Press Release - New York Knickerbockers President of Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas announced today that forward Elton Brown, guard Milone Clark, center Paul Miller and forward Nikoloz Tskitishvili have been signed as free agents. As per club policy, terms of the deals are not announced.

Get ready for the NBDL. The NBDL, it's fantasic!

[Edited by - BigC on 10-02-2006 12:53 PM]

Here are some more info on these guys:

last year NCAA
Elton Brown -
GP MIN/G PTS/G REB/G AST/G FG %
29 28.6 12.7 8.1 0.7 47.7

Milone Clark (6'4", 185lbs)
GP MIN/G PTS/G REB/G AST/G FG %
31 27.9 10.5 4.4 1.2 48.8

Paul Miller (6'10",248lbs)
GP MIN/G PTS/G REB/G AST/G FG %
35 28 13.1 6.6 1.2 51.2

NBA
Nikoloz Tskitishvili (7'0", 225lbs)


[Edited by - nyvector16 on 10-02-2006 11:51 AM]

Hey we were gonna need practice players so what's the big deal. Anyway one of these guys is better than having Mo on the bench complaining all year.

Posted by fishmike:

Skita must be pretty desperate if he signed with us

Desperate is not the word. Life or death. It's either play for the Knicks or start delivering Dominoes Pizza on a ten speed bike.

Good signings by IT. I'm not expecting alot from these guys but I think the one guy that still does have potential is Skita. He's been with a few teams and they've all grown tired with him, but hes still 23, he's still 7feet tall, and he's still got that sweet jumper. Maybe Aguirre can finally reach him with the rebounding and defense. Elton Brown has a chance to become the second coming of our favorite Jackie-Blue, and Paul Miller can become a Center with a nice shooting stroke and the ability to rebound the ball and play average to above-average defense. Brown and Miller will make excellent role players, Skita will be all or nothing, he has the ability and athleticism to be a good player in this league, he just has to tap it.

Posted by nyk4ever:

Good signings by IT. I'm not expecting alot from these guys but I think the one guy that still does have potential is Skita. He's been with a few teams and they've all grown tired with him, but hes still 23, he's still 7feet tall, and he's still got that sweet jumper. Maybe Aguirre can finally reach him with the rebounding and defense. Elton Brown has a chance to become the second coming of our favorite Jackie-Blue, and Paul Miller can become a Center with a nice shooting stroke and the ability to rebound the ball and play average to above-average defense. Brown and Miller will make excellent role players, Skita will be all or nothing, he has the ability and athleticism to be a good player in this league, he just has to tap it.

a good signing would have been Jackie Butler. And if any of these guys pans out to be good player we will let them go because we have Jerome and he's locked in

Posted by fishmike:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Good signings by IT. I'm not expecting alot from these guys but I think the one guy that still does have potential is Skita. He's been with a few teams and they've all grown tired with him, but hes still 23, he's still 7feet tall, and he's still got that sweet jumper. Maybe Aguirre can finally reach him with the rebounding and defense. Elton Brown has a chance to become the second coming of our favorite Jackie-Blue, and Paul Miller can become a Center with a nice shooting stroke and the ability to rebound the ball and play average to above-average defense. Brown and Miller will make excellent role players, Skita will be all or nothing, he has the ability and athleticism to be a good player in this league, he just has to tap it.

a good signing would have been Jackie Butler. And if any of these guys pans out to be good player we will let them go because we have Jerome and he's locked in

Didn't someone say that having Butler was like having another lottery pick? Wasn't that Larry or Isiah? Blueseats, find the quote. Apparently he was a lottery pick that did not fit into the plans, especially after Jerome James became available. Actually he was part of the plans when JJ became available. He just wasn't part of the plan after JJ was signed and EC became available. Must have been just another bill of goods or another change in plans. One or the other.

Posted by Bippity10:

Posted by fishmike:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Good signings by IT. I'm not expecting alot from these guys but I think the one guy that still does have potential is Skita. He's been with a few teams and they've all grown tired with him, but hes still 23, he's still 7feet tall, and he's still got that sweet jumper. Maybe Aguirre can finally reach him with the rebounding and defense. Elton Brown has a chance to become the second coming of our favorite Jackie-Blue, and Paul Miller can become a Center with a nice shooting stroke and the ability to rebound the ball and play average to above-average defense. Brown and Miller will make excellent role players, Skita will be all or nothing, he has the ability and athleticism to be a good player in this league, he just has to tap it.

a good signing would have been Jackie Butler. And if any of these guys pans out to be good player we will let them go because we have Jerome and he's locked in

Didn't someone say that having Butler was like having another lottery pick? Wasn't that Larry or Isiah? Blueseats, find the quote. Apparently he was a lottery pick that did not fit into the plans, especially after Jerome James became available. Actually he was part of the plans when JJ became available. He just wasn't part of the plan after JJ was signed and EC became available. Must have been just another bill of goods or another change in plans. One or the other.

I think Isiah said it was like having another draft pick, not another lottery pick. But I share Fish's disappointment that Jerome is on the roster and Jackie is not.

Posted by wsdm:

Posted by Bippity10:

Posted by fishmike:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Good signings by IT. I'm not expecting alot from these guys but I think the one guy that still does have potential is Skita. He's been with a few teams and they've all grown tired with him, but hes still 23, he's still 7feet tall, and he's still got that sweet jumper. Maybe Aguirre can finally reach him with the rebounding and defense. Elton Brown has a chance to become the second coming of our favorite Jackie-Blue, and Paul Miller can become a Center with a nice shooting stroke and the ability to rebound the ball and play average to above-average defense. Brown and Miller will make excellent role players, Skita will be all or nothing, he has the ability and athleticism to be a good player in this league, he just has to tap it.

a good signing would have been Jackie Butler. And if any of these guys pans out to be good player we will let them go because we have Jerome and he's locked in

Didn't someone say that having Butler was like having another lottery pick? Wasn't that Larry or Isiah? Blueseats, find the quote. Apparently he was a lottery pick that did not fit into the plans, especially after Jerome James became available. Actually he was part of the plans when JJ became available. He just wasn't part of the plan after JJ was signed and EC became available. Must have been just another bill of goods or another change in plans. One or the other.

I think Isiah said it was like having another draft pick, not another lottery pick. But I share Fish's disappointment that Jerome is on the roster and Jackie is not.

Does it change the point of what I said? Semantics again.

I think you guys need to let go of Jackie already. Isiah held on to Jackie, snatching him up from the CBa. Isiah is the one that have him guranteed money right of the bat. I think isiah had to make a decision and the dude signed with more money is gonna win every time. Its very obvious butler owes isiah a lot for getting his foot in the door. Still the same way isiah got butler from nowhere, he can get another, like Paul miller and Elton brown. No body knew who these cats were same could be said of Jackie.

On a side note about skeet, skeet......that dude could easily do what the knicks paid Jared to do. Imagine if skeet, skeet finally plays well and the knicks have to keep him. That would be anoying.