Fish when you think about it, warrick does make a lot of sense, an elite athlete, long, skilled and a winner... I think the same line of thought was used when riley picked Wade. wade was not the sexy pick then, but wade showed that he had what it took to be a fantastic pro. He showed it in the NCAA tourney taking marquette deep into the NCAA toruney even recording a triple double. People tend to pass over guys like this because they feel that at 20 years of age they have no more upside... or at least not that of a HS kidd, that reasoning has been seriously flawed. Warrick can get it done on both ends of the floor, he has the skill to be a "difference maker" something the knicks desperately need....

Posted by tkf:

Fish when you think about it, warrick does make a lot of sense, an elite athlete, long, skilled and a winner... I think the same line of thought was used when riley picked Wade. wade was not the sexy pick then, but wade showed that he had what it took to be a fantastic pro. He showed it in the NCAA tourney taking marquette deep into the NCAA toruney even recording a triple double. People tend to pass over guys like this because they feel that at 20 years of age they have no more upside... or at least not that of a HS kidd, that reasoning has been seriously flawed. Warrick can get it done on both ends of the floor, he has the skill to be a "difference maker" something the knicks desperately need....

I think Wade was a no brainer. Most people knew he would be a superstar. Warrick has more question marks and less upside.

I would love to have him, but do you think he can play the 4 at all, if he gains some muscle. He does seem to have that "Wirey strength" however.

I think Warrick would be a fantastic first pick, if size weren't such a big issue. We need a big worse than we need an atheletic undersize tweener. We need to get BIG!!! At #8 we should be able to get a BIG as good as Warrick. Petro seems to have the atheleticism we need and the size. If Isiah picks Warrick I trust him, but I really believe we need to be developing some big's on our squad and by big I mean 6-10 at the least.

I think Warrick is a terrible offensive player that lives off of his jumping ability. Warrick is too slim to be a power forward and too underskilled to be a small forward. Kenny SkyWalker?

Still, he is a world class athelete and I would not be mad if Isiah picked Warrick.

But at #8?

As of right now I believe Warrick will be available around in the teens. That's why I so desperately want to try and get another pick.

If Isiah really wants to get younger. Getting that 3rd pick could allow the Knicks to get a freak forward, possibly a center and a shooting guard. That would be a quick way to get some talent.

Posted by Rich:

Posted by tkf:

Fish when you think about it, warrick does make a lot of sense, an elite athlete, long, skilled and a winner... I think the same line of thought was used when riley picked Wade. wade was not the sexy pick then, but wade showed that he had what it took to be a fantastic pro. He showed it in the NCAA tourney taking marquette deep into the NCAA toruney even recording a triple double. People tend to pass over guys like this because they feel that at 20 years of age they have no more upside... or at least not that of a HS kidd, that reasoning has been seriously flawed. Warrick can get it done on both ends of the floor, he has the skill to be a "difference maker" something the knicks desperately need....

I think Wade was a no brainer. Most people knew he would be a superstar. Warrick has more question marks and less upside.

I don't know if he was a no brainer, 4 guys were taken ahead of him and really only one of them are better, and that is lebron, wade would wipe the floor with melo, I think he is also a better talent than bosh and surely Darko...

You guys are forgetting that Wade was NOT considered a no-brainer at the draft. He was considered a question mark. He could have been another Dennis Hopson. No one projected him to be what he is now.

As far as I am concerned, I don't give a damn about who Isiah pick, because whomever he picks will be better athletes than what we have right now. As long as Kurt Thomas is out of New York, we will have a bright future.

Side notes:
I don't know who is in charge of fitness and nutrition in N.Y, but whomever that is, he deserves to be fired. There is no reason why Sweetney, Taylor, or even JB are out of shape or having problems with their weights. For that matter, there is no reason for any of our players to be out of shape. Our team is poorly conditioned and that is the reason why we have lost so many close games. A team that is well conditioned always finishes strong. Isiah needs to have an answer for that next season. For what it is worth, our boys don't deserve a vacation. They should all remain intown, particularly: TT, Crawfford, Marburry, JB, Ariza, Sweetney, etc, to work in their games.

It would be great if we could somehow deal KT for a first round pick. This draft looks to be a very deep one and with many tall and strong frontcourt players, so... bring on a new pick!