AbeVigodaLive wrote:What's sad about the Butler / Thibs / Towns stuff... is just how shitty Towns comes off in it. Somehow...
- The organization didn't really back him as it happened.
- Butler moved on and didn't have as many issues with other prominent young guys
- The Wolves sucked balls. Again.
But Johnny Athletic touched on yet another Towns-related slight.
- Leon Rose was both Towns and Thibs agent. So he'd know about their relationship more than most. So what can we make of him shelling out millions of dollars for a 5-year deal to work with Thibs?
Bad look for Towns, right?
If Thibs can turn the Knicks into a respectable playoff team it's gonna end up looking real bad on Towns. The Knicks have their own young building blocks in RJ and Mitchell Robinson and if they turn that franchise around what's that gonna say about Towns who still is waiting to make the playoffs without a better player on his team helping him.
Has anyone watched RJ Barrett with the Knicks? I mean statistically he looks a lot like a poor but Still better FT shooting Culver. What In his game makes him a cornerstone?
Why is what he doing now the end all be all for what he can become? He was the third overall pick in last years draft. That's what makes him a cornerstone. Giving up on a 3rd overall pick who doesn't even get a full rookie year to play is ridiculous. It's the same as if we just give up on Culver already. Sorry these guys aren't Zion and Ja. You should reasonably expect your top picks to improve on weaknesses and get better in subsequent years so capping these guys potential already is just dumb. We've officially moved up to giving up on rookies during their rookie year now apparently. Crazy.
So the answer is because he was a high draft pick? Ok that's fair but I was honestly simply asking for more analysis than that. I can't blame anyone for not watching the Knicks. Lol
AbeVigodaLive wrote:What's sad about the Butler / Thibs / Towns stuff... is just how shitty Towns comes off in it. Somehow...
- The organization didn't really back him as it happened.
- Butler moved on and didn't have as many issues with other prominent young guys
- The Wolves sucked balls. Again.
But Johnny Athletic touched on yet another Towns-related slight.
- Leon Rose was both Towns and Thibs agent. So he'd know about their relationship more than most. So what can we make of him shelling out millions of dollars for a 5-year deal to work with Thibs?
Bad look for Towns, right?
If Thibs can turn the Knicks into a respectable playoff team it's gonna end up looking real bad on Towns. The Knicks have their own young building blocks in RJ and Mitchell Robinson and if they turn that franchise around what's that gonna say about Towns who still is waiting to make the playoffs without a better player on his team helping him.
Has anyone watched RJ Barrett with the Knicks? I mean statistically he looks a lot like a poor but Still better FT shooting Culver. What In his game makes him a cornerstone?
Why is what he doing now the end all be all for what he can become? He was the third overall pick in last years draft. That's what makes him a cornerstone. Giving up on a 3rd overall pick who doesn't even get a full rookie year to play is ridiculous. It's the same as if we just give up on Culver already. Sorry these guys aren't Zion and Ja. You should reasonably expect your top picks to improve on weaknesses and get better in subsequent years so capping these guys potential already is just dumb. We've officially moved up to giving up on rookies during their rookie year now apparently. Crazy.
So the answer is because he was a high draft pick? Ok that's fair but I was honestly simply asking for more analysis than that. I can't blame anyone for not watching the Knicks. Lol
He's played 56 games. That's not nearly enough data for a real analysis of his game at this level. I personally thought he was going to struggle at the start because the way he attacked the basket and tried to finish in college wasn't gonna fly in the pros. He was a junk volume scorer in college who wasn't a great shooter, but at the base of it that's someone who's going to attack the basket and get to the line. That can make up for some jump shooting inefficiencies if he can improve his %. He has a lot of work to do but at this time he's a 20 year old rookie who only got a partial rookie season on a bad team. There's just not much to draw any conclusions from. And I'm not saying he's gonna be a good player. I just think a 3rd overall pick in his rookie year should absolutely be considered one of your franchise cornerstones until his play proves otherwise.
