Free Spree

Just here for the Knicks. Fan since early Ewing. Oddly optimistic. Trade machine me.

[Free Spree @freespree5]

GIVE ME ALL THE NBA PLAYERS WITH NY ROOTS

I DON'T CARE I DON'T CARE I DON'T CARE

[June @HoodieBrunson]

Andre Drummond to a random NYC civilian:

“YURRRR… whatsup my heart” bro 😭😭

[Free Spree @freespree5]

@vdadhania Any names come to mind to use it on?

Or maybe they hold it to offer above minimum to a buy out guy later in the year?

[Free Spree @freespree5]

@MrChuckD @KnicksFanTv @nyknicks beast.

Love this one, Chuck.

[Free Spree @freespree5]

Clarkson is VERY New York City.

Welcome back, champ.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Free agent Jordan Clarkson has agreed to a one-year, $3.9 million deal to return to the New York Knicks, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul and agent Brandon Cavanaugh tell ESPN.

[Free Spree @freespree5]

SUDDENLY I'M WASTED

[ALL NBA Podcast @ALLCITY_NBA]

Our guy @LegsESPN hasn't forgotten what he saw from Diawara mid-season

[DugLust @duglust]

The potential upside of this contract is off the charts

[Free Spree @freespree5]

Personal “conspiracy” theory:

I think at one of the low points of the season, it clicked for Brunson the kind of leadership KAT needed to bring out his team oriented best:

Friendship. Love.

It all came together when KAT & JB started acting like homies.

[Rebecca @RebeccaChasen]

I love my best friends

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

This wasn't on the broadcast:

During the commercial break before the trophy ceremony, as the Knicks gathered on stage, KAT & Brunson see each other for what looks like the first time since the buzzer:

[Free Spree @freespree5]

Most painful loss of a Knicks players since......... ?

I felt it when we traded IQ. But it was for a championship level player (who I liked) in OG, so the sting was different.

Losing Oak stunk, but Camby made sense.
For Starks, we got Spree.

Is the list Ewing, Mitch, Lin?

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

From the moment you put on a Knicks jersey, you gave the city everything you had 👏

[Tommy Beer @TommyBeer]

Deuce McBride, Mo Diawara and Andre Drummond will count less than $9 million combined against the cap/apron next season.

That’s brilliant work on the margins for three rotation players

Crucial in today’s NBA / CBA

[Free Spree @freespree5]

The Knicks are undefeated since winning the championship let that sink in

[Free Spree @freespree5]

I’m a homer, but I don’t see how Lebron goes anywhere but the Knicks.

GSW & CLE aren’t contenders, even with him. MIA wouldn’t be either; and it would be too much of a super team narrative with GA.

In NY, he can win. Being on the repeat team in NYC would be the dopest coda.

[Free Spree @freespree5]

If @KingJames comes to the @nyknicks, I expect him to say he wants to be the 6th man.

He's earned a low-key-but-high-upside last year.

He can chill in JB's locker room, his loud voice not needed.

He can beat up second units, and end every tight game on the court.

[Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS]

I don't think LeBron is going to the Knicks. I feel like most of the appeal was being the one to end the drought.

But hoooooo boy would it be a fun basketball fit. That starting lineup, without defenses ignoring Hart and with the system tweaks Brown made, scores infinity points.

[Free Spree @freespree5]

@DJAceNBA My thinking too.

Also doesn't hurt that the team doesn't need a leader. Lebron can enjoy being in JB's locker room.

Plus the cinematic backdrop of NYC for the documentary he's making about it.

[James L. Edwards III @JLEdwardsIII]

The Knicks still have the best starting lineup in the East and probably most depth still.

Get a solid backup center and I don’t see why the team we just watched in the playoffs still isn’t the favorite.

[Tommy Beer @TommyBeer]

FWIW, as I wrote earlier this week, committing $15+ million annually to Mitchell Robinson is a risky/questionable investment.

Even if Mitch stays healthy (and remember, the Knicks had to carefully manage his workload all season), that's a steep price to pay for a player you can’t feel overly comfortable playing in the fourth quarter, let alone crunch time, of any important game.

[Free Spree @freespree5]

Yup

[Kris Pursiainen @krispursiainen]

Mitchell Robinson had iconic moments for the Knicks and was also unplayable, at times, against several opponents including SAS

I think NY’s refusal to go into the 2nd apron to keep him can age fine. Don’t think his limitations, or being cheap, were why they wouldn’t do it though

[Free Spree @freespree5]

@nicholasjuice It’s an outlier example.

Don’t let it be your excuse. We get stronger thru therapy.

[Free Spree @freespree5]

@PalantirTech You sound like an absolute lunatic to the rest of us.