repeat after me everyone:

we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.
we blew it on jennings.

who's feeling better now?

JohnWallace44 wrote:Jennings is about to pull out a massive upset in this Hawks series. That could very easily be the Knicks with the Garden going insane instead of "Fear the Deer"

Get Chris Mullin in here. Walsh has been a disaster in two drafts and is almost out of Isiah draftees. I don't want him trying to make the right choice with our 2nd rounders.

It really just drives me crazy to think that we passed over not only Jennings but all of the other PG's in the draft. Any one of them would have been great picks, but we somehow took our position of need and a draft geared towards that position and totally biffed on it, picking a guy that it took multiple picks to get rid of instead. Wow.

truth is, the guy barely played for his euro team so, how much could our scouts have learned.

He had a good showing (forget when and where) and there were those who thought he could be good based on his highshool days but, I don't blame Walsh for passing on him.

Had Walsh drafted him and had he been a bust, fans would still be calling for Waslh's head

this guy can get anywhere on the court...reminds me a bit of iverson.

you get a guard that can do that and he is tailor made built for today's nba. combine that with some attitude and fearlessness and you have a potentially dangerous combination.

DurzoBlint wrote:Donnie damned if I do & damned if I don't.

Didn't most people here think Young Money was the next steph??

By fans on the Internet. Walsh gets paid to do things like this. Dont worry we will get Jennings in 8 years after he is coming back from major knee surgery.

AnubisADL wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:Donnie damned if I do & damned if I don't.

Didn't most people here think Young Money was the next steph??

By fans on the Internet. Walsh gets paid to do things like this. Dont worry we will get Jennings in 8 years after he is coming back from major knee surgery.

nah, that's a classic layden/checketts move. Bringing in former players either in the twilight of their careers or when they become major injury risks. It kept NY competitive and put fans in their seats but did nothing for the future.

Walsh is about maintaining a bright future as well as flexibility.

I have developed (over the past 2season) question about the coach but, Walsh has only done what he said he would do. Well sort of; he did say we would be competitive too

playa2 wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:Donnie damned if I do & damned if I don't.

Didn't most people here think Young Money was the next steph??

Nope , I thought he had the goods and we were desperate for

I think I remember that about you. If memory serves you was (is it was or were) pretty vocal about it here (and elsewhere unless someone has the same username )

AnubisADL wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:Chris Mullin drafted Chris Taft so how is he a better talent evaluator?

I don't hate Mullin, I think he's decent (took a terrible Warriors team and got them to the playoffs and even had them win a round against the top seed) but I'm just saying.

Also, Walsh isn't the only GM who passed on him. 9 other teams did. A lot of people thought he would be the next Marbury character-wise and that he wasn't an ideal PG (couldn't school and more of a scorer). We don't know if Jennings would have been the same here under D'Antoni. Maybe he'd be acting like an ass here. But Skiles is a tough guy. He doesn't play games. He demands respect. I wish we had Skiles here instead of Mike.

I know for a fact Jennings wouldn't have been playing defense like he has been in the playoffs if he was drafted by the Knicks. Jennings proving he is talented and coachable.

I will say this. Jennings is the most exciting PG in the playoffs right now.. and that includes that self proclaimed "best PG" and goober, deron williams... ( I can't stand that cat)

JohnWallace44 wrote:

fishmike wrote:seems like Gallo and Douglas are good players. The Hill pick was bad. How is that blowing 2 drafts?

You love to ride Jenning's jock. Great job on the Bucks. I guess Joe Alexander and Yi Jing-a-ling were also great picks?

Easy to focus on thing and ignore the rest. Walsh has added a couple of good players in the draft. Willing to bet he adds more this summer.

Oh wow... let's not even get into the fact that half of the players drafted after Gallo are more valuable assets than he is.

Its not just that we missed on Jennings. Any team can miss on a player in a given year. Its that we had a gaping hole at a given position, went into a draft with more talent at that position than any of us are likely to see in our lifetime, and where are we a year later? Yup, still need a PG, and we're watching while Jennings, Teague, Maynor, Beaubois and Lawson are playing meaningful games while our team is golfing.

Like who? this should be interesting. ESPN insider had him ranked 8th in his soph class.. He was drafted at #6.. that means only two were deemed to be better than him that were drafted after him... so show me the other 20+ players that are more "valuable assets" that were drafted after him...

iSergio wrote:Brandon Jennings as a New York Knick under Mike D'Antoni would not be the same player as Brandon Jennings as a Milwaukee Buck under Scott Skiles.

bingo.

I believe he would have been treated just like MDA treated Douglas.