kev otm tho
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
it matter in so much as that will be the team from the east in the finals
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
what if they got a different coach tho
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
you'd think kyrie and love would def be enough to play, you know, at LEAST .500 ball
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
and yet
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
yea
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
coach gotta go.
get karl, why is no one talking about this
it needs to happen
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:14 (nine years ago) link
lol at the cavs tho would still be paying brown n blast until like 2020
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
they probably should've fired him before the season started
Like oops sorry we got bron and love gonna hire a steady hand who is easily respected, u must understand our predicament best of luck
― Clay, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/report--the-knicks-could-soon-waive-former-no--1-pick-andrea-bargnani-202737798.html
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
i was at the nets rockets game; they showed no replay of the headbutt so from where i was sitting it looked like howard threw a punch at KG and then Garnett was ejected. wasn't until i got home that it was clear what happened. nets promptly lost control of the game in the five minutes after that scrum and stayed at least six points or so behind for the rest of the way.
― shmup....smug....shmub....shmug.... (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
― k3vin k., Tuesday, January 13, 2015 3:33 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
so who wants to tell them that they don't automatically get to win 9 out of 10 if they do this
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
well barnita hasn't really been playing so i doubt it'll move the needle one way or another
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:44 (nine years ago) link
i know, i'm not being serious
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
oh i misread your post lol sorry
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:51 (nine years ago) link
phil has done a decent job getting rid of some contracts but i feel like he hasn't gotten enough heat for most of the moves he's made. have they gotten a single asset in any of these moves?
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
i mean once you tank, you can't tank more. they lost shumpert and smith, who were at least rotation NBA players, for the opportunity to get even worse, plus a worthless pick
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:54 (nine years ago) link
most of it started probably with the chandler trade. phil at that point genuinely believed the knicks had a playoff roster; if he had simply been trying to tank like he is now, he might have pushed for a real asset like a good pick or like, brandan wright. not shane larkin
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
Chandler trade really his only mistake so far but it's a big one
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
he can spin calderon off but it prob won't be for that much at this point
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
and the melo contract, tho his hands were kind of tied there
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
calderon has been soo bad and on the downslide
― Spottie, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:20 PM (5 seconds ago)
another second round pick perhaps!
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link
― k3vin k., Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:20 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think it was still the right move, Melo's taking a season off and all but who cares
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link
i don't fault phil for thinking they had a playoff roster and if you believe the rumors that chandler and melo essentially couldn't play together anymore then the decision to trade chandler wasn't horrible
the actual trade he made was poor but it won't hamstring them that much
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link
i doubt phil had anything to do w/ melo
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link
he should have tanked from the beginning tho, this is the year for them to do it
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link
a ton of cap room+ a stacked top 5 + no pick in 2016
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
well, Denver's pick I guess but
oh the raptors have that too
from the fucking bargnani trade lol
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:24 PM (6 minutes ago)
well it's clearly a disastrous deal in hindsight, whether one thinks it was a good deal at the time or not. it's a 5 year near-max for a player who in all likelihood won't be worth that much in a few years, which since they're rebuilding is when they will supposedly start to contend
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:33 (nine years ago) link
i guess with the cap going up it might not be THAT bad but it still isn't great. tho again the options were melo or nothing i guess
still think they could have at least gotten SOMETHING for shumpert. it's not like he's gonna command a huge paycheck after this season, is he?
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:36 (nine years ago) link
shumpert and melo are sins of the previous regime
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
they should've had a first for shumpert last year but the previous front office turned it down
the knicks were never not offering melo a contract, that's out of phil's hands
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
right i agree about melo
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
i guess phil felt that neither JR nor melo would ever be useful players. otherwise if the best you can get for the two of them is a second round pick, why not just roll the dice and hope they re-sign at a reasonable rate?
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
I think considering they don't have a 2016 pick keeping melo makes sense. Unless they could have swung a sign and trade or something.
What they do in free agency is really interesting, it's a great class.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:53 (nine years ago) link
it will be interesting if phil picks his spots instead of finding the free agent who is good enough to command max money but bad enough to only command max money from the knicks
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
trade melo
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:37 (nine years ago) link
and while we're at it, ban wade
― Aimless, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:39 (nine years ago) link
Brian Robb @CelticsHub 1m1 minute agoCeltics are still trying to deal Austin Rivers, so the guess here is Nate Robinson and a draft pick are coming back in 3-team deal.
B-)
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:43 (nine years ago) link
wonder if phil and jeannie compare stories about how much they hate kobe/melo
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 13, 2015 5:11 PM (35 minutes ago)
(greg monroe)
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
:-/
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:53 (nine years ago) link
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 26s27 seconds agoBoston is sending Jameer Nelson to Denver for Nate Robinson, source tells Yahoo.
im unclear what the point of this is but
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:55 (nine years ago) link
danny ainge is a goddamn dark mage if he can turn austin rivers into a draft pick
― Clay, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link