fishmike wrote:franco12 wrote:knicks1248 wrote:franco12 wrote:martin wrote:franco12 wrote:I've been as big a fan of rebuilding the right way - but I liked what I saw against Atlanta and the other games as well.Maybe Phil has something. I do like that the players spoke up about the BS triangle.
If they are 5 & 5 over the next ten, you don't blow it up.
Maybe if they are 2 & 8, you start to consider it, but they are starting to make moves in the right direction.
Its early, but slowly they are starting to look like the team that the rose colored glass wearing fans think can win 40-50 games.
I've never understood this type of comment. There are several types of ways to rebuild and not one of them is the exact, gold standard solution.
What I mean by the right way is the opposite of what Dolan has done for the last 15 years where we trade youth and picks for broken down players that we think will magically transform us into Champions.
I wasn't a fan of the Noah contract or the rose trade. I would rather have held onto what we had, and perhaps added a player like Jennings and some of the Euro players that came in. And then yes, had perhaps growing pains and stunk this year, but landed a real good draft pick and added another KP like talent.
ADD ANOTHER KP LIKE TALENT????
Dude guys like KP come around once in a life time, you think phil would have been able to sustain his job or his reputation if he has another lottery season. That would be 4 straight in the biggest market in the world..
KP like - available every year in the top five of the draft usually. I'm not saying another 7'3" player with crazy skills - but some young player who is going to be a starter for years to come, who can produce above average at his position. And yes, its a roll of the dice every year.
do you follow the draft? Guys like KP come out every year? No they dont. You also assume that we make the perfect pic which is not realistic either. The best franchises in the NBA whiff in the draft. It happens. There is a window here with Melo, KP and the ability to add some pieces to make the playoffs and hopefully more. They went that route. Always easy to say I dont like this guy or that guy and we should have stood pat.
Like - as in comparable. As in able to be a starter at his position.
Yes, its a crap shoot. You can whiff in the top five/ten. some years are great there, others suck.
I didn't like the off season moves. I though Noah was a bad deal. I didn't like the Rose deal. I loved all the other moves - minor, esp. Jennings.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say Phil probably did much better than I though. Noah is probably going to be a move we regret sooner than later, and was probably unnecessary.
He's assembled- second or third try- nice, complementary talent that may be greater as a whole than as the sum of its parts.
