Media Roundup: AJ Griffin, Malcolm Brogdon, Cam Reddish, and Alec Burks in the news

on tuesday, Steve Popper wrote About sweet shooting AJ Griffin (6’6 “, 222 pounds, Duke) of Newsday.. Adrian Darnell “AJ” Griffin Jr.’s knees may bend while watching a stroke, but injuries limit high school play and raise the red flag of some NBA Scouts. Draft night is Thursday, everyone!

How Popper is in the work New York Knicks Whiff in drafting Donovan Mitchell We compared it with Griffin. Both players grew up in New York and have a connection with Knicks brass. After playing for nearly 10 years in the NBA AJ’s father Served as an assistant coach when Tom Thibodeau took command Chicago..

Popper cites ESPN’s Javiras at length:

“No player in this draft has shot the ball as often as he did. He shot at just under 3 to 46%. And he wasn’t the best shooter in this draft. Even one of the best shooters. If I remember correctly in that department, he’s in the 91st percentile and he can protect. At his length, he’s about 6-5. He has a wing width of 7 feet at 6-6. He is not one of the people of this kind who leads his athletic ability, but he is athletic and maintains a match in front of him. Doing a good job. If I remember correctly, I think he held his quota to about 36% from the field of the season. That’s pretty good. He’s an excellent player and he’s pretty I think his improvement showed that he had a high ceiling. “

But what about the history of the possible injuries?As Alex Wolff observed today Rock to Knicks Podcast, “Because of this injury concern, AJ Griffin played all the games this year.”

Yes, 2021-22 ACC All Freshman played in all 39 games, averaging 24 minutes per contest, 10.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1 assist and 49% from the floor and 45% from the depth. moreover, Stephen Bondi called the injury concern “exaggerated.” Daily news.

Had Griffin been featured more in Duke’s attack, Griffin’s total points would have increased. In the end, he was ranked 4th on the team in a field goal attempt at 296. Team lead options for comparison, Paolo Banchero, 513 shots were taken. (Look for Banchero to be selected as one of the top three tomorrow night.)

Griffin, who had 61% eFG and 63% true shoots, will not be 19 years old until August. Unique to P & T Kento Kato created his profile here.

For the record Malcolm Brogdon The history of injuries is far more worrisome than that of Griffin.

Fred Katz reported today on Athletic.com Knicks on the market for leadball handlers is interested in stealing Brogdon from Indiana’s hands. According to Katz, “He has about $ 68 million in contracts for three years after signing the extension in October.” (The article is behind Paywall.)

“If you start rattling what other point guards have made, his salary isn’t flashy. He’ll pay $ 22.6 million between 2022 and 23, which will make him the NBA. Will be the 16th highest paid point guard in. ”He speculated that he would need a first round pick to get a veteran point guard. Knicks has the 11th pick of the year.

Brogdon has averaged 15.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists in his six-year career. He is an archer 46% from the floor and 38% from the depth, but the average around him fell to a low 31% of his career. Pacers..

Even more annoying is the number of games he missed in the time he spent together. Milwaukee And Indiana. In his three years with Indy, he has played only 146 of the 227 games. This is a miss for 81 games, which is basically the whole season.

Being as skilled as him, Brogdon has not proven to be an influential player and will turn 30 in December. How likely is he to reach peak performance and health in the next decade? It ’s not good, is n’t it?

Knicks sometimes needs a healthy player with enough juice to carry the team. Brogdon is not.

Rumors of Knicks are swirling around the draft night, whether the front office goes up or down.both Ian Begley When NBA analysis network Reporting Cam Reddish Included in trade negotiations, and At Yark Barker, Zack Dimit proposes That Spurs You may be interested in exchanging their 9th pick for Knicks’ young wings.

The Knicks front office was reportedly trying to move for Sacramento’s fourth pick, or Detroit’s fifth spot. If San Antonio swaps are the only option available to them, is Leon Rose & Company better than the guy they draft at 9 o’clock over Reddish, who hasn’t played more than 15 games in New York yet? You need to decide.

It’s easy to see why Spurs are interested in cams.

Reddish provides Spurs with another shooter of length that can be successfully evolved as a third, or ideally second, scoring option. He will be less than minutes from the rapidly developing Devin Vassell, but when he enters his fourth year in the league, Reddish is still 22 years old. It would be ridiculous to write him down as a “bust” without a real NBA role in front of him.

It’s hard to say.I was able to see Knicks trading Dyson Daniels Also Benedict Maturin It’s still on the board. On the other hand, I would like to see what Reddish, the 10th pick of the 2019 draft, still offers. His size and skill are hard to part with.

One of the looming questions is what happens to Knicks veterans. Alec Burks?? He played out of position with a point guard most of the last season. Kemba Walker The experiment failed. CBS Sports speculates that He is traded to help settle money for Jalen Brunson,

today, Fred Katz reported After the season, “Burke is expected to have a foot surgery and return to the start of the training camp,” he said.

The nature of the surgery has not been identified, but it can be speculated that it complicated Knicks’ attempt to move a 30-year-old guard who was one of the most reliable knickerbockers in New York for two years.

finally, New York The magazine posted an article about the state of Nets today. “The net outweighs the dysfunctional Knicks.” Only the title is a catnip for me. Have fun and have peace until the next time.