Wait ... whats the question -- That we were better off without Jeffries?

Balkman and Jared cover slightly different areas. I think Lee as well. We have good coverage with that group. I believe that Balkman and Lee will eventually develop a jumper. Balkman actually tried to shoot 3's early on and I didn't feel he looked lost doing it. He just needs more work on it. If he adds that then he's a VERY good player for this team and there's no problem. You can imagine how Bowen was able to add the 3 to his game. Jared can cover PF for short times and even Center if we go with a quicker unit and want to run.

I agree that we need to get more POWER at the PF spot and I think that is what Morris is slated to be in time. In the draft we should be able to get the SG/SF we need who has 3pt range and should be decent on D. If Isiah is really looking at this team in the long term then he's really not in a rush to do anything rash and will spend the bulk of the Staff energy on developing the young players we have.

Balkman and Jared cover slightly different areas.

What areas does Jared cover?

Posted by EnySpree:

We need something else to talk about.

i'm trying to shift the focus off the knicks for a while and onto the draft and the teams still in it...like, for example, toronto

Posted by Nalod:

Posted by Bonn1997:

Isiah seems to go for the athletic, hustle players with late picks (Ariza, Lee, Balkman). Maybe he'll realize that we have that covered to a decent extent. After all, he has a great understanding of the concept of redundancy! <sarcasm>

Somthing you also have also! (sarcasm)

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In the off season, Isaiah hadn't counted on Curry improving his game. It wasn't until after the season started, that he decided to rework his offense around Curry's ability to score in the low post and draw double teams. He was looking to upgrade our defense (which was even worse than it is now) and, on the offensive side, he was thinking in terms of running more. Hence the Jeffries signing, which in retrospect was a bad one. He should have used the mid-level on a guy like DeShawn Stevenson who could have spread the floor.

Dolan's Knicks have never had two separate players that play hard. It's so rare that we assume both must be the same person. On a team like Detroit, people wouldn't draw any parallels between Balkman and Lee.

the difference between balkman, lee and jeffries is balkman & lee are both good players signed cheap with value- jeffries is over paid, under performing and untradeable.

Posted by Allanfan20:

I disagree about Jefferies being untradeable. I think, while he's not anything special, he can still be a desireable fit on certain teams who could use a little defense on the wing, and might be willing to spend the 5 mill a year on him. Afterall, he did play pretty good in the playoffs with the Wizards last season.

He wont net us anything huge, and we'd probably have to take on another bad contract, but anyone is tradeable.

BRIGGS, I agree with you for the most part, however, I actually think we need a go to shooter on the wing, ala Allan Houston, who can also make little passes in the post and whatnot, because that would compliment Curry perfectly, down the road. To top that off, we need a couple of other spot up shooters who can also pass, to spread the floor even more, for Curry and cutters. That is, of course, if you want a high powered offense.

With that being said, we need guys who can do all that AND play defense. 2 way players.

Not many 23 picks or MLE signings (our two options) fit those criteria