The Knechtion

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omghulkhands said:
It’s a pretty nice arena. You’ll have fun
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They open the doors about an hour and half before the game (6:00) and we plan to be there when they open. Anyone know how parking is down neat the stadium? If we are there hour and half early any suggestions on places to park?

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CBVols said:
They open the doors about an hour and half before the game (6:00) and we plan to be there when they open. Anyone know how parking is down neat the stadium? If we are there hour and half early any suggestions on places to park?

Thanks
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Not sure. I didn’t park when I went. I got dropped off.
 
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CBVols said:
They open the doors about an hour and half before the game (6:00) and we plan to be there when they open. Anyone know how parking is down neat the stadium? If we are there hour and half early any suggestions on places to park?

Thanks
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I wish I remembered specifics but I went about 9 years ago and when I went there was a TON of parking around the arena,
 
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CBVols said:
They open the doors about an hour and half before the game (6:00) and we plan to be there when they open. Anyone know how parking is down neat the stadium? If we are there hour and half early any suggestions on places to park?

Thanks
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omghulkhands said:
Not sure. I didn’t park when I went. I got dropped off.
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Yeah, skip the headache altogether and call an Uber 👍 100% worth it for these kinds of situations IMO.
 
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I used MARTA to get downtown last time I went to a game in Atlanta, but that was like 15 years ago. It worked fine for me then, but I don’t know if the schedule is sparse at night.
 
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Article has a funny bit where Lakers start panicking when Knecht is still available because they want to draft him, but they don’t understand why he hasn’t been taken. They believe there must be some red flag they don’t know about. So they start calling everyone they can to find out.

The article suggests the factor beyond age was his interviews.

which, on one hand, I can almost understand. If you follow the program, you know that DK isn’t exactly Josh Dobbs.

On the other hand, I’ve never seen anything from the NBA that indicates they heavily value that sort of thing anyway. So still weird to me.
 
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omghulkhands said:
Article has a funny bit where Lakers start panicking when Knecht is still available because they want to draft him, but they don’t understand why he hasn’t been taken. They believe there must be some red flag they don’t know about. So they start calling everyone they can to find out.

The article suggests the factor beyond age was his interviews.

which, on one hand, I can almost understand. If you follow the program, you know that DK isn’t exactly Josh Dobbs.

On the other hand, I’ve never seen anything from the NBA that indicates they heavily value that sort of thing anyway. So still weird to me.
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Yep. Don’t expect DK to be climbing into jets as a pilot anytime soon…
 
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omghulkhands said:
Article has a funny bit where Lakers start panicking when Knecht is still available because they want to draft him, but they don’t understand why he hasn’t been taken. They believe there must be some red flag they don’t know about. So they start calling everyone they can to find out.

The article suggests the factor beyond age was his interviews.

which, on one hand, I can almost understand. If you follow the program, you know that DK isn’t exactly Josh Dobbs.

On the other hand, I’ve never seen anything from the NBA that indicates they heavily value that sort of thing anyway. So still weird to me.
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I did not expect him to go top-10 even though a good argument for that could have been made, but I was surprised that he fell that far. Tbh, I think Lebron summed it up pretty succinctly last week...

I do wonder, though, what his NBA ceiling is. I get the sense that a lot of Vol fans are expecting eventual All-Star selections. Perhaps I'm mistaken on that. I don't think that's realistic to expect at this point. I'm not sure if he will be a realistic contender for ROTY either, but obviously that's still up in the air. What is clear, though, is that he is insanely NBA-ready, and he's making an instant impact as many predicted. As of now, I'd say if he ends the season averaging something like 15-18 PPG, that would be very successful based on known ability and realistic expectations imo. Of course, he has a history of exceeding expectations, so maybe he just blows all my theories out of the water. I'm not sure that he'll make an All-Star team in his career, but who knows what will happen when you have the ghost of P Sways on your side...
 
