bought Taft?

Posted by mattchless:

bought Taft?

I am ****ing wondering about what that means too. I think thats some b.s. fans from different boards came up with. Let the dust settle. We will know a lot more tomorrow morning.

I just keep thinking, we got a skinny center, a tiny guard and ANOTHER 6'9" forward.

If there was one thing this team had in spades it was hustling, undersized power forwards with heart. JYD and Rose are an absolute waste now... or this Lee pick is. Its one or the other.

We've been collecting 6'9" forwards since... oh yeah, John Wallace.

Now what, we hope for some saviour to sign for the MLE again?

Those for Q, Frye, Nate and David.

So this isn't Isiah's last move, since we definitely need to add another C through the Free Agency. Maybe many of these picks will go to the NBDL...

Do the guys that you send down to the NBDL count as a roster spot? Anyone know how that will work?

Posted by Pharzeone:

Posted by JohnWallace44:

This is a horrible draft unless....

I told you guys about that rumored Gasol trade, did Warrick seem a little wierd there going to Memphis? Supposedly the #19 pick was suposed to come our way with Gasol and that balding Purdue kid for Penny and Ariza.

Hmmmm... only that will restore my faith in Thomas

I thought this draft would redeem him, he should have taken a risk at 30, Frye is what he is, but take Blatche at 30 please.

A man sporting that name should never make a comment like that.

LMAO

The Taft thing was just a rumor?

http://www.nba.com/knicks/news/thomas_050628.html

Thomas Excited About Draft Night Additions

by Tom Kertes

NEW YORK, June 28, 2005 -- “My goal going into this off-season was to add two 7-footers to the roster,” an elated Knicks President, Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas commented on the just-concluded NBA Draft 2005. “You can’t have too many big guys -- and, with Channing Frye, I think we went a long way in filling a need.”
“He’s just solid,” added Thomas. “When we talk about upside potential, we usually talk about little guys or wing guys. Big players, we generally feel they’ve somehow reached their ceilings. But Channing, he’s only scratched his surface. He can shoot, pass the ball, block shots, rebound, and defend. Plus, he gets on the line -- and he’s an 80 per cent foul shooter. As he gets around and learns this league, he’s got a chance to be a pretty special player.”

Thomas felt equally excited about 6-9 Florida forward David Lee -- the 30th selection – and tiny TNT-er Nate Robinson who was acquired in the just-completed Quentin Richardson-for-Kurt Thomas trade. “Nate, if he was 6-2, he probably would have been the second, or even the first, pick in this draft,” said Thomas. “He was the one kid we worked out who every scout just stood up and watched -- he is that exciting. He dunked with his left hand, his right hand, backwards, at 5-9. He was unbelievable. I may be a bit partial to small players. I remember the tough times we had playing against Spud Webb. Nate will be a tempo changer, he’ll give us a different look. The Garden is going to love him.”

“And David Lee, he’s another great athlete who works hard, rebounds the ball and will bring a kind of a glue to the team,” said Thomas. “He played against the toughest competition possible in the SEC night after night – and he has that top basketball mentality.”

“You have to be mature and mentally tough to play in New York because you will be knocked around a bit. These guys are all of those things.”

“We need another shot-blocker – and we need a bit more girth in the middle,” said Thomas. “Once that happens, we have a chance to be pretty decent team. After this draft, we are a more complete and balanced team now. These four new players, including Quentin, these are the types of guys I would have loved to play with. They are smart players with great basketball intellect. We are still in the rebuilding process, but I feel that with these players we are looking ahead to a bright future.”

Ohh, and its also great to see that Isiah knows he still needs another 7 footer shotblocker. He will sign one soon. Yeah!

Bobby Gonzalez was on MSG Sportsdesk absolutely raving about the Knicks draft.

Also, I had the feeling that everything Bynum was doing was with the intention of going to the Lakers. On a site with a report on him, they said he was a big Lakers fan. Then, he cancels workouts with teams above the Lakers in the lottery. But he works out for Portland when the Lakers were rumored to trade for pick #3, maybe afraid that they wouldn't be able to pick him at 10 because his stock was rising fast. (Maybe because they wanted a better chance at Frye or they wanted one of the best PG's, who really knows?) What is really known is that Bynum got a promise from a lottery team. If that team went on to be your favorite team, with a chance at being the next big star center of the organization, how could Bynum resist it? He didn't wanted to be a Knick, so its ok he ends up not being one.

Also, this story on Bynum is very similar to Frye's. Maybe he wanted to be a Knick all the time, therefore explaining not working out for teams above NY in the lottery. He got a promise. New York is his hometown. He talked about how much he would help the Knicks, Marb's game, etc.

Even Green can thank his draft position to canceling workouts, only it worked against him...

Posted by sbensol74:

I think overall it was an absolute disaster of a draft.

The only way to get height and a legit center is through the draft. Isiah showed that he has no balls and he is scared to lose his job. Every pick was a "safe" pick.

We are going nowhere with frye and lee, can anyone honestly say that either of these guys will be an important piece to a championship one day? come on... im so fed up with this nonsense

What are you blathering about? Nate was a safe pick? With the almighty Taft still out there? And David Lee? with Martynas also still there?