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yeah, as we've discussed, i don't think a lot of it is likely to happen (much less in conjunction), but this is ideal.

for suggs: if i'm orlando, unless i'm getting serious immediate salary relief, i probably want a pick AND a prospect for suggs. i don't know if we have the right combination of parts. now, if we were under the cap and could eat almost all of his deal, plus send a 1st, i think they maybe listen.

but suggs is the archetype i most want. other guys at similar salary that could potentially work: dejounte murray, immanuel quickley. in the case of NO and orlando, each has a younger player behind the more expensive one that they favor, so that's helpful, but i'm not sure it's enough to get it done. i do think kennard would interest orlando, though.

somewhat off that topic, weird to hear that atlanta has reaves interest. IF reaves wanted to sign there (i could see it if they were offering max and we weren't), the deal would have to be daniels and risacher, right? but i don't really get it. they can probably just bring back mccollum on a lower money deal and not lose anyone in the process. i wouldn't pursue reaves if i were them.

i've said before that i do see why bkn would pursue reaves, for sure, which, unfortunately, it only takes one serious suitor with cap space to force our hand.

 

re: game 3:

spurs just got better looks, several instances in the second half off of the attention wemby draws in the high post just by being there. i still think fox is the x-factor there, and if he was 100%, the knicks would be having more trouble defensively. even as it is, fox is still getting into the paint on crucial possessions.

on the other end, the knicks actually ran some good offense, but the spurs rotations were just outstanding. some of that is too much brunson dribbling, but that's what the knicks do, hard to adjust that much now. alvarado is such a non-scoring threat that it's hard to put him out there. knicks ran out of shotmaking in general for large chunks of the second half, too. curious to see if the mojo will return.

 

This is directed at you Abeer. Great points. You see the game great.

But as we know with our history of Shaq Gasol. You just seal the big man in the middle and throw him the ball and it opens up. Some offenses can look the same if you peak. You see instances of Kobe with Castle it’s so better to slash with that Big Fella everybody is looking at. If you just feed the big man he will deliver. But you gotta feed him at the bottom of the basket not the top of the key.

No I gurantee the Knicks Magic will come back. Because they will go back to feeding Towns and featuring Towns and that will throw the Spurs off. Now maybe Johnson counters that and they are ready for that. And maybe they start Castle on Towns or something crazy like that. Cause I assure you the first four possessions or five will be all Karl Anthony Towns in the post or the top of the Key. To get Wemby moving. They want to tire him out so those shots at the rim and post plays become jump shots.

Now does Johnson just say f*** it and start the four guards. Harper Fox Castle Vassell and Wemby

or does he start Johnson? We shall see. But I’m sure Brunson will be looking to move the ball. This is the game the Knicks go crazy. Both teams will be playing a game 7 style. These are the kinds of games that make champions.


OG is a beast. Spurs have no answer for him. How do they get him to stop making 3’s??? He looks like Glen Rice out there. Did you know he was this great a shooter???


that’s the key why the Knicks will win. Why they play so good. They have 5 guys who can shoot from 3 and space the floor out. Brunson Hart Bridges OG Towns. That’s hard to defend because there’s always somebody open.


basically it’s 5 curry’s and Klays ready to shoot and let it fly. It’s the same Golden State offense. When ball movement works it can destroy teams. This game the Knicks weren’t making their shots. But if they make shots you can’t stop it. If the Knicks miss shots they won’t win.

Wemby is putting everything on the perimeter and they don’t want to go inside. So that affects Brunson. And if Those shots aren’t falling they don’t win because he pushes everything on the perimeter. Like I said before Knicks trying to make this a perimeter game. Spurs trying to bring it inside. We saw this very similar with Bucks and Gianiss vs. Booker and the Suns.

 

And it’s music to my ears if a certain guest decides he wants to attend another Knicks game in the finals. lol.

 

i think dirk nowitzki and durant showed that you can feed in the high post and have it work, too, but wemby isn't proficient enough from midrange yet to really use that.

i think they're trying to save his body a bit, as if you just try to plant him in the post, towns and robinson will get into his legs continuously and really tire him out. he's not shaq in this regard.

i think the knicks will regain the shooting for two more games to close it out, but they have to be careful, as it can be a war of attrition. the spurs can afford to lose a guy or two not named wemby, but the knicks are so thin on the bench that if anyone goes down, they're in trouble. like if anunoby's hammy acts up again, they're in huge trouble; whereas if the spurs's 3rd or 4th best player goes down, they're better equipped to win games. the knicks have very little margin for error.

not a bad idea, imo. anunoby and bridges can't really punish those guys in isolation, though brown might be able to run some stuff that gets some cutting and finishing over guards, so it could backfire.

yeah, lose game 4 at home, and you're back at a disadvantage. we'll see if they've got the right mindset. i think they do.

feel like he's had streaks, and he's on one. can he ride it all the way out? just needs two more games.

yeah, it's boring, but that's been the story of their whole run. all their guys got healthy at the right time, and everyone started making shots. that's the hope i had for us before luka and reaves went down--everybody gets hot, and you have just enough on defense to keep the cushion. knicks having two of the best defensive forwards in the league to cover for towns/brunson is also pretty great and why i harp constantly and getting some defenders in here.

spurs are trying to get him the ball closer to the hoop, but it's hard, even with a target that big. that's why i thought they did a good job sort of using him as a decoy in key moments last night. to keep him from catching lobs, somebody has to be on his hip at all times, and if you screen for him, he ends up occupying two or even three defenders to prevent a paint catch. that opened up some layups for other guys.

but still, the knicks make shots like they had been, an they're up 3-0. shamet went 1-7 and i only recall one bad/rushed shot in there. just went cold at a bad time.