Posted by holfresh:
Posted by newyorknewyork:
Yes we needed a void at center. But you don't spend 5yrs 36mil on him. Why couldn't we just sign Diop or Steven Hunter for 2yrs 2-3mil and go stop gap that way. Yes James has way more potential then either of them. But bottom line is Isiah tried to hit a home run with James. Ignored all the red flaqs and thought that he could turn James into some kind of allstar calibre center in NY becuase he showed the flashes in Seattle that last season. Sure James could be a huge defensive monster for us if he really wanted it. Look what he did for Seattle cloging the lanes forcing opponents to settle for jumpers which allowed Allen & Lewis to be comfortable playing up on there man. But the odds of him doing it wasn't good so why risk 36mil on that chance. When we could have got Diop cheap and waited for a better option to come along.
It probably had to do with 33win season the yr before. Which Dolan didn't like. So Isiah felt he didn't have the time to settle for a guy like Diop until a better option came along. And felt he had to hit a home run with James.
Your entire argument is based on the benefit of hindsight...Diop wasn't on anyone's radar,Hunter is a good third string to ok backup center....JJ can start in this league..
I didn't want JJ when when Layden was considering him way back. And didn't want JJ when Isiah signed him to 5yrs 36mil. If Isiah signed JJ for 2yrs 8-10 I would have no problem. But he signed him for 5yrs 36mil. If I can blast Layden like I did for signing Spoon & Anderson for as long as he did then I could blast Isiah for signing JJ at the price he did.
Diop worked out for Isiah and the Knicks before he worked out for Dallas and signed there. I knew of Diop and I don't work for anybodys scouting team. If Diop who was a lottery pick a few yrs back out of highschool. And who plays in the same division was under the radar than out scouting team isn't doing there job. Not that Diop is all that great. But value wise he is way better than JJ.
Its like u paid 10 dollars for a double cheese burger. While you buddy spent 1 dollar a regular cheesburger. Now after you ate the cheesburger you and your fried are thristy. But guess what. You spent all your money on that cheesburger. So now your friend is enjoying that soda with the 9 dollars he saved in your face. And he is very insecure about sharing.
Say your the GM. Would you sign a guy who in 5yrs in the league played over 65games once was 30-31yrs old. Has never averaged over 5pts 4rebs. And is known around the league as lazy with no passion for the game of basketball to 5yrs 36mil. Or would you rather settle for some cheap scrubs until better options come along. Sure we would have been hurting in the middle this season though we got Curry. But we would have been way better down the line. And guess what, all the negatives happend anyway and JJ ended up sucking and we still overpaid. Id rather have a scrub with limited potential at one tenth the price than overpay for a scrub with potential. Thats just smart buisness and I don't need hindsight to know that. Actually its common sense.
We all know that im as big a support of the team than anyone hear. But Isiah was dead wrong on this one. No need to even defend this move.
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7/29/2006 7:44 AM
