Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by TMS:

TrueBlue asked me how i thought this team was an improvement over LB's team last year, & it made me think of the alternative

This is a loaded question because with Zeke running the GM spot what would be returned.

If for nothing else with Crawford or Francis running the show, we'd at least be where we are now and would have avoided a month of a player playing SHAKEN in SHOOKBURY.

it's not really loaded... you have to assume that Isiah would have made the moves that LB allegedly requested in the offseason & gotten rid of Marbury, Mo T, Malik & Jalen... do you think the team would have responded to LB in his second year of coaching? do you think Jamal would have continued to progress under LB's coaching & become the type of player he has the ability to be? do you think the team would have been better off w/o Marbury & w/LB still here coaching this team? that's pretty much the question here.

It's completely loaded. You're keeping Isiah here and taking away one of their most talented players while giving LB half a season to put something together despite having to deal with Isiah.

Ask if people think the team would be better in 2 years if LB was in charge and Isiah and Marbury were no longer here.

Posted by islesfan:

It's completely loaded. You're keeping Isiah here and taking away one of their most talented players while giving LB half a season to put something together despite having to deal with Isiah.

Ask if people think the team would be better in 2 years if LB was in charge and Isiah and Marbury were no longer here.

you'd have to figure that Isiah choosing LB over Marbury would pretty much tell u that he was on LB's side & would follow along w/LB's plan to reconstruct this team his way... if Isiah were to get rid of his biggest acquisition, you pretty much know that he was on the same page w/LB on how this team needed to be built going forward.

just answer the damn question man... it's not that hard... the team would either be the same, better, or worse... what do you think? sheesh, like pulling teeth i tell ya.

[Edited by - TMS on 01-25-2007 3:57 PM]

Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by islesfan:

It's completely loaded. You're keeping Isiah here and taking away one of their most talented players while giving LB half a season to put something together despite having to deal with Isiah.

Ask if people think the team would be better in 2 years if LB was in charge and Isiah and Marbury were no longer here.

I feel overall the answer to TMS ? is Yes but none have to look no further than the Francis trade and be scared out of their Dros of the aftermath transpiring, ridding Marbury via trade.


[Edited by - TrueBlue on 01-25-2007 2:55 PM]

Marbury was untradeable at season's end... so LB's plan was to buy him out.

No way would we be leading the division.

Say Marbury got cut. Next he would be clashing with Francis he would have to get cut. Then he would clash with Crawford and demand him to be traded since he doesn't make good decisions consistantly. He would be traded.

Frye wouldn't provide enough rebounding and shotblocking up front and he would work on Frye until he is traded. Then he will turn his attention to Curry as his rebounding and shotblocking wouldn't be to his liking and he would have to go. Then Nate Robinson would have gotten on his last nerve and he would need to be traded.

And then one or 2 of the players that LB got in return for one of these players would rub him the wrong way and they would need to be traded.

Then after this season and next. After all the cutting and trades and LB throwing fits, and faking injuries. Everything will click and we would be the best team in our division. It would have took 2yrs 3yrs total if you count his first season.

Posted by newyorknewyork:

No way would we be leading the division.

Say Marbury got cut. Next he would be clashing with Francis he would have to get cut. Then he would clash with Crawford and demand him to be traded since he doesn't make good decisions consistantly. He would be traded.

Frye wouldn't provide enough rebounding and shotblocking up front and he would work on Frye until he is traded. Then he will turn his attention to Curry as his rebounding and shotblocking wouldn't be to his liking and he would have to go. Then Nate Robinson would have gotten on his last nerve and he would need to be traded.

And then one or 2 of the players that LB got in return for one of these players would rub him the wrong way and they would need to be traded.

Then after this season and next. After all the cutting and trades and LB throwing fits, and faking injuries. Everything will click and we would be the best team in our division. It would have took 2yrs 3yrs total if you count his first season.

LOL... ok, maybe from that standpoint, it was a loaded question.