Posted by misterearl:
Forget Lebron
Add a 6'11 center to this young mix. I don't care whether it;s the best big man in the draft or a free agent. The Knicks, under D'Antoni, are already exhibiting a toughness that you don't want to trade away for the sake of conversation - or just looking smarter than the next guy.
Walsh must decide whether the improvement on the floor is something to build on - or tear down. You cannot do both. As a deliberate front office man, Walsh is looking at the position of center as the most critical upgrade.
With Jeffries problemmatic leg (and game) Walsh must be looking at center options to provide some relief and desperately needed size.
2010 is a long, long. long way away. By that time Knicks General Manager Chris Mullin will have inherited a compelling band of brothers.
It will be his call.
[Edited by - misterearl on 12-17-2008 09:22 AM]
Unbelievably, I'm with you earl. We have to stop with the saviour principle.
It's great that we can be a player in the Lebron sweepstakes, but its far from certain.
All I've wanted was a bunch of guys that play hard and effectively with reasonable contracts
that affords the GM flexibility in making moves that make sense. For too long we've been
stuck with "immovable" contracts. Finally, we're in a place where other GMs won't laugh
or hang up the phone when our GM calls.
As you say 2010 is a LONG way away. I, for one, am not going to sit here wasting my time
for the next TWO YEARS having my expectations up, hoping and praying that we land Lebron.
Hell, he might blow out a knee, a la Bernard King before then.
I'm hoping that the next trade gets us a little better, and the one after that, the same,
and enjoy some good basketball.
12/17/2008 12:05 PM
