@rBillSimmonsPod For anyone enjoying Rob’s work I highly recommend listening to the podcast mini series he did called Breakaway for SI. There’s kind of nothing like it in sports podcasts now and it’s really good (and timeless) stuff.
Leon Rose navigating Dolan to get the Knicks a title is one of the greatest accomplishments in sports history. He belongs in the basketball hall of fame.
This is the money Leon, JB, OG, KAT, MB and the full team generated for James Dolan during the playoff run.
He's spitting in their faces not reinvesting it back in the team.
From today’s episode of Katz & Shoot:
“It sounds like a mandate from Dolan” - @JLEdwardsIII
“The front office did not advise that… Dolan went on the radio & people in the Knicks were like ‘wait, what?’” - @FredKatz
“They were blindsided” - JLE3
Truly unfortunate that Mitch is a cap casualty, the arguments for not dipping into the second apron for one or possibly even two seasons are not compelling to me and all this seems to be a product of Dolan’s mandate rather than Roses’s strategy.
Heard it’s unlikely Mitchell Robinson will be back with Knicks next season. He’s longest tenured Knick but also an unrestricted free agent. Owner James Dolan said he’s unwilling to pay into second apron so running it back with bench is not feasible.
random ramble thread...one interesting thing about knicks euro scouting to me has been the inconsistency in other people's scouting reports on players / how they end up presenting in the league
@SamQuinnCBS Tyler Johnson puking when he received his 50 million dollar offer sheet from the Nets is one of my favourite bits of NBA free agency lore.
Not listening to draft night crying when the goal is to keep a championship team that is still in its window, together. Any other team building criticism but that one, please
Knicks fans: Ooh I like the player we drafted!
Leon Rose: He's a draft-and-stash. Also, we just traded him. We acquired another pick and drafted a player. Traded him before you even knew that though. We're on the clock at 31. Might trade that pick too, idk.