Official '24 NYK playoffs thread: east semifinals vs Indy

[Coupé It]

If Malcolm is possible I’m cool with that. I’d love to have him.

But not for a first.

I’ll give you Fournier expiring and Grimes. That should be good enough.

 

[アミーゴ]

Completely agree - the big deal (knock on wood) will be this summer

 

[ballinsam23]

The picks Indy gave up aren't good first rounders. Maybe their 2026 pick if everything goes to ****.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Siakam isn’t that good and isn’t worth the money for this team. He’s not a difference maker.

 

[don ramon]

donte divincenzo has grown into his role. pretty reliable player who can do a lot

 

[gaiiige]

If Malcolm is possible I’m cool with that. I’d love to have him.

But not for a first.

I’ll give you Fournier expiring and Grimes. That should be good enough.

I'd swap Grimes for one of the two firsts we have this draft. Grimes is shooting the ball way better since the trade, tell Thibs to figure it out and stop playing Hart over him every time

I do hope we use one of the first-round picks to draft a player this year though. We lost a bunch of youth with Obi/RJ/Quickley and we're decent at drafting outside the lottery

 

[Coupé It]

OG legit never misses from the corners.

 

[ballinsam23]

We're gonna need that 3rd scorer come playoff time badly. Just trade for Murray

 

[airmax1fanatic]

OG defense so good!

 

[ballinsam23]

Our hustle has been off the charts this game

 

[pr0phecy718]

Lets see what happens Saturday night

 

[ihust1e]

 

[njavier03]

I was a little nervous for a while bc we shouldn’t have let Houston hang around

 

[Coupé It]

 

[paulminus]

 

[Coupé It]

I like Brown. Good player. I wanted him too but his contact was huge.

But I think the Pacers have to pay for half his contract going forward or something? Idk the details.

That would be an extremely enticing move to make.

 

[nick.]

I don't think Brown & Hart are a good fit together off the bench at all.

Also, I'd rather include one of the ****ty, protected late firsts in a trade than Grimes. Yes he's having a down year but he's still a fine defender shooting near 40% from three. And more importantly, if we're going to go superstar shopping in the summer we're going to need cheaper talent to fill out the roster.

 

[ballinsam23]

Would be nice to add Bruce Brown, but not at the expense of Grimes.

 

[don ramon]

front office picks 'em and the coach dismisses 'em should be the team motto

there's a longer list of casualties under this coach than success stories. that bothers me

 

[don ramon]

my consistent rant has been that building around a coach intent on going full steam with a "win now mode" playoff lineup during the regular season is unsustainable one way or another. either you wear out your players bringing them closer to injury at the wrong time in the season or your other, younger players' development suffers.

 

[アミーゴ]

my consistent rant has been that building around a coach intent on going full steam with a "win now mode" playoff lineup during the regular season is unsustainable one way or another. either you wear out your players bringing them closer to injury at the wrong time in the season or your other, younger players suffer.

Been the Thibs issue for the last decade +

 

[ballinsam23]

I agree that Thib is running his favorites into the ground.

But we gave Grimes ALOT of opportunities. Starter, off the bench, etc. He's an inconsistent shooter, not as aggressive as he should be, but scrappy on defense.

 

[d3si]

 

[アミーゴ]

This is Grimes best 3P% in a season so far - his confidence seems to lack

 

[don ramon]

now with this bs press about thibodeau being annoyed or whatever with grimes last season over a game - nothing like negative news to further lower the value of a player who was considered "untouchable" even a year ago. knicks looking all desperate to shop him