There’s already rumblings about Frank Vogel’s tenure as Lakers coach – he shouldn’t be the scapegoat for the pathetic squad make-up surrounding LeBron James and Anthony Davis but with the team running eighth in the Western Conference with a 10-11 record, the 2020 championship winner needs to get the team firing soon or speculation will only increase. Not that there was ever any alarm about the champions but they’ve gone 8-2 over the past couple of weeks and are back up to fifth in the Eastern Conference, only two games back from first-placed Brooklyn. Patty Mills is in career-best shooting form – he is averaging 1.33 points per shot to be the most efficient jump shooter in the NBA, according to ESPN stats guru Kirk Goldsberry.Ī post shared by Kirk Goldsberry your eyes on They need to stay the course and keep building like a small-market team, a legacy from the past decade when their ongoing incompetence off the court.
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The Knicks meanwhile can clear cap room next season to chase a big name but they shouldn’t trade away their best young assets to get one like they did when they grabbed Carmelo Anthony from Denver because they were too nervous to wait for free agency. That won’t happen – the Pelicans will fire whichever staff or change the roster however he wants it before they let that happen. Giannis last year re-signed for five more seasons at Milwaukee and despite recent cryptic comments about not necessarily being there forever, a lot would have to go wrong after last season’s title for him to leave.Īnd Zion is only just getting back on the floor for his third season after an injury-riddled first two years – there is talk he may opt out of his New Orleans deal and forfeit many millions by not extending his rookie deal.
Knicks fans also have pictures of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Zion Williamson in their hope chest but they shouldn’t fall into the trap of banking on those two stars being part of their future like they’ve done with Durant, LeBron James, Irving, Gordon Hayward and many more over the years. There’s also the likes of Ben Simmons, Damian Lillard, De’Aaron Fox and Karl-Anthony Towns who could be acquired in a trade. It’s fair to say the Knicks have no regrets about packaging Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas for picks a few years ago when he was at a similar stage of his career but Barrett does not have the off-court baggage and injury history of the Lithuanian. Randle is coming off one of the biggest single-season leaps in NBA history and although he came up short in the playoffs when the Knicks were upset by Atlanta, they should stick by him.īarrett, the No.3 pick in the 2019 Draft behind blue chip prospects Zion Williamson and Ja Morant, still needs to improve his shooting but jettisoning him for a more-established star would be short-sighted. Unlike a few years ago when KD and Kyrie were looking for a joint landing spot in a big market and chose the upstart Nets over the Madison Square Garden basket case franchise, the Knicks are now on solid footing.ĭespised owner James Dolan has been uncharacteristically relatively free of controversy in the past couple of years and the new regime headed by Leon Rose and William Wesley has been able to restore the Knicks’ reputation to a point where they will be a chance of landing the next big fish in free agency.īut they shouldn’t do it if it means giving up one or more of their young guns.
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