I think we need to give Layden at least until the trade deadline, but if he can't do anything to improve the team by then, we will need someone who can this summer.

Yeah, I think this draft will determine how good of a GM he is. I hope he picks a PG and a guy down low who can score and draw a double team, like Lonnie Baxter of Maryland. I too liked the Rice deal. The one deal I didn't like was trading Donnel Harvey for Erick Strickland on draft day two years ago. Then he traded Erick Strickland and a first rounder to Vancouver for Harrington and that pick got them Jamaal Tinsley, who they traded, so, in essence, the Knicks could have Tinsley and Harvey right now. Still, at least who they pick up this year in the draft should make the team, because Frank Robinson and Felton Spencer are free agents and shouldn't be resigned, that opens up two roster spots for picks.

Posted by BigSm00th:

Yeah, I think this draft will determine how good of a GM he is. I hope he picks a PG and a guy down low who can score and draw a double team, like Lonnie Baxter of Maryland. I too liked the Rice deal. The one deal I didn't like was trading Donnel Harvey for Erick Strickland on draft day two years ago. Then he traded Erick Strickland and a first rounder to Vancouver for Harrington and that pick got them Jamaal Tinsley, who they traded, so, in essence, the Knicks could have Tinsley and Harvey right now. Still, at least who they pick up this year in the draft should make the team, because Frank Robinson and Felton Spencer are free agents and shouldn't be resigned, that opens up two roster spots for picks.

Are Donnel Harvey or Erick Strickland getting minutes in the NBA? I think both of those trades and the Glen Rice trade make the Knicks better.

To say that Layden should have brought in a low-post big man to the Knicks for the cheap scraps that the team has to offer is to say that all of the other GMs are terribly stupid. CWeb? Dale Davis? McDyess? Who could NY give up that would satisfy what the other team give up? The Knicks have small players with huge contracts, not all of whom are the products of Layden. CWeb was the only real shot NY had at getting a productive big and he didn't really want to pass up the guaranteed money. I say he is doing a good job so far and the next draft or trade will make his mark as a person to keep or fire.

Oh and as for the Glen Rice trade, that was more Rudy T. his doing as he really wanted Glen Rice. It sure helped that Shandon was asking for to much dough then Houston was going to pick up. As for Eisley, the Mavs Nelson really wanted to get Timmy. Do you really believe Layden went after both those guys or if he just facilitated the trade?

No really....

Posted by MYZELseventeen:

i think i-ve made my position clear

OK MYZELseventeen, your point is clear, but you are going to have to add some more words to your colors? Why would Jerry West want to come to NY? Can he be successful with the types of contracts the current players have and the type of ship Dolan runs? Is he a West coast kind of guy or would