He is better as a second rounder. Make him prove himself.

Posted by VDesai:

I think we're gonna be drafting Jarvis Crittendon.

Posted by Marv:
i would never pass on a guy just cause he was toking hard in college.

Posted by RemBee76:

He is better as a second rounder. Make him prove himself.

Where Williams ends up in the draft largely depends on the workouts. He shows a lack of effort and focus he drops to the middle-late 2nd round. He busts his rump, runs the floor hard, makes hustle plays, and looks like he wants to play in the NBA? No way an uber-athletic shot-blocker with a 7'5" wing-span drops into the second round. No way.

At this point I don't think we are going to pass on some of the sweet-shooting guards, especially not with our glut of forwards. But say our three or four top choices are picked? Then you have to take a chance on Williams. He's the kind of player that can have a real impact from the get-go. Where we are, right now, you have to take chances.

Posted by RemBee76:

I guess I could have been more specific...we have a glut of forwards that we need to give playing time to in order to develop them as part of the core; Balkman, Lee, Jeffries, Frye and now possibly Morris. Thats a lot of bodies, and I doubt we add another young forward to that list.

At guard we are going to play Marbury (though his minutes should continue to go down a bit) and we are going to play Crawford. I want to see Collins get more PT, of course, because he could be part of that core too. Q played mostly at the 3 this season, and if he comes back from the surgery ready to play then you can add him to that list of forwards as well. There is time in there for Nate to play his energizing role off the bench. We don't have to play Franchise if he is still here, and if Collins and/or Nate step up to earn more PT, yes, he could follow Rose and Taylor out the door.

So I count two, maybe three core guards next to 4-5 core forwards. Problem is we have needs for both. A shot-blocker up front, a shooter in the back court, which means I wouldn't disqualify the possibility that we take a shot-blocking PF in this draft, I just don't think its likely if there is a jump-shooter like Almond, Belinelli or Young still on the board. Also wouldn't be surprised to see us pick up a point like Crittenton, but I guess that depends if Collins is viewed as the heir apparent.

fair enough. What I take out of it, and had already concluded before, is that the Knicks need to consolidate talent through a trade. Curry ain't going anywhere and I have soft spots for both Lee and Balk. I'd like to see Collins stay too. Everyone else is free game.