Dumbass headline. He said it was dream to play for the knicks he just wanted more minutes
rmccarthy10
This doesn’t have to be a sad thing… Julius Randle is simply going to demand a war chest of minutes on this team…. and Obi has shown that when he gets long stretches of time he can score 40 points. I think we did him a big favor by letting him go to a team where he can get minutes and develop, and now we can look for a PF that doesn’t need a lot of minutes to get going nor is trying to start their career… We could bring in a veteran to spell Randall 15 minutes per game who can just bang in the paint and grab rebounds.
This can be a win-win for all of us and we should send Obi virtual hugs for being a great guy and wish him the best… There doesn’t have to be some enemy here or fault
RiggityRyGuy
Were we all watching the same dude? Based purely on what he showed when he was actually on the floor, Obi had zero defensive effort, more air balls than I have ever seen a professional player shoot, barley any off-ball movement if it wasn’t an alley opportunity. I like the dude and loved the highlights but I’m genuinely wondering if I was watching the same player that others apparently were watching the last couple of years.
NYJmmkay
Hope Obi gets a green light in Indiana so we can realize we were holding the player back and not vice versa.
saltyalertt
My issue was, he was 6’9 but couldn’t post, below average shot, and couldn’t drive. Below average defense.
Obi was great in transition and quickened the pace, worked well with a PG that liked to push the pace and drive (2020 drose or IQ)
I wish obi all the best though, no ill will, props for keeping his frustrations out of the public eye which we know isn’t easy in NY
smushkreeg
Getting 2 2nd round picks is a really bad trade
doncic2newyork
dude sucks lmao
Dragonthorn1217
Obi is a good player. Is he better than Randle? Not at this point. Which is why he had to go.
He’s somewhere in the middle. Obi haters like to depict that he’s trash which is not true. He’s also not as valuable to us since we have Randle already who’s a 2-time All-NBA.
AlPesto
Obi needs an offense that runs the floor to thrive and he was never going to consistently get that here with Randle’s game being centered on half court iso. And of course Randle also plays his position. Obi doesn’t have a lot, if any, moves in the post despite being 6’9”, but he can flat out fly for a guy his size. I expect him to put up numbers with Haliburton, it just never was going to happen here so long as we remain committed to Randle.
gaga_booboo
This is his “NBA is a business” moment. Ideally he would have been a life long Knick, home town player, part of what we are building, but it looks like the Knicks did right by him to send him somewhere that he will get a better opportunity.
They can’t all have the fairy tale, hell shades of Kemba when he came but wasn’t good and understood that.
spaceninj
He didn’t earn the minutes.
gregieb429
Some people were saying he should have gotten them, but we couldn’t just sit Randle when he was averaging 25-10
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I think he’s going to have a really solid career.
Dumbass headline. He said it was dream to play for the knicks he just wanted more minutes
This doesn’t have to be a sad thing… Julius Randle is simply going to demand a war chest of minutes on this team…. and Obi has shown that when he gets long stretches of time he can score 40 points. I think we did him a big favor by letting him go to a team where he can get minutes and develop, and now we can look for a PF that doesn’t need a lot of minutes to get going nor is trying to start their career… We could bring in a veteran to spell Randall 15 minutes per game who can just bang in the paint and grab rebounds.
This can be a win-win for all of us and we should send Obi virtual hugs for being a great guy and wish him the best… There doesn’t have to be some enemy here or fault
Were we all watching the same dude? Based purely on what he showed when he was actually on the floor, Obi had zero defensive effort, more air balls than I have ever seen a professional player shoot, barley any off-ball movement if it wasn’t an alley opportunity. I like the dude and loved the highlights but I’m genuinely wondering if I was watching the same player that others apparently were watching the last couple of years.
Hope Obi gets a green light in Indiana so we can realize we were holding the player back and not vice versa.
My issue was, he was 6’9 but couldn’t post, below average shot, and couldn’t drive. Below average defense.
Obi was great in transition and quickened the pace, worked well with a PG that liked to push the pace and drive (2020 drose or IQ)
I wish obi all the best though, no ill will, props for keeping his frustrations out of the public eye which we know isn’t easy in NY
Getting 2 2nd round picks is a really bad trade
dude sucks lmao
Obi is a good player. Is he better than Randle? Not at this point. Which is why he had to go.
He’s somewhere in the middle. Obi haters like to depict that he’s trash which is not true. He’s also not as valuable to us since we have Randle already who’s a 2-time All-NBA.
Obi needs an offense that runs the floor to thrive and he was never going to consistently get that here with Randle’s game being centered on half court iso. And of course Randle also plays his position. Obi doesn’t have a lot, if any, moves in the post despite being 6’9”, but he can flat out fly for a guy his size. I expect him to put up numbers with Haliburton, it just never was going to happen here so long as we remain committed to Randle.
This is his “NBA is a business” moment. Ideally he would have been a life long Knick, home town player, part of what we are building, but it looks like the Knicks did right by him to send him somewhere that he will get a better opportunity.
They can’t all have the fairy tale, hell shades of Kemba when he came but wasn’t good and understood that.
He didn’t earn the minutes.
Some people were saying he should have gotten them, but we couldn’t just sit Randle when he was averaging 25-10
Didn’t really deserve em tho either lol