Knicks · Knicks against the world!:2023 FIBA World Cup (page 13)

Sambakick @ 9/3/2023 8:52 PM
They interviewed Brunson after the game and one of the reporters asked him about Rokas and he gave a kind of interesting non-answer.

Reporter: "What did you think about Rokas Jokubaitis? His rights are owned by the Knicks. Do you think he can play there?"

Brunson: "I got a lotta respect for him. Much respect to him and that team over there."

Alpha1971 @ 9/4/2023 1:19 AM
Rokas played well versus Haliburton and Brunson. Get him over here if for no other reason for some conversations on the forum
Nalod @ 9/4/2023 9:17 AM
I did not read anything into it. HE was appropriately respectful to the team that beat them. To be lessor would be "ugly American".
He was "professional" in his response. They might see them again and it serves no purpose to build Rokas or them up more, and at the same time be lessor and diss them adding some motivation.
Sambakick @ 9/4/2023 12:18 PM
Yes, Jalen said all the right cliche's you would expect if you only cared about FIBA.

But as a Knicks fan first, I personally was most interested in the fact that he said nothing about Rokas as a Knickerbocker past/present/or future tense.

He could've said any number of things that would've given more insight into Rokas as a Knick but chose to stay silent on the topic.

And that choice was sort of interesting to me. For what it might mean if we allow our imaginations to go wild during these dog days of summer.

Clean @ 9/4/2023 1:36 PM
The perfect player for team USA is Mitch. He does everything they need.
martin @ 9/4/2023 2:06 PM
Sambakick wrote:Yes, Jalen said all the right cliche's you would expect if you only cared about FIBA.

But as a Knicks fan first, I personally was most interested in the fact that he said nothing about Rokas as a Knickerbocker past/present/or future tense.

He could've said any number of things that would've given more insight into Rokas as a Knick but chose to stay silent on the topic.

And that choice was sort of interesting to me. For what it might mean if we allow our imaginations to go wild during these dog days of summer.

Could you give us your expectations about what he should say when he in fact probably doesn’t know what Rokas or the Knicks are thinking?

Brunson no doubt uses the cliched answers to at least put something forth.

Nalod @ 9/4/2023 2:24 PM
Rokas not a CAA client. LOL......

Maybe we can say what we think?

Euro guards are different animals. They play a different game. Very unselfish. I saw him make some nice passes and his team beat a more talented one.
This happens, better system play can beat better talent from time to time. They executed very well. Maybe Mitch makes a difference, maybe he fouls out or is not part of the offense.

Ant Edwards man to man defense was impressive. Lith did well to break the full court press though and pulled it out.

VDesai @ 9/5/2023 8:16 AM
Lithuania was also a mini-Knicks team with Kuzminskas, Bradzeikis and Jokubaitis. Lets go Knicks!
VDesai @ 9/5/2023 8:19 AM
Well Lithuania just got bounced by Serbia so Team USA may have done well to face Italy instead of Serbia
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Nalod @ 9/5/2023 1:17 PM
Lithuania I guess ran out of gas with back to back. They will celebrate its US victory for years to come.
Im not sure we fans of the USA fully understand the pride they have in this. We take our dominant stature for granted and expect to win.
They are a country of just 2.8 mil people. Its GDP would put them 37th of they were a state in the US. Population they would rank 36th between Kansas and New Mexico.

The story of South Sudan making the Olympics is freaking awesome.
This all makes the stories of sports fantastic!

Nalod @ 9/5/2023 3:42 PM
Glad Rokas showed up nice. Perhaps if not a knick his rights are trade worthy of some value.
Good to see Iggy Bratz and Kuz succeed. Once a knick......

Naturally I'd like to see team USA win and our guys play for olympic gold next year. Not expecting Josh Hart to make it but Jalen should IF WE WIN.......
If we don't Jalen will catch some blame. Not knick fans of course, we love the guy but he'll get some shit for it outside.

I think Bridges is a lock. He been playing up and brings the defense. Anthony Edwards man to man defense is impressive. Dude is ready to take the next leap.
Love to see a USA/Canada final.

VDesai @ 9/6/2023 10:26 AM
Big, big game from RJ. Semis are Canada vs. Serbia and US vs. Germany. Getting close to the Jalen/Josh vs. RJ showdown!
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martin @ 9/6/2023 11:04 AM
ToddTT @ 9/6/2023 11:30 AM
martin wrote:

Oooh. StarJ sighting!

BigDaddyG @ 9/6/2023 11:31 AM
martin wrote:

Proof! RJ is better than Luka Doncic!

BigDaddyG @ 9/6/2023 11:32 AM
ToddTT wrote:
martin wrote:

Oooh. StarJ sighting!

Stop trying to make StarJ a thing! We all know he's the Maple Mamba.

MaTT4281 @ 9/6/2023 11:59 AM
martin wrote:

"Number nine looking fine!"

Clyde would be proud.

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