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5 takeaways on Karl-Anthony Cities to New York. Plus, is Derrick Rose a Corridor of Famer?

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It’s a Knicks Cities

5 largest issues about KAT to Knicks

Late Friday night time, Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski knowledgeable us of an agreed-upon commerce that brings four-time All-Star large man Karl-Anthony Cities to the Knicks in change for Donte DiVincenzo, Julius Randle and a protected first-round choose from the Pistons. (The deal remains to be materializing to make sure wage numbers match up for New York and Minnesota.) The Knicks must juggle some issues and roster spots to finalize this deal, but it surely’s anticipated to occur fairly shortly, although I wouldn’t anticipate gamers to take part of their new groups’ media days.

We’ve got loads to unpack, however these are my 5 takeaways:

    1. The Knicks have dramatically remodeled their franchise.Initially of the 2022-23 season, the Knicks had a beginning lineup of Jalen Brunson, Evan Fournier, RJ Barrett, Randle and Mitchell Robinson. Assuming well being, their beginning opening night time lineup this season shall be Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Cities. That’s an enormous shift in two years. Now, we’ll see if Cities could make this work.
    2. The Wolves cheaped out sooner than anticipated.The timing of this commerce is a bit shocking to many people. With the posh tax second apron showing like Beetlejuice or Candyman once you say it 3 times, this seems like a transfer the Wolves may have made subsequent summer time. As an alternative, they determined to get the pliability now and promote this as what was wanted to increase the Anthony Edwards window. I’ll remind you the Wolves simply made the Western Convention finals for the primary time in 20 years. And they deserved one other shot to advance additional earlier than retooling the roster.
    3. The Knicks’ depth shall be a problem.Till Robinson will get wholesome (January?), the Knicks want some assist with their depth. They’ll be right down to Deuce McBride, Jericho Sims, Landry Shamet and possibly Treasured Achiuwa for a bench rotation. And we all know how Thibodeau likes to run these minutes …
    4. The Wolves made it more durable and simpler on Ant.DiVincenzo is an ideal backcourt mate for Edwards. He defends, is a good shooter and might play-make. So, it gained’t be all on Ant to do that stuff each single night time. However now Randle and his lack of floor-spacing shall be in the way in which with Rudy Gobert on the court docket. The driving lanes for Edwards simply shrunk loads, and Chris Finch could have to stagger minutes to have Randle extra with the second unit.
    5. Denver wins this commerce between the Wolves and Knicks.The Nuggets misplaced loads this summer time, however they must be thrilled that the Wolves are going from Cities to Randle. KAT’s dimension helped throw sufficient in entrance of Nikola Jokić to complicate issues. I’m undecided Jokić will even see the 6-foot-8 Randle when capturing over him.

Oh, and by the way in which, I’m not sure if Robinson is an enormous fan of what’s taking place.

Let’s Debate

Does Derrick Rose belong within the Corridor of Fame?

If, 12 years in the past, you informed me I had written for The Athleticthat Jrue Vacation is totally a Corridor of Famer however questioned if Derrick Rose will make the HOF, my first response would’ve been, “What’s The Athletic?” Then, it might have been wild to truly look at if the youngest MVP in league historical past was going to finish up extra completed than that good defensive guard for the 76ers. After Rose, 35, introduced his retirement final week, let’s sort out the query: Is he headed to the Corridor?

Rose was on monitor to do it within the first few years of his profession. Then, his physique failed him. He additionally had off-court points. Whereas he was capable of carve out a secondary NBA profession as a task participant, it didn’t comply with almost the identical famous person trajectory he was on initially, so let’s dive in:

