holfresh wrote:CrushAlot wrote:holfresh wrote:Walsh is getting a lot of credit for a guy who didn't want Carmelo and didn't sign Chandler and who brought MDA here...I give him huge credit for convincing Dolam to tear it down but Walsh would have built this team in MDA's image which would have been a huge mistake..
I think the tone would be different if the team didn't make the playoffs and they were sending a lottery pick off to HOuston in June. Walsh was too loyal to D'Antoni in my opinion and I agree that the team most likely would be constructed differently if he was still in place.
Walsh is getting huge credit for all this...He brought MDA here..A guy who didn't care about defense..He didn't want Melo...Walsh would never have signed Chandler, because MDA would not have wante him ...MDA benched Chandler during the 4th quarter of Biston and Dallas game for Novak...Am I missing something ?
ah yes... the lone remaianing Isiah lover/supporter has spoken.
Walsh hired MDA to make the Knicks more attractive for free agents. Seeing as how we signed Baron Davis, Amare Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler all as free agents and ALL said playing for MDA was factor (true or not they all said it) the MDA singing certainly looks like a good one doesnt it.
Also since your spinning things there Zeke MDA didnt like Chandler?
http://www.fantasysp.com/player/nba/Tyson_Chandler/2098865/chandler-called-irreplaceable
Funny.. cause if you use this thing called google you can easily find about 15 direct quotes that say Chandler was their most important player.
Walsh cleaned out Isiah's MESS, and did something no GM here has been able to do for 2+ years. Thats stick to a plan. That plan was clear the cap mess, get under it, draft some guys and sign 2 max players. Walsh wasnt perfect but he did pretty damn good.
On Grunwald:
Im a true believer. While most Knick GMs would be happy to piss away another year waiting for CP3 he had the balls to waive Billups's old ass and sign Chandler. While it initially backfired leaving us weak at PG and exposing Douglas we got MUCH closer to being an elite team by securing that great defensive bigman.
My biggest knock on the Melo trade was that it left us lacking the pieces we needed to compete for a title, Sure we got a great player and elite scorer, but Billups was 35 going on 50 (hows his health these days?) and we gave up too many young guys and picks to properly build a team and compete.
We still have some of those problems with JR, Novak, Baron and even JJ most likely gone, BUT we have our starting 5 and in many ways Lin/Shumpert/Chandler are just as important as Amare/Melo and thats saying a lot.
Was some of it luck? Of course... but you still have to execute.
I see a Lin/Shump/Melo/Amare/Chandler lineup as simply beastly and Gunwald deserves his share of the credit.
Great job and I hope he stays!
"winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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4/22/2012 2:24 PM