Posted by fishmike:

Frye is a huge black mark on Isiah's resume here. Based on the talent he's passed on and the picks he's traded I would say Isiah has certainly failed to use the draft to improve this team... that is until Balkman becomes the next Scottie Pippen... ask Earl when that will be.

Posted by Solace:

Posted by fishmike:

Frye is a huge black mark on Isiah's resume here. Based on the talent he's passed on and the picks he's traded I would say Isiah has certainly failed to use the draft to improve this team... that is until Balkman becomes the next Scottie Pippen... ask Earl when that will be.

If you're saying is that Isiah has done a great job at finding good supporting players in the draft, but has not managed to piece together the essential core, I fully agree. Isiah's done well in the draft when it's come to pulling a player out of a low pick; he's done a great job at that. He's struck out when finding core pieces via trade, draft and signing. When he's had a high pick in NY, it hasn't worked out -- mostly because I think he went for "low risk", which ironically was actually high risk.

Oh well, and here we are. A mesh of individual players, not a team. A few very good supporting players... and no one to support.

"No one would ever build a team this way, unless they're trying to get fired the very next day"

Then again, it works on the Playstation. (Maybe Isiah is mustafaab?)

Posted by fishmike:

Posted by Solace:

Posted by fishmike:

Frye is a huge black mark on Isiah's resume here. Based on the talent he's passed on and the picks he's traded I would say Isiah has certainly failed to use the draft to improve this team... that is until Balkman becomes the next Scottie Pippen... ask Earl when that will be.

If you're saying is that Isiah has done a great job at finding good supporting players in the draft, but has not managed to piece together the essential core, I fully agree. Isiah's done well in the draft when it's come to pulling a player out of a low pick; he's done a great job at that. He's struck out when finding core pieces via trade, draft and signing. When he's had a high pick in NY, it hasn't worked out -- mostly because I think he went for "low risk", which ironically was actually high risk.

Oh well, and here we are. A mesh of individual players, not a team. A few very good supporting players... and no one to support.

"No one would ever build a team this way, unless they're trying to get fired the very next day"

Then again, it works on the Playstation. (Maybe Isiah is mustafaab?)

I am talking about using the draft in the total sense. Yes.. Balkman, Lee, Ariza, Nate were decent picks for their position. Frye was not, and when you factor in the picks he traded or the fact that Balkman cost him $37mm over all there is nothing impressive about his use of the draft, especially when you consider we still have no franchise player or anything close

Where does the 37 mil for balkman come from ?

Posted by playa2:

Posted by fishmike:

Posted by Solace:

Posted by fishmike:

Frye is a huge black mark on Isiah's resume here. Based on the talent he's passed on and the picks he's traded I would say Isiah has certainly failed to use the draft to improve this team... that is until Balkman becomes the next Scottie Pippen... ask Earl when that will be.

If you're saying is that Isiah has done a great job at finding good supporting players in the draft, but has not managed to piece together the essential core, I fully agree. Isiah's done well in the draft when it's come to pulling a player out of a low pick; he's done a great job at that. He's struck out when finding core pieces via trade, draft and signing. When he's had a high pick in NY, it hasn't worked out -- mostly because I think he went for "low risk", which ironically was actually high risk.

Oh well, and here we are. A mesh of individual players, not a team. A few very good supporting players... and no one to support.

"No one would ever build a team this way, unless they're trying to get fired the very next day"

Then again, it works on the Playstation. (Maybe Isiah is mustafaab?)

I am talking about using the draft in the total sense. Yes.. Balkman, Lee, Ariza, Nate were decent picks for their position. Frye was not, and when you factor in the picks he traded or the fact that Balkman cost him $37mm over all there is nothing impressive about his use of the draft, especially when you consider we still have no franchise player or anything close

Where does the 37 mil for balkman come from ?

I would assume the $34 mill extra we spent in the Jalen Rose trade plus Balkman's salary.

Posted by VDesai:

They took on 2 years of Jalen Rose's max contract for Antonio Davis' expiring, though I'm not sure the contract differential was that high. It was at least 17 mil.

Posted by fishmike:

Posted by Solace:

Posted by fishmike:

Frye is a huge black mark on Isiah's resume here. Based on the talent he's passed on and the picks he's traded I would say Isiah has certainly failed to use the draft to improve this team... that is until Balkman becomes the next Scottie Pippen... ask Earl when that will be.

If you're saying is that Isiah has done a great job at finding good supporting players in the draft, but has not managed to piece together the essential core, I fully agree. Isiah's done well in the draft when it's come to pulling a player out of a low pick; he's done a great job at that. He's struck out when finding core pieces via trade, draft and signing. When he's had a high pick in NY, it hasn't worked out -- mostly because I think he went for "low risk", which ironically was actually high risk.

Oh well, and here we are. A mesh of individual players, not a team. A few very good supporting players... and no one to support.

"No one would ever build a team this way, unless they're trying to get fired the very next day"

Then again, it works on the Playstation. (Maybe Isiah is mustafaab?)

I am talking about using the draft in the total sense. Yes.. Balkman, Lee, Ariza, Nate were decent picks for their position. Frye was not, and when you factor in the picks he traded or the fact that Balkman cost him $37mm over all there is nothing impressive about his use of the draft, especially when you consider we still have no franchise player or anything close

Let's not forget the mistake of giving the bulls a high first round pick, two years in a row, for curry. I said it from the beginning. Curry would not be good for us and Isiah made an emotional move anyway. It's the 'chicago buddy system'. That's the way they do things. Wether you suck or not, your in! Isiah's best young acquisitions for the Knicks have been Lee and Balkman. That's it! Zach is not too bad, when he's not turning the ball over, but he's not truely a beast in the East either. Isiah hasn't made any significant moves for us overall. The team we have now, they should be good enough for at least 40 wins, but our problem has a lot to do with mentality at this point. That's another story. Between Layden and Isiah, of all the bad investments that where made and of all of the free agent superstars that came and went, that we could' have had over the last ten years is completely unacceptible!!! We could never make a deal, because the money was always tied up. I say this over and over. 'Save The Money'! Here's yet another example. He invest's in Zach, who's isn't really doing bad so far, but why couldn't we just saved for the cap? My point being, is Zach making a real difference on this team? So far no. So why did we spend all of that money? When we could have saved it and spent it on someone much more legit? Think about that for a moment. If I were the GM, Q, Crawford, Curry, suckbury, Jerome, Jeffries would not be on this team right now, because I wouldn't of been that stupid to get them. Knowing about ending contracts, I would have known when King James contract ended, I would have been ready to pitch a deal to L.A. to get Kobe. I would have had a clear shot at KG. My cap would have been protected, if I was in charge. And if Dolan tried to take that away from me' the media and the public would know about it. There would Zero' buddy system in my system. I'd put everyone's talents to work, the people that worked for me. Including Anucha, because that's what I would have fired her for. Now who could ask for anything better from a GM? Anyone?! Why has it been so hard to have a solid plan like this scenario?