August 2 2005 Signed center Jerome James.
July 28 2005 Named Larry Brown head coach.
July 2 2005 Signed guard Nate Robinson and forward Channing Frye.
July 1 2005 Signed forward David Lee.
June 30 2005 Exercised the contract option on forward Mike Sweetney through 2006-07.

Draft 2005 Selected forwards Channing Frye (8th overall pick), David Lee (30th overall pick) and Dijon Thompson (54th overall pick). Traded forward Kurt Thomas and the draft rights to forward Dijon Thompson to the Phoenix Suns for guard Quentin Richardson and the draft rights to guard Nate Robinson.

SEASON 2004-05
March 20 2005 Signed guard Jermaine Jackson for the remainder of the season.
March 10 2005 Signed guard Jermaine Jackson to a second 10-day contract.
February 28 2005 Signed guard Jermaine Jackson to a 10-day contract.
February 27 2005 Signed forward Jackie Butler for the remainder of the season.
February 24 2005 Traded guard Moochie Norris, forward Vin Baker and a 2006 second-round pick to the Houston Rockets for forward Maurice Taylor; traded guard Jamison Brewer and center Nazr Mohammed to the San Antonio Spurs for forward Malik Rose and conditional first-round picks in 2005 and 2006.

January 22 2005 Named Herb Williams head coach.
November 10 2004 Waived forward Shandon Anderson.
November 8 2004 Named Brendan Suhr assistant coach.
October 27 2004 Waived forward Tracy Murray.
October 25 2004 Waived guard Andre Barrett and center Mengke Bateer.
October 7 2004 Waived forward Brent Wright.
October 4 2004 Signed guard Andre Barrett, forwards Tracy Murray and Brent Wright and center Mengke Bateer.
September 8 2004 Signed center Bruno Sundov.
August 27 2004 Signed guard Jamison Brewer.
August 18 2004 Re-signed forward Vin Baker.
August 5 2004 Traded guard Frank Williams, forward Othella Harrington and centers Dikembe Mutombo and Cezary Trybanski to the Chicago Bulls for guard Jamal Crawford and forward Jerome Williams.
August 3 2004 Signed forward Trevor Ariza.

Draft 2004 Selected forward Trevor Ariza (43rd overall pick).

SEASON 2003-04
March 12 2004 Signed forward Vin Baker.
March 9 2004 Signed forward Kurt Thomas to a four-year contract extension.
March 4 2004 Named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the basketball operations staff.
February 15 2004 Traded forward Keith Van Horn to the Milwaukee Bucks and center Michael Doleac and a 2005 second-round pick to the Atlanta Hawks for forward Tim Thomas from the Milwaukee Bucks and Nazr Mohammed from the Atlanta Hawks.

February 13 2004 Signed forward DerMarr Johnson for the remainder of the season.
February 3 2004 Signed forward DerMarr Johnson to a 10-day contract.
January 21 2004 Signed Bruno Sundov to a 10-day contract.
January 16 2004 Named Mark Aguirre and Dick Helm assistant coaches.
January 14 2004 Fired head coach Don Chaney and assistants Brendan Malone and Lon Kruger; named Lenny Wilkens head coach.
January 5 2004 Traded guards Howard Eisley and Charlie Ward, forwards Antonio McDyess and Maciej Lampe, the draft rights to guard Milos Vujanic, a 2004 first-round draft, a conditional first round pick and cash to the Phoenix Suns for guards Stephon Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway and center Cezary Trybanski; waived forward John Amaechi.

December 30 2003 Traded forward Clarence Weatherspoon to the Houston Rockets for guard Moochie Norris and forward John Amaechi.
December 24 2003 Waived center Slavko Vranes.

All that turnover and Isiah and his followers will still be saying that it's Layden's fault when things go badly.

overall most of it looks real good individually, we still have to see if it wil gel and get us a quality season. i've had enough of this lottery bull.

When Isiah Continues the positive trend of making us better, the pitifully pessimistic haters will nitpick about a piece of lint on his suit.

Do haters have anything better to do? Nope!

Soon we'll be able to add "Won NBA Championship" to that list in the next few years.

Posted by lovespree:

The one trade that really sticks out and boggles my mind is the Nazr Muhammad trade. I totally don't understand that. We got Malik Rose for Muhammad? A back-up, undersized forward. That was insane.

Yes we traded a back-up undersized foward for a backup undersized foward and 2 #1 picks. Makes sense to me.

Iditos who liked the Mo Taylor trade manup!!!

The only way Mo Taylor makes any sense is if he plays decently as a low post scorer off the bench. He is capable of that. But more specifically, if he plays well enough to allow us to use Sweets as a trade commodity. Because previous to the trade, nobody on the team could draw a foul or a double team from the low box.

As much as we all love JYD and some miss KT....those guys do not force the defense to rotate like Mo Taylor does when he gets it rolling in the post.

That said...yes, I fully understand his flaws.

Posted by islesfan:

All that turnover and Isiah and his followers will still be saying that it's Layden's fault when things go badly.

the exxon valdez oil spill wasn't cleaned up in a day.

you thought we would win the Atlantic going away last year with 50 wins. Isiah farts and you think its a cool breeze, not exactly an unbiased view. Sorry if I could care less

This should have been a "How do you rate Isiah" poll.

[Edited by - HARDCOREKNICKSFAN on 08/11/2005 21:28:31]