Posted by Allanfan20:
Posted by TMS:
Posted by Allanfan20:
True Knicks:
Willis, Walt, Earl, Barnett, Dave D, King, Ewing, Oakley, Trent Tucker, Rory Sparrow (At least I guess???) Derek Harper, Anthony Masion, Allan Houston, Latrell Sprewell, Charlie Ward.
All guys who have helped the Knicks win in some way shape or form. Now who in the hell does Isiah think he is to come up here and talk about "True Knicks." when he didn't play for us, PLUS has done nothing but lose for us as a GM and made us worse and has gotton pretty much everyone to hate him. What an embarrassment. It's so impossible to root for the guy.
i think u'r misconstruing Isiah's comments here... he never said anything about Greg Anthony not being a "true knick"... the comment was as follows:
"This so-called former Knick, on draft night with millions of people watching, had the audacity to take me to task on a player that I'm pretty sure he had never seen before in his life," Thomas said. "But he stands on national television and talks about a kid he has absolutely no idea about. I'm just glad that all of New York doesn't think like Greg Anthony."
"Greg Anthony should never ever be in a position to question myself on anything about basketball," Thomas said. "I do remember the kind of player he was. I'll leave it at that."
"This is between Greg and I," Thomas said in a lengthy diatribe about Anthony to the media after the Knicks practice. "The things he said on draft night ... after all the good solid work we had done in the draft ... for him to take that position he took ... I thought he was way way way out of bounds."
"I just thought he was very unfair to the Knicks organization," Thomas said. "It would be different had he not worn a Knick uniform. But for a guy who claims to have been a Knick, to treat the Knicks the way he treated us that night ... I know a Piston would never do that. A Celtic would never do that. A Laker would never do that. It wouldn't happen. It just goes to show you what we're dealing with."
it's more an assault on Anthony's character & the fact that in Isiah's opinion, he had made unfair comments & assumptions about his former team... i don't think it's Isiah saying that Greg Anthony was never a true Knick or anything to that effect.
Maybe the true Knick part was wrong, but how come he attacked Greg Anthony? Why not Charlie Ward (For bashing Steph), or Oakley (For basically calling his team a bunch of sissies) or Ewing (Again, for bashing Steph.) and I can bet you maybe a little bit amount of money that Allan just might be saying a couple of things on ESPN. Heck, Walt Frazier bashed Marbury right to his face during that Summer league game. Isn't that right? Don't forget Kurt Thomas and even Tim Thomas (Even though I don't even consider Tim to be a Knick). Why isn't IT killing those guys. It's not just Greg Anthony. Former Knicks left and right know perfectly well what Isiah has done to this organization and they are willing to speak.
i suspect there is some other deeper personal issues going on between the 2 that goes beyond what GA simply said on draft night... you don't lash out that deeply at some comments made by anyone concerning a pick unless there's some other things going on beneath the surface... maybe as it has been previously mentioned, GA was angling for Isiah's job & Isiah resents the fact that GA thinks he knows more about judging young talent than he does when GA hasn't proven a thing in the NBA in that respect? could u really blame Isiah for being bitter if that was the case? i sure wouldn't... & i'm not trying to take Isiah's side here, just trying to be objective & playing Devil's advocate.
again, i think the comments he made attacking GA's past playing career were childish & not befitting a top executive of an NBA franchise to make, but the root comment he made about the Balkman pick itself was fair... it would be different if Isiah were dissing Jay Bilas for making the same exact comments, because chances are Bilas had seen Balkman play numerous times in the past & was only relaying his own opinion of the pick... in that case it's just a difference of opinion... but in Isiah's mind, GA had very limited or no knowledge of Balkman & was just following along w/the popular Knick bashing that night, & to him, he felt that was wrong & took it personal... that probably added to the other underlying issues they had going on imo.
[Edited by - TMS on 10-19-2006 12:41 PM]After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
10/19/2006 12:22 PM
If you suck I dont discriminate 