{"id":25426,"date":"2020-07-11T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/knicks-mailbag-this-coach-starting-5-would-lead-to-playoff-return\/"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T13:01:00","slug":"knicks-mailbag-this-coach-starting-5-would-lead-to-playoff-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/knicks-mailbag-this-coach-starting-5-would-lead-to-playoff-return\/","title":{"rendered":"#Knicks mailbag: This coach, starting 5 would lead to playoff return"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Knicks mailbag: This coach, starting 5 would lead to playoff return<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 11, 2020 |<\/span> 9:01am <\/p>\n

\n You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York\u2019s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series<\/a> of regularly published mailbags. In today\u2019s installment: the Knicks. <\/em><\/p>\n

If the Knicks want to make the playoffs next year, what is a potential best starting team after free agency and the draft, including the head coach? \u2014 Jean <\/strong><\/p>\n

Make no mistake. New president Leon Rose wants to break the seven-year playoff drought next season. Why shouldn\u2019t that be the goal in the anemic Eastern Conference?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with hiring Tom Thibodeau, who broke Minnesota\u2019s 13-year playoff drought and is a proven winner.<\/p>\n

Though this might be the lamest \u2014 and shortest \u2014 free agency in history in late October, Rose still could make upgrades while keeping flexibility for 2021.<\/p>\n

This is an alignment I can foresee, especially if father Lavar Ball gets his way as we\u2019ve reported here multiple times.<\/p>\n

A starting lineup of LaMelo Ball (point guard); RJ Barrett (shooting guard); Carmelo Anthony (small forward); Christian Wood (power forward) and Mitchell Robinson (center) isn\u2019t shabby, especially if Ball is ready to be the quarterback.<\/p>\n

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LaMelo Ball, Tom Thibodeau and Carmelo Anthony<\/span>AP (2); Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Bench Five would feature Frank Ntilikina (backup PG), Reggie Bullock (backup SG), Kevin Knox (backup SF), Julius Randle (backup PF) and Taj Gibson (backup C).<\/p>\n

The Knicks are one of only four teams with cap space and they can add the up-and-coming Wood, 24, with a massive one-year deal \u2014 just as they secured Bobby Portis.<\/p>\n

The sense is Anthony wants to finish his career in New York and he fell right on the Knicks\u2019 radar the moment Rose accepted the presidency. There is no bigger fan of Anthony on the planet than Rose.<\/p>\n

Melo will be on audition for Portland during the Orlando restart. If he can take Knox under his wing \u2014 a big if \u2014 it could really work out.<\/p>\n

As for Randle moving to the bench, several scouts are convinced his future is as a sixth-man scorer on a playoff team. Randle has never made the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Submit your Knicks questions to be answered in an upcoming mailbag<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Why can\u2019t this Knicks\u2019 10 capture a No. 8 seed? This proposed group is better than Orlando\u2019s.<\/p>\n

(If) the Knicks move up to the No. 1 overall pick, I\u2019d trade it along with pieces to get an established star. Your thoughts? \u2014 Tim <\/strong><\/p>\n

Although this draft is considered mediocre, I wouldn\u2019t do it. I especially wouldn\u2019t do it if the established star is someone like DeMar DeRozan. There will be a superstar or two coming out of this draft and Rose will rely on his mega-staff (the new scouts and old scouts) to figure whom they are.<\/p>\n

The Knicks have a good young core with more draft picks, so why are they always trying to chase stars instead of committing to the rebuild and developing the players? \u2014 Rashad <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Knicks would love to develop their young players, but not enough of them have shown signs of stardom. If the Knicks had a chance to package youngsters to net a star, that\u2019s how you win titles. Rose won\u2019t hesitate to trade Dennis Smith Jr., Ntilikina, Knox \u2014 all recent lottery picks \u2014 in a deal for a star. None of the trio has shown potential stardom. Rose mentioned only two \u201cbedrock pieces\u2019\u2019 in Barrett and Robinson. Rose also said Smith is \u201ca special talent right there,\u2019\u2019 but it sounded like he was attempting to increase his trade value.<\/p>\n

Why was Allonzo Trier buried on the bench for much of the season? He surely should have been playing over (Wayne) Ellington, (Reggie) Bullock & (Dennis) Smith. Was it his excessive complaining about not getting fouls called? \u2014 Theodore Cohen <\/strong><\/p>\n

Allonzo who? Trier was waived last month by the new regime so they could sign 15th man Theo Pinson. Rose doesn\u2019t view Trier as a team player or good enough defender. He\u2019s a one-trick pony as an isolation scorer. My theory is former president Steve Mills propped up the undrafted Trier as a rookie partly because he thought Trier could be another lure for Kevin Durant. KD was Trier\u2019s mentor when he attended prep school in Oklahoma and Durant starred for OKC.<\/p>\n

In your (recent answer) about Iggy (Brazdeikis) and other G-Leaguers, you say Rose didn\u2019t get to see him play so there is no attachment. Isn\u2019t the goal to get good players on the roster? Why does it matter who brought who into the organization? \u2014 Anthony <\/strong><\/p>\n

In a perfect world, that should never be a factor. But we live in a society where front-office types seek credit. Rose has no attachment to Brazdeikis but GM Scott Perry does. Perry convinced James Dolan to fork over $1 million to Sacramento to move up in the second round to snare the Michigan southpaw sniper. That\u2019s why I believe the Knicks will give Brazdeikis chances \u2014 as long as Perry is around. In Damyean Dotson\u2019s case, he was a Phil Jackson draft pick. Because there\u2019s no attachment to Rose or Perry, Dotson is as good as gone.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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