Are the Knicks contenders after acquiring OG Anunoby? Perk isn’t on board yet! 👀 | NBA Today

Are the Knicks contenders after acquiring OG Anunoby? Perk isn’t on board yet! 👀 | NBA Today

A major trade Domino fell and that is where we start our show with the New York Knicks making a surprising deal for OG anobi last night CH we got our first look at the new look Nicks as OG anobi is introduced in the starting lineup go

New York go New York go this is just a sample of what he does offensively right look this is why all teams most teams this is why we’re talking about his name he’s a true quintessential three indeed type of player and the three is the most

Important if you you can get a Defender but if you’re Defender can knock down threes he’s shooting 38% so far in the year and look at the numbers three for four on Corner threes the easiest shot to shoot from long distance that’s so important for his game and then

Defensively I mean starting with Anthony Edwards right this is why they brought this guy in this is what levels you up especially being a perfect fit considering that you’re playing for Coach Tibido a defensive minded coach you got two screens right there Carl towns Rudy Gober he’s able to manage his

Way through and Anthony Edwards has been the engine the Catalyst he’s not afraid of him first game as Nick guess what I got your number According to second Spectrum anobi he defended Edwards for 34 half court possessions the most on the team but then Julius Randall he

Would close this one out ending last year my resolution was to talk about Julius Randall and I get the opportunity right now why Julius Randall his numbers have been impressive he scored at least 20 points in 18 straight games he’s been averaging 28.2 nine rebounds four

Assists in the last 18 games he started off the season slow he end of the year strong and he’s a reason why I believe the Knicks are contemp oo let’s get more into that Julius Randle had a game high 39 points the Knicks win this one 112

106 but Zack low I know it’s only one game but it’s a win over the West’s best team and that’s not really a bad place to start so what is the pickup of OG anomi what does that mean for New York I think it means a lot for the New York

Knicks I think they could be uh punch a little bit more above their weight in the Easter Conference he’s exactly the skill set every playoff team needs size to guard every position literally everyone Toronto would have him guard centers sometimes and Chen midet the elite three-point shooting ability I I

Saw some people debating who got the best player in the trade is it Emanuel quickley or ogan anobi in three years four years maybe the conversation shifts to me the Knicks got the best player in the trade they need to find a little more ball handling maybe they’re going

To miss the kind of juice that quickly gave them to speed the unpredictability but to me this upgrades the Knicks playoff Equity look are they as good as Philly Boston Milwaukee I still don’t think so but all year I’ve said I like this team a lot they’re feisty they

Fight they’re physical they know exactly who they are and I think they are really really good good enough that if they got the right matchup in this second round and a little bit of luck yeah they they could make the Conference Finals well Kendrick Perkins said that he believes

That Jaylen Brunson is a 1A type of player so New York adding a piece like o OG an anobi perk does that make them good enough to become true contenders in your eyes I mean they’re knocking at the door they’re knocking at at the door but I’m

Not ready to let them in just yet as being a true Contender just for the simple fact Chate harped on this about more Julius rle we know what Julius rle is going to bring in a regular season he has shown us this in consecutive years that he could be in all NBA caliber

Player but in the postseason it’s a major drop off in his play in his leadership in his body language and I know he’s caught a lot of heat from from you know the New York fan base but he’s gained the respect back at times by bouncing back in great fashion he’s even

Been benched in the fourth quarter by Tom Tibido every Batman needs a robin do I believe that jayen Bronson has the capability of being the best player in any series and closing games when it matter the most hell yeah but I just don’t have that faith in Julius rer yet and I think

Right now the piece by picking up OG from Toronto from Toronto adding him into the mix is going to help Julius round out so much but again I need to see it when it matters the most I’m not yet ready to call the New York Knicks a title Contender I think this all

Predicates on what does contender mean is the New York basketball team the New York Knicks are they a championship team no I don’t think so but I do think that they can contend with championship teams we’ve seen them not shy away from Big moments and I do think you can’t ignore

The fact that when you get a player like OG anobi like it’s important that you really celebrate this idea that it’s great to have role players that are the best at what they do he’s the best at what he does knocking down threes playing good defense a guy that has

Experience being on a championship team being that star as perk says in his role so they may not be theion team yet this because you’re stting to see the pieces they have an identity they have great players and then now you get pieces that work toward that ultimate goal so so let

Me throw this at you though I I’m not say when I say contender right I I’m not necessarily saying okay Championship or bus this year let’s say making it back to the Eastern Conference Finals let’s set that bar for New York I wouldn’t be surprised if they do that and you know

