We're talking about turning over 4 roster spots during the season and not adding star (With the exception of Francis, a fallen star.), but average players. I'm glad he did not pick up Snow or Ratliff. Not much return on those investments.
Would you rather have Ariza, and maybe gotten rid of Malik for Snow(Snow's contract is a year longer-and this is just a hypothetical question) and maybe jettisoned a 2nd round pick or even possibly gotten rid of Jerome James(last season he could have played more than Ratliff at center for the C's and also another hypothetical scenario- and had 2 smaller easier to move contracts with guys that actually compliment the players we have, or gotten Steve Francis the way we got him? Keep in mind, you sign Theo, maybe there is no need to sign Cato and Curry's defense and shotblocking may be advanced one more year than it is today. Maybe a guy like Nate(or Jamal) see what it is like to iniate an offense and take some valuable info from Snow instead of learning to play PG one way.
And on top of that we would STILL have had Penny's expiring contract.
There are other factors in this scenario. You said that there wasn't much return on Snow and Ratliff investments. Well what is the return on Francis?
I never gave Isiah a pass on any decision that he signed off on. All I am saying is he tried to get LB what he asked for. Does that mean he would get LB every little thing he asked for? No. But he supported LB in public, what went on behind closed doors is just speculation.
I hardly think Isiah supported LB in public on everything he did:
On getting Francis- "It's so crazy it just might work."
Isiah distanced himself from the Woods signing also.
I understand what you are saying but, from past posts, you seem to be laying all the blame on Brown. All I am saying is that the whole well, Francis and Jalen were Larry's fault rhetoric(and I am not just talking about you, alot of other guys say it too, is ignoring the fact that Isiah made these deals. I offered proof-as good of proof as I can ever expect to offer on anything from an unbiased 3rd party with time, date, even the game it was reported on that Isiah chased Jalen before Larry got here.
For all we know, Isiah told Larry if he made it work wih Stevie, he would have traded Marbury. All we are all doing is speculating on whose fault it was. If we were truly to stop speculating on it we would all just say the "Knicks made a mistake getting these guys" and leave it at that.
I also don't think he got Rose and Francis to let LB hang himself. Nobody is that smart to know that those 2 players would be LB's undoing, and I don't think those 2 players were LB's undoing.
But Larry knew getting these players-if they worked-would cause Isiah his job? Or if he didn't play them when he endorsed them in public would somehow make him win a "power struggle"?
Why can't we just call it what it was. A bad move the Knicks made. Both the GM and the Coach had a hand in bringing these players here, and it was just two horrible transactions?
