Posted by TMS:
Posted by EnySpree:
Posted by TrueBlue:
Will it be the pick we select or is it one or a core of players currently on the roster?
Is this a baited question?
Obviously the Knicks have to keep the young players and dump the old ones plus Q. Curry or Zach have to go......duh....
The question is "who are we building around" the answer is nobody. All the rest is just back and forth bull**** about how you are right and anything anyone else says is wrong.
I like Bitty's answer cuz there is no other answer. Knicks have to keep the kids and just keep adding on till they can make a move or find someone in the draft that you can build around.
of course it's a baited question... TB has made his opinions very clear on how he feels about the players on this roster yet he feels the need to post a thread asking others for their opinions simply so he can either tell them how wrong they are for feeling that way or give himself & his buddies a chance to make the little jab remarks at the players on this roster... it's old hat w/this guy.
the essential point behind bitty's remark & isles' reply was essentially the same... our main hope lies in acquiring a guy to use as the centerpiece to build around through the draft this year... all the other guys we have are supplementary pieces that you fit around that player... that's pretty much obvious to everyone.
It seriously wasn't a baited question. You appear to be misinterpreting Isles reply hence he said
he doesn't consider them part of the core the players bitty41 listed as his core.
My reply to bitty41 was filled with plenty of questions. I never refuted anything bitty41 stated or disagreed with anyone in the thread with exception to the point Isles made about the approach taken on how we draft. Plus I never specified a specific core.
This is just another example of you putting your foot in your mouth like you've done for about the past week.
Let's say DeAndre Jordan and Thabeet are on the board when we select.
Example 1
If we're building around one or a core of players still and that core consist, for the purpose of example(Curry, Lee, and Crawford) logic says you draft Thabeet because he'd complement this core better than Jordan. IMO I wouldn't look at someone such as Thabeet as a centerpiece
Example 2
If we're building around the pick logic says you go with Jordan, who more than likely is a project with huge upside(a la Bynum) and it's irrelevant who's currently on the roster. If the current pieces prove to work in building around Jordan then so be it, if not so what. I would look at someone like Jordan as a centerpiece.
Now in Example 1, It's not the approach I would take with the pick, if the pick is to be our centerpiece. If we were to go with Example 1 building around the example given core, I feel we should trade the pick and find a better player(s) to pair with such core.
Now in Example 2, if the pick is truly going to be a centerpiece, it's with the mindset this player will be here for the next decade, it's irrelevant who's currently on the roster. We shouldn't approach the draft and say "Well we have Lee, Balkman, and Nate here so we're picking this player as our centerpiece."
[Edited by - TrueBlue on 03-16-2008 5:45 PM]
