1 - i don't get the question if he'd already traded for Norris 2 days before trading for Marbury... but anyway, he probably wanted to get rid of Spoon cuz he was a Layden acquisition... i really didn't care 1 way or the other on this one cuz Spoon made me nauseous everytime i saw him on the floor

2 - i didn't mind that one cuz we got the pick & it was only Nazr who we gave up... no big whoop.. turns out this was 1 of his best trades ever cuz he turned that pick into D Lee

3 - that was a head scratcher, but i have to man up & say i didn't really object when the deal went down cuz i thought a KT trade was in the works to follow (& he did trade KT for Q Rich & a pick later on, so i can't complain about that)

4 - i liked the pick when it was made cuz i loved that kid's athleticism in college... figured he'd become 1 of MSG's most popular players & be a spark plug a-la JYD... didn't know he was the knucklehead he's proven to be though & Ellis woulda been a nice pick to make at that spot, but i didn't even know who Ellis was before this season to be honest

5 - u know my feelings on the Turd signing

6 - i was OK w/the Jalen trade also cuz of the pick... again, who'd have known Jalen would end up being bought out instead of being used as a trade asset later on? & we were getting nothing out of Penny cuz he was always injured.

7 - i was OK w/the Francis trade when it went down cuz i thought there was a big trade to follow (i was kinda hoping it would involve Marbury at the time, i have to admit)... obviously that's turned out to be a disaster

8 - didn't really mind the Jefferies signing, but was disappointed cuz i knew Balkman's minutes would suffer because of it... this has proven to be another bad FA signing so far.

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basically, i was OK w/most of Isiah's moves when they went down other than the Turd signing, a few i didn't mind 1 way or the other on, & 1 that i was horrified over at the time it went down... w/the exception of the Malik trade, most of those you probably do differently if you can do it over again, but it's easy to second guess this stuff when you already know the outcome.

The Spoon for Norris trade was to create more time for Sweetney to play.

Rose was definatly for 2 draft picks though he overpaid

Mo Taylor trade I don't know what the hell he was thinking. The only thing I can come up with was that he was trying to make KT expendable.

He drafted Nate because Marbury was playin 40min a night and we had no depth. Plus Robinson was all energy and excitment, fast and athletic and Isiah felt that the team needed a player with his type of energy. Hopeing he would be the energizer bunny to get the team to play that way.

Jerome James I don't know what the hell he was thinking. Just a horrible signing

Rose was to get a draft pick and since Marbury went down with energy and the team just came off a 6 game win streak was to see if for Rose short contract if he could get them playing well.

Franics im not getting into.

Jefferies was supposed to bring all the intangibles that the team didn't have.

Im not saying I dissagree with you solace. Im just putting my undertanding and reasoning to Isiahs moves.

Posted by Anji:

Only Horrible ones was Jerome and Francis vs Marbury and Curry. Everything else was fine in the end it makes guys expendable.Evey though Jared Sucks eggs, balkman wasn't going to start and Q looked like he was going to retire in a year the way he was looking.

Everything else was fine? How can you say that? You're okay with trading for Mo Taylor, giving up expirings and giving up a pick to get him? The point is that Isiah makes moves which either lack forsight (e.g.: Not a very good solution), or brings in players who already do the same things as players he have.

The point is that this is a big mish mosh... and it appears to be by design. How can one GM do this this many times and it not be? Balance and Isiah Thomas just aren't very good friends.

The suns gave away their pick last year for nothing and you didn't have to take on a malik rose to do it, that trade still sucks i don't care if we got dlee we can purchase a late pick teams don't want the guarented contract....they save close to 1 million and you give them 3. 4 million to smaller franchises is a nice chunk of change