Posted by bitty41:

Posted by JohnWallace44:

Celtics
- Keep the faith that somehow Isiah's plan works, and we are able to trade a mix of junk and potential for two superstar players in their primes and the rest of the pieces just fall into place.

Warriors
- We trade away all of the slowfooted fatties for disgruntled speedsters to go with Nate and Balkman

Blazers
- Allow the team to flounder, build through the lottery, get rid of the malcontents, let sit and wait a few seasons to gel.

Hornets
- Just wait for an all league point to fall to you in the draft.

Suns
- Trade away all the fatties and Steph and build through international scouting.

Spurs
- Umm... that'll never happen

Pistons
- Build the team around physical playing retreads and find a silky smooth shooter in the draft.

I have a problem with the teams you listed. B/c some of them haven't even had a strong playoff performance let alone shown themselves to be contenders. NO, Portland, Warriors (highly suspect), and even the Celtics. With the exception of GS most of these teams haven't even been a playoff series for awhile so I think its a bit presumptious to call them contenders.

Point is we would all be peeing our pants with joy if the Knicks were in the position of any of these squads.
I think we could have taken several paths at different junctures in the Isiah era. Prior to the start of the season I advocated that we go huge and start building around a perimeter of Mardy, Chandler, and Nichols to go along with Zach and Eddy. Nichols was cut, Mardy and Chandler have been benched for the most part and Eddy is playing his way towards the door. Anybody watching for the past month would say that Nate is our biggest difference making player, so I would argue that building a better Golden State team would be the fastest way to become a contender, at least an Eastern Conference contender.

Golden State's model allows that we can pick up players that are not as valuable to the rest of the league either. You're just looking for a player that fits theh speed, length blueprint.