fishmike wrote:mreinman wrote:misterearl wrote:Paladin55 wrote:If MDA is fired or leaves, it's because you can't reverse a trade which got us a non-defending star and an over-the-hill star (Billups looked very old out there at times yesterday- I like him as a player and as a man, but he clearly has some defensive issues against quicker PGs), for a 7'1" center, a 6'10+" SF, a 6'8" swingman who can block shots, and a PG who can penetrate and play some D... who combined have an average age under 25.And hell, we not only have defensive issues, but there are times when I'm bored with our offense.
Terrible game, with little good you can take away, but who cares when we have our own version of a "big 3" we can brag about.
The trade gutted the Knicks of more than talent. We lost too much heart and soul.
Well, Chandler was/is to be a free agent and we were not going to resign him. And, though I really liked him, he lacked heart and soul.
Gallo, huge heart - tough loss - lacked consistency
Felton, the biggest heart - but I think Billups is the better player especially in the playoffs
Moz - Just a STUPID DUMB throw in. I loved the kid and this to me, is the most painful part of the trade. Lack of self control by a psycho owner
At the end of the day, it was Gallo and Moz for Carmelo. Do we not make that trade if we had no other option? Tough Call!
Chandler, AR, Felton and a draft pick count for something. Chandler is a good player and has played VERY well for Denver. He was also great at rotating on defense and could guard a lot of guys.Please.. we traded 4 rotation players, a pick and a prospect for Melo and a 34 year old PG on his last legs. At least call it what it was instead of trying to make yourself feel better about a trade thats looking worse and worse every game
Mark Cuban: "Denver made a great trade."
Felton: "Denver is better than the Knicks"
Karl: "its easier to get guys to play defense now"
To bad as Knick fan we cant put reality on ignore!
Mark Cuban's opinion really matters here... Ray Felton, the guy who got traded away, great source for an unbiased opinion.
Donnie Walsh on Mike Francessa WFAN: "We would have tried to use our room next summer to get let's say, Carmelo, but when it became apparent that we couldn't do it that way, then we just moved to say 'OK, we'll get the super player and then we'll strategize how to get the support players that we'll need around him once we get this team together, so that's what we did."
Donnie Walsh press conference post-trade: "I'm really happy about it... You know I don't think it would have happened that we would have had a chance to sign Carmelo because I think he would have signed an extension... Also I'd like to state we're extremely happy to get Chauncey because I think he's a real quality player. Indiana had to face him all the time, you know deep in the playoffs sometimes and he is a bigtime player."
Mike D'Antoni interviewed on Boomer & Carton: "We had no idea even if we waited that people start putting franchise tags on things, that we just couldn't make it work even this summer, and you know 'what if, what if, what if'. Well you just don't know. So we just took the obvious thing. The obvious thing was to get a talent like Carmelo in here, bite the bullet, we had to give up a lot of young talent, but if you told me in June that Mozgov, or even Gallo & Landry Fields that 'Oh God, we can't get rid of them to get Carmelo', it's almost laughable... You've got to get superstars, if you want to win a title, if New York wants to be great, you've got to... there's not some blueprint where you can just get a mediocre player and become a champion, but you've got to have that talent that you know is God given."
Masai Ujiri: "We feel we got killed in the trade because we lost a couple of pretty good players. Obviously, Carmelo Anthony. I feel sad for the city of Denver. I feel bad that this was done on my watch. To lose a guy like that. And also Chauncey (Billups). But I think we had to do it... When you lose star players in the history of sports, even basketball, you lose a star player like Carmelo, it's really hard to get value back... There's no question about it. When I got home (Monday) night (after agreeing to deal Anthony), I was just staring and watching ESPN and they're showing all these highlights and game-winners (by Anthony). And you wonder. That's where I'm coming from. But we lost a superstar, and superstars are hard to find in this league and in any sport. Chauncey and Melo were the ultimate. They brought smiles and excitement and greatness to this basketball organization."
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
