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Knicks Summer League schedule is out: šŸ—“ļø Fri Jul 11 6pm v Pistons NBA TV šŸ—“ļø Sun Jul 13 5:30pm v Celtics NBA TV šŸ—“ļø Tue Jul 15 6pm v Nets ESPN2 šŸ—“ļø Thu Jul 17 4:30pm v Pacers ESPN2 šŸ—“ļø TBD Times Eastern

#Knicks Summer League squad shaping up to be pretty fun (depending on how much the sophomores play): Kolek, Dadiet, Huk, McCullar, Naji, Diawara, maybe Beauchamp. Wonder if they try signing Jonathan Pierre, kid from Belmont they were rumored to like who went undrafted?

I had BKL’s pick at 36 as the target for #Knicks to get Thiero. Apparently the Nets want all 6 rookies on their team this season & NY couldn’t move up. They take Thiero & NYK picks up an extra asset to take a draft & stash prospect. Onto a coaching decision and free agency. #NBADraft

Word is Leon & co will look to trade up. Thiero has already been linked to them. If they could get Fleming somehow…dude is big, can shoot, racks stocks & has solid advanced stats. Was projected in the 1st so maybe injury concern? If anyone has info about his drop I’d love to hear about it. #Knicks

Gonna be a lot of decent players available rnd 2 of #NBADraft for #Knicks. Some personal faves: - Maxime Raynaud (stretch big) - Rasheer Fleming (rnd 1 grade) - Adu Thiero (Calipari link) - Kam Jones (reunion w/ Kolek?) - Koby Brea (best shooter in the draft, does nothing else) - Noah Penda šŸ‡«šŸ‡·

Honestly thought he should have stayed another year at #UConn.

Demin & Traore add 2 ball handler/creators to a BKL team desperately needing those skills. Now let’s see what they do with their other FOUR first round picks. #NBADraft

Kasparas Jakučionis just looks like he would play for the Heat. #NBADraft

Sorber is such a Thunder player. Gonna be a good fit there.

Suns and Pelicans are just auto-accepting trades

Pels trading into 13 for Queen? #NBADraft

I give up. I have no idea what TOR is doing. Good luck collecting wings who can’t shoot. Getting to the point in the #NBADraft where anyone can go anywhere. Maluach to Suns at 10 would make a lot of sense with all the shooters/scorers they have now.

Love Fears to NOP. If he wasn’t there, I think it would’ve been Queen. Now ? where he lands. Demin was my dark horse pick for BKL. Need a distributor & w/ Fears gone he’s the next best IMHO. Maluach to TOR seems like a given at 9, but they supposedly had a ā€œsecretā€ workout w/ Essengue. #NBADraft

And it’s Johnson. Wash didn’t have a good volume shooter last season & Tre can SHOOT. #NBADraft Now let’s see if talk of Queen to NOP has legs or if they go for Fears or Maluach. I’d say Fears. Either way, BKL has to be happy Fears/Maluach will be there at 8 unless there’s a surprise. #NBADraft

With Bailey off the board I like Fears or Maluach to WASH. Outside shot it’s Tre Johnson. #NBADraft

No reports on this yet but feel like Bailey could be on the move. If not I like the pick for Utah who need to draft a star to have a shot. #NBADraft

4/4 to start. Let’s see what Utah does here. 1st pick I really think is in play w/ BKL & NOP looking to move up for Bailey/Fears.

Keep flip-flopping Kon and Johnson. Think those could go either way. Feel pretty solid with the rest, even if BKL & Utah don’t swap.

Final Top-10 #NBA mock draft: 1. Flagg 2. Harper 3. Edgecombe 4. Kneuppel 5. Fears (trade to BKL) 6. Bailey 7. Queen 8. Johnson (trade to Utah) 9. Maluach 10. Essengue

Borego getting an interview w/ #Knicks. Liked him as a candidate last time around. stint in CHA didn’t go great, but not sure that’s a reflection on him.

Worst part I just realized: Will be on planes back to the East Coast for the first 8-9 hours of #NBA free agency; and likely the next 8-10 sleeping it off.

Not a fan of the #NBADraft moving to 2 nights. I think it will lead to some interesting day 2 moves, but selfishly I’d like to watch it in 1 night. Unless they want to spice things up w/ a separate ā€œInternationalā€ draft (kinda like the NFL supplemental draft) in between. That’d be cool.

This was 2 weeks ago…now at 750! Maybe I should start a blog or something šŸ˜‚

Watched #Marvel #Ironheart last night. Ep 1 was a little weak, but 2 & 3 picked up the pace. Good character development and pacing w/ plenty of call backs to #MCU history. Can’t say it’s at the top of my D+ series list, but a solid addition that fits well w/ the street-level vibes from Daredevil.

Best thing about being on the West Coast this week? #NBAFinals game 7 and East Coast primaries decided before dinner! This is the life šŸ˜Ž

Some def @prezidente.bsky.social bait with those 2.

Oh and BKL picks up ANOTHER frp. Good for them.

Gotta give Stevens credit for not really attaching assets in these salary moves today. Had to clear cap but taking a ā€œgap yearā€ w/ Tatum out is smart. For ATL, KP is an intriguing. PnP w/ Trae will be tough & Okongwu can prob play w/ him some in 2 big LUs. If JJ is healthy they can do some things.

Samesies.

Love this guy. X&Os + Personality. One of my top choices along w/ Jenkins, Bryant, Quinn and Cassell. Doubt he’ll be the last top assistant interviewed.

NBA injuries open door for Knicks: ā€˜The entire Eastern Conference order has been reshaped’ www.nj.com/knicks/2025/...

Interesting deal between BOS & POR. Cs needed to cut salary & find someone else who can score w/ Tatum out for the year most likely. Losing J’rue will hurt that defense though. Blazers get a vet mentor for Scoot, et al, and can try flipping him again down the line.

Ooooh….culminating match (or 1-day tourney?) at #AllInTexas would make sense. Let’s go!