Jared Weiss

So they could be a little bit more conservative in their coverage and make it harder for Wemby to roll.

So a lot of it is on the guards that like Castle, Harper, and then obviously Fox, which is like, I don't know what to make of his bad shooting in the postseason, considering the high ankle sprain, but like, you know, the shooting was bad and it really hurt them.

But like they got to look to Harper and Castle to be like knock down shooters on that first or second dribble coming over Victor screen.

Because once that happens, then the defense is back into that impossible quandary.

And they didn't the Knicks didn't really have to make that decision in the postseason.

Yeah.

That's exactly what you expect out of him and hope from him.

That was pretty ideal.

What's good for them is they can kick the can down the road on major shakeups to the cap sheet and just use the mid-level this summer.

And so they're in a good position there where they should have the full mid-level available to them.

And that's enough to get basically someone who can do what Carter Bryant does but is ready to do that right now and has maybe a two-year shelf life until Carter's really ready for that in the

Yeah, and listen, we know Wemby's getting the Supermax this summer.

Steph Castle is very clearly going to be a max player when he's up in a year.

And then is Harper already a max player today if he hit free agency?

Like, maybe.

And that's the caliber of player they need is just a player like that.

Like to get over the hump in the finals, a finals in which they led for the significant majority of it, they need Wemby, Castle, Harper to get better.

And then they just need somebody to fill that four or five slot

that Luke Cornette couldn't hold down the back of five position most of the time.

And then they just, they didn't have another above the rim power guy that they could mostly play at the four and then move them to the five when the Cornette's not working.