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I think it’s probably defense that would hold him back from making an all star team. Clay made 5 in a similar role but clay was a lock down defender in addition to being one of the best pure shooters in the league at that point. It looks like DK is going to get plenty of opportunities to score in LA but if he can become a significantly better defender it would put him in a different category of player.
 
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Damn, everytime I bet on Knecht, he can't hit the broad side of a barn. 0 for 2 from the Free throw line, he was shooting like 85% coming into the game. 0 for 2 from the 3 point line, 0 points and almost halftime.
 
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The Dog said:
Damn, everytime I bet on Knecht, he can't hit the broad side of a barn. 0 for 2 from the Free throw line, he was shooting like 85% coming into the game. 0 for 2 from the 3 point line, 0 points and almost halftime.
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He's the worst free throw shooter for someone considered to be a "good shooter" 9 times out of 10 if a guy can shoot threes the FT line percentage is high. His was just average to above average at UT.
 
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Some random thoughts on Knecht

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The efficiency here is crazy. 4x as many assists as turnovers? Nearly twice as many steals as turnovers? The shooting percentages are crazy.

I don't mean this as a criticism, I mean it to say how much potential there is for improvement, but Knecht has some of the worst misses I've seen from a great shooter. It seems more frequent than anybody I can remember. The last few years Knecht's body totally transformed. He got much taller and then he bulked up a bunch. Now he's adjusting to a new 3p line.

The fact that he can shoot these percentages at this point is insane, and he's going to iron out those kinks.

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n_huffhines said:
Some random thoughts on Knecht

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The efficiency here is crazy. 4x as many assists as turnovers? Nearly twice as many steals as turnovers? The shooting percentages are crazy.

I don't mean this as a criticism, I mean it to say how much potential there is for improvement, but Knecht has some of the worst misses I've seen from a great shooter. It seems more frequent than anybody I can remember. The last few years Knecht's body totally transformed. He got much taller and then he bulked up a bunch. Now he's adjusting to a new 3p line.

The fact that he can shoot these percentages at this point is insane, and he's going to iron out those kinks.

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His "gym rat" factor will likely overcome his few deficiencies. That's been his mantra to this point
 
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There's a little chatter about a potential trade that would bring Brandon Ingram to the Lakers. Idk for sure, but I would think that either would not bode well for Knecht's PT, or Knecht may be part of that trade...
 
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The Dog said:
Damn, everytime I bet on Knecht, he can't hit the broad side of a barn. 0 for 2 from the Free throw line, he was shooting like 85% coming into the game. 0 for 2 from the 3 point line, 0 points and almost halftime.
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He’s a rhythm shooter. They have stopped including him the flow.
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
There's a little chatter about a potential trade that would bring Brandon Ingram to the Lakers. Idk for sure, but I would think that either would not bode well for Knecht's PT, or Knecht may be part of that trade...
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would mind if he landed with a team on this side of the mississippi
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
There's a little chatter about a potential trade that would bring Brandon Ingram to the Lakers. Idk for sure, but I would think that either would not bode well for Knecht's PT, or Knecht may be part of that trade...
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I can’t understand why anyone would trade for BI. He doesn’t play defense, doesn’t pass, and doesn’t shoot 3s at a high clip. He needs the ball to contribute but he’s not good enough to warrant having the ball that much. He’s a good player in a vacuum but he’s not complimentary to anything a good team would want to do imo.
 
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Col_Cathcart said:
I can’t understand why anyone would trade for BI. He doesn’t play defense, doesn’t pass, and doesn’t shoot 3s at a high clip. He needs the ball to contribute but he’s not good enough to warrant having the ball that much. He’s a good player in a vacuum but he’s not complimentary to anything a good team would want to do imo.
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He's a floor raiser not a ceiling raiser. It makes no sense but this is how 75% of the league operates.

Hell, the Mavs are talking about bringing in Jimmy Butler, who is a much better player than BI but he's aging and not exactly complimentary. There isn't enough ball to share between Luka, Kyrie, and Butler.
 
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