Mark Jackson was a great floor general. Yes, but he was a lousy defender. The man had no lateral movement and was as slow as molasses. I loved Doc Rivers when he was here. Same with Derek Harper.
Jackson certainly had his shortcomings but he had something we needed. You can't concentrate on one part of the game (Defense.) and forget about everything else (Offense.). Harper and Rivers (Both who I liked very much.) were fine at getting there own offense, but neither were consumate point guards. Rivers actually had played 2 guard his whole career and Harper played LIKE a 2 guard his whole career before they got to the Knicks.
Now the Strickland for Cheeks trade. That's a diff story.
Strickland was always the talented malcontent, like Cassell. I can't blame the Knicks for trading him, every team got tired of him wherever he played. At least Cheeks helped us to one of the greatest playoff comebacks in the history of the NBA (Versus the celtics.) capping the final game of that series with a 10 for 10 performance. Smith was a bum, who never made a difference.
If you look at their legacies in the NBA, Jackson's is much stronger than Strickland's, who actually will have a negative legacy.
Also, CHARLES SMITH was fouled 5 times. Damn you Michael Jordan! Damn you!
Smith was at least fouled once! (The bum.)
oohah
[Edited by - oohah on 09-01-2005 3:13 PM]
