"7 Months Until Ring Night..." The '25-26 NY Knicks Season Thread

[RickyGQ]

I'm not one to dig into players personal lives but ever since Kat got engaged hes been dog shyt

Could be basketball gods cursing us for not hanging the banner.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

nvm

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Lol, do yall hear yourselves. The Magic are NOT moving Franz Wagner or Paolo Banchero for no damn KAT
Secondly, getting Black, Carter & filler for KAT makes us a worse team & keeps us in the middle of pack race with Philly, Toronto, etc.

And did I see someone say Bam Adebayo breh had a 4 POINT on 1/13 fg night. His play has been abysmal all season long.

Are some of yall even watching other teams or just throwing names out for the hell of it.

 

[RickyGQ]

Lol, do yall hear yourselves. The Magic are NOT moving Franz Wagner or Paolo Banchero for no damn KAT
Secondly, getting Black, Carter & filler for KAT makes us a worse team & keeps us in the middle of pack race with Philly, Toronto, etc.

And did I see someone say Bam Adebayo breh had a 4 POINT on 1/13 fg night. His play has been abysmal all season long.

Are some of yall even watching other teams or just throwing names out for the hell of it.

While I agree with most of what you've said, I'll push back slightly and say that Suggs, Carter and Black won't make us middle of the pack. While I don't think that it's a realistic trade, it's a pretty drastic improvement on defense. The offense we lose from KAT could be replaced (inconsistently) between Bridges, Mikal and a deeper bench. A ten-man rotation of Brunson/Black/Bridges/OG/Carter and Suggs/Duece/Shamet/Hart/Mitch pretty much solves all of our problems. At worst, it's a wash for us talent-wise.

 

[ProlificLurker]

KATs gone. Would the Grizzlies be dumb enough to give up JJJ in a trade?

JJJ is a bum. Better defensively, absolutely. But not only is he prone to committing stupid fouls and is very foul prone (similar to Kat, only difference being he commits most of his fouls trying to contest defensively, whereas Kat is an offensive foul maniac) hes also injury prone. Limited offensively. Weak on the boards. We'll just end up hating him more than Kat.

No thanks.

 

[VegetasHairline]

I'm gonna post this again.
Josh Hart is 6'4" and averages more rebounds for his career than JJJ.

 

[ProlificLurker]

While I agree with most of what you've said, I'll push back slightly and say that Suggs, Carter and Black won't make us middle of the pack. While I don't think that it's a realistic trade, it's a pretty drastic improvement on defense. The offense we lose from KAT could be replaced (inconsistently) between Bridges, Mikal and a deeper bench. A ten-man rotation of Brunson/Black/Bridges/OG/Carter and Suggs/Duece/Shamet/Hart/Mitch pretty much solves all of our problems. At worst, it's a wash for us talent-wise.

Of all the trade scenarios involving Towns this one seems the most reasonable.

Off topic but still in the realm of getting soft guys off the team, Mikal's gotta go man.
Dude had 5 points at halftime last night and finished the game with 7 points. fukkking 7. He cant guard anybody worth a shyt. Scared of contact. Does fukking ballerina pirouettes when he gets close to the basket to take fadeaways instead of layups at the rim to avoid contact. I'm sick of this fagg0t. Brooklyn fleeced us. Better to accept this reality and move him at the deadline for depth or whatever than to hold onto him and allow him to tank his value/become an even more depreciated asset.

 

[RickyGQ]

Of all the trade scenarios involving Towns this one seems the most reasonable.

Off topic but still in the realm of getting soft guys off the team, Mikal's gotta go man.
Dude had 5 points at halftime last night and finished the game with 7 points. fukkking 7. He cant guard anybody worth a shyt. Scared of contact. Does fukking ballerina pirouettes when he gets close to the basket to take fadeaways instead of layups at the rim to avoid contact. I'm sick of this fagg0t. Brooklyn fleeced us. Better to accept this reality and move him at the deadline for depth or whatever than to hold onto him and allow him to tank his value/become an even more depreciated asset.

I'm willing to give Bridges a pass for the rest of the season. I'd argue his value is pretty low right now. While it can get worse, imo it's pretty negligible in what he can get us back.

The Magic trade I'm seeing circulating online is Suggs, Carter, and Goga for KAT and Kolek. Seems more plausible IMO as Black is way too valuable a piece for Orlando. I'd do this trade as well. Maybe package Goga and Yabu for a better bench wing piece off the bench like Naji Marshall.

 

[Wargames]

Lol, do yall hear yourselves. The Magic are NOT moving Franz Wagner or Paolo Banchero for no damn KAT
Secondly, getting Black, Carter & filler for KAT makes us a worse team & keeps us in the middle of pack race with Philly, Toronto, etc.

And did I see someone say Bam Adebayo breh had a 4 POINT on 1/13 fg night. His play has been abysmal all season long.

Are some of yall even watching other teams or just throwing names out for the hell of it.

I don't know about Wagner. I get the idea that he is really nice but he’s never been an all star or made an all nba team. Also Anthony Black has made a good argument for being a starter.

Franz and Bitadze are not some crazy package for KAT. Especially if the Magic look at KAT as their primary scorer.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Giannis or bust

 

[ProlificLurker]

I'm willing to give Bridges a pass for the rest of the season. I'd argue his value is pretty low right now. While it can get worse, imo it's pretty negligible in what he can get us back.

The Magic trade I'm seeing circulating online is Suggs, Carter, and Goga for KAT and Kolek. Seems more plausible IMO as Black is way too valuable a piece for Orlando. I'd do this trade as well. Maybe package Goga and Yabu for a better bench wing piece off the bench like Naji Marshall.

If you turn around and flip Goga after getting him you're left with every other game Mitch and underwhelming Hukporti as your only bigs. Better off keeping him if you can get him in a trade.

 

[RickyGQ]

And there it is. The missing piece.

 

[RickyGQ]

If you turn around and flip Goga after getting him you're left with every other game Mitch and underwhelming Hukporti as your only bigs. Better off keeping him if you can get him in a trade.

You’re forgetting Carter.

Brunson/Suggs/Mikal/OG/Carter
Deuce/Shamet/Hart/Naji Marshall type player/Mitch

 

[Wargames]

And there it is. The missing piece.

More like they might want to have filler to make the trade

 

[ProlificLurker]

You’re forgetting Carter.

Brunson/Suggs/Mikal/OG/Carter
Deuce/Shamet/Hart/Naji Marshall type player/Mitch

Fair. In that case Id rather flip Carter Goga is a better defender and makes slightly less