Spoiler!
4. Ryan Arcidiacono
3. Melo
2. Jalen
1. Julius
So far...
25. Deuce
24. Nate
23. Donte
22. Derrick
21. Felton
20. IQ
19. iHart
18. Kurt
17. Marbury
16. Jamal Crawford
15. OG
14. RJ
13. Spree
12. J.R. Smith
11. David Lee
10. Tingus
9. Josh
8. Mitch
7. Allan Houston
6. KAT
5. Chandler
ToddTT wrote:Spoiler!
4. Ryan Arcidiacono
3. Melo
2. Jalen
1. Julius
This feels right!
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Tyson Chandler #5?!
A number of players seem more impactful to me.
Houston, Spreewell, Hart, JR Smith, Kurt Thomas
Panos wrote:Tyson Chandler #5?!
A number of players seem more impactful to me.
Houston, Spreewell, Hart, JR Smith, Kurt Thomas
I think Spree should be higher.
Also, I’d take iHart over Mitch every day of the week.
we now past 25 years since knicks were in finals vs. SAS. Spliting hairs here but that Placement of Spree might be correct.
H20 is about right. He had a few more good years left inside that 25 year window whilel Spree started to act up, show up late, broke his wrist, and began to decline.
David Lee's last seaosn with us was his Allstar year. 20pts, 11 rebs and voted 17th in DPOY.
Tyson 5th is a stretch.
ToddTT wrote:So far...25. Deuce
24. Nate
23. Donte
22. Derrick
21. Felton
20. IQ
19. iHart
18. Kurt
17. Marbury
16. Jamal Crawford
15. OG
14. RJ
13. Spree
12. J.R. Smith
11. David Lee
10. Tingus
9. Josh
8. Mitch
7. Allan Houston
6. KAT
5. Chandler
So, Brunson, Randle, Melo, Amare will be in the top 4. But the list is totally suspect with a Thibs era bias.
Guys like Zach Randolph, Al Harrington, Enes Kanter, Tim Thomas, KVH, Jose Calderon, Evan Fournier, Rasheed Wallace, Jason Kidd, Glen Rice, Pablo Prigioni are missing out to Ray Felton?
Non-exhaustive list below:
Precious Achiuwa
Quincy Acy
Arron Afflalo
Cole Aldrich
Kadeem Allen
Lou Amundson
Shandon Anderson
Willie Anderson
Thanasis Antetokounmpo
Carmelo Anthony
Greg Anthony
OG Anunoby
Ryan Arcidiacono
Trevor Ariza
Ron Baker
Vin Baker
Renaldo Balkman
Andrea Bargnani
Matt Barnes
RJ Barrett
Earl Barron
Michael Beasley
Ron Baker
Vin Baker
Renaldo Balkman
Andrea Bargnani
Matt Barnes
RJ Barrett
Earl Barron
Michael Beasley
Jalen Brunson
Rick Brunson
Reggie Bullock
Alec Burks
Jackie Butler
José Calderón
Marcus Camby
Tyson Chandler
Wilson Chandler
Jamal Crawford
Chris Duhon
Samuel Dalembert
Baron Davis
Antonio Davis
Damyean Dotson
Toney Douglas
Michael Doleac
Chris Dudley
Raymond Felton
Landry Fields
Evan Fournier
Steve Francis
Jimmer Fredette
Enes Freedom (Kanter)
Channing Frye
Danilo Gallinari
Langston Galloway
Taj Gibson
Jerian Grant
Quentin Grimes
Ersan Ilyasova
Jared Jeffries
Al Harrington
Penny Hardaway
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Othella Harrington
Josh Hart
Isaiah Hartenstein
Mario Hezonja
Isaiah Hicks
Justin Holiday
Allan Houston
Larry Hughes
Immanuel Quickley
Julius Randle
Zach Randolph
Mitchell Robinson
Nate Robinson
Derrick Rose
Austin Rivers
Amar’e Stoudemire
Tyson Chandler
Steve Novak
Joakim Noah
Elfrid Payton
Bobby Portis
Kristaps Porziņģis
Pablo Prigioni
Reggie Bullock
Alec Burks
Obi Toppin
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jalen Brunson
OG Anunoby
Mikal Bridges
Josh Hart
Miles McBride
Jericho Sims
Cameron Payne
Shake Milton
Delon Wright
Landry Shamet
P.J. Tucker
Ariel Hukporti
Anton Watson
Kevin McCullar Jr.
MarJon Beauchamp
Tyler Kolek
EwingsGlass wrote:
So, Brunson, Randle, Melo, Amare will be in the top 4. But the list is totally suspect with a Thibs era bias.Guys like Zach Randolph, Al Harrington, Enes Kanter, Tim Thomas, KVH, Jose Calderon, Evan Fournier, Rasheed Wallace, Jason Kidd, Glen Rice, Pablo Prigioni are missing out to Ray Felton?
