Posted by Pharzeone:
Posted by EnySpree:
I remember that. I also remember guys here saying that would be a good deal.
At the time I think all of us wouldn't have mind if lee was traded. Frye was playing way better than he was this year and you kinda had to chose and frye was the one.
Oh how things have changed! Right now Lee is the guy that should stick around forever. Frye is the puss that should go to hell.
I think many people were still mad that Lee was not included in the Curry deal instead of the swap and or last year pick. True and for whatever reason Lee was in Brown's doghouse early last season. But yeah, I do recall many people thought that D Miles would make sense since the Knicks had no option at the 3. But timing is always funny. Thomas was called out for drafting Lee over Taft and Blantche. Called out for not including Lee in the Curry trade. But he gets press for not pulling deals that should not have been pulled. Now talk about having to walk a straight line on your tippy toes.
This is so true because alot of people, including people on this board, were berating IT for drafting Lee and now, instead of giving him the credit he is due for have a good draft last year, they want to talk about why we did not get Bynum instead of Frye or someone else instead of Nate. Drafting is not an exact science and anybody with the benefit of hindsight can identify people that a team should have drafted. IMO all you can expect from your GM is that he gets you quality players every year that add to the team. Bynum looks good, but he could have just as easily turned into another Benoit Benjamin and if that had happended and IT had drafted him, the same people that criticize IT for not drafting Bynum would probably be criticizing him for not taking Frye (saying things like "why take a project like Bynum when you could have had a proven college player in Frye; IT is so stupid.").
2/19/2007 2:56 PM
