WE’RE SO BACK

I would be too if my GM picked 2 69 non-shooters in the same draft. I’m saying this as a Raptors fan who also had to watch his FO pick a 69 over Philon so I’m speaking from experience. Koa shouldn’t have been picked over Evans, man cannot shoot.

Sloppy seconds

Knicks get seconds

don’t forget that sweet, sweet money.

Knicks are never going to win a championship with this cheap ownership.

I like the fit for all 3 actually! Suns are one of the few teams where Peat makes sense.

Yup. Shams is tired

Leon is actually cooking. Turning the 24th pick into 5 second rounders is actually really nice work for a team on the border of the second apron.

Shams corrected it, yep 5

I don’t think anything brings Leon as much joy as obsessively trading down in drafts.

Honestly thought it was hilarious how over the top they went with the championship graphics & was joking with a buddy “it’d be funny if they did all this & traded out of the pick”

Funny little rollercoaster for y’all, which the Champs can afford. I like the moves. 

Because you are watching Leon cook in real time.

What I love about how Leon built these Knicks is no move was made in isolation. Just as championships aren’t won by one or two blockbuster moves.

It started with a much poo pooed signing of an overrated small point guard who just had a few good games in Dallas, a team who saw him everyday and didn’t deem him worthy of such a huge contract.

It was finding a way to get OG while shedding a contract in IQ that would have really hurt our flexibility

Getting an unheralded Hart on the way to friendship driven winning.

A KAT trade capitalizing on Minny’s need to shed that contract.

Exceptional role players, both borderline star ones like OG and Hart and the unheralded minimum guys like Shamet.

A quiet trade deadline of only getting Alvarado.

It’s moves like this that open cap space and retain flexibility while building such an amazing culture guys are willing to leave a little on the table (or a lot) to keep their teammates as their teammates.

Just so we can watch our fo do magic with the cap space

yeah yeah cry into the Larry Obrian why dont ya!

For the vibes.

That mini championship tribute was fun I guess.

So we can go from “who the fuck is Mo Diawara? We draft this bum as a favor to Yabusele’s agent?” to sweating over “I hope we hid Cool Mo Di / Three-awara well enough and nobody steals him”

The cancelled NFL supplementary draft got rerouted to the NBA

We haven’t won a championship in 10 days, Leon has gotta be on the hot seat with that kind of drought

I just cannot possibly fathom giving a fuck about the draft right now

You should see our sub right now. I guess all sports subs are like that, but these doomers are wild.

Also, any Knicks fan paying attention should know we’ve been trying to move out of the draft

I actually liked the guys claiming this Sergio guy was going to be a beast and arguing how athletic he was based on a highlight they saw. I hope he went to sleep before the trade, but he was def too excited for that

He also performed a literal miracle by building a championship roster. I like the moves, its whats been working for years and Leon clearly wants the ship to keep chugging along for an attempt at a repeat.

Edit: Also, and this feels so weird to say, the Knicks have a lot of bandwagoners atm

grizzlies got 5 for moving back 5 spots. not impressed.

mostly joking

WHEN IS THE PRESS CONFERENCE LEON

They were calling it malpractice, these people are really something special

Yeah we’re just re-acquiring assets after giving them away to go all-in the last few years. They’ll hopefully be put to good use.

It took him 3 tweets to get it right

Well maybe they figure since JB was a second rounder, that’s where all the future stars are.

Danhausen would be proud

booed the spurs too. knicks in five.

The Mavs young core just just got so much fucking better tonight. Cisse and Johnson at the 4 & 5 on the second squad is gonna be incredible to watch

When Dolan said no second apron he meant we are headed to the little known third apron.

Cameron Carr?

WE GOT A CHAMPIONSHIP! GIVE THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF PICKS TO BROOKLYN TO EVEN OUT THE MIKAL TRADE FOR ALL I CARE!

You won the championship. You’re trying to keep your roster together. It makes sense.

Like who?

Shams is a Himbo the guy clearly spends more time gelling his hair and making sure his appearance is cartoonish than studying ball

No, dude is cooked

Ok I didn’t catch that at first. Hilarious

Analytical 3rd round

He got GTA for 2 seconds. 

makes sense to me; it’s more important to keep their core together to make a run for the two-peat without going over the 2nd apron

Mohamed and hukporti also played for us in the post season and they are pick in the mid-late 50s. develop players and see if they can earn a contract from a low cost standpoint. Miami heat have done this with undrafted players so it’s all possible

I’m glad the nba finally has salary cap

Maybe teams will stop being morons with their money and players like SGA Jokic and Luka can actually make max money compared to other players who get max money for no reason.

We got GM that’s good at scouting foreign players. This is definitely his pick.

Drafted by Knicks, stashed in Dallas until he becomes a borderline starter, then joins a new team and becomes an All-NBA player. 

Still could be but should definitely have the chance at enough minutes to play next year

A 6-⁶⁄₆-7 guard that played in Spain. Sign me up. We are so back.

First thing I thought was this is a textbook Mavs pick.

Leon cooking

Knicks are masters of the 2nd round anyway. Robinson, McBride, Diawara…

I’m surprised you guys didn’t rob a second rounder from the Lakers as well for the 24th pick.

The last thing Dallas needs is another shooter

I’ve been saying this for days

he’s a himbo dude clearly spends more time on his haircut and outfit than studying basketball

got some cash from the new Lakers owners in the process, i guess

The cash.

Cash considerations my boy