I don't think this is the right decision, but I hope Donnie ends up being right. Hopefully we can establish Curry and ship him out for expirings.

TheGame - Iverson would have won the Knicks ten more games? Come on dude, we're all just picking numbers out of the air but that is crazy. Iverson helps the Knicks win maybe 3-4 more games, or maybe 0 more games. Because the Knicks suck and + Iverson they still suck. Having Iverson score points doesn't add so many points as much as it subtracts points from other players.

If the Knicks say they want to rebuild etc. Then they should have the balls to do it. I give them props for sticking to their guns.

What I do agree with you on is that it would have given us a reason to read about the Knicks if not necessarily watch them play. We could have read about Iverson cursing out D'Antoni, not practicing, all that good stuff.

But again, not signing Iverson was probably the smartest move they made since not signing Lee and Robinson to long-term contracts.

oohah

TD and Nate are lite versions of AI in a sense. If we get them going it can have a similar positive effect without the risk. It's how I felt going into this so I'm not bothered by the change of heart. To me Curry's continued development was a bigger factor for us. We can somewhat approximate what AI brings but Curry gives us something we just didn't have at all.

oohah wrote:Wow, a smart move from Walsh and Co! Or should I say non-move?

TheGame - Iverson would have won the Knicks ten more games? Come on dude, we're all just picking numbers out of the air but that is crazy. Iverson helps the Knicks win maybe 3-4 more games, or maybe 0 more games. Because the Knicks suck and + Iverson they still suck. Having Iverson score points doesn't add so many points as much as it subtracts points from other players.

If the Knicks say they want to rebuild etc. Then they should have the balls to do it. I give them props for sticking to their guns.

What I do agree with you on is that it would have given us a reason to read about the Knicks if not necessarily watch them play. We could have read about Iverson cursing out D'Antoni, not practicing, all that good stuff.

But again, not signing Iverson was probably the smartest move they made since not signing Lee and Robinson to long-term contracts.

oohah

WTF??!! You think the difference between AI and Duhon is just 3-4 games. Duhon has cost us 3-4 games in just the first 10 games. We have the worst starting PG in the league BY A WIDE MARGIN.

TheGame wrote:
WTF??!! You think the difference between AI and Duhon is just 3-4 games. Duhon has cost us 3-4 games in just the first 10 games. We have the worst starting PG in the league BY A WIDE MARGIN.

No, the difference between Duhon and Iverson is quite considerable. But the entire team is horrible. Iverson is a scoring machine, not a guy who is going to make the team so much better. He doesn't make teams better, he puts up big numbers. See the difference? That is why nobody wants him.

The Knicks are terrible. Adding 10 games would make them really bad instead of terrible. Knicks + Iverson = Terrible, not "really bad".

I still don't see how you think adding Iverson simply winds up with the Knicks winning 10 more games. It doesn't add up. He doesn't carry teams like that anymore. That's the past.

It's wishful thinking. It's false hope. This is exactly the reason the Knicks considered signing Iverson in the first place, to bamboozle fans who cannot deal with the reality of how bad this team really is. To pacify them and kill time.

But if you insist on believing Iverson is the kind of player who improves teams, show me how much better Iverson made Detroit...or did they get worse when he arrived?

oohah

jazz74 wrote:have to admit i am disappointed. i wanted ai only to watch this team agin because right now there is nothing, and i mea NOTHING, good to watch with this team. it seemed like they were regressing and people pointed to the last game but they again had to come back from a big deficit. if we lose tomorrow against nj, whcih is more likely, to give them their first win of the season, how much egg in the face would it cause for the organization? however, i understand the "plan" and trying to be patient but this was basically a risk free move that eleviated pressure from our young players to perform. it also will show if we have the necessary talent to surround a good player with.VERY disappointed.

i feel the exact same way, but i had a feeling from the start that Donnie wouldn't sign AI... just made too much sense for him to pull the trigger... if this was Anthony Robersuck he'd be signed to a multiyear contract right about now... oh wait, that already happened