  • Does Rose have the numbers?12,573 factors, 3,770 assists and a pair of,324 rebounds in 723 video games. He performed in solely 52 playoff video games. For perspective, Andrew Wiggins (29) has 40 profession playoff video games.
  • Does Rose have the accolades?He has a Rookie of the 12 months award, an MVP award, one All-NBA choice (first staff) and three All-Star choices. Other than present gamers, no person has ever gained NBA MVP and did not make the HOF. He additionally has a adorned highschool profession, one nice 12 months in school and two FIBA World Cup gold medals for Staff USA.
  • What are the hurdles?For American, non-ABA collaborating gamers within the “fashionable period,” solely Invoice Walton, Willis Reed, Billy Cunningham and Ralph Sampson managed to make the Corridor of Fame with fewer than 750 NBA video games performed. Maurice Cheeks and Michael Cooper are uncommon guards who didn’t surpass 13,000 factors and made the HOF. However not cracking 13,000 factors, 4,000 assists or 2,500 rebounds hasn’t labored out for making the Corridor.

Last verdict:I don’t suppose he’ll get in on the primary poll, however finally the North American Committee, Contributors Committee or Veterans Committee will vote him in. In the end, that MVP will remind everyone of the monitor he was as soon as on.

WNBA Semifinals

And Liberty for all?

Yesterday noticed the primary motion of the 2024 WNBA playoff semifinals, and the Aces are formally on alert. Their quest for the second three-peat in WNBA historical past hit a reasonably large velocity bump with the Liberty making their very own assertion. Then, within the different sequence, the Solar stole home-court benefit away from the Lynx. That is the place the semifinals stand after the respective Sport 1s:

New York 87, Las Vegas 77 | Liberty lead sequence 1-0

The Liberty gained’t get the poetic try at revenge on the Aces for final 12 months’s WNBA Finals, with this showdown taking place earlier than the championship spherical, in order that they’ll must accept stopping Las Vegas from even getting there. Breanna Stewart noticed A’ja Wilson and the Aces in entrance of her and selected to gentle them up. Stewie had 34 factors on 12-of-19 capturing from the sphere to go together with 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Sabrina Ionescu helped with 21 factors and 5 assists. Despite the fact that the Liberty had been just a little sloppy with the ball, they merely had an excessive amount of firepower for an Aces staff that shot simply 28 % from deep.

We additionally had a second with director, Knicks fan and now Liberty fan Spike Lee exhibiting as much as Barclays Heart to heckle Kelsey Plum and the remainder of the Aces. After the gaem, Plum talked about she informed Spike to speak louder as he was heckling. We’ll see if the Liberty can again up Spike’s phrases once more on Tuesday after they’re at Barclays Heart for Sport 2.

Connecticut 73, Minnesota 70 | Solar lead sequence 1-0

When you’ve the 2 greatest defensive groups within the league going through off, you’re going to see some extreme scoring droughts. Fortuitously for the Solar, they managed to show the water off for the Lynx’s offense on the proper time within the fourth quarter. Minnesota dominated the second and third quarter 46-34 to take management of the sport. However the Solar saved chipping away by transferring the ball earlier than utterly shutting down the Lynx. They allowed simply 4 of 18 photographs from the sphere for eight factors by the Lynx within the fourth quarter.

Napheesa Collier, who dropped 80 factors in her two first-round video games, was slowed down to only 19 factors on 7-of-16 from the sphere, together with a desperation 3-point try to attempt to tie it on the finish of regulation that wasn’t even shut. Alyssa Thomas’ 17 factors, 10 rebounds and 9 assists almost notched her fifth profession postseason triple-double – there are solely twodifferent mixed trip-dubs in WNBA playoff historical past (Courtney Vandersloot in 2021, Sheryl Swoopes in 2005). Marina Mabrey knocked down extra 3-pointers (six) than the Lynx (5). And now Minnesota has to ensure it leaves house with a break up when it performs Sport 2 on Tuesday night time.

Bounce Passes

Zion Williamson is able to get revenge on everyone.

The Nuggets know precisely how laborious profitable one other title shall be.

It’s no shock Joe Mazzulla has some weird observe drills.

Most-clicked in Thursday’s publication:Individuals are actually excited in regards to the Clippers opening the Inuit Dome.

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