SO MUCH GOING ON I WONDER IF THEY MIGHT TAKE ME OUT OF
RETIREMENT. GREAT TO BE AN ALL POINT
GUARD. WE WILL HAVE THE GOINGS ON
AROUND THE LEAGUE. BUT FIRST, REPORTS HAVE EVAN
FOURNIER SIGNING. BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S FOURNIER
AND A LOT OF THE PLAYERS THE KNICKS HAD TO RETAIN ARE COMING
BACK. THAT IS THE BIG PICTURE AS OF
RIGHT NOW. THOSE ARE THE PIECES THAT WE
WILL GET DEEPER INTO. THOSE GUYS WERE A BIG REASON WHY
THE KNICKS MADE THE FOUR SEED. BUT ANOTHER GUY THAT CAN SHOOT
THE THREE WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS TEAM.
IT TOOK THEM A WHILE. BY THE END OF THE SEASON THEY
BECAME A CAPABLE THREE-POINT SHOOTING TEAM.
BUT IT WAS DARIUS RANDLE. JOHN, EVAN FOURNIER CAN CREATE
FOR HIMSELF. THAT IS ONE AREA THEYHE HAS TO
BETTER AT IF HE IS GOING TO PLAY FOR TOM THIBODEAU.
I AM SURE TOM IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT HIS DEFENSE.
I WANT THE FRENCH FOURNIER, THE OLYMPIC FOURNIER.
ON TEAM USA? HE'S TALKING JUNK, TALKING
NOISE, THAT'S WHAT NEW YORK IS GOING TO LOVE ABOUT HIM, TOO.
HIS SHOOTING SLASHES, HE'S A MAKER.
REGGIE HAD GREAT TCHEMISTRY WITH JULIUS RANDLE, BUT EVAN IS
MORE OF A BALLER. REGGIE WAS A GREAT THREE AND
DEEP GUY, SOLID ON THE DEFENSIVE END OF THE FLOOR, SHOT THE
THREE-POINTER WELL, COMPLIMENTING JULIUS RANDLE, BUT
FOURNIER CAN CARRY THE OFFENSE FOR A HALF OR GAME.
HE CAN TAKE OVER A GAME. WE SAW IT WITH TEAM USA WHEN HE
DROPPED 30 AND FRANCE BEAT TEAM USA IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE
OLYMPICS. IT DOESN'T BREAK THE BANK.
HE IS JUST MAKING UNDER $20 MILLION.
FOR A GUY WHO AVERAGED 18, 18, 17 AND 20 IN HIS LAST FOUR
YEARS, HE WILL PUT UP NUMBERS AND BE EFFICIENT.
PLAYING UNDER TOM THIBODEAU'S DEFENSIVE SYSTEM, YOU BECOME A
BETTER PLAYER. HE WILL BE IN THE RIGHT SPOTS
DEFENSIVELY AND HE IS DURABLE. THIS WAS A SOLID SIGNING.
SO FOURNIER IS THE NEW ADDITION.
REPORTS HAVE DERRICK ROSE COMING BACK TO THE KNICKS.
WE WERE ALL WATCHING THIS. WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT ROSE
WAS TO THE KNICKS LAST YEAR. WHEN HE SUITED UP, 35 GAMES IN
THE REGULAR SEASON THE KNICKS WENT 24-11.
HE WAS TREMENDOUS. YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT
HE DID FOR THIS TEAM. WHEN HE CAME TO THIS TEAM THEY
GAINED RESPECT AROUND THE LEAGUE, BECAME A LEGITIMATE
PLAYOFF CONTENDER AND DELIVERED ON EVERY FRONT.
HE HAS BEEN THE KNICKS BEST PLAYER BY FAR IN THE SERIES
AGAINST THE ATLANTA HAWKS. LOVES PLAYING FOR TOM THIBODEAU.
HE WAS GREAT IN THE LOCKER ROOM, GREAT GROOMING THE YOUNG GUYS.
I JUST LOVE VINTAGE ROSE FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.
I THINK HE HAS SOMETHING LEFT IN THE TANK.
I THINK HE SHOWED THAT LAST YEAR.
I THINK THE KEY IS MANAGING HIS MINUTES AND NOT OVERPLAYING HIM
ESPECIALLY EARLY ON IN THE SEASON.
HE WILL BRING IT EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AND ELECTRIFY THE GARDEN.
HIS EFFICIENCY IS OUTSTANDING, THE WAY HE SHOT THE
THREE-POINTER IS OUTSTANDING. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF GUYS I
WANT ON MY ROSTER PLAYING IN THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ARENA.
WE WONDER IF ROSE MIGHT NOT BE THE STARTING POINT GUARD NEXT
YEAR? WHO WOULD IT BE?
DERRICK ROSE, LUKA. THEY SIGNED HIM, PAID HIM 3.5
MILLION, BUT HIS SECOND YEAR OF THE CONTRACT DOESN'T KICK IN
UNTIL DAY AFTER OPENING NIGHT. IF HE PLAYS OPENING NIGHT,
ANOTHER GUARANTEED $3 MILLION FOR HIM.
AFTER THAT YOU GET VERY YOUNG. EMANUEL COULD BE ONE OF THE GUYS
OR MAYBE BRUCE McBRIDE WHO YOU JUST DRAFTED.
DERRICK ROSE IS THE GUY. YOU HEARD WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT
DERRICK ROSE AND WHAT HE DID IN THE PLAYOFFS, BUT WHAT HE DID
FOR THE GROUP WHEN THEY GOT HIM. NOT ONLY THAT HE NOSE LEON ROSE,
BUT THEY TRUST HIM. BRINGING HIM BACK TO CHICAGO,
THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. THE KNICKS WANTED TO KEEP HIM ON
THE TEAM. I LOVE THE SIGNING OF DERRICK
ROSE. LIKE WALLY SAID, HE WAS THE BEST
PLAYER IN THE PLAYOFFS, HE PLAYS ALL OF THE WAY TO THE WALL.
HE DOESN'T KNOW A DIFFERENT WAY TO PLAY.
BUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND COACH TIBBS, HE BRINGS
CULTURE TO THE LOCKER ROOM. HE WILL HELP McGRBRIDE AND GRIM