Posted by djsunyc:
one question...if q and/or nate are gone within 2 years, what would you say about the trade then?
listen to me, kurt thomas was traded b/c of his problems with steph. this was the FIRST deal to come across isiah's plate (remember, colangelo CALLED HIM). isiah jumped on it. this is not opinion or speculation. it's FACT. it had nothing to do with building for the future.
Well, the answer to that question depends on what we get for them, but thats all guessing from your part and my part. I can only talk about what is happening now and the truth is that KT wasn't getting any younger nor any better, and since the Knicks moved in the direction of rebuilding, its a no-brainer to make a trade that gives you a young solid player and a 1st round draft pick on a strong draft.
Come on! People saw how bad we were in the last years and how hopeless we were. Almost everyone wanted Layden gone because he wouldn't rebuild the Knicks. Isiah is trying to do so now, we suck because we are going to the youth movement and then people start longing for the old players traded? Come on! I understand this is a tough time to be a Knicks fan and that its so frustrating. But even if the roster is flawed, many of the moves Isiah has done, all of the ones where we have gotten younger, have been good ones. Do the pieces still don't mesh? Nope, but at least we have young and talented pieces to build the team again.
And what tells you this was the first trade he was proposed? If we are going by the rumors then you have to include the many rumors we had during the season about KT being shopped and some trade scenarios being discussed. He jumped on the one that brought him youth and talent, whichwas a good move.