Phil's Drunk Messin' With The Association Save Again: Knicks 2015-2016 Tryout / Off Season Thread

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

 

[Captain Crunch]

Knicks should tank

 

[GatorStaceyAdams]

Spent the last 2 hours at work reading thru this thread to get caught up. Cant believe basketball is upon us




Going to the home opener

 

[DirtyD]

New York Kazoos
The Knicks ranked 24th in points allowed per possession, and they’re going to give huge minutes to a bunch of defensive liabilities — especially if both Amar’e Stoudemire and Andrea Bargnani earn core rotation spots.

Iman Shumpert is the only plus defender among the perimeter core, and even he loses his head at times. But you can see something here. The Knicks have looked more coordinated on defense in the preseason, having ditched Mike Woodson’s helter-skelter switcheroos for a more conservative system. Samuel Dalembert makes you think about it at the rim, and Jason Smith can work his way into being a neutral presence — while raining midrange jumpers on offense.

Charlotte proved last season that a smart scheme can hide a few weak defenders at once, but that’s a hard trick to pull off with limited personnel.

It will take time to learn the triangle, and New York has to grapple, again, with Anthony’s proper position. New York sports a historically great shooting point guard in Jose Calderon and enough rotation wings to mimic the killer 2012-13 team by sliding Melo to power forward and surrounding him with shooters.

But that could harm the team’s defense and limit playing time for some veteran bigs who might grow ornery. Triangle teams have tended to play big — it is the triple-post offense, after all. It will take New York time to find the right balance, and the team will have to fight for the no. 8 spot if it can’t construct a workable defense.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/n...rs-oklahoma-city-thunder-cleveland-cavaliers/

 

[Oroko Saki]

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Tomorrow brehs

 

[JMurder]

Think it'd be a mistake not to pick up Larkin's option. I can understand not picking up Iman's since he's already supposed to be a vet but hasn't grown since his rookie year, but I think that has a potential to backfire on us with the new system. But I still understand it. Don't understand declining to pick up Larkin's option

 

[Danie84]

My Knickas

The ZenMaster era officially begins

...these are tears of uncertainty optimism

 

[Sampson]

 

[Sampson]

 

[Derek Lee]

Lol at Priggy Smalls.

 

[JerseyFinest!]

Honestly I'm expecting us to get off to a slow start to the season, but I still feel we will win the Atlantic. .

Time to show and prove and see who predictions
were right

 

[JerseyFinest!]

Think it'd be a mistake not to pick up Larkin's option. I can understand not picking up Iman's since he's already supposed to be a vet but hasn't grown since his rookie year, but I think that has a potential to backfire on us with the new system. But I still understand it. Don't understand declining to pick up Larkin's option

Larkin best case scenario is a better JJ Barea...Really no need to pick up his option when we don't quite know what we have with him, and with Shump let him play out the season and see what the market is looking like for him this off-season.

One thing we forget about Shump is last season was his 1st full season, he still Younging

 

[DPresidential]

Hoenstly,

I have my eye on two people tonight...

Stat...

& most importantly Shumpert.