Isiah defends Tenure
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Bippity10
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11/1/2007 12:12 PM
How many plans does he have?
I just hope that people will like me
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djsunyc
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11/1/2007 12:25 PM
this is just isiah being isiah...
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joec32033
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11/1/2007 12:35 PM
Posted by Bonn1997:Posted by joec32033: I just threw up in my mouth.  [Edited by - joec32033 on 01 November 2007 12:35] ~You can't run from who you are.~
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djsunyc
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11/1/2007 12:44 PM
tough to recover from the weatherspoon signing...
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nixluva
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11/1/2007 12:45 PM
Posted by Panos:You're taking that comment out of context and reading into it that he's saying we should expect it to take that long here. That's not what he was saying and the context of the rest of his statements show this. Apparently you didn't finish reading cuz he also said:Posted by nixluva:Posted by Panos:I didn't read any excuses about this team this season. I read where he was talking about his previous years and he was making excuses for that past. He actually was being very confident about the teams current situatuon and prospects. He didn't offer up any excuses about the teams play this season.Posted by nixluva: “You want to start seeing some light at the end of the tunnel, where you're starting to make progress," Thomas said. “From a talent standpoint, when I first got here, we were very depleted." Now I think we're pretty rich with talent and young talent. We're not an old team. We're a talented, young team. “This team has a couple of years where it could be around and make a run - get into the playoffs, learn how to win in the playoffs, you eventually learn how to win a championship," Thomas added. Thomas said Tuesday, barring major injuries, he expects to make the playoffs. “Last year we were pretty much headed in that direction (the playoffs)," Thomas said. “I thought we had pretty good shot at making the playoffs last year, then I think we got hit by a terrible amount of injuries. Coming back this year, I still feel we're moving on that path. I don't see that we've lost that path in any way." Again WHEN did he make any excuses about the upcoming season? All his comments referring to injuries were about last year and he of course hopes not to see a similar thing happen this year. You expect injuries, but just not so many all at once. He didn't make any excuses about missing the playoffs nor did he lower expectations. He said that he expects the make the playoffs. |
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Panos
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11/1/2007 12:57 PM
Posted by nixluva: HE SAYS THIS EVERY YEAR. Oh, by the way, there's already an excuse in that statement. [Edited by - panos on 01-11-2007 12:57 PM] |
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newyorknewyork
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11/1/2007 1:12 PM
Isiah has failed because he never actually made moves to build a team except in the begining. He traded for Marbury to put next to Alan Houston. He then traded KVH & Doleac for TT & Muhammad. Though he severly overpaid for Marbury. All these moves were understandable. Marbury, Houston, Thomas, KT, Mutombo, Muhammad, Penny, Sweetney, Anderson. Wasn't a bad rotation at all. We went into the playoffs without Houston or Tim Thomas vs the hottest team in the league. The ass whooping was expected. Yes we may have never won with Marbury. But if Isiah would have kept focus on building a team, and kept an eye on the salary cap structure. He might have not dug himself in such a whole at this point.
But instead he decided to get away from building a team and go into transition moves changing plans every which way is what killed him. He kept trying to find his savior and killed the balance/structure of the team trying to do it. First it was Marbury, then Crawford, then rebuild by adding multiple draft picks, then Curry, now Randolph. He is hoping Randolph has enough talent to make playoffs so he could buy himself enough time to try and build around Randolph his new savior. And if Randolph doesn't work out. Following his blueprint if he still had a job. He would probably trade Curry for another big name, probably a 3 team deal for Artest to try and save the knicks. Reguadless of that, I like the pieces we have with Randolph, Lee, Chandler, Balkman, Collins. If a new GM came in he would have something to work with. All he would need to do is move Curry & Crawford for shorter contracts and add the right piecies here and there. A playmaking Pg, a defensive anchor at Center, & a catch and shoot SG. Of course who they would choose to fit these needs is what would make or break them. https://vote.nba.com/en Vote for your Knicks.
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djsunyc
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11/1/2007 1:19 PM
many aspects to gm'ing.
identifying talent is one. but so is being a manager and putting the right pieces in place. everyone can talk about his draft acument, how much more "talented" we are, etc...doens't matter with the pieces fitting. the knicks are tim thomas...they should be better than they are...but for some reason, at the end of the day, they are just not that good. |
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Bippity10
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11/1/2007 2:00 PM
"The Knicks are Tim Thomas"
We found our slogan. I just hope that people will like me
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Bippity10
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11/1/2007 2:22 PM
Welcome to Knicks Basketball
We are Tim Thomas!!!!!!!!!!! I just hope that people will like me
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VDesai
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11/1/2007 2:24 PM
Tim Thomas is FORMIDABLE
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BlueSeats
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11/1/2007 2:27 PM
Posted by newyorknewyork: I don't know, Collins and Candler are still fairly unknown quantities and I'm not sure Lee and Balky can viably start together on the same team (though I'm willing to try). How do you feel about that group compared to Zach, Roy, Jack, Webster, Aldridge, et al, who won 33 games and decided they were better off without Zach? I guess I'm saying we have something to work with but it may not be a lot. I'm talking about being a quality team, not sneaking into the playoffs one year and missing the next, or forever being engulfed by drama. When you get right down to it, there aren't many positives we can take to the bank. |
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Allanfan20
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11/1/2007 2:30 PM
Posted by VDesai: As the number 1 Celtics fan, I am not really sure what formidable means. Can you please clarify, VDesai? “I couldn’t dunk it so I tried to, you know, just touched it.”- OG Anunoby
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djsunyc
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11/1/2007 2:49 PM
Posted by Bippity10: it has a nice ring to it...much better than "we are fugazy" |
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newyorknewyork
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11/1/2007 3:04 PM
Posted by BlueSeats:Posted by newyorknewyork: https://vote.nba.com/en Vote for your Knicks.
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Isiah defends Tenure