in his initial interviews when he got the job, walsh said he had no set style of play or team in mind. he wasn't going to implement a vision and hire a coach for it.

he said that he will hire a coach and give him the players he needs to be successful. and looking at his track record, he started doing this with bird, then isiah then finally carlisle (which transitioned to bird making the decisions).

this hasn't changed now. he brought in a coach who has his own system. and his coach will have heavy heavy input on who walsh acquires...probably the biggest selling point for d'antoni.

so i would anticipate all moves from this point forward will be made b/c d'antoni wants them. so this pick was made b/c that's who d'antoni wanted .

the shoppig of lee is probably b/c d'antoni doesn't like a player like lee in his frontcourt (cant shoot).

so from this point forward, any move made will, imho, be b/c d'antoni wants it.

in addition, he said he was going to get cap flexibility for 2010. this will handcuff his ability to make moves so this might have to become a wait it out game.

this is what he said and this is what he will try to do. time will reveal if this is a good thing or a bad thing...

[Edited by - djsunyc on 06-27-2008 09:38 AM]

I think it is a good thing - you need to have a vision for a team and I think for far too long the Knicks have lacked one. Gallinari fits the type of player that D'Antoni likes and I am ok with that if he can make it in the NBA. As far as Lee, why is anyone here ok with the fact that Lee can't shoot? Every player on the court needs to be able to hit the jumper when handed the rock otherwise you become an extreme liabilty on the offensive end, opening up other teamtes to be doubled.

Lee's value is high - I say ship him out and get some draft picks.

[Edited by - oasisbu on 06-27-2008 09:57 AM]

walsh usually puts his coaches in a position to succeed.

Walsh should see about getting Marco Belinelli from Golden State as well.

[Edited by - basketballjones on 06-27-2008 10:35]