the hookup brought me in for early shootaround yesterday and as a surprise treat, snuck me in to meet&greet with glen grunwald. this was open to only club level season ticket holders of which i am not. i'm more like the marcy's projects part of the season ticket estate.

i spoke to him for a little bit. he seemed like a very genunine and candid person.

here's a quick recap:

- i asked him what we were looking at with chicago's pick. i brought up a guy like brandon rush. he said that he's an interesting player. right now it's so early b/c you don't know who's declaring, and which underclassmen will declare so it's tough to project who will be available.

- he said he just got back from an overseas trip and brought up tiago splitter. he said he's intriguing but his contract situation is difficult b/c he has a huge buyout.

- he then said that they eventually have to start looking for a replacement for steph who's "getting up there". and they feel that this draft will have some nice point guards available. unprompted, he said "and you can say marcus williams and yeah, i know, spillt milk." (basically we missed the boat on marcus and if glen was here last draft, that's who we would've taken.)

- he talked about toronto and how they got one good point guard in calderon. then followed it up with another one in tj ford. and that the knicks were looking for a "classic" point guard but it may not neccesarily be a point guard...but a point forward. then he said how they also need perimeter defender and a shooter to stretch the defense. (ron artest anyone?)

- he likes the young big man core of lee, frye, curry and now morris and wants to see them grow together.

- they were more active than we were lead to believe this deadline but nothing made sense.

- dolan is going to let them spend some more this upcoming summer.

- they're looking at some cap flexibility in 2 years.

- quentin is undergoing some more back testing and that they will be talking about it soon. (it didn't sound so good and looks like q will definitely be done for the season. but the way he was talking, it almost seemed like it may be much longer than that. very weird.)

Wow the best piece in this information, they are looking to replace Steph and stick to the plan regarding cap flexibility("It Ain't Our Money" though).


2 of the main arguments from the Hater side.


The team messed up with Marcus, they really did.


Do you get the impression that Grunwald will have major pull in the decision making process?


What point gaurd talent may declare this summer?

[Edited by - TrueBlue on 03-29-2007 10:48 AM]

Posted by Queeniepop:

wouldn't it be interesting if the "unconventional ways" were getting someone like a Julius Hodge? he is from NYC and prob could be had on the cheap. he was a point forward at NC State. He is currently in the D-league, averaging 20.3 ppg, 9 apg and 8.5 reb, 1 block. He also played 42 mins the other day.

Here are his past games of note...

3/18 triple-double 13 pts, 12 rebs, 10 asts
3/21 game 21 pts and 14 assists

i also think by spending $...buyouts?

i don't know if this guy's game translates though. my buddy in denver watched him a lot and said he can't play sg in the nba and he seems too small for sf.

Posted by djsunyc:


- he then said that they eventually have to start looking for a replacement for steph who's "getting up there". and they feel that this draft will have some nice point guards available. unprompted, he said "and you can say marcus williams and yeah, i know, spillt milk." (basically we missed the boat on marcus and if glen was here last draft, that's who we would've taken.)

great. you had to even tell me that. i don't drink milk but i just spilled my tropicana orange pineapple juice.

Posted by Marv:

Posted by djsunyc:

- he likes the young big man core of lee, frye, curry and now morris and wants to see them grow together.

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did you hit him?

he was lauding calderon and tj ford. how can i hit someone like that?

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by Marv:

Posted by djsunyc:

- he likes the young big man core of lee, frye, curry and now morris and wants to see them grow together.

-

did you hit him?

he was lauding calderon and tj ford. how can i hit someone like that?

glen grunwald and djsunyc consoling one another on the injuries to bargnani and garbajosa.

Posted by djsunyc:


- they're looking at some cap flexibility in 2 years.

right. and i'm looking at some pictures of jessica alba. who's got more of a chance of getting what they're looking at?

Posted by Marv:

most importantly did you ask him how come the dj is subjected to body cavity searches when he tries to enter the garden?

i should've. just to give everyone the heads up, prior to the orlando game, they pulled me out of the line, made me empty my pockets and then searched my bag.

now just b/c i was wearing a turban with an "ayatollah rules" t-shirt is no reason for this type of treatment. it's a good thing i wasn't coming in on my magic carpet and pet cobra.

Posted by Queeniepop:

DJ & Eddy at the Meet the Knicks event.

that's most vile racist thing i ever saw. i am outraged. on a side note, when did women learn how to use computers?

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by Queeniepop:

DJ & Eddy at the Meet the Knicks event.

that's most vile racist thing i ever saw. i am outraged. on a side note, when did women learn how to use computers?

king1 must have showed her over breakfast this morning.

Its unfortunate the Knicks didn't draft Williams when they had the chance last yr but at least Grunwald recognizes the need for a pg which tells me two things: 1. he aint sold on Mardy as the future point 2. He doesn't have any ties to Marb.

One thing that worries me about Isiah is that he seems a little too close to certain players (Marb & Craw) and I hope that wouldn't keep him from moving them if a good sensible package of players were offered that would make more sense for this team moving forward. I wasn't too keen on the Grundwald hiring but I do like that he brings in a different persepective/voice.

What develops this summer with this team will go a long way into either backing-up his claims of cap-flexibility, or debunking it.