Knicks Select PF Obi Toppin with the 8th Pick

[YoungStuna]

[YoungStuna]

I’m ecstatic with the pick. I would have loved Deni as well, but there is considerable more risk there IMO.

Obi is going to prove a lot of doubters wrong. He’s extremely talented. Hopefully Randle can be moved.

[KnicksFan4Years]

For #8 Obi is a good pick.

Also frees us to trade Randle for Westbrook

[YoungStuna]

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/po...ion-obi-toppin

Great read on Obi.

[Dr. Detfink]

Obi Toppin is the oldest rookie in the draft. He's older than Mitchell Robinson, Frank Ntilikina, Dennis Smith Jr, RJ Barrett, Kevin Knox, Julius Randle, Scott Perry....

The loser with this pick is Mitchell Robinson who will be face palming with Julius Randle and Obi Toppin's horrific defensive lapses.

The Knicks have a scorer who likes to dunk, alongside ball dominant RJ Barrett, and Mitchell Robinson.

Gonna need a top flight point guard to get that spacing right.

[kyubi256]

Guess a trade for Russ is looking more likely

[ewing]

Obi Toppin is the oldest rookie in the draft. He's older than Mitchell Robinson, Frank Ntilikina, Dennis Smith Jr, RJ Barrett, Kevin Knox, Julius Randle, Scott Perry....

The loser with this pick is Mitchell Robinson who will be face palming with Julius Randle and Obi Toppin's horrific defensive lapses.

The Knicks have a scorer who likes to dunk, alongside ball dominant RJ Barrett, and Mitchell Robinson.

Gonna need a top flight point guard to get that spacing right.

I don’t like this idea if JR being ball dominate and everyone being ok with it. If he can’t play off ball he needs to become a lot better shooter and finisher. Personally I think he can. He just got to get used to it and Thibs has ask him too.


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[smood999]

It’ll at least be fun to watch. More than willing to give him a chance. Don’t understand all the hate.

[KnicksorBust]

It’ll at least be fun to watch. More than willing to give him a chance. Don’t understand all the hate.

We need a PG pretty badly. Plus where will Toppin play? Do we have to trade Randle now and did we lose our leverage? Look I'm rooting for Obi to crush it but I'm concerned about our starting 5. Do you trust Frank or Payton all year

[YoungStuna]

We need a PG pretty badly. Plus where will Toppin play? Do we have to trade Randle now and did we lose our leverage? Look I'm rooting for Obi to crush it but I'm concerned about our starting 5. Do you trust Frank or Payton all year

Randle is gone, this year or next.

It’s only a matter of time.

[YoungStuna]

You really gotta root for guys like this. You know he’s going to work his tail off everyday to be the best.

[TakeAnotherL]

He looks like a muppet

[smood999]

We need a PG pretty badly. Plus where will Toppin play? Do we have to trade Randle now and did we lose our leverage? Look I'm rooting for Obi to crush it but I'm concerned about our starting 5. Do you trust Frank or Payton all year

Don’t look at it as this year. Look at it as the Knicks having Mitch, Toppin and RJ with everyone else being placeholders.

I wouldn’t be shocked if Randle is moved though. That has to be a priority now.

[YoungStuna]

Great video right here.

Obi just did what the coaches told him to do and what would win games. He’s going to shoot 3s at least as much as Randle does.

[PewPew]

Last year phoenix got killed for picking Cam Johnson, who turned out to be pretty good value. So I hold my judgment till the product played a couple of games. I think Payne probably had some insights on Quickley, lets see what he can do.

If a Haliburton turns out a star, I"ll keep being frustrated with the management, like the last 2 decades