Posted by Pharzeone:

Posted by Bippity10:

Once again the point is leadership. We are not a good team and adding Allan Houston to this roster would not make us a good team. No one is under that delusion. But if you can't admit that adding him to this roster instead of any of the money loving vets we have on this roster I have to question if you've ever been on a winning team.

Our young guys have only Malik to look to. That is not enough.

For you guys to try and reinvent Houston is laughable. For the record Houston quit.
My perception of Houston is just different from yours. 1) I thought he was mentally weak. 2) I think he was the king of money hogs. Not for taking the $100 million, hell he would be crazy to not do so. Although other so called leaders have turned down less money to help out he franchise. O'Neal did it this season. My thing with Houston was that he did almost everything to ensure that he wouldn't make it back to the Knicks court. I am still curious how bad those knees are, I see C-Webb still going and I am sure the man is hurting. Kidd doesn't jump like he use to but he is still going. He did not follow any advice of either his doctors or Knicks doctor, rehab on his own and with a high jumper none the less. First and formost if Allan wa the true leader that you and others try to bestow on him, he would have went to his buddy Dolan and say no way do we trade Spree. That Spree and you and me can work out differences but we do not trade him. When Oakley got traded, the press killed Ewing for not doing something but not Allan. When Camby got traded Spree went on and on about that was stupid.

I made a comment about Fish's post being one of the best I've read on this site. This one ranks right up there with "Tim Duncan isn't any good" and "Ray Allen is an inconsistent jumpshooter" posts of the summer of 2004. Good show Pharezone