REALISTICALLY....What can be done to catch SA and OKC?

How does that catch us up to either of those teams? That roster still screams 1st round exit

it’s still a bunch of mediocre to good, but nowhere near great, players with a bunch of flaws

 

Gonna be hard to catch up with them in the next couple years without burning through assets and taking a big swing like Giannis which I do not prefer

Somehow turning FVV, DFS, maybe Tari S&T, Capella or Adams, and the PHX27’ into both Dejounte Murray & Ty Jerome would fix a lot of our guard issues and wouldn’t be some huge trade like a Jaylen Brown trade would. Would love the KD for Herro, Ware, and 13 but doubt that

I’d prefer to retool while Spurs & Thunder battle it out a couple more years. Amen & Jabari are only 23. Run it back this year and spend the next few years rebuilding around those two with the 27’s, our 28, and both 29’s. FVV, KD, Adams, will all be coming off the books. Build / buy a new team by 2029 and hopefully Spurs / OKC are coming back down to earth. I’d trade FVV, KD, Sengun this offseason but doubt we will. At least with KD on the team the boys will probably get playoff experience every year

 

The only thing I can think of that could possibly put us on that level is if somebody like Ant demands a trade. I can't see another path.

 

I still can't believe we sat on our hands all year without even an NBA average PG. We need two of those, not just one. We also need a decent offensive coach who can design a scheme for the unique talents we do have. Those two things would help a great deal and put players in more comfortable roles.

Still, basketball is the sport where team success is most dependent on individual performance. Crappy QBs win Super Bowls all the time, but it is exceedingly rare to see an NBA championship won by a team without a transcendent player. Often, really good teams get beat by that one guy. Of course, this may be the year where that is not the case, as Wemby is still young and the Knicks, though they do not have a historical-level superstar, do have a crew of well above average players who are tough and not scared of the moment.

We don't have that guy, so we should forget about Wemby and Shai. We cannot copy the Spurs or Thunder. Instead, try to emulate the Knicks or that Pistons team that beat the Lakers. It's an extremely narrow path, and many things must go right, but it is the only way that is open as of now. And really, that's the best and most fun journey if we can get there.

(Of course, it would be a bit easier with decent uniforms. What you wear definitely affects performance and our "new" uniforms are a jumbled mess, much like our offense.)

 

@Salvy 's got us covered

 

Fck the Spurs and OKC -- how are we catching the Knicks?

 

Not so much worrying about Sengun developing a 3pt shot. I prefer him to finish around the paint more efficiently.
In addition, we need Sengun to improve his defense.

 

With these uniforms it be us with Trump going to our games in the finals....

 

Knicks ain't even that good....

 

This is really an under appreciated outlook. If Sengun can up his lane game efficiency 10 percent then you gamble amen gets a shot, trade kd for a decent shooting guard or draft one and be an instant contender.

 

Patience. If we hit on some of our first round picks over the next five years, we might be close to contending.

 

20 more years is where I draw the line....

 

Get new scouting team, new GM, new coach, get high draft position (tank), trade for future picks, and pray we get a cornerstone player.

 

this “disappointing Towns” you speak of was ROY, a 4x All-Star, 2x All-NBA, career averages of 23, 11, and 3, and was one of the best shooting bigs in the league when he was with the Wolves before he ever step foot in NY…he was also the 2nd best player on a WCF team

I’m not sure what the point is of Dallas letting Brunson walk. That the Mavs were dumb? They eventually traded Luka as well.

Bridges had already been a key member of a Finals team and was one of the most efficient role players in the league plus made 1st Team All-Defense and finished 2nd in DPOY before being traded to BK and having to cosplay as a #1 option.

OG Anunoby has always been a good role player, good shooter, and good defender.

Tyler Herro has upside? He’s going into his 8th season. Bro, let’s be serious.

You’re talking about who on the Knicks was a top 10 player, and I’m looking like who on that Rockets roster is even top 20? Sure, I’ll take Herro and Ware over ancient KD, but that’s not catching the Spurs or Thunder or even a healthy Wolves. That’s just a different flavor of 1st round exit.

 

HEALTH

 

Keep the 27 picks and hope we get our superstar from one of them