Seasons: 3
Playoffs: 1
Division Titles: 0
Conference Titles: 0
NBA Titles: 0

Best transaction: Traded guard Anfernee Hardaway and forward Trevor Ariza to the Orlando Magic for guard Steve Francis on February 22, 2006.

Worst transaction: Signed center Jerome James on August 2, 2005.

Executive of the Year: Never.

TRANSACTIONS:

SEASON 2005-06 April 6 2006
Signed forward Ime Udoka for the remainder of the season.
February 22 2006
Traded guard Anfernee Hardaway and forward Trevor Ariza to the Orlando Magic for guard Steve Francis.
February 3 2006
Traded forward Antonio Davis and cash to the Toronto Raptors for guard Jalen Rose and a first-round pick.
December 6 2005
Signed guard Qyntel Woods.
December 3 2005
Waived forward Matt Barnes.
November 3 2005
Named Kelly Tripucka to the scouting staff.
October 26 2005
Waived guards Jamison Brewer and Steven Barber and forward Otis George.
October 14 2005
Signed guard Jamison Brewer.
October 6 2005
Signed forward Matt Barnes.
October 4 2005
Re-signed guard Jermaine Jackson and traded him along with forwards Tim Thomas and Mike Sweetney, a 2006 conditional first-round pick, second-round picks in 2007 and 2009 and a conditional right to swap 2007 first-round picks to the Chicago Bulls for center Eddy Curry and forward Antonio Davis; named Brendan O'Connor assistant coach.
October 3 2005
Signed guard Steven Barber and forward Otis George.
September 27 2005
Named Dave Hanners and Phil Ford assistant coaches.
August 15 2005
Waived forward Jerome Williams.
August 2 2005
Signed center Jerome James.
July 28 2005
Named Larry Brown head coach.
July 2 2005
Signed guard Nate Robinson and forward Channing Frye.
July 1 2005
Signed forward David Lee.
June 30 2005
Exercised the contract option on forward Mike Sweetney through 2006-07.
Draft 2005
Selected forwards Channing Frye (8th overall pick), David Lee (30th overall pick) and Dijon Thompson (54th overall pick).
Traded forward Kurt Thomas and the draft rights to forward Dijon Thompson to the Phoenix Suns for guard Quentin Richardson and the draft rights to guard Nate Robinson.


SEASON 2004-05

March 20 2005
Signed guard Jermaine Jackson for the remainder of the season.
March 10 2005
Signed guard Jermaine Jackson to a second 10-day contract.
February 28 2005
Signed guard Jermaine Jackson to a 10-day contract.
February 27 2005
Signed forward Jackie Butler for the remainder of the season.
February 24 2005
Traded guard Moochie Norris, forward Vin Baker and a 2006 second-round pick to the Houston Rockets for forward Maurice Taylor; traded guard Jamison Brewer and center Nazr Mohammed to the San Antonio Spurs for forward Malik Rose and conditional first-round picks in 2005 and 2006.
January 22 2005
Named Herb Williams head coach.
November 10 2004
Waived forward Shandon Anderson.
November 8 2004
Named Brendan Suhr assistant coach.
October 27 2004
Waived forward Tracy Murray.
October 25 2004
Waived guard Andre Barrett and center Mengke Bateer.
October 7 2004
Waived forward Brent Wright.
October 4 2004
Signed guard Andre Barrett, forwards Tracy Murray and Brent Wright and center Mengke Bateer.
September 8 2004
Signed center Bruno Sundov.
August 27 2004
Signed guard Jamison Brewer.
August 18 2004
Re-signed forward Vin Baker.
August 5 2004
Traded guard Frank Williams, forward Othella Harrington and centers Dikembe Mutombo and Cezary Trybanski to the Chicago Bulls for guard Jamal Crawford and forward Jerome Williams.
August 3 2004
Signed forward Trevor Ariza.
Draft 2004
Selected forward Trevor Ariza (43rd overall pick).


