Anyone here know where I can find all the Knicks transactions since the end of the 99 Season. Espn only goes to Feb 2001, I believe. I need it for a little report I'm doing. Thanx

Wouldn't that information be on the NYK official site?

Thanks alot, Fishmike! This is juat the ammo I needed to shut down those LayDown-Lovers even harder than I already have doing already. I should have figured that HoopsHype would have the breakdown well documented.

Playa-

Layden has made some bonehead moves(paiging Nene Hilario), BUT, he did inherit some big, stupid, worthless contracts: Houston, Ward, etc. It limits his ability to make a decent trade.

But you can't tell me that Eisley isn't getting it done. The only reason you can trade Ward is because you can start Eisley, and have Williams come off the bench. Williams was a Layden pick as well.

And you can't tell me that Andersen isn't getting it done either. He's playing better than he did in 2000, which was his best year stats-wise. He's definitely an option. Is he better than any other 2 in the league, no, but-what trade could Layden have made, seriously, that would have made the team better, given the contracts on hand?

KVH is another "best-of-a-bad-situation" trade. We lose the heart of the team, as far as I'm concerned, but we gain a proven scorer and a real team player that has some years left on him.

Face it KVH is young, Spree is not. Last year, Spree tried to carry the team, and he faltered as the season went on. If you are trying to rebuild, do you want to keep the old guys around as they fade, or do you want someone that can contribute over 3-5 seasons? Layden did what he had to do-trade Spree while he still had some value.

If Van Horn comes to play, and justifies losing Spree for him, as opposed to some other premier player, then Layden will look like a genius.

Sure the chance is slim, but what else would you do?

Posted by HARDCOREKNICKSFAN:

Justo, LayDown signed Houston to that obscene $100 million contract. There's no way in hell he gets a pass for that.

crap, do we have to re-visit this again? Did Laydon sign Houston to the contract or did Dolan?

Nobody is buying the “Layden inherited bad contracts excuse”. Pretty much the whole team that stinks up the Garden floor is here because of Layden’s choosing. Layden certainly had enough flexibility to bring in the likes of Spoon, Knight, Othella, Houston, Eisley, and Shandon Anderson and the rest of the sorry lot that has turned the Knicks into a running joke in the NBA. How does a GM put together a team that couldn’t even win the Big East, yet they are one of the highest paid roster’s in the league??? Unbelievable!

Liked your post Fishmike, but I have to disagree with you on one point. Eisely and Anderson are sure as hell bad NBA players. Eisely is by far the worst starting point guard in the league…no contest. Easily the most boring too. If Eisley ever drove to the basket or even pushed the ball up the floor I think I would pass out in shock. Dude plays boring, passion free, non-athletic basketball, the way the Knicks like em. Ditto for Anderson who would be 9th or 10th on the depth chart of any real team. To top it all off, the Knicks pay these guys like All Stars!!!

In addition, the McDyess trade does not fall under the “wash” category for me, not when we could have had Amare Stoudamire.

Don’t believe that Layden spin, that they traded for KVH because he is younger, taller, or any of that other b.s… They got Van Horn because he fits into their sick little corporate agenda…He is white, has ties in Utah, and is controversy free. End of story. The Knicks don’t make basketball decisions, haven’t made them in years. They could have waited a year to trade Spree who would have then been in his last year, upping his value, but they obviously don’t care about any of that.

Say what you want about Spree, but even the most Diehard Layden/Dolan loyalist cant make the claim that KVH is a better player then Spree. I mean, the Knicks were a .500 team with Spree in the lineup, which has to anoint him as some sort of miracle worker. KVH has one of the worst reputations in the league as far as heart and desire go…no other team will touch him. But of course Another teams trash is the Knicks fans new headache.

If drafting the next Spoon/Othella non-athletic hybrid in Mike Sweetney, and trading out best player for another boring Utah guy is enough to get the Knick apologists to start having orgasms and send them on their way to construct Layden shrines, then good for them.

Sebstar: good post man, but I will say that although you are right about the knicks not making basketball moves, KVH is a solid player, I wouldn't have done the deal but in all honesty that is the least of the knicks problems. The kincks problems arise in what layden has done in the past few years, the contracts of eisley, Ander and spoon are really killing this team. Fishmike I do agree that Anderson is a good athlete but he is almost at the bottom of the talent level in the NBA when it comes to skills. Other than Anderson being 6'7 I think I could bust his azz on the court... Seriously, he is not a basketball player.. good athlete yes.. ball player no!!

Eisley is a decent back up, but that is as far as it goes!!!

Next Sebstar: the knicks were not goint to draft Amare, no matter how much we wanted that( and I sure as hell did) Layden was not going to take him, so it was either Wilcox, nene or Dice, and right now I would take the first two since they are young and healthy....

I love the knicks and will stick by them but we are the laughing stock of the league, hopefully we can develop williams, sweetney and lampe, have another good draft and finally start back on the road to respectability...

...and is there any such thing as a 'Layden loyalist'? Does that category even exist? -LOL-

Even someone who doesn't actually hate Layden...well, at least not to the point of homicidal fantasy...would probably embrace Spike Lee with open arms if he were hired as GM.

"Hey, I don't hate Layden--- he's kind of played the cards he's been dealt. I made a big post about this in the past. The Knicks have had more than their fair share of injuries since he took the helm. We can't blame him for Longley/LJ retiring, Camby missing massive time, Rice getting hurt, Sprewell breaking his hand, McDyess cracking his kneecap, FW breaking his wrist..."

yes you can. When you invest in players with major injury issues in the past you cant be upset when they get hurt again.

Well why you're at it, lets blame Riley for letting Starks shoot us out of a title and keeping Rolondo Blackman on the bench. Let's Blame Ewing for missing the finger roll against the Pacers in big Playoff game.
Let's blame Knicks coaches for letting "PLAYERS" come off the bench against the heat and lose the series to Miami because of suspensions. My point All those guys were forgiven and some of you hold a sword of Laydens neck as if he can't make mistakes just like everyone else mention!

playa you are making no sense, True riley should have substituted for starks and true Ewing blew that game with the missed finger roll but guess what, those mistakes stopped right there, they had no effects on the future of the knicks. Now Laydens mistakes are still effecting the knicks right now, the Ewing trade, the dice trade and the Anderson and eisley signings, you see there is the difference, these moves will continue to hurt us for years to come. How dare you blame riley for starks bad shooting and ewing for missing a finger roll, these guys had these bad games in the postseason in which they helped the knicks to get there. Under layden postseason is becomming a foreign word... As far as the dice deal goes, again it was dumb luck with the injury but the knicks needed that pick, the direction is what bothers me more than the trade, the knicks should of kept the pick and started rebuilding then....