I think Aminu should be on the block. His value will never be higher and every contender should be interested. We may even get a low first out of it. I know he’s important to our team, but in the grand scheme of things, he’s important to a team that hovers around .500 and isn’t a threat to win a championship. He’s expendable.
I disagree. I think after Collins adds some muscle he’s the perfect 5 in today’s NBA. Look what all the high level teams are doing in the playoffs... they barely play their true big men. Houston plays a 6’9 Capela, GSW barely plays Pachulia, Tristan Thompson was completely taken out of the GSW series, Boston plays a 6’10 Horford who’s 20 lbs lighter than Nurkic. Even the Wizards are purposely hiding their lineup of Morris at the 5 to try and surprise people in the playoffs. Imagine having a Collins at the 5 who is just as quick as those others mentioned but has 2-4 inches on all of them. I think you need a true big man on your roster for matchup reasons throughout the season but when it comes time to the playoffs those guys are the first to be exploited if their getting starter minutes. Its another reason why I’m hesitant to sign Nurkic to any lucrative deal, or trade for DJ for that matter. Unless you have a traditional big man who is truly elite (Boogie) or a guy like Adams who has a very specific role (Nurks ideal scenario), you need a guy like Collins to really compete. I think with 10-15 lbs of added muscle Collins could be the perfect 5 for today’s NBA, especially in the playoffs.
You list Capela, but that’s one guy. There are way too many good “traditional” centers in the nba today. Boogie Embiid Drummond Gasol Whiteside Jordan Jokic Adams Vucevic Valanciunas Gobert Gortat That’s almost half the league, and there are more on the way (Ayton for example.) Nurk can and has banged against all of them. I just don’t see Collins as that type of player. He’s a PF ala Davis to me. Agree to disagree I guess.
Some of those guys would get exposed in the playoffs, and I would consider the others elite. If Nurk can become an elite 5 and Collins can play alongside him I’m all for it but I’m just skeptical he will be as good as any of those guys aside from Gortat, Valnciunas, Vucevic, and Adams (who I’m hoping is who Nurk models his game after). Time will tell, but either way it’s not a bad thing to potentially have both options on the roster.
Knicks Increasing Efforts To Trade Joakim Noah January 26th, 2018 at 12:36pm CST by Luke Adams Joakim Noah is currently away from the Knicks for what the team is calling “personal reasons,” and sources tell Marc Berman of The New York Post that the veteran center is unhappy with his situation in New York. As a result, the Knicks have “ramped up” their efforts to trade Noah, reports Berman, citing a source. Noah, like fellow center Willy Hernangomez, has seen his role reduced this season due to the Knicks’ frontcourt logjam. Enes Kanter and Kyle O’Quinn have been the team’s primary centers for most of the 2017/18 campaign. With O’Quinn and Kristaps Porzingis sidelined on Tuesday against Golden State, Noah had been hoping to see increased minutes. However, he only played sparingly in garbage time and was “visibly upset” after the game, according to Berman, who suggests that the incident may have triggered Noah’s departure from the team. Berman adds that the veteran center might not rejoin the Knicks until next Thursday. While a trade may be a preferred outcome for both the Knicks and Noah, it’s hard to imagine the team finding a trade partner willing to take on the big man’s massive contract. Noah, who has a cap hit of $17.765MM for 2017/18, will still have two years and about $37.83MM in guaranteed money left on his deal after this season. In previous trade talks, the only way the Knicks could get another team to consider taking on Noah was by attaching their 2018 first-round pick, according to Berman. New York’s front office is very much against giving up that first-rounder, which looks increasingly likely to be a lottery selection, so a Noah deal appears to be a long shot. Nonetheless, the Knicks plan to ask teams around the NBA about the idea as the trade deadline nears, says Berman. OK, NY, how desperate are you? You've shown interest in Harkless: http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yd4wxtqf We get a 1st rounder...
Rolo wasn't at Nurk's age....people act like he's a 10 year vet but he's a work in progress...all the skills are there..his defense is like Przybilla and he shoots better already than Joel ever did...I don't have big complaints about him..he needs to be in better shape and hone his timing with his layups...all coachable stuff. Nurk looks like he's still growing to me.
