Best fa signing since Allan houston
I was opposed to the deal but now that he is here. It is all love. Welcome Brunson.
BRIGGS wrote:Best fa signing since Allan houston
Hah, this brought you back from the dead 
Hope everything is going well health wise.
This is the first big signing I haven't gone "bruh what the fuck are the Knicks doing?" before I try to rationalize it as a good move after the emotions settled down. Think Hardaway, Fournier, Noah etc...
We got a skilled guard who can create for others and himself and is about to enter his prime soon.
martin wrote:
Okay I'll admit. I think this Tweet just sold me.
If nothing else, excited that the FO was able to accomplish their goal with this signing instead of shifting to the backup plan.
I hope this pans out. Still want to focus on our young core - RJ/IQ/Obi/Mitch - but this doesn't detract from that in any way. We'll just get more combo guard Quick than PG Quick.
Not comparing the two, but Brunson might be the best starting PG we've had at or near their prime since Felton. When he was in shape.
martin wrote:TPercy wrote:martin wrote:So this is step 1 of the negotiation with Dallas and Knicks... Brunson announces his intentions and now Dallas grovels for whatever scraps the Knicks throw their way.
The thing is. Idk what they'd even help us with lol. Unless we moving Randle to them but I'd want some form of compensation. Suck it Mavs!
Unloading Fournier
why does everyone want to get rid of fournier? He is the only player who can penalize teams when he is left open at the 3pt line- everyone else is just guessing when they shoot.
franco12 wrote:martin wrote:TPercy wrote:martin wrote:So this is step 1 of the negotiation with Dallas and Knicks... Brunson announces his intentions and now Dallas grovels for whatever scraps the Knicks throw their way.
The thing is. Idk what they'd even help us with lol. Unless we moving Randle to them but I'd want some form of compensation. Suck it Mavs!
Unloading Fournier
why does everyone want to get rid of fournier? He is the only player who can penalize teams when he is left open at the 3pt line- everyone else is just guessing when they shoot.
Yup, losing Burks means we only have Grimes and Fournier who can reliably punish teams from perimeter
martin wrote:martin wrote:TheGame wrote:It will be interesting to see what happens with the league and whether they pursue tampering claims. They started an investigation about Lowry and I don’t think the Raptors complained. I guess as long as the Knicks did not directly talk to Brunson they may get a pass.
Knicks have like 17 second round picks. We should be tampering more
It's almost a crime that the Knicks AREN'T tampering more
Yeah if the fine is a 2nd round pick than why not ?
Actually 106 rising to 110
franco12 wrote:martin wrote:TPercy wrote:martin wrote:So this is step 1 of the negotiation with Dallas and Knicks... Brunson announces his intentions and now Dallas grovels for whatever scraps the Knicks throw their way.
The thing is. Idk what they'd even help us with lol. Unless we moving Randle to them but I'd want some form of compensation. Suck it Mavs!
Unloading Fournier
why does everyone want to get rid of fournier? He is the only player who can penalize teams when he is left open at the 3pt line- everyone else is just guessing when they shoot.
It seems like he made a bad 1st impression when he played through injuries and was bad. After he got healthy no one cared that he was playing up to his contract.
Clean wrote:franco12 wrote:martin wrote:TPercy wrote:martin wrote:So this is step 1 of the negotiation with Dallas and Knicks... Brunson announces his intentions and now Dallas grovels for whatever scraps the Knicks throw their way.
The thing is. Idk what they'd even help us with lol. Unless we moving Randle to them but I'd want some form of compensation. Suck it Mavs!
Unloading Fournier
why does everyone want to get rid of fournier? He is the only player who can penalize teams when he is left open at the 3pt line- everyone else is just guessing when they shoot.
It seems like he made a bad 1st impression when he played through injuries and was bad. After he got healthy no one cared that he was playing up to his contract.
For me, it’s because he pushes Barrett to SF, Barrett takes the harder defensive assignments and Fournier still can’t put up reasonable defensive numbers. He is a fine 3pt shooter, but I hope for two-way players.
There is a distinct possibility that the failures of Kemba on defense impact the DPM of Fournier (and every other starter), but dFG doesn’t bail Fournier out on that theory.
NYKMentality wrote:martin wrote:
Okay I'll admit. I think this Tweet just sold me.
And those stats against Utah, PHO, GS
TPercy wrote: Actually 106 rising to 110
With 1 less year too?
I can just see the Knicks getting skewered whatever the outcome of the Brunson Campaign. If he takes the Dallas offer we will be laughed at for clearing all this cap space and once again failing to land our man. If we sign him, Cuban will boast that he deliberately made an offer to Brunson to trick the Knicks into overpaying,;
Not going to bump all my Brunson threads from early this year, but I like this a lot.
ESOMKnicks wrote:I can just see the Knicks getting skewered whatever the outcome of the Brunson Campaign. If he takes the Dallas offer we will be laughed at for clearing all this cap space and once again failing to land our man. If we sign him, Cuban will boast that he deliberately made an offer to Brunson to trick the Knicks into overpaying,;
Why would Cuban care what the Knicks do ? He is losing his guy for nothing. And has no real way of replacing him. This was the second best player on his best team in 10 years.
