Re: 2018-19 Transaction Thread
It’s the perception though and we both know that matters MORE now.
I mean your own HC flew overseas to go see him because KP was in his feelings about how the season ended and the mess with Phil. And in KP’s mind, best believe he’s thinking “Man, I got this dude flying all the ****ing Latvia just to come see me and have a convo that we could’ve easily had later back in NY.
And I get it from Fizdale’s POV because you want to try and establish that relationship and to convince him that “Hey, we’re going to be different than the last people you dealt with so just give us a chance and let us earn back your trust”. But let’s be real, we both know that he’s not flying to France to have that same convo with Ntilikina though, lol.
And to your last point, don’t you think that’s something that should’ve been nipped in the butt SOONER, especially if you had an inkling that he might be an issue later on down the road? If Magic can keep Lonzo’s loud *** Pops under control, you mean to tell me y’all can’t do the same with this guy’s brother? Fizdale and Mills don’t got enough pull to tell him to STFU?
Y’all had a “Franchise cornerstone”, which y’all have been BEGGING for a long time, under team control(read: cheap because of where he was drafted)who actually showed signs that he could be a dominant player or at the very least, a top 5 player at his position. And y’all wanna be mad/turn on him all of a sudden because he supposedly “thought” he was Lebron?
And I get it because team/cloth loyalty > player loyalty, but all that side....can we honestly sit here and say that he didn’t have reasons to wanna leave NY? Y’all say it everyday and crack jokes about your team, about Dolan and how y’all have been a joke for 40 years and nobody will ever come here unless we overpay...yet when somebody of significance actually leaves, it’s because he “thought” he was Lebron so **** him, now?
It’s the perception though and we both know that matters MORE now.
I mean your own HC flew overseas to go see him because KP was in his feelings about how the season ended and the mess with Phil. And in KP’s mind, best believe he’s thinking “Man, I got this dude flying all the ****ing Latvia just to come see me and have a convo that we could’ve easily had later back in NY.
And I get it from Fizdale’s POV because you want to try and establish that relationship and to convince him that “Hey, we’re going to be different than the last people you dealt with so just give us a chance and let us earn back your trust”. But let’s be real, we both know that he’s not flying to France to have that same convo with Ntilikina though, lol.
And to your last point, don’t you think that’s something that should’ve been nipped in the butt SOONER, especially if you had an inkling that he might be an issue later on down the road? If Magic can keep Lonzo’s loud *** Pops under control, you mean to tell me y’all can’t do the same with this guy’s brother? Fizdale and Mills don’t got enough pull to tell him to STFU?
Y’all had a “Franchise cornerstone”, which y’all have been BEGGING for a long time, under team control(read: cheap because of where he was drafted)who actually showed signs that he could be a dominant player or at the very least, a top 5 player at his position. And y’all wanna be mad/turn on him all of a sudden because he supposedly “thought” he was Lebron?
And I get it because team/cloth loyalty > player loyalty, but all that side....can we honestly sit here and say that he didn’t have reasons to wanna leave NY? Y’all say it everyday and crack jokes about your team, about Dolan and how y’all have been a joke for 40 years and nobody will ever come here unless we overpay...yet when somebody of significance actually leaves, it’s because he “thought” he was Lebron so **** him, now?
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