. By the way, i dont think the knicks will part with Randle or Knox anytime soon with the hiring of Payne. So i guess, we will be looking at a slow rebuild which i dont mind as long as there are concrete improvements year on year.
