after the Zach trade which was a fabulous trade.......what was the follow up? David Lee should have been shipped for a massive upgrade. David lee's value was at a retarded high after his awesome season. Once isiah made the decision to get zach, david lee was immediately useless to the Knicks.
you know i was saying the exact same stuff when Isiah traded for Steve Francis... anyone would figure that the logical next step would be to trade Marbury or at least figure that Francis would be moving to another team for a player that would complement the players we already had... instead he ends up being traded for Zach, & now we're left in the same exact position wondering when guys like David Lee will be traded to make sense of it all... until of course the next nonsensical move is made to acquire a player that replicates what we already have & we're left wondering when a trade is made to make sense of that one... it's a vicious ongoing cycle.
when we continue to acquire players that have no idea how to succeed playing team oriented style basketball, it's really not that hard to figure out why other teams can & we can't. think about who the big name acquisitions have been over Isiah's tenure.
Stephon Marbury = me first, stat accumulator that plays D only when he feels like it
Steve Francis = me first, stat accumulator that plays no D
Eddy Curry = reputation for being lazy & not living up to his potential
Zach Randolph = stat accumulator that plays no D
Jamal Crawford = reputation for taking bad shots & plays no D
is it any wonder why this team can't get it together when they keep acquiring players like this? it's not a secret i supported the Marbury, Curry & Crawford trades cuz i thought they at least addressed needs on this team at the time they were made, but when your GM continues to bring in players that don't complement these guys, u pretty much know it's not going to work until the entire philosophy & approach to roster management changes & someone else takes over who actually has a plan & isn't just throwing whatever talent he can get his hands on up against the wall to see if it sticks.
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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12/6/2007 10:06 AM