lmfaooooooooo We're going to pick Murray with the 7th pick after we ruin our draft odds. Nets pick can be used elsewhere my man!
This is the correct answer. Target the Blazers who might not be want to go full rebuild with Wood and the Nets pick.
That but trading the 10th pick for Christian Wood and the 14th-16th pick in order to try and get back into the playoffs next year is a very Knicks thing to do.
IMO - the art of projecting players forward is fools gold. For the crème de la crème. Let alone we mere mortals.
I think we want to be targeting Griffen or Murray if we try to move back into the lotto with the Brooklyn pick. But that’s likely to require us getting back into the single digits ; neither are likely to be there at #10. I think it’s gonna take a lot more than the Brooklyn and Milwaukee pick. what do folks think of Jovic as someone to realistically target in the late lotto?
I don't agree with giving up assets to trade up in this draft. What do you see in Keegan Murray that you don't see in the other forwards of this draft? Liddell will be there and I view him as a similar prospect to Murray. I rather just choose from what is available Mark Williams/Sochan/Liddell.
He's going to be a 2 way star at a position of need. We need a long, athletic 3/4 that can bust it from town, play great D, hit the boards...
I don't see 2 way star. As a prospect he doesn't really pop out to me probably because he is not an insane athletic. Slow foot speed. He is good back to the basket, has a high release point and is a "tough basket maker" but that is from is own doing. Good rim protection. Great spot up and trailing 3. I see him as like Markieff Morris (not because they are both twins)/ maybe less athletic Thaddeus young with a better shot. Liddell is shorter but has 7' wingspan. He has had to be the point forward for OSU which added a layer of versatility. He improved everywhere you would want to see for an NBA player. Good passer, elite strength, good shooter mostly of the bounce. I'm interested in his standing vert, it looks elite visually. Stronger defender than Murray. I see him like a PJ Tucker/Grant Williams or Draymond. I think both will need ideal situation to become NBA stars/borderline but I think Liddell would be interchangeable with Murray at worst for the Rockets.
Aside but I love how we're all "WINGSPAN THIS" and "WINGSPAN THAT" now. 20 years ago when were dreaming about the draft it was rarely mentioned, we'd just throw up college trad stats and maybe vertical leap or height, now it's like we're out here shooting birds with tranquilizer darts and taking them to the lab. I think since every player now is a teenager now we should start talking about bone-age so that we can figure out who's gonna grow more.
Good point they do check bone age for large youth soccer international tournaments. But that's more for cheating deterrent. Has wingspan/hand size/basketball not always been a thing? I remember watching Red Auerbach talking about or measuring one of his players in a video series posted on YouTube.
