I think, hands down, Curry is the worst, most detrimental player the Knicks have ever ever had- his salary, the high picks he's cost us, his inability to play for over two years, coupled with the fact he has the cheek o then moan when he doesn't get playing time. Can't wait until we never have to mention his name any more.

Bippity10 wrote:It's amazing that teams can't cancel contracts like his

It's amazing Isiah also gave up two 1st round picks and included a trade kicker for him.

GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:

scoshin wrote:

Bippity10 wrote:It's amazing that teams can't cancel contracts like his

It's amazing Isiah also gave up two 1st round picks and included a trade kicker for him.

when his own team didn't want him because he had a heart condition. god i miss zeke.

you are gonna have to add a lot more sarcasm if you are gonna channel BBJones.

nixluva wrote:I can understand the desperation Isiah felt to try and put a team together and we forget how young and talented Curry was. All the kid had to do was be an NBA player and actually workout and play. The kid showed some real promise the season he went down with the heart scare. Then after they determined he was actually OK, it was a risk, but I could understand the idea behind the risk to add a possible franchise C.

I remember how Curry would take guys like Howard in the paint and just maul them. You couldn't really stop him once he had the ball inside. That kind of power is hard to pass up when you have a team like we had then. We had nothing with no chance to really improve. Isiah paid too much, but I can at least see some rationale for why he took the risk. It just screwed us real bad when he and Steph didn't work out. A lineup with Steph, Jamal, Chandler, Lee and Curry should've been pretty good if you're just looking at the raw talent. Isiah didn't seem to be a guy that paid attention to intangibles. He just looked at the raw talent and felt it would make a good team.

yeah mos. def. the guy has an eye for talent. the thing that killed him was he didn't seem to be able to gauge what the market for player was. once he got that gleam in his eye i think whatever the other GM said was the price was what he agreed to pay.

fishmike wrote:Curry + Marbury trades set this franchise back at least 5-6 years

Allan houston and Ewing set this franchise back a decade

Vmart wrote:

fishmike wrote:Curry + Marbury trades set this franchise back at least 5-6 years

Not dealing for Melo will set the team back another 4-5 years.

I don't think so. I really have a good feeling about how this roster is gonna work out. Not to mention that we will still have the cap space to improve after this year. Heck we might even get something done at the trade deadline. In any event, I think we'll be in good shape regardless of whether we get Melo or not. This is just a totally different situation. Without him I think this is still a playoff team. I think our only play is to hope he's serious about wanting to play here and that we get him after the season. I don't see how we could make a trade happen.

The idea that losing out on him would set us back 4-5 years seems way overstated. Are you of the opinion that this is a title team if we added Melo? I'm not so sure how good the team would be and just what we'd be able to do to add to the core of Felton, Amar'e, Melo and whatever would be left after a trade. I'd prefer to wait and see how things develop. We'd still have all of our young talent and the cap space & future Picks. That should be enough to find ways to improve the team in the future.