The New York Knicks essentially went all-in with their trade for Karl-Anthony Towns. Now there is a lot of pressure on Towns to not only deliver on the offensive end, but also to elevate his game defensively. Under Tom Thibodeau, the Knicks have almost always deployed a classic, rim-protecting center. In Towns, the Knicks could a spread five who could make them dynamic on offense, but he has never been a defender of the caliber of Mitchell Robinson or Isaiah Hartenstein.
In what many would call the NBA's first superteam of the modern era, the Celtics created the mold LeBron would use in forming the so-called "Heatles."
Q: I’d take LeBron James, Chris Bosh and two rings over Derrick Rose. – Joseph. A: This was in response to Thursday’s retirement of Derrick Rose, who went one pick ahead of the Heat’s selection of Michael Beasley at No. 2 in the 2008 draft, after a season when the Heat finished with the worst record in the NBA. And, yes, had the Heat wound up with better lottery luck and Rose, it is possible ...
No | Player | P |
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13 | C | |
1 | FC | |
31 | C | |
18 | SG | |
22 | SF | |
8 | SG | |
14 | SG | |
24 | SF | |
11 | SF | |
16 | SF | |
5 | PF | |
9 | SG | |
25 | PF | |
42 | PF | |
17 | SG | |
0 | SG | |
55 | SF | |
2 | PG | |
12 | SG | |
50 | PG | |
7 | C | |
F |