#1 Dantoni and Gallo's dad were buddies and teammates in EURO league why wouldn't he choose his sharp shooting son...didn't he say he's the best shooter he has EVER SEEN !

#2 Dantoni knows his offense can flourish with a pg that reminds him of Nash with the ability to penetrate and dish, drive and score(knock down open shots), or run up and down the court at breakneck speed. After having Nash he chose a docile pg(Duhon) over potential talented one's left in the draft.

I can't see walsh pulling any strings here. Matter of fact if i recall walsh didn't have a clue that MDA planned on sitting Marbury after telling him to come to camp in great shape ready to compete.

Walsh to me looks like a veteran yes man mouthpiece for Dantoni waiting to retire. Happy to be still called a GM(almost retied) getting paid big money in his home town.

playa2 wrote:

fishmike wrote:If you look at Walsh's history you would know he does what he can to get the guys his coach wants.

Give me some of his picks as examples

Fred Jones was an Isiah request when he was coach of Indiana.

Bippity10 wrote:For years in NY we have determined that the GM/Coach relationship is a competition. They fight over the players they want and the loser gets fired. You hire a GM. The GM hires a coach he wants and then picks players that fit his philosophy. Then together the GM, coach and scouts decide on a player. That's how the good teams do it. But for some reason in NY we think it's a competition

so were you for Isiah or LB? seems like you are a LB cool aid guy.

playa2 wrote:I would have to cast my vote for dantoni.

#1 Dantoni and Gallo's dad were buddies and teammates in EURO league why wouldn't he choose his sharp shooting son...didn't he say he's the best shooter he has EVER SEEN !

#2 Dantoni knows his offense can flourish with a pg that reminds him of Nash with the ability to penetrate and dish, drive and score(knock down open shots), or run up and down the court at breakneck speed. After having Nash he chose a docile pg(Duhon) over potential talented one's left in the draft.

I can't see walsh pulling any strings here. Matter of fact if i recall walsh didn't have a clue that MDA planned on sitting Marbury after telling him to come to camp in great shape ready to compete.

Walsh to me looks like a veteran yes man mouthpiece for Dantoni waiting to retire. Happy to be still called a GM(almost retied) getting paid big money in his home town.

Don't be so quick to assume. MDA isn't really calling all the shots. Walsh has made moves that have left MDA out to dry, no coach ever wants to be in a position to be guaranteed to lose. I can guarantee that MDA would've loved to have gotten Sessions or any other PG to come in and give him more than just Duhon to run the team. Remember that MDA's brother knew the kid REALLY well and they spoke highly of him, so if it was up the MDA and his brother they would've signed Sessions. That was the best proof that Walsh ultimately calls the shots, but of course he is gonna always look to try and give the coach what he wants, but not everything.

orangeblobman wrote:that's the beauty of the current knicks. it's not any ONE person. this team is being run the right way, with input from all sides of the basketball.

what is different now than in the isiah era is that there is a mutual respect. we are talking about professionals in every sense of the word. they respect each other and conduct their business, make their decisions, and run the team this way.

to ask who wears the pants is to really dig for trouble, imho. cheers.

Wow, see how easy that was? No inverse double Yoda speak. That stuff is crazeeeee

Seriously, since Dantoni chose Duhon, and already picked gallo the previous yr, walsh had to make the next choice and maybe took hill(but he had to be a docile type player from MDA to coach) good point.

nixluva wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Gallo was a D'Antoni pick. Getting Duhon was D'Antoni. Not dealing with Marbs was D'Antoni. Not signing AI was D'Antoni. I think Walsh has made the rest of the moves based on his goals and plans for the team.

What about Hill and TD? It would seem that those were very much Walsh picks! I think things are working the way they should. Decisions seem balanced. OH and on the Duhon pick, remember that there were Walsh imposed limitations on who MDA could get. They had to be someone willing to take only a 2 yr deal. That wasn't a very long list at the time. Duhon was about the only real option with the basic skills and willing to do a short deal. In a sense that's still a Walsh deal.

I don't think we are disagreeing about the picks. I said Gallo was D'Antoni's pick and attributed some other moves to D'Antoni. I agree that Hill and Douglas were Walsh's picks. That was why I said that Walsh had made the rest of the moves based on his goals and plans for the team.