Scott Perry: Knicks didn't view Donovan Mitchell as a franchise-carrying player
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The Knicks didn’t view Donovan Mitchell as good enough to carry a team by himself. About a year after the Knicks were outbid in their pursuit for Mitchell, Scott Perry, the team’s former GM, cited …
  • Beavshak@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    TBF they got their Don Mitchell equivalent… its the rest of the roster that is the problem

    • MoooonRiverrrr@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t even say the roster is bad. It’s just the fit of RJ and Randle and how good they can be.

      They have wing defense and shooting with Grimes, Hart, Divincenzo

      Guard defense and scoring with Quickley and again DiVincenzo

      Mitch is a great rim protector. Hartenstein is a decent rim protector and good playmaker

      I think if RJ was even close to being “that guy” they’d be a contender. But he’s not that guy on either end of the floor