Get Chris Mullin in here. Walsh has been a disaster in two drafts and is almost out of Isiah draftees. I don't want him trying to make the right choice with our 2nd rounders.

It really just drives me crazy to think that we passed over not only Jennings but all of the other PG's in the draft. Any one of them would have been great picks, but we somehow took our position of need and a draft geared towards that position and totally biffed on it, picking a guy that it took multiple picks to get rid of instead. Wow.

I don't hate Mullin, I think he's decent (took a terrible Warriors team and got them to the playoffs and even had them win a round against the top seed) but I'm just saying.

Also, Walsh isn't the only GM who passed on him. 9 other teams did. A lot of people thought he would be the next Marbury character-wise and that he wasn't an ideal PG (couldn't school and more of a scorer). We don't know if Jennings would have been the same here under D'Antoni. Maybe he'd be acting like an ass here. But Skiles is a tough guy. He doesn't play games. He demands respect. I wish we had Skiles here instead of Mike.

nixluva wrote:Every year a player exceeds draft position! Every GM makes mistakes and just cuz Jennings is looking ok now doesn't mean he's going to be a lock to have a great career. Stop getting upset over stuff that can't be helped.

We got a good value out of many of our picks and not so much on other picks. It's not like Jennings was on top of everyones boards and was a can't miss prospect. He did have some questions and some negatives. I understand the disappointment but stuff happens. If and when DW puts his new team together I doubt we'll be talking about Jennings.

This is all great but wasn't it Donnie who seem upset about missing out on Jennings as much as the fans. Going so far as to try and lay the blame on Isiah scouts despite the fact that he, MDA and two other execs went to see him in Italy to scout him and then just gave up because Jennings was playing in Rome during the playoffs. I mean the Bucks manage to travel the extra couple of hours to do their homework. Seems like someone drop the ball up top on scouting but like you said it happens.

Now, we all know what a Rubio fanboy I am, but I figure if there was that type of debate before Jennings was even denied entrance to the NCAA, well, he had to be a legit prospect. And every clip and article on him supported that. Hence why I said repeatedly at draft time, If Jennings is available, you have to take him.

You love to ride Jenning's jock. Great job on the Bucks. I guess Joe Alexander and Yi Jing-a-ling were also great picks?

Easy to focus on thing and ignore the rest. Walsh has added a couple of good players in the draft. Willing to bet he adds more this summer.

And this is less about Jennings, and I think more about Scott Skiles. I've never been a fan of his, but, had we picked him instead of MDA, we would have been way better this year. Sure, we probably still don't make the play offs, but we would have guys that played defense.

SupremeCommander wrote:

fishmike wrote:seems like Gallo and Douglas are good players. The Hill pick was bad. How is that blowing 2 drafts?

You love to ride Jenning's jock. Great job on the Bucks. I guess Joe Alexander and Yi Jing-a-ling were also great picks?

Easy to focus on thing and ignore the rest. Walsh has added a couple of good players in the draft. Willing to bet he adds more this summer.

In fairness, that chair could not guard Yi

We all know JohnWallace despises Gallo and we all aslo know he's just wrong on that front. Walsh also scouted Douglas spot on and picking up that pick to add him was good management. Douglas may or may not be a great PG, but he's definatly a rotation player and an impact guy on both ends.

But right now... just a special and fun player to watch. Amazing talent. You think Bron or Bosh might want to come to NY a little more if we had a guy like that to pair with Gallo and Wilson? Gee.

Just admit it, everyone. We BLEW IT.

What was our position of biggest need? Point guard. You have to go over EVERY PG in the draft with x-ray goggles. Twice. Walsh blew this one. I respect his tenure here in general. I agree with most of his decisions. But his lotto picks could have set us up perfectly for this summer. He didn't. It's fine. But if the Knicks had Jennings and had made the playoffs?! Can you imagine what this summer would be like?

crzymdups wrote:Missing on Jennings is going to hurt for years. The kid is special. He doesn't look like he should be, his physical build reminds me of Kenny Anderson - not the type of guy you'd think would be able to stand up to the punishment of the NBA. And maybe he won't over the long haul.

But right now... just a special and fun player to watch. Amazing talent. You think Bron or Bosh might want to come to NY a little more if we had a guy like that to pair with Gallo and Wilson? Gee.

Just admit it, everyone. We BLEW IT.

What was our position of biggest need? Point guard. You have to go over EVERY PG in the draft with x-ray goggles. Twice. Walsh blew this one. I respect his tenure here in general. I agree with most of his decisions. But his lotto picks could have set us up perfectly for this summer. He didn't. It's fine. But if the Knicks had Jennings and had made the playoffs?! Can you imagine what this summer would be like?

That is the killer.