He played 70+ games last season I’m hopeful🤞

Ayo is an excellent fill in if he does

that’s 40 more games of deploying Ant the way you want him deployed, than you had before ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeah im cautiously Optimistic lol

See this the info I need, I only watch playoffs

He was on a poverty franchise that wasn’t trying to rush him back for better lottery picks

And is the last thing from a “pass-first” point guard, which is what the T-Wolves need, and why Conley was so perfect for them, but he’s finally actually TOO old.

Guess we should just fold the team then.  It was a good effort but no point in existence with OKC and the Spurs around.

How have you still not learned over the past 7 seasons that no team is unbeatable

23 Nuggets, 24 Celtics, 25 OKC. 1 injury and they’re done. They can also 100% be upset by a “weaker” team

Have to actually play the games

People didn’t think the Spurs could get past OKC. Then they didn’t think the Knicks could get past the Spurs…

Wow a guy from the future!

Top 5 all time slander nickname

I love Randle and what he did for the Knicks but there were some rough stretches. Him dribbing down the clock and doing something resembling a post move before turning the ball over was always infuriating

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To be fair to Randle, he got replaced by 2 Hall of Famers (Lebron, KAT) and the #1 pick in the draft (Zion). He still proved he was a star which definitely wasn’t what people expected out of him when he left to New Orleans or New York.

Eh. Randle was not the right trade for KAT if you’re Minnesota, but I don’t know how much better they would have gotten given the opinions on KAT being soft and not a leader. In either case, Randle deserves more credit than he gets for his play. On the Knicks, he was really good. He helped make us relevant again and if not for injuries, they likely could have at least faced the Celtics in the ECF in 2024.

The trades was so obviously bad when they gave up KAT for Randle. Sure they made the conference finals again but they had an easy road after playing the Warriors without Curry.

Part of the problem is that Ant improves his skills by learning from players he trains with. His shooting took a leap while working with Curry/Durant on Team USA. His individual defensive technique improved a lot when we got Rudy.

We’ve never had an individual playmaker on the team that passes like LaMelo. I’m optimistic that Ant’s passing ability will improve purely by having an elite passer on the court with him that he can compare to and learn from. He’ll never be a LeBron/Jokic/Luka level playmaker, but 60% of that would be more than enough.

Absolutely. Can’t collapse on him headed to the paint if he’s a willing passer to the perimeter.

For sure! I just think being at that level is so intuitive and hard to achieve, even with people who have been trying their entire careers. He’s better at passing out of doubles now which was a huge step. At this point, to me, anything extra is gravy.

From my fuzzy recollection of this FA period, I don’t really remember any other position having many players we had a real shot at unless we had a bunch of money to throw. I don’t think there was a chance we completely rounded out the roster, so I’m okay with saying forget it and trying to have a super potent offense.

If Conley was 5-10 years younger it would have been fine. He just wasnt playing at the level we needed him to outside of his first 6 months on the team.

Hes been washed for years now. Anything they get from him is fine. But he hasnt been anywhere near where theyve needed him to be for this team to seriously contend.

Conley’s older than rocks, that was the issue

He actually seems like one of the best teammates in basketball lol. Hes constantly praising teammates and giving them credit for success and seems like the ultimate hype man even though hes the best player on the team.

Read a book jesus

Racist and beats his wife?