i am totally disappointed in the pace of development, but i must say this team has a ton of good players and potential.
i think they're set at center (curry, butler) and power forward (frye, lee); potentially set at small forward (woods, ariza); have a great shooting guard playing the point (marbury); and a bunch of good swingmen off the bench (crawford, nate, quentin). i would think that with some maturing (didn't realize it would take so long) and the addition of a pass-first guard this team will be great for a long time...maybe i'm just too optimistic, but look at the ages:
ariza, 20
butler, 20
crawford, 25
curry, 23
frye, 22
lee, 22
quentin, 25
nate, 21
woods, 24
marbury, 28

of course quentin's injury issues make him a question mark but he's not a key piece anyhow.
i think the knicks just need that pass-first guard, move marbs to the '2' and then run out curry, frye, ariza or woods with a great bench of crawford, lee, nate, quentin, butler. season with a couple veteran guys and the knicks are in business.

maybe i'm crazy but this team seems solid to me.

eg

I think you are close to the mark, but a little off. We need a sharpshooter at the 2 who can play good defense. Keep Marbury at the 1 for the most part, switching off with Craw and Nate occasionally. We need to trade away Q1 and Rose, let AD expire or trade for higher placement in the draft. Same with Penny. Trade MoT this Summer or next year for '07 draft picks.

yawn...