The Knicks are a long shot to acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo if the Bucks superstar requests a trade, according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Post.
The Knicks’ acquisition of Mikal Bridges prior to last season, in which they gave up five first-round picks to the Nets, left them without the necessary draft capital that other suitors could offer. The only way Giannis would wind up with the Knicks, Bondy writes, is if he specifically demanded a trade to New York and warned that he wouldn’t re-sign with any other team that wanted to acquire him.
Here’s more on the Knicks:
- They rolled to a 34-point win over the Jazz on Friday. OG Anunoby returned to the lineup and scored 11 points in 23 minutes. He was on a minutes restriction after missing nine games due to a left hamstring strain. “You always worry when you get a big lead, you don’t want anybody to get hurt, but we needed to get OG Anunoby some game minutes just to work on his conditioning,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said, per Vince Goodwill of ESPN. “And I thought he looked good for the timings out there. I would have loved to get him to 25, 26 minutes. But, you know, 22, 23 worked good enough, especially with the way we had the lead.”
- Josh Hart made his seventh start of the season on Friday and Brown claims it was a staff-driven decision to put him back in the lineup, according to Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News. “You wanna know the truth? I rely on my staff, and I had reasons why I was starting it that way, but my staff, all of them were like, ‘Hey, these are the reasons why it would be better,’” Brown said. “And the reality of it is I just listened to my staff. I said, ‘OK, If I’m the only one thinking that the other way may be better at that time, then maybe I’m wrong.’ And I have been wrong before, and I will be wrong again in the future.”
- Teammates call Tyler Kolek goofy but the second-round pick from 2024 is in a serious fight for minutes and a rotation spot. He has received steady playing time the last eight games due to injuries. “Especially a guy like me, I’m fighting for my life,” Kolek told Jared Schwartz of the New York Post. “I’m trying to get as many minutes as I can, get the coach’s trust, get these guys’ trust as much as I can, so I gotta bring not just the basketball stuff every day, but my personality, my energy, give those guys whatever I can to help the team.”
I’m a Celtics fan but I watch the Knicks games. And especially the Celts playing the Knicks games and my impression is the Knicks lose a ton with Josh Hart on the bench. Lose their energy. Hart needs to start. Of course you can’t play at Hart’s pace forever. Good luck Coach!
Speaking as a fellow goofy man, I support the Goof.
@Beach I love Hart literally the Heart of the team. I just need to learn to shot better and more consistently. I’m not trading Bridges in any Giannis deal. If Milwaukee doesn’t want KAT, OG and Mitch then no deal. Trade those 3 for Giannis and Kuzma. I’d also love Duece to stay in New York also.
Literally the Warriors are the only team who can land Giannis and not destroy their future and make both teams and player better off than their current situations.
It’s time to accept that this iteration of the Warriors is cooked.
Back to the cellar for the Dubs
Just like you said in 2020 and 2021…yawn…
Wow. For someone who claims to be such a huge Warriors fan, you forget a lot. 22 was a fluke. The team didn’t think they had what takes to win another ring. They openly said they were rebuilding. That is why they drafted the raw Wiseman, Kuminga, and Moody and brought in Deke. Winning screwed things up. You can’t develop raw players and defend a title at the same time.
Dunleavy is not trading for Giannis. He wants to keep those picks. They have a lot of money coming off the books in 27. Time for a retool.
1. I didn’t say that
2. Their core players weren’t all 35+ back then
It’s time to accept the window isn’t closed until Steph starts playing bad.
Giannis/Jimmy/Steph are wrecking the league, lil bro. Hamptons 5 part II on the way
Jimmy has proven he can out-Draymond, Draymond. We don’t need two Draymond’s. If GSW lost Draymond and Kerr, they would never lose again lol
Plus the warriors don’t have a future. Podz, moody and kuminga haven’t shown they are even starters at this point.
Moody and Kuminga absolutely have flashed starter-level ceilings. Steve Kerr has admitted he is clueless on how to develop players.
Leaks in the Bucks have said Knocks were willing to let Hart, Bridges and OG go to get Giannis plus a few picks.
Unfortunately, NBA teams try to buy titles. Yes, it works, sometimes, but now it’s getting to be pretty stupid. And financially risky. And with this new cap teams are getting stuck with $50 million dollar + greats, but these are old and often injured stars and if they don’t win right away the team is in trouble going forward. I’d guess the way forward is to grow your own stars.
Raptors and kings could both offer a decent package to bucks for Giannis.
Kolek has no D yet. And without a rim protector. It will be tough for him to get it. He is getting old now. Time has come for him to just play. You get beat on D. Then you win twice on O. Nobody is handling you mins. You have to earn it by impacting the fane. So wake up.
I was about to post something similar. I like Kolek, but, while not old, he’s NOT a kid (turn 25 this season) and certainly not a project. His amateur career was no less celebrated than Brunson’s, and, like the latter, all of it as his team’s 30 mpg PG. He was a SR as a FR in college. He’s not learning the PG position. He could teach it. All of which is to say, if he can’t nail down a rotation spot this year, it’s unlikely he ever will. Lose some weight, put a hold on the goofiness and deliver.
The Knicks are almost an entire roster of “goofy” dudes. Brunson is straight up weird and fussy. Hart is in outer space. Mitch, holy smokes that dude is gold. Mikal (he’s my favorite) is in his world. OG is like a fish out of water. And KAT is completely comical. I love the blend of personalities, even if I don’t love their roster construction from an on-court fit standpoint.
LOL