Who I’m like getting like maybe some little Vibes of and it has to be a little bit of luck it has to be the Rand that we’ve seen over the last 18 games averaging 20 points a game the Hawks in 2021 making a run to the Eastern

Conference Finals and people say oh man they had no business beating Philadelphia they got a little bit lucky sure who doesn’t get a little bit Lucky in that I feel like they have all the ingredients here now you’re looking at okay do they upgrade their bench just a

Little bit it’s those types of pieces that’s the conversation that OG anobi puts the New York Nixon I want to bring Adrien wowski back into the conversation because we’re a little over a month away from the trade deadline what’s next for New York well I think both at the trade

Deadline and then after the season I think if you’re the Nick at the trade deadline are there going to be is there going to be a team or teams uh that are trying to get ahead of the second apron phasing in after the season and moving

Off a big salary a player that they might value but they don’t want to be in that second apron and have to face all the roster building limitations that come with it uh that’s certainly one aspect and certainly as you said Malika is there a role player uh somebody who

Replaces an Emanuel quickly who can score the ball as Zach said who could handle you know those are different kinds of Trades but then after the season this is a New York team that has five they have all of their own first round picks over the next five years and

They’ve got very some valuable protected picks from Milwaukee from Dallas uh that are in the next couple of Seasons those have value in trades and you know the formula for trying to get a big star in a trade it’s a it’s you get to the end of the season a team underachieves

There’s a shakeup yeah somebody asks out or a team’s going to make a trade and you need that player to tell his team I want to go to New York or New York’s on my list of two or three and preferably that’s a player near the end of his

Contract because he’s got more leverage as opposed to a player like Damon Lillard who had four years left didn’t have the leverage to get where he wanted those are the options for New York but they’re like every other organization what is the level of player that we would use this capital on and

Does that put us at the second apron and limit us are our two best players as good as the two best players in Philadelphia in Boston in Milwaukee in Miami uh does the player we bring in is he our best player is our second best player is he worth paying what it’s

Going to cost it is a difficult proposition now with the phasing in of this second April but the good news for the Knicks they’ve got draft assets that are going to be very valuable around the league what’s coming next I think watching Pascal sakam in Toronto and I

Think initially what you’re seeing the Raptors try to do is put a team around Scotty Barnes at 22 years old that fits him agewise cakam is going to be 30 before the end of this season uh he has started to really play very well again uh he’s got value around the league but

He’s also going to be a free agent and I think if you’re Toronto if you are not going to resign him you can’t let him walk uh like Fred Van vet walked certainly like they lost a kawhai Leonard that was a different situation that was the one-year rental they won a

Title uh but I think for cakam there’s some leverage in that if a team’s going to trade for him they want to know that they can resign him that he’ll want to be here and that’s going to uh dictate how much they might offer Toronto in a

Deal but I do think there’s a window here where the Raptors get to see what seum looks like with RJ Barrett with Emanuel quickley and this group with the Raptors but certainly I think that’s going to be a player here we’re going to watch over the next month so knowing

That the Raptors are still sort of evaluating the situation perk where would you like to see Pascal cakam play in Philly in Philly and you know what’s crazy is this let me adjust myself and get Sil here we go when you think about what Billy has been doing

Right think about the pieces right you you look at Kelly U DeAnthony Melton those guys they’ve been balling they have draft picks okay so I’m looking at Tyrese Maxi and Joel embiid and what I’m looking at I’m looking at a team that’s missing a third star yes Tobias Harris

Has been you know playing some good basketball but can he really be that guy to get you over the hump is he better than Pascal seak my answer is hell no he’s not so we know what Pascal seum could do in a Nick Nurf system that’s helped them bring a championship they

Did it together so when I think about the Philadelphia 76 is and I think about adding that piece yeah to the duo of Joel lebid and Tyrese Maxi send him to Philly I love Pascal in the 76ers unform well as we evaluate the Eastern Conference we’re talking about the

Celtics we’re looking at the Milwaukee Bucks it feels like Philly is right there what were you doing earlier knock knock knocking on that door do they need another piece in order to burst through it [Applause] [Applause] is

Are the Knicks contenders after acquiring OG Anunoby? Perk isn’t on board yet! 👀 | NBA Today
The NBA Today crew debate what impact OG Anunoby will have on the New York Knicks and whether the team has done enough to become a contender this season.
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0:00 What does the pickup of OG Anunoby means for the Knicks?
3:00 Did the Knicks do enough to become a contender this season?
6:00 What’s next for the Knicks before NBA Trade Deadline?
8:00 What team should be making the next move before the trade deadline?

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