vege wrote:Canadafan wrote:bstein14 wrote:
Instead of taking the Knicks trash so they could sign Brunson, we should have backed up the brinks truck for him and gave him a max deal. We'd be in an entirely different situation right now.
I remember us being rumored to want him but he obviously wanted Knicks with his dad's presence beinga factor as well
It's just not Brunson. The Knicks added DDV and Hartenstein via Free agency.
They traded for Hart. They traded for OG (traded the promising guys they drafted in order to acquire him fwiw).
They developed Mitchell, they developed McBride and they make bad players like Achiuwa work because they have a system, and the players fit that system and the modern NBA.
They have a team that fit what their coach want to do and his playing style. They're not the most talented team out there, but they play hard, they win every 50/50 ball, they play great defense (because they have elite defenders), they have a lot of wingers, and their players are high bbiq players that can defend and hit 3's.
We had cap space to sign free agents every year since Weaver took over.
Isaiah Hartenstein signed a 2 year , $16,000,000 contract with the New York Knicks, including $16,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $8,000,000.
Donte DiVincenzo signed a 4 year , $46,870,000 contract with the New York Knicks, including $46,870,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $11,717,500.
Those 2 guys are elite starters in likely a conference final's team and the #2 seed.
The Knicks are in a big market and players want to be there, but they did not sign any marquee free agent. Brunson was the biggest name they signed in free agency to build this team, and he was not a star, he was a 3rd banana in a meh team.
Hart is 28
Brunson and DDV are 27
OG is 26
Robinson and Hartenstein are 25
McBride is 23
Bojan is likely going to be trade fodder next season, for them to add another piece with all the picks they have, including OUR PICK.
Randle is 29 and he is unnecessary. If they upgrade Randle they will be a title contender for the foresseable future.
Not long ago people were comparing the Knicks future with Detroit's future. The Knicks FO did their job, our FO didn't.
The Knicks are everything we are not, because their front office know how to build a roster, and our front office doesn't. Weaver have been sitting on his hands, doing stupid stuff and collecting pay checks for 4 years, meanwhile the rest of the league have been working.
And in the end their coach is gonna blow it by running these dudes into the ground. OG was hurt for a big chunk of the end of the season and Thibs had him out there 47 minutes, 50 minutes, 45 minutes, 42 minutes in the games leading up to this game where he messed up his hamstring. Brunson playing crazy minutes too and gets hurt. Josh Hart basically playing every minute of every game lol. This man can't learn his lesson from D Rose.
