didn't isiah makes moves to make us more athletic. dermarr johnson's signing is one. and the HUGE deal where we got rid of van horn and doleac and brought in tim and nazr. two moves that definitely made us more athletic. isiah expected a knicks team with steph, h20, AND tim to carry the offense in the playoffs. two went down with injury - how is that relying on steph to carry the load?

i don't get the pessimism, especially after 3 years of inept leadership from layden.

I'm content to be where we are because a year ago we were build around KVH, McDyess, Spoon, Eisley.... heck, the only 2 prospects Layden got us in 5 years in Sweetney and Lampe were buried behind Spoon, McDyess, KT, Harrington and KVH (yes, he's a 4).

Now I think Marbury and TT are two nice pieces to have, I think Sweetney is a great prospect and part of the rotation, I dont know what Frank's future is but I think he's a solid prospect also and I think if this group stays healthy and we can get 25 minutes a night from Houston we will win 45 games or so. To me thats moving in the right direction. What we have to do know is work on restocking the pipeline and finding creative ways to use the Garden $$$ to our advantage.

I'm 100% convinced the only 3 guys Isiah is commited to in the organization is Marbury, Sweetney and Mark Aguirre. Expect MANY more changes to come. Its going to be a process and making the playoffs is a job requirement for the NY GM. We already know Isiah has hired a myriad of scouts, trainers and front office personel. Lets see what happens next. Be a little patient. Isiah said he needed to change the losing culture. I think he did that. He they need to get bigger and more athletic, but he also said his first job was to aquire more valuable assets. Is he just selling used cars? Maybe... but lets give the GM a couple years to see what happens. After what Layden did I'm willing to be a little patient.

the situation left by Scott Layden was so bad that you can't expect anyone to turn the whole roster over in a year's time...this is a multi-year retooling project & everyone knew that coming in...of course this team needs more youthful speed, length, athleticism & a solid bench - what team doesn't want those things? but we need to be realistic here & give it alot more time before this team can reach the levels of the Pistons, Nets, Heat, etc.

the 1st couple of steps have been accomplished...we have a star PG in his prime & a couple of young talents who look promising in Sweetney & Frank (& also DerMarr if he re-signs) along w/a couple of solid complementary players in TT, KT & Nazr...we still have some bad contracts left to unload obviously...if anyone thought this thing was going to be fixed in 1 year's time, they need to get a reality check...but that doesn't mean this team can't still improve next year & be at least a #4 or #5 seed in the East...i'd be happy w/that for now as long as Isiah keeps taking steps toward improvement.