All I need to know about the ARiza trade was what Mike said on the Mike and the Mad Dog show. He said after speaking with Brown during the summer that Brown wanted to get Francis to replace Marbury but Francis was horrible. So bad that Brown didn't speak to him for 3 weeks (goes to show you what type of guy Brown is). Mike blamed Isiah for going against his better judgement to satisfy Brown. Also it points out that Thomas was trying to keep Brown happy. Based on the rumors last year, Thomas was looking to trade Marbury but was unable to do so. Mike joked that Brown thought it would be easy to trade Marbury once Francis got here. The fault belongs with IT because he made the mistake of trusting Brown and believing that Brown wanted to work together.

Crzymdups is right. People who were going right along with Brown calling him dellusional and limited and saying how Francis was a better player are proven wrong.

A GM's sole job is to build a team. I don't know what else to say. But I do know there is always an excuse here.

we should be so lucky to have a team that is cuban like, not this ****ty organization that fleeces the fans and tries to get us to buy into garbage that is the team