Nalod wrote:Back in the day you could draft a player and if he went back to school, you had to wait.

Bird went back to school and had a monster senior year. Auerbach knew what he was doing.

Why'd they change the rule?

StarksEwing1 wrote:The eddy Curry and Mcdyess tardes were beyond stupid. I mean we really helped out the Bulls bigtime and Eddy Curry helped himself to McDonalds his whoel tenure here. McDyess was already in the middle of his decline after major knee surgery. Of course teh knicks still havent learned from their mistakes and continue to give away 1st round picks for bad contracts and worse results

Dyess never had a history of injury, he tore his ACL and ppl thought (well Isaih thought) he would return to his old self, then he tears up the next knee, i mean what the hell are the chances of that happening (sounds more like bad luck, than a bad trade)

Eddy curry started showing some signs of being a true big man, only it lasted a few games.

What about the most lateral trade of them all, KVH for Tim Thomas, thats like trading in your 2014 honda for a 2014 camry

knicks1248 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:The eddy Curry and Mcdyess tardes were beyond stupid. I mean we really helped out the Bulls bigtime and Eddy Curry helped himself to McDonalds his whoel tenure here. McDyess was already in the middle of his decline after major knee surgery. Of course teh knicks still havent learned from their mistakes and continue to give away 1st round picks for bad contracts and worse results

Dyess never had a history of injury, he tore his ACL and ppl thought (well Isaih thought) he would return to his old self, then he tears up the next knee, i mean what the hell are the chances of that happening (sounds more like bad luck, than a bad trade)

Eddy curry started showing some signs of being a true big man, only it lasted a few games.

What about the most lateral trade of them all, KVH for Tim Thomas, thats like trading in your 2014 honda for a 2014 camry

Scott Layden traded for Antonio McDyess, not Isiah Thomas. And the Keith Van Horn trade brought Tim Thomas AND Nazr Mohammed, the guy who was a walking double-double whenever it wasn't Ramaadan.

Truth be told, I always liked McDyess but thought it was ridiculous that we had to give up Camby, as well as the pick. He was worth a gamble but not at those stakes. Same with Eddy Curry, even though I was very concerned about him and his heart (literal and figurative), not to mention whether he'd fit the roster (which he didn't). We were a drive-and-kick team; a bunch of shooters and should not have acquired a guy that was going to clog the lane like Curry did.

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

Nalod wrote:Back in the day you could draft a player and if he went back to school, you had to wait.

Bird went back to school and had a monster senior year. Auerbach knew what he was doing.

Why'd they change the rule?

I don't think they did, I'm pretty sure that's still the rule. You just don't see guys going back to school after they've been drafted.

franco12 wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:The eddy Curry and Mcdyess tardes were beyond stupid. I mean we really helped out the Bulls bigtime and Eddy Curry helped himself to McDonalds his whoel tenure here. McDyess was already in the middle of his decline after major knee surgery. Of course teh knicks still havent learned from their mistakes and continue to give away 1st round picks for bad contracts and worse results

Dyess never had a history of injury, he tore his ACL and ppl thought (well Isaih thought) he would return to his old self, then he tears up the next knee, i mean what the hell are the chances of that happening (sounds more like bad luck, than a bad trade)

Eddy curry started showing some signs of being a true big man, only it lasted a few games.

What about the most lateral trade of them all, KVH for Tim Thomas, thats like trading in your 2014 honda for a 2014 camry

Scott Layden traded for Antonio McDyess, not Isiah Thomas. And the Keith Van Horn trade brought Tim Thomas AND Nazr Mohammed, the guy who was a walking double-double whenever it wasn't Ramaadan.

Truth be told, I always liked McDyess but thought it was ridiculous that we had to give up Camby, as well as the pick. He was worth a gamble but not at those stakes. Same with Eddy Curry, even though I was very concerned about him and his heart (literal and figurative), not to mention whether he'd fit the roster (which he didn't). We were a drive-and-kick team; a bunch of shooters and should not have acquired a guy that was going to clog the lane like Curry did.

the mcdyess trade, like a lot of our moves - was the result of the front office thinking we were "one more move" away from being a serious contender.

And I'm worried that's the thinking right now - that the 54 win team is what we have, not the 37 win team. One more move and we're right back, winning 54 games, getting to the play offs- and then we're in it to win it.

All in for Kevin Love? Or whatever retread, overpaid has been talent that will magically return to form with a change of scenery.

I think things are changing but love is only 25. In his case you have to hope that his talent meshes with Melo. Unlike dyess, amare, and curry, love hasn't had a career threatening injury or heart problems.
My guess is the Knicks don't get love unless it is in free agency in 2015.

franco12 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

franco12 wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:The eddy Curry and Mcdyess tardes were beyond stupid. I mean we really helped out the Bulls bigtime and Eddy Curry helped himself to McDonalds his whoel tenure here. McDyess was already in the middle of his decline after major knee surgery. Of course teh knicks still havent learned from their mistakes and continue to give away 1st round picks for bad contracts and worse results

Dyess never had a history of injury, he tore his ACL and ppl thought (well Isaih thought) he would return to his old self, then he tears up the next knee, i mean what the hell are the chances of that happening (sounds more like bad luck, than a bad trade)

Eddy curry started showing some signs of being a true big man, only it lasted a few games.

What about the most lateral trade of them all, KVH for Tim Thomas, thats like trading in your 2014 honda for a 2014 camry

Scott Layden traded for Antonio McDyess, not Isiah Thomas. And the Keith Van Horn trade brought Tim Thomas AND Nazr Mohammed, the guy who was a walking double-double whenever it wasn't Ramaadan.

Truth be told, I always liked McDyess but thought it was ridiculous that we had to give up Camby, as well as the pick. He was worth a gamble but not at those stakes. Same with Eddy Curry, even though I was very concerned about him and his heart (literal and figurative), not to mention whether he'd fit the roster (which he didn't). We were a drive-and-kick team; a bunch of shooters and should not have acquired a guy that was going to clog the lane like Curry did.

the mcdyess trade, like a lot of our moves - was the result of the front office thinking we were "one more move" away from being a serious contender.

And I'm worried that's the thinking right now - that the 54 win team is what we have, not the 37 win team. One more move and we're right back, winning 54 games, getting to the play offs- and then we're in it to win it.

All in for Kevin Love? Or whatever retread, overpaid has been talent that will magically return to form with a change of scenery.

I think things are changing but love is only 25. In his case you have to hope that his talent meshes with Melo. Unlike dyess, amare, and curry, love hasn't had a career threatening injury or heart problems.
My guess is the Knicks don't get love unless it is in free agency in 2015.

First- I don't think we have anything worth offering to Minny that would get us Love.

Second - I don't think adding Love to our roster does enough to fix our problems. We need a PG - not another scoring big.

Now, if the question were swapping Melo for Love and trying to build around him moving forward - his youth would be his greatest asset as it gives us time to retool.

Kevin Love IS a PG. He's 6"10' and so teams will play him at the 4 spot but the guy can easily run your offense out of the post/high-post.