I had to puke a little bit after reading Enes Kanter
Ray Felton was the starting PG on 2 Knick playoff teams? He was a "boring" selection but deserving.
I think whats interesting is where you see Marbury. Still a lot of negative vibes and frustrations from the Marbs days, but was JR Smith a better player in his tenure? JR positive vibes, probably a medicore player. Overall has been a fun offseason listen.
I would have HEAVILY tilted towards the current era Knicks. Every other era in this 25 yr period was dissapointing, frustrating, ended poorly.
To me Brunson my clear no.1 and Randle my clear no.2. Melo finds his way into the top 5, but I probably would have had Josh pushing my own top 5.
The time frame does skip over the 99-00 finals run - so where you fit in Houston and Spree I think is tough to decide.
martin wrote:EwingsGlass wrote:
So, Brunson, Randle, Melo, Amare will be in the top 4. But the list is totally suspect with a Thibs era bias.Guys like Zach Randolph, Al Harrington, Enes Kanter, Tim Thomas, KVH, Jose Calderon, Evan Fournier, Rasheed Wallace, Jason Kidd, Glen Rice, Pablo Prigioni are missing out to Ray Felton?
I had to puke a little bit after reading Enes Kanter
Sorry. I meant Enes Freedom. Thanks for the correction. 
VDesai wrote:Ray Felton was the starting PG on 2 Knick playoff teams? He was a "boring" selection but deserving.I think whats interesting is where you see Marbury. Still a lot of negative vibes and frustrations from the Marbs days, but was JR Smith a better player in his tenure? JR positive vibes, probably a medicore player. Overall has been a fun offseason listen.
I would have HEAVILY tilted towards the current era Knicks. Every other era in this 25 yr period was dissapointing, frustrating, ended poorly.
To me Brunson my clear no.1 and Randle my clear no.2. Melo finds his way into the top 5, but I probably would have had Josh pushing my own top 5.
The time frame does skip over the 99-00 finals run - so where you fit in Houston and Spree I think is tough to decide.
Probably harder to decide than just picking individual best seasons. Number of seasons. All Stars? All NBA? Fan favorites? Below is loosely by position with a nod toward talent. I think some of my "omissions" were based on non NY performance. Guys that did well outside of NY. I do think Marbs is a top 10. Maybe as high as 6. I think they almost knocked out players with only one season - Dante and KAT got free passes.
Brunson / Marbs / IQ / Dante / Rose / Calderon / Nate
Houston / Bridges / Crawford / JSmith / Fournier
Melo / Spree / OG / Hart / RJ / Gallo / AHarrington / WChandler
Stoudemire / Randle / KP / ZBo / Lee / Freedom / TThomas / KVH
KAT / Chandler / iHart / Mitch / Camby / KThomas
EwingsGlass wrote:martin wrote:EwingsGlass wrote:
So, Brunson, Randle, Melo, Amare will be in the top 4. But the list is totally suspect with a Thibs era bias.Guys like Zach Randolph, Al Harrington, Enes Kanter, Tim Thomas, KVH, Jose Calderon, Evan Fournier, Rasheed Wallace, Jason Kidd, Glen Rice, Pablo Prigioni are missing out to Ray Felton?
I had to puke a little bit after reading Enes Kanter
Sorry. I meant Enes Freedom. Thanks for the correction.
Freedom to puke everywhere!
Marbury? No allstar in 5 seasons. Yearly decline in production. Coach killer.
The abysmal record? No seaosn above .500. Was toxic everywhere including Knicks.
He was talented, but a total bone head. He was exiled.
Would have put Randle ahead of Melo in my ranks.
VDesai wrote:Would have put Randle ahead of Melo in my ranks.
Yeah. I’d probably not do that. I am not sure Brunson has surpassed Melo yet. Melo has 6 all star seasons and a scoring title. Brunson will likely surpass him, but I’m not sure it’s happened yet.
EwingsGlass wrote:VDesai wrote:Would have put Randle ahead of Melo in my ranks.
Yeah. I’d probably not do that. I am not sure Brunson has surpassed Melo yet. Melo has 6 all star seasons and a scoring title. Brunson will likely surpass him, but I’m not sure it’s happened yet.
Julius had a bigger impact on the franchise.
Melo had more offensive talent.
Julius was clearly the better defender, when he chose to play defense.
And bully ball was glorious NY basketball.
****ing Jaime.
Melo will have had the better career but time in a knick uni and perhaps winnig % matters.
Melo was great when he got here. Randle became all star and allNBA after he signed with knicks.
Melo played few important games and had few important moments. Jalen in three seasons has exceeded Melo in my less than humble opinoin. Jalen had demonstrated more team leadership on and off the court while time has perhaps diluted Melo's selfishness and uncooperative elements. I have no issues with his HOF credentials given his accomplishments in NCAA, Olympics, and NBA career point totals. He scored alot of points in his 7 seasons here. His production was well applauded and recognized.
Not his fault team was not strong around him. Circumstances are what they were.
