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Bear with me, but I'm reading through the Knicks/Raptors lawsuit. Not long, but quite interesting.
First thing that popped to me:
Azotam is not the brightest bulb. This is easily traceable evidence that can get you in deep trouble. IT Admins have this!
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Many-a-voters decided to select Terrence Davis and others on the All-Rookie Team over RJ Barrett...
Notable culprits:
Howard The Beck
Rachel Nichols
Kevin O'Connor
Zach Lowe
Bill Simmons
Jalen Rose
Kevin Pelton
Get going
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Fun fact - of Randle's 9 assists, 7 were sent to people defended by Trae Young. One of the remaining two was Collins....
it's hilarious - just watch below!
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When Knicks fans stop crying about the Frank missed 3, they can understand the real reasons why we lost:
1) Knox at the 2
2) Poor start
3) Poor end to the 3rd
4) Mitch foul trouble
5) Too many foul calls in the 4th
6) Ball stagnation in the 4th
7) Too many bench TOs
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The New York Knicks continue to pursue Warriors' star D'Angelo Russell, league sources tell
@TheAthleticNBA
@Stadium
. So far, Knicks haven't offered packages that would close gap on Golden State's price point.
I’m other words: if you can’t hit the side of the barn from 3, shoot more 3s in the gym. I want Randle shooting 1,000 FTs in the gym too with artificial crowd noise and taunts and stuff. This isn’t controversial, this is facts
Thibs with some, um, interesting comments when asked about RJ Barrett’s shooting struggles this season:
“…Get back in the gym. Get back to grooving your shot. Shot a lot of 3’s and you’ll start making more.”
Don't do this - please don't do this.
This is old, but also this is not what you want to be defined by.
Please leave the Randle family alone. Focus on his game, not his family or personal life.
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At some point, shams or woj will break the obvious news that the Knicks won’t extend a qualifying offer to Frank Ntilikina. Don’t be surprised or sad. This is an obvious procedural move.
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GM
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Tonight's the final night of the regular season. One disappointing, but not forgettable. Infuriating, but promising. We'll either me a familiar 37-45 or 36-46, 11th or 12th in the ping pong standings. For all the people supporting tanking -> get over it!
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re: RJ Barrett:
In year 5, he has far too many games where his lows are simply too jarring. He's gotta become a more stable player during highs and lows. Watching him in transition is a nightmare because we know he will get blocked or miss. His %s on wide open shots are bad. 1/
Frank Ntilikina after dealing with 3 drafts and 5 deadlines, becoming the first Knick FRP to last his entire rookie deal since Nate Robinson & David Lee
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PSA to Nets Twitter:
I know you heard those "We Want Brooklyn" Chants from like 20 people leaving MSG and felt a type of way.
Let me make 1 thing clear: Knicks fans don't care. Try building a movement like the people at
@TheStrickland
and
@KnickFilmSkool
did and then we'll talk
Knicks had 16,254 fans at MSG tonight, up from 15,047 in Game 1. Nets (with the smaller Barclays Center) had 14,774 in Game 2 after 14,391 in Game 1. Both Game 2's with 83% of arenas filled as more and more fans are vaccinated. All were sellouts within the guidelines.
"The Knicks, per sources, are aware of Grimes' frustration and are actively trying to move him before the Feb. 8 trade deadline"
"There's also speculation that Thibodeau soured on Grimes for sitting out the last two games in the playoff series against the Cavaliers because of a
On this date in 1997:
The Knicks run one of the greatest April fools day pranks ever. Welcome back Clyde and happy trails Scott Brooks. Read more below!
@KnickFilmSchool
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What a great interview by CP - and effectively the first interview Fournier's had post-press conference.
I'll tell ya - there's definitely a segment of the traditional beat jealous and mad that CP got the first interview. Tides have turned.
@fakeshoredrive
right around the time the $500M truth hurts lawsuit. That's when the industry learned to never mess with sidestepping sample clearances with Indian artists
My guess is one of these two fans are the ones who spit on trae. This was kinda easy to deduce - thanks to gettyimages. Bad idea - good luck attending future sports games
On This Date in 2010:
"The Knicks are back." Amare Stoudemire agreed to join the Knicks on a 5 year $100 million contract. The first superstar FA to join the Knicks in team history. Read more below!
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If Thibs wants to win this series, he should start Grimes and bring Hart off the bench again.
If Brunson wants to win, he'll lock himself in Tarrytown and make 900/1000 three pointers tonight and study Steve Nash.
