Knicks · Knicks against the world!:2023 FIBA World Cup (page 1)
BigDaddyG@ 8/8/2023 11:08 AM
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I liked what I saw - Brunson playing with a skilled big was unstoppable in the p-n-r.
BigDaddyG@ 8/8/2023 11:30 AM
There's a lot of talk on social media about Trae Young deserving the Team USA nod over Brunson. I just compared their stats from last season. Can someone help me see if? https://stathead.com/tiny/rpkZZ
BigDaddyG@ 8/8/2023 11:32 AM
Rookie wrote:I liked what I saw - Brunson playing with a skilled big was unstoppable in the p-n-r.
Yeah, I can't help to imagine what Mitch and JB could look like next season. Theose PnRs with JJJ looked smooth.
ESOMKnicks@ 8/8/2023 11:36 AM
BigDaddyG wrote:
Rookie wrote:I liked what I saw - Brunson playing with a skilled big was unstoppable in the p-n-r.
Yeah, I can't help to imagine what Mitch and JB could look like next season. Theose PnRs with JJJ looked smooth.
I can't help but ask what Mitch and JB looked like last season, and why you think next season will be different.
BigDaddyG@ 8/8/2023 11:46 AM
ESOMKnicks wrote:
BigDaddyG wrote:
Rookie wrote:I liked what I saw - Brunson playing with a skilled big was unstoppable in the p-n-r.
Yeah, I can't help to imagine what Mitch and JB could look like next season. Theose PnRs with JJJ looked smooth.
I can't help but ask what Mitch and JB looked like last season, and why you think next season will be different.
I saw glimpses last season, especially with the lob passes. I think another year will help out players become more familiar. No one is saying Mitch is JJJ, but I still think it's a weapon that be utilized more.
Nalod@ 8/8/2023 12:52 PM
BigDaddyG wrote:
Rookie wrote:I liked what I saw - Brunson playing with a skilled big was unstoppable in the p-n-r.
Yeah, I can't help to imagine what Mitch and JB could look like next season. Theose PnRs with JJJ looked smooth.
It too will look good if we playing Puerto Rico a bunch!
fishmike@ 8/8/2023 12:56 PM
ESOMKnicks wrote:
BigDaddyG wrote:
Rookie wrote:I liked what I saw - Brunson playing with a skilled big was unstoppable in the p-n-r.
Yeah, I can't help to imagine what Mitch and JB could look like next season. Theose PnRs with JJJ looked smooth.
I can't help but ask what Mitch and JB looked like last season, and why you think next season will be different.
You can answer this yourself if you want to
Are the Knicks the same team starting this year as they were last year? Last year your coming off 37 wins, moved some high end draft options (Duran/Jalen Williams) to make space for what most in the NBA community saw as an overpay for a new PG. They added some depth at center as well. Brunson/Randle/Mitch hadnt played a minute together. Cam Reddish was a rotation hopeful.
This season the Knicks are coming off a 2nd round exit and are LOOKING to break 50 wins and compete with the top seeds BEHIND the play off all star(s) Brunson and Randle. This is simply NOT the same team (+Josh Hart) that started last year and its wild to think it is.
martin@ 8/8/2023 1:11 PM
BigDaddyG wrote:There's a lot of talk on social media about Trae Young deserving the Team USA nod over Brunson. I just compared their stats from last season. Can someone help me see if? https://stathead.com/tiny/rpkZZ
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BigDaddyG wrote:There's a lot of talk on social media about Trae Young deserving the Team USA nod over Brunson. I just compared their stats from last season. Can someone help me see if? https://stathead.com/tiny/rpkZZ
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its just so lovely... Brunson is the finisher and floor general we have coveted for literally decades. Surround him with depth, defense, size and shooting and we look like a 2nd round team every year for the next decade. The question is can we compete for a title? (it's one I'm willing to be patient on)
Rookie@ 8/8/2023 3:58 PM
fishmike wrote:
martin wrote:
BigDaddyG wrote:There's a lot of talk on social media about Trae Young deserving the Team USA nod over Brunson. I just compared their stats from last season. Can someone help me see if? https://stathead.com/tiny/rpkZZ
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its just so lovely... Brunson is the finisher and floor general we have coveted for literally decades. Surround him with depth, defense, size and shooting and we look like a 2nd round team every year for the next decade. The question is can we compete for a title? (it's one I'm willing to be patient on)
And this is why Thibs plays every regular season game as if they matter, because they do. Playoff seeding matters. I would rather be playing the 5, 6,7 or 8th best team in the first round than the 1,2 or 3rd best.
It was interesting to see Brunson as the facilitator on team USA. He would have had more assists if not for missed wide open shots. I see Brunson doing some recruiting for the future. I love Mitch's defense but he has not improved or added to his offensive game at all. Not to mention he always brings the ball down where the guards can rip it from his hands after rebounds. Mitch is a lob threat and that's about it unfortunately. On D though, he is the man
Nalod@ 8/8/2023 4:04 PM
If Brunson plays well and they win he likely gets a nod for the Olympic team. Guys like Durant and Booker could also come on. World cup and Olympics are back to back years this cycle. Trae's window might have closed. Read that international game does not favor slight/small players. Brunson is not Jrue Holliday but he is no skinny dude either. I saw Rubio has stepped away for "Mental Health" reasons.
Of course I want USA to win, but I like games that matter rather than a rout. Makes it more meaningful and an real accomplishment. LIke to see Jokic and Giannis play next year also. Minny has 6 players in the FIBA this year. 7 if you include Naz Reid on the select team.
martin@ 8/9/2023 8:09 AM
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Takes big balls to go full FA for a player in his prime. THe leverage of a trade to a suitable team is thing. Knick fans vilified Melo for not doing it but it was in response to the high price we paid to get him. Was it high? Different era and time. Both teams came out ok on that trade short term. Denver perhaps better longer term. But focus was on immeadiate return for knicks. With CBA now as it is players are incentivized to extend both monetarily and with security. Few teams can open up such massive cap space and compete soon after now. I think the allure of MSG and NY is real again but the price to gain that and contend is harder now. That said, I like the direction was have gone and moving to. Seems to be full of contingencies beyond a “Plan A starphuch”. True success must include Drafting the stars. For all the “failures” we succeeded in signing two FA’s unrestricted whose play outperforms their contracts: Jules and Brunson. Next up is StarJay who
LivingLegend@ 8/9/2023 9:58 AM
martin wrote:Pre-tampering mode
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