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Topic subjectLol...fair enough. I have a friend who's a Knicks fan
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2696323, Lol...fair enough. I have a friend who's a Knicks fan
Posted by auragin_boi, Wed May-15-19 04:04 PM
and I'm more optimistic about their summer than he is.

>They will absolutely find a way to fuck up, because Dolan.
>Maybe in their best case scenario, they get one good season in
>before something-- talent, chemistry, shitty trades,
>whatever-- fucks them up once more.

I suppose it's about strategy for Griffin then. Hell, all 3 might whiff on a Davis trade and he end up somewhere else. I just don't know how the C's pull it off without Kyrie locking in.

>Eh. Ingram's got a year, then a qualifying offer season, then
>RFA. Kuz, Ball, and DSJ all have a year, then a club option,
>then a qualifying offer, then RFA. Knox has a year, then two
>club options, then qualifying, then RFA. Robinson doesn't have
>any guaranteed money after next year IIIRC. So if the Pels
>don't like literally any of these guys, they can try to
>re-ship them or tell them to fuck off.
>
>And if they do like these guys... well, they're New Orleans.
>You're one of the smallest markets, you aren't getting better
>options. Pay dat myan hees myoney. (c) Malkovich in Rounders.
>Especially considering that Randle is probably likely to opt
>out given that he and Zion likely play the same position
>(unless they ran small ball with Zion at the 5, which would
>fucking RULE but I doubt we get to see, lol). I'm not
>convinced they'd attract a free agent wing as good as Ingram.
>
>
>Of course, this is all beating around the bush with the fact
>that *neither* of those packages are probably the best fit for
>Zion, given that Zion would thrive best on a team with
>exceptional three point shooting, so if Knox and Ingram are
>the best three-point shooters in a three-player package you
>can offer, that's... ungood, lol. That'd lead us back to the
>Celtics and/or other teams. But that's a whole different
>convo, obviously.