If IQ wants to make it to the ECF, he should find lucifer.
@fakeshoredrive
yep - but the Truth Hurts lawsuit pretty much destroyed Truth Hurts' career, destroyed any chance of Rakim's comeback story with Aftermath, and would've destroyed Aftermath as a whole had it not been for a guy named...... 50 Cent.
@TaylorRooks
good start. Now Adidas has to make sure black/latinx people are equally represented in executive leadership & that they're paid equally to their non-black/latinx counterparts.
ESPN Sources: Besides the Knicks, two other teams on the Board of Governors call Wednesday expressed reservations on eliminating fans from games without first receiving a formal governmental mandate to do so: Houston and Indiana.
STATE - the Knicks have no need for Jalen Johnson. He's a PF, of which we have 2, and the Knicks aren't wasting their time trying to develop 19 year olds like they tried to do in years past.
Nets spaces are destroying KD right now.... "poor rebounder, not a playmaker" "can't go left" ... "not the best player in the league"
"this is the next step in KD's game"
LMFAO
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I challenge Thibs to emulate and enforce the Warriors' off-ball movement.
Doesn't require personnel, it requires persistence and practice. Do it Thibs.
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Trade Deadline Thoughts:
1) Knicks did fine with the Hart/Cam+FRP trade. Was it a steal? Nope. But it's fair value for a guy like him. You'd have to pay up since you can't sign him outright in FA unless you deal some picks to move off Fournier or others. It's fine.
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Kristaps Porzingis is the latest player who forgot to stop by the nurses station for his daily COVID test here in the bubble. He is now doing the mandatory one-day quarantine until his next negative test result comes back, and will miss today’s Mavericks game.
Let's keep it honest PG thoughts:
Knicks should have won this game. Inexcusable we lost. No excuses whatsoever. Thibs/RJ are to entirely blame for this loss, with Thibs bearing about 90% of it.
1) RJ was bad for most of this game, but Thibs does nothing about it.
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This is so true. Here's another one:
KP can't score off Marcus Smart & Ntilikina in the post.
NBA Media:
KP shoots 40% from the field.
NBA Media: (rust)
Adebayo destroys KP.
NBA Media:
KP finally has a good game in nearly a month:
Taking heads: UNICORN. HE'S BACK!
Bucks win 1 game.
Talking heads on TV:
Bucks win 5 games in a row.
Talking heads:
Bucks win 15 gms in a row.
Talking heads:
Bucks win 18 gms in a row.
Talking heads:
Bucks lose a game.
Talking heads on TV: "See!! This why I've been saying the Bucks aren't real contenders!!"
On this date in 2004:
The Knicks acquired
@JCrossover
in a sign-and-trade with the Bulls. 7 years $56 million. Jerome “Junkyard Dog” Williams came to NY too. Crawford had some fun moments with us. If only our team wasn’t so dysfunctional...
Someone please tell Trae where he's supposed to be... this isn't some 2-3 zone now.... plus the Knicks were on a run at this point, so the zone was next to useless. Instead, you get a hapless Trae fighting thru a nasty Julius/Evan DHO 3.
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@bomani_jones
that guy recording the video is the same guy who was banned from the fedex forum over that laser pointer incident.
Still not no clue what's going on in Morant's head.
On This Date in 1999:
The Knicks acquired Latrell Sprewell in a bold move to help the Knicks make 1 more Finals run with an aging Patrick Ewing. It wasn't a popular move, but Spree proved doubters wrong instantly.
Read more below!
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Thibs rotations lost this game for us today.
I implore the beat to ask him about not playing RJ enough/playing Rivers too many minutes and NOT ask about D-Rose. Don't waste questions please.
Knicks/Magic Video Thread!
1) Remember
@_prezidente
saying that Randle shooting floaters is good? Well here ya go.
Knicks ran some horns looking/Spain P&R looking action (no clue what it is) that led to a Randle floater. Quick decision.
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Knicks Game 4 Player Recaps:
1) Brunson: Hard to say more. Treated Garland/Spida like food when 1v1. Okoro gave him slight fits in 3Q (adj. to watch on Wed.), but he was good passing out of traps. Garland had a good 3Q scoring on him tho.
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Ok, just finished my count:
From 2009-10 through the 2018-19 season:
121 players played a game with the Knicks. Of the 121, 45 of those players were out of the league within one season after playing with the Knicks. So 37%.
cc:
@knicksdude
OH MY GOD this account is genius!