SEASON 2003-04

March 12 2004
Signed forward Vin Baker.
March 9 2004
Signed forward Kurt Thomas to a four-year contract extension.
March 4 2004
Named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the basketball operations staff.
February 15 2004
Traded forward Keith Van Horn to the Milwaukee Bucks and center Michael Doleac and a 2005 second-round pick to the Atlanta Hawks for forward Tim Thomas from the Milwaukee Bucks and Nazr Mohammed from the Atlanta Hawks.
February 13 2004
Signed forward DerMarr Johnson for the remainder of the season.
February 3 2004
Signed forward DerMarr Johnson to a 10-day contract.
January 21 2004
Signed Bruno Sundov to a 10-day contract.
January 16 2004
Named Mark Aguirre and Dick Helm assistant coaches.
January 14 2004
Fired head coach Don Chaney and assistants Brendan Malone and Lon Kruger; named Lenny Wilkens head coach.
January 5 2004
Traded guards Howard Eisley and Charlie Ward, forwards Antonio McDyess and Maciej Lampe, the draft rights to guard Milos Vujanic, a 2004 first-round draft, a conditional first round pick and cash to the Phoenix Suns for guards Stephon Marbury and Anfernee Hardaway and center Cezary Trybanski; waived forward John Amaechi.
December 30 2003
Traded forward Clarence Weatherspoon to the Houston Rockets for guard Moochie Norris and forward John Amaechi.
December 24 2003
Waived center Slavko Vranes.

The trade that bothers me the most is this:
February 24 2005
Traded guard Moochie Norris, forward Vin Baker and a 2006 second-round pick to the Houston Rockets
for forward Maurice Taylor; traded guard Jamison Brewer and center Nazr Mohammed to the San Antonio
Spurs for forward Malik Rose and conditional first-round picks in 2005 and 2006.
.

We traded away a solid center, who was rebounding very well, especially offensively, and got back an
undersized PF and 2 late-ass picks.

This trade lead to the infamous Jerom James signing. If we never traded Nazzy we wouldn't have signed
JJ which was a desperation move, and we would have had Nazzy and EC as our centers.

The Kurt Thomas trade seemed like a steal to me at the time, but Q has sucked so incredibly bad this
year it really hurt us. Plus, our rebounding was so horrible overall, we missed KT's consistancy. I
think his presence could have been big for us. But hindsight is definitely 20/20. I would have done
the deal at that time.

[Edited by - killa4luv on 04-28-2006 2:29 PM]

[Edited by - killa4luv on 04-28-2006 2:30 PM]

Or maybe the best move was getting Frye?

Posted by McK1:

Nazr likely would have been a part of the Curry deal

McK1, you are probably right about that. And maybe sweets would have stayed. Or maybe we never do it
at all. Either way we were better off having Nazr instead of Jerome James so it was a bad move.

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by Killa4luv:

Posted by McK1:

Nazr likely would have been a part of the Curry deal

McK1, you are probably right about that. And maybe sweets would have stayed. Or maybe we never do it
at all. Either way we were better off having Nazr instead of Jerome James so it was a bad move.

we would've definitely had our picks.

Not necessarily. If it was Nazzy and filler, maybe a pick is still involved. Either way, I don't have
a problem with that trade. I think Curry is going to be better than the #1 pick. And so do most Eastern conference GMs.

[Edited by - killa4luv on 04-28-2006 3:08 PM]

Posted by Bippity10:

Most importantly Nazr played hard every night, didn't call himself Nazrbury and listened to his coach.

I expect a Q bounce back this year. Let's not consider that trade a bust just yet. I would have loved to keep KT but if Q can return to form I'm alright with him.

Yet, while Nazr was here, fans attacked him. The sad part of it is that there were many on this forum who use to proclaim that they would trade the Knicks frontcourt to the Bulls just to get Eddy Curry. Yeah. Just check out this forum history. Thomas rewarded Kurt Thomas with a contract that was attacked until he was traded. As Pat Riley said, there is no satisfying a Knick fan.

Posted by Pharzeone:

Posted by Bippity10:

Most importantly Nazr played hard every night, didn't call himself Nazrbury and listened to his coach.

I expect a Q bounce back this year. Let's not consider that trade a bust just yet. I would have loved to keep KT but if Q can return to form I'm alright with him.

Yet, while Nazr was here, fans attacked him. The sad part of it is that there were many on this forum who use to proclaim that they would trade the Knicks frontcourt to the Bulls just to get Eddy Curry. Yeah. Just check out this forum history. Thomas rewarded Kurt Thomas with a contract that was attacked until he was traded. As Pat Riley said, there is no satisfying a Knick fan.

Yup

The good: dregs for Crawford, parlaying VanHorn through Nazr to D Lee plus a pick still to come, Kurt for Q and Nate (though may have hurt in the short run), drafting Frye, drafting Ariza, grabbing Jackie B and Q2 from the scrap heap, Davis for Jalen (if the draft pick pans out)

The bad but not that important: Jerome J (terrible, but just the MLE), Mo Taylor was just pointless, so was Vin Baker, giving up the 2nd rounder to try to get Doleac back, giving up on Ariza to get a redundant Francis

The ugly: not protecting the picks in the Curry trade, hiring LB (looked good to me at the time but undeniably ugly so far)

Forum debate fodder: youknowwho

Isles: It could be worse..........Alright I couldn't keep a straight face on that one.