Can all the babies STOP crying and wetting their diapers? This was a GOOD TRADE. Isaiah's NOT DONE dealing. This team needed a Star, and now we have Starbury.

If there was ever a reason to have hope and faith in the future, we have it now.

It was purely nonsensical to feel that way about LayDown and the joke of a roster he put together. Now Messiah Thomas is here and making the moves that really improve the team.

Dry your eyes and man up, kiddies. The Knicks will have better days ahead.

It's a good trade. When Layden was here, the Knicks couldn't make a move. Nobody wanted our players. Isiah has been here a couple of weeks and traded Spoon and Eisley - two players who were called untradable. Stephon is a very talented player. He has a reputation for being selfish but I will be pulling for him to succeed as I would for any new Knick player.

Hopefully Thomas can make more moves to further improve this team. He's shown himself to be 1,000 times the GM layden was.

[Edited by - knickgeek on 01/05/2004 18:02:24]

oh man, I read this on another non-Knick forum and almost fell out of my chair. For all of the people complained about the trade:

"Knicks fans would complain about surgery scars while receiving a lap dance from Carmen Electra."

Posted by martin:

oh man, I read this on another non-Knick forum and almost fell out of my chair. For all of the people complained about the trade:

"Knicks fans would complain about surgery scars while receiving a lap dance from Carmen Electra."

the quote is money.

but i'm upset that we gave up milos. really dont care about lampe. yeah, i had hopes for him, but watching him play in the summerL, when yes, he was a rook, the guy is just too slow. got burned by everyone. has a chance to be a solid 5 man though. big frame. must tone body - will be better than longley and could be a brad miller/sabas/dampier. has nice hook shot. just has to keep his game in the low post, or high post. not in between, and not try and out-quick anyone. if his game is played out like that, he has a bright future.

milos on the other hand... guy supposedly will be better than marbury, so we got hosed. patience is a word the knicks dont know, so... if we refuse to be patient, this trade was MORE than the knicks and the fans could have ever dreamed of.

And trybanski still has some upside and all will be forgiven if leon smith is the baller isiah thinks he is, we are getting ourselves a baller right there.

Sweetney is on notice right now. trim that baby fat and start producing. Sweetney would have game if he werent 260+ pounds. in the nba he needs to be 235, cut, especially if you are 6'7" PF.

Posted by Caseloads:

Let this be said again "You can never rebuild in NY" - former garden prez Dave Checketts

"Patience is not a word known by Knicks brass" - Caseloads

exactly. this is all about gettin butts in the seats -- NOW.

Posted by OasisBU:

Good to get Marbury and Penny - we got raped with the draft picks and Milos - I can deal if we get Sheed.

why is it that even when we make a good deal we get hosed?

just dont understand it.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&id=1700962

"As one rival general manager noted Monday in the wake of Hurricane Isiah: "The Knicks gave up their entire future, so they better like this team they're getting an awful lot.""

Posted by blueandorange:

once again the knicks are mortgaging their future. they may make the playoffs, which is all dolan cares about, but they will never win a championship.

[Edited by - blueandorange on 01/05/2004 17:03:07]

Ya ass must be on the pipe!!!! LIke Marbury said, Knicks won't ever win a championship without a True PG.. I guess a championship is on the way soon to be.. Except for Jordan, every NBA team afterwards won with a Point Guard and Big Man. I guess we got a chance now...

Posted by hDavis:

as a knick fan of course i like the trade. I am sad to see Ward go, and I wish Mcdyess was better and we could keep him but i dont see him getting any better with that knee. He will be happy with the suns though. But yes i really like the trades and Isiah is gonna do some more.

With Ward's and McDyess' contracts ending this season they may end up right back here next here. Ofcourse with sizably smaller contracts.