Can some enterprising statistician (I’m looking at YOU,
@TommyBeer
) please figure out what percentage of Knicks players have been out of the league within 1 year of leaving the team in the last 10 years.
Over/under is 10%.
Postgame thoughts:
I’d have been angrier in years past, but you gotta contextualize these moments. Knicks played a top 2 defensive squad tonight. Sure - we led by 10 in the 4th & Rose gave up a box out to a taller Wes Matthews - but winning against the champs isn’t easy.
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@WindhorstESPN
on players response to the Knicks’ statement on racism:
“The Knicks approval rating amongst players is so low right now, It’s devastating for their hopes to appeal to anybody and say, ‘Come play for us’ going forward."
Burks played the final 19:42 of the game. H/T
@shwinnypooh
- I’m gat the point where I feel bad for him rather than mad.
Do we have a flawed foster? Yes. But playing guys 20 minutes straight like they’re Kobe, Deng, or some Ironman from the 90s is malpractice.
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A friendly Knicks PSA: if you tweeting about the Mavs now and rooting for the Mavs, go cheer for them full time. Get some Mavs gear too. But we don’t need y’all. Stay over there. But do the guy a favor and send some spinach and iron supplements tho.
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Can my fellow Knicks fans/content creators/friends/etc answer one question:
Why are people losing their mind that we cancelled a meeting with Kawhi?
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Knicks fans wishing injury on KP are weak. He was w/ a dysfunctional franchise — as proven over time — that tried to trade him long before his request. 4 coaches in 4 years. If you don’t think he’s worth a max contract, fine. There are valid arguments. But trade is on NYK, not KP
a W is a W is a W is a W.....
can't asterisk this!
Also, RJ Barrett since December 1st: 20.5/4.9/2.7 on 44.3/40/bad FT%
take that for data! He's getting paid and you'll like it.
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Just like Dolan did earlier today, I got banned from viewing
@thefrankisola
‘s tweets. This is regretful. Twitter is a public trust, right? It’s ok, I don’t need anyone else’s support like them.
But on behalf of this thing called twitter: momma I made it
Good Morning Knicks fans,
Just a reminder that a lot of national NBA writers and sports betters did not predict that the Knicks would win 35 games. Some should stay away from betting for good. Because I'm pretty, let's call a few of them out.
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Elfrid hive up and active in the past 24 hours. It's wild. He's had a bad season. It's objective and not spiteful.
Elf Hive complaining about people bullying him and his family on social media yet Elf Hive - plus Elf's mom - criticizing teammates, incl D-Rose.
On This Date in 2001:
@TheRealLJ2
retired. Back injuries forced LJ into an early retirement, but he'll forever be known as one of the hearts and souls of the Knicks in the 1990s. Read more below!
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On This Date in 1999:
The Knicks, swept the Atlanta Hawks with a margin of victory of 10 points. In the Game 4 79-66 victory, the Knick crowd chanted "JVG" to support the coach. Read more below!
@KnickFilmSchool
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Hmm... mini thread?
Gonna put some of my favorite plays from the game in this thread:
First, the Brunson/Mitch alley-oop:
a) Love IQ tagging Duren
b) LOVE Mitch cutting
c) LOVE Brunson being more creative with his passing since leaving DAL.
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This is a design flaw of Thibs' teams. His 2016-17 Wolves blew 22 double digit leads. It was a reason the 17-18 Timberwolves couldn't maintain a higher seed in the Western Conference (and ultimately got Thibs axed). It was a feature of the Bulls teams. PROBLEMO
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RJ getting clamped by Simmons should be no surprise to anyone who's watched Simmons for the past few years.
At the same time, this no PG lineup ain't gonna work.
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One last thing about Frank:
I listened to
@PostingShow
's pod a few weeks ago about pizza. And I found the best food comp. for Frank: Garlic. Not pretty on its own. Often overlooked in dishes. Not as attractive physically as spring onions, shallots, regular onions, etc. 1/
Knicks fans: let’s talk about the team, their next opponent, how to improve, trade targets, etc.
Most media: lets do the same and get some exclusive interviews.
NYDN/Isola/et al: lets rehash a worn out narrative about the Knicks practice facility and the summer of 2019.
Yawn
Best part of this weekend: watching the Cowboys lose and the Knicks beat the Hawks.
Speaking of Knicks..... I got some Alec Burks highlights and I'm pretty sure at 6 of his 8 assists involved abusing Trae one again.
Highlight time?
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