IT's picks - Channing Frye, David Lee, Dijon Thompson.

Trade - KT for Q Rich and #21 (Nate Dawg Robinson)

Channing Frye is a good pick at #8. And I'm not too miffed that Isiah didn't take the Bynum project. If Frye is 15, 10 and 2 with effective help defense, I feel like we played the odds well.

I do think we could have come away with better value for KT. KT for QRich and N. Rob looks fine on paper. But if we trade KT straight up for #14 from Minnesota, or #17 from Indiana, or even #18 from Boston, we have the following options: Granger, Graham, Green or Warrick. Q Rich isn't bad - but I think we can agree that Granger and Graham will likely be better two-way players.

Overall Grade: B

#8 pick - Channing Frye
grade - C
- Isiah went the safe route here & took the player that could most readily contribute right now at the position they need the most help in, C...Frye is definitely better than guys like Stephen Hunter, he's more refined as a player & he can step out & hit the midrange jumper, so he works well off the pick & roll (& we have 1 of the best pick & roll PG's in the game in Marbury)...personally i would have much rather he took a flyer on Gerald Green, who i think will be the best player coming out of this draft when all is said & done...Granger would have been an equally solid choice for me.

#21 pick - Nate Robinson
grade - B-
- Isiah took a good exciting player to fill the backup PG duties, a position of need...i would have preferred he'd held out on taking Nate until the #30 pick came around though, but i think Knick fans are going to love Nate Robinson once he shows what he can do on the court...he's a more exciting player than Earl Boykins imo, & gives the type of spark that can energize the rest of the team...a better choice at #21 would have been Wayne Simien for me.

#30 pick - David Lee
grade - undecided
- At first, I was like "David who?"...but after reading up on this guy i think he can be a good player for us off the bench...only question is, what role will he play when we already have JYD, Mo T & Malik Rose on the bench backing up Sweetney? maybe Isiah has another trade in the works...i'm staying tuned & reserving judgement on this one until i see the rest of the moves he's going to make this offseason...i don't think he's done yet.

Overall grade - C+
- Passing up Gerald Green will be a move i think we'll all live to regret...watching him torch us in a Celtic uniform will just throw salt in the open wound...other than that, i think Isiah addressed the team's needs at C & backup PG acceptably well, & the Q trade helps us address the need at SG/SF as well...now if Isiah can only get that Al Harrington trade done, i'd change my grade to a B.