I threw in some Harrington and Duhon just for ****s and giggles as well.

This video sums it all up. The bad, the worse, and the disgraceful all in one. But it does end on a nice note I think.

Tell me all what you think of the video.

Depressing, yes, but I also feel some hope for the first time in a long time.

If Lebron sees this, no way he's coming here, though.

BasketballJones wrote:I miss those days.

You would.

TheGame wrote:Honestly, if Walsh strikes out with LBJ, Bosh, Wade, and Amare, we might start viewing the IT era alot better because the Walsh era would be a total disaster.

agreed... the entire gameplan he came in here with was to clear up cap space to lure bigname FA's to NYC in the summer of 2010... if he fails in that plan this summer it was a huge failure & a waste of 2 years (not to mention draft picks) where we did absolutely nothing to try & improve the team waiting for this opportunity to present itself.

Solace wrote:

TMS wrote:

TheGame wrote:Honestly, if Walsh strikes out with LBJ, Bosh, Wade, and Amare, we might start viewing the IT era alot better because the Walsh era would be a total disaster.

agreed... the entire gameplan he came in here with was to clear up cap space to lure bigname FA's to NYC in the summer of 2010... if he fails in that plan this summer it was a huge failure & a waste of 2 years where we did absolutely nothing to try & improve the team waiting for this opportunity to present itself.

I don't necessarily agree. It would only be a failure if he wastes the available money on losers. If he keeps the money available, there's still some possibilities in 2011 and 2012, especially since we'll also have Curry off the books. But, still, obviously this summer is the goal.

if he strikes out on bigname FA's this summer how is it not a failure? we could have hired a blind monkey to do nothing but sit on his hands for the past 2 years & been in the same position otherwise & still held onto our draft picks.

TMS wrote:

Solace wrote:

TMS wrote:

TheGame wrote:Honestly, if Walsh strikes out with LBJ, Bosh, Wade, and Amare, we might start viewing the IT era alot better because the Walsh era would be a total disaster.

agreed... the entire gameplan he came in here with was to clear up cap space to lure bigname FA's to NYC in the summer of 2010... if he fails in that plan this summer it was a huge failure & a waste of 2 years where we did absolutely nothing to try & improve the team waiting for this opportunity to present itself.

I don't necessarily agree. It would only be a failure if he wastes the available money on losers. If he keeps the money available, there's still some possibilities in 2011 and 2012, especially since we'll also have Curry off the books. But, still, obviously this summer is the goal.

if he strikes out on bigname FA's this summer how is it not a failure? we could have hired a blind monkey to do nothing but sit on his hands for the past 2 years & been in the same position otherwise & still held onto our draft picks.

You can't look at it only one way. The idea is to be in the game and we are top players in this game all due to what DW did so far. We couldn't get a guy like Lebron to come here unless we can give him the very strong belief that this team can be better than what he can get anywhere else. That is something we can at least try to do with the ability to bring in a 2nd Max player. So if we fail to convince him that doesn't negate the need to be in position to seriously make that offer.

Now even if it's not Lebron there are other top FA's and I think there's still a good chance that we can land two of them. If we fail at that then we still have the cap space to use in the following year in addition to the Curry contract. There is absolutely no bad outcome except or spending the money on losing players, which I don't see DW doing. He's said that he won't do that an I believe him.

TMS wrote:

Solace wrote:

TMS wrote:

TheGame wrote:Honestly, if Walsh strikes out with LBJ, Bosh, Wade, and Amare, we might start viewing the IT era alot better because the Walsh era would be a total disaster.

agreed... the entire gameplan he came in here with was to clear up cap space to lure bigname FA's to NYC in the summer of 2010... if he fails in that plan this summer it was a huge failure & a waste of 2 years where we did absolutely nothing to try & improve the team waiting for this opportunity to present itself.

I don't necessarily agree. It would only be a failure if he wastes the available money on losers. If he keeps the money available, there's still some possibilities in 2011 and 2012, especially since we'll also have Curry off the books. But, still, obviously this summer is the goal.

if he strikes out on bigname FA's this summer how is it not a failure? we could have hired a blind monkey to do nothing but sit on his hands for the past 2 years & been in the same position otherwise & still held onto our draft picks.

Well, it's obviously not plan A working, but it's not a direct failure. It's not like this team was doing anything by following the current path and with the salaries we had tied up, we weren't going anywhere. I like David Lee, but when your best player is David Lee, you've just not a good team. Considering what Donnie inherited, I don't think it's fair to call it a failure, because almost no other strategy had any chance of turning this around in 2 years either. I guess what I'm saying is, if we strike out in 2010, but we strike gold in 2011 (I forget who is available in 2011), it would be far from a disaster.

The draft picks point I'll grant you, though.

nixluva wrote:

TMS wrote:

Solace wrote:

TMS wrote:

TheGame wrote:Honestly, if Walsh strikes out with LBJ, Bosh, Wade, and Amare, we might start viewing the IT era alot better because the Walsh era would be a total disaster.

agreed... the entire gameplan he came in here with was to clear up cap space to lure bigname FA's to NYC in the summer of 2010... if he fails in that plan this summer it was a huge failure & a waste of 2 years where we did absolutely nothing to try & improve the team waiting for this opportunity to present itself.

I don't necessarily agree. It would only be a failure if he wastes the available money on losers. If he keeps the money available, there's still some possibilities in 2011 and 2012, especially since we'll also have Curry off the books. But, still, obviously this summer is the goal.

if he strikes out on bigname FA's this summer how is it not a failure? we could have hired a blind monkey to do nothing but sit on his hands for the past 2 years & been in the same position otherwise & still held onto our draft picks.

You can't look at it only one way. The idea is to be in the game and we are top players in this game all due to what DW did so far. We couldn't get a guy like Lebron to come here unless we can give him the very strong belief that this team can be better than what he can get anywhere else. That is something we can at least try to do with the ability to bring in a 2nd Max player. So if we fail to convince him that doesn't negate the need to be in position to seriously make that offer.

Now even if it's not Lebron there are other top FA's and I think there's still a good chance that we can land two of them. If we fail at that then we still have the cap space to use in the following year in addition to the Curry contract. There is absolutely no bad outcome except or spending the money on losing players, which I don't see DW doing. He's said that he won't do that an I believe him.

so basically in your mind, Donnie Walsh has already succeeded... that's pretty much what you're saying, that it was worth giving up future picks & sucking for the past 2 years just to be in the position to offer a contract to bigname FA's this summer, regardless if we land any of them or not... correct me if i'm wrong but sounds a lot like that's what you're saying here.