Posted by MS:

The balkman deal was a little strange. I still think he brought something to the table and when paired with another player I think there was a trade there that could have been made to get rid of jefferies.

Wade is never leaving Miami, why would you. The quality of life is better, the weather is great, and your money doesn't evaporate like it does in new york.

Hopefully we continue to lose games and move up in the draft, that's the only way this plan really works. I just don't think we needed to trade for hughes and take up roster space with a player that needs minutes. I think Duhon, Chandler, Harrington, Gallo, Lee should be the starting lineup with nate off the bench. Really where does winning games get us other than farther away from where we need to be. Isiah decided to win his last few games and it cost us three spots in the draft.

Harrington and Duhon need to be traded for some value next offseason, in a packaged deal to bring back young talent.

Next Offseason? They'd be UFA's at that point. You'd better trade tehm at the deadline next year.

Posted by martin:

Posted by MS:

Wade is never leaving Miami, why would you. The quality of life is better, the weather is great, and your money doesn't evaporate like it does in new york.

Maybe we should ask Shaq why he left.

He was traded?

The only Grading system that matters, The Bip System

Coach: Mike D’Antoni: I like what he has done to change the culture. The players and the GM get credit for this as well, but the coach leads it. This team quit more times over the past 3 years than I can remember. This year they have come to play everynight and have had a chance to win on most. Which leads me to my D'Antoni criticism. 60 games in and the team still makes the same mistakes down the stretch. Players and coach are to blame for that.

Grade: B-(for Mike), Incomplete(for Donnie)

Draft: Danilo gets an incomplete because all 1st year players get an incomplete. There were players that I'd rather have, but the kid deserves time. I would have liked to see Walsh obtain another draft pick and he was unable to do so. There are many reasons for this, but this doesn't change the grade.
Grade: C

Free Agents:

Chris Duhon: If I look at my expectations vs. results, I can't be unhappy with him. I see him as a career back-up with back up PG skills that has done a remarkable job taking advantage of his chance to start. He is a below average starter but a great back-up on a winning team. Hopefully we can get that starter.
Grade: B+

Anthony Roberson: Why are we grading a 15th man decision? 15th men are always a crapshoot.
Grade: F(for who gives a fukc)

Trades:

Zach Randolf/Mardy Collins for Tim Thomas/Cuttino Mobley
I'm not worried about what my speculation tells me we should have gotten. I'm just happy we got rid of this long-term salary which is what we needed to do.
Grade: A

Jamal Crawford for Al Harrington: Tough to grade this one. Al is a better player than Jamal. Will Al stay or be let go. If we are going let him go, it would have been nice to have gotten a pick for Craw or Al somehow.
Grade: B

Tim Thomas/Jerome James for Larry Huges: Freebie. We weren't winning with Tim or Jerome so who cares.
Grade: A for participation

Malik Rose for Wilcox: Why trade for the guy if he isn't going to play?
Grade: C(more geared towards mike than Donnie)

Marbury: We have no idea how this all went down. It is possible that D'antoni found out in his summer conversations that there was going to be a mutiny if Marbs played. Without being present in those conversations I find it hard to judge. I would have preferred to play up his value and somehow be able to trade him for something of value without taking back a horrible contract(easier said than done), but you can't always get what you want.

Grade: Unknown

Judgment: If this is about the future of Lee and Robinson, how can we grade something that hasn't happened yet.
Grade: Incomplete

Overall Grade: Incomplete. Hard to get a better grade this early in the game. Big positive was giving us some roster/financial flexibility. No major knocks on my part yet. The Gallinari thing could be a huge negative in the future if the kid doesn't develop. How they do in 2010 and what the response will be if they can't get a top name free-agent are also yet to be determined.

[Edited by - bippity10 on 03-03-2009 4:19 PM]

[Edited by - bippity10 on 03-03-2009 4:20 PM]

Posted by TMS:

style of GMing is the key we need to be focusing on anyways.

Go f yourself broham

2011 Is The target date

Evaluating Donnie Walsh via arbitrary grades, during year one, is a waste of time. It is nothing more than premature second-guessing. Yes, guessing.

For entertainment purposes, let Walsh have an incomplete.

Enjoy The Ride

Walsh deserves three Years to cement his plan

Have the Knicks improved at all defensively as a team this year? What defensive scheme has D'Antoni implemented other than the incessant switching, even if it means getting stuck in really bad matchups?