Judging by what he has done so far, this young GM is proving to know what the hell he is doing. One thing that we can all agree on is that he wants to be successful as a GM. He has taken the time to scout and has done a hell of a job investigating on the guys that he wants to play for him. That is why I felt it was unfair and premature for the media and most of the fans here to jump on the man like that after just one year with a roster full of moribunds.

This dude made a few mistakes, but he is also willing to learn from his mistakes. He rushed to pick Lenny as his head coach, and that proved to be a huge mistake. Now that he has to make that same decision again, he has chosen to interview as many coaches as possible before picking a coach. One thing is for sure, Isiah wants a winner to teach the kids, especially the new kids that we have just drafted. As we all can see, he picked two of the biggest winners in the game (Larry Brown and Phil Jackson) to try to bring in to coach. Don't be surprised if the next coach is also a winner, a champion, Isiah has mad respect for coaches that has won both as a player and as a coach....

At the time, I wasn't sure if it was just an excuse when he said that he traded the 2004 pick in the Marbury deal because he felt that draft was weak. But it's clear now that the draft is important to him, but that he's going to go out of his way to acquire additional draft picks only when he believes the draft will be deep in talent. He'll trade away picks in exchange for good players in years when the draft is weaker. It's not a bad plan.

Posted by Bonn1997:

At the time, I wasn't sure if it was just an excuse when he said that he traded the 2004 pick in the Marbury deal because he felt that draft was weak. But it's clear now that the draft is important to him, but that he's going to go out of his way to acquire additional draft picks only when he believes the draft will be deep in talent. He'll trade away picks in exchange for good players in years when the draft is weaker. It's not a bad plan.

With the new 19 rule, the next few draft could all be weaker.

B.S...in fact the next draft will be much stronger, because the prep schools and NCAA will be able to expose the talents that they have...Scouts will not have to work that hard..

Posted by PhilinLA:

Posted by Bonn1997:

At the time, I wasn't sure if it was just an excuse when he said that he traded the 2004 pick in the Marbury deal because he felt that draft was weak. But it's clear now that the draft is important to him, but that he's going to go out of his way to acquire additional draft picks only when he believes the draft will be deep in talent. He'll trade away picks in exchange for good players in years when the draft is weaker. It's not a bad plan.

With the new 19 rule, the next few draft could all be weaker.

No, the 2007 draft will be stronger for the reasons you stated. The 2006 draft will suffer because there won't be any high school players.

Posted by diderotn:

B.S...in fact the next draft will be much stronger, because the prep schools and NCAA will be able to expose the talents that they have...Scouts will not have to work that hard..

Posted by PhilinLA:

Posted by Bonn1997:

At the time, I wasn't sure if it was just an excuse when he said that he traded the 2004 pick in the Marbury deal because he felt that draft was weak. But it's clear now that the draft is important to him, but that he's going to go out of his way to acquire additional draft picks only when he believes the draft will be deep in talent. He'll trade away picks in exchange for good players in years when the draft is weaker. It's not a bad plan.

With the new 19 rule, the next few draft could all be weaker.

Posted by Cookdcokehop:

Before everybody was killing him. "Fire Isiah" or "He's worst than Layden". All of a sudden he's God. I always supported Isiah and will continue to because I he is a basketball genius. I think in 2 years we can not only make the playoffs but contend for a title.

most didnt say either of those. I killed him for making some VERY bad moves.

I still say IT sucks.

But the wins are about the same if not worse, and the salary situation is much worse.

So take it with a grain of salt.

Can we just ignore the Layden vs. Isiah debates. Yes, I agree that Zeke is doing a better job than Scott, but better does not mean good. I'm going to give Isiah more time before I really worry about what we're going to do with the GM situation, but why even bring up the old lineups with Eisley/Houston/Kurt? Just enjoy the fact we're bringing in youth and what seems like an actual future.

Look I'm not happy with the job he has done to this point. The wins haven't been there, and he was not rebuilding before.

But right now, I'm very happy that we have 7 players that should make the team under the age of 25: (Craw, Q, Sweet, Lee, Nate, Frye, Ariza). This is the happeiest I've been with Isiah since he's gotten the job. But we haven't played a game yet and 3 of those players havent played an NBA game yet. But right, I finally feel like we're moving in the right direction.

Dude, after one year, you really can't judge the success of the Knicks. Now, after this coming season if our record doesn't improve than I will be the first to talk bad about Isiah. Right now, he is doing a hell of a good job...Zeke needs to get rid of herb, that should be his next big move..

Posted by simrud:

But the wins are about the same if not worse, and the salary situation is much worse.

So take it with a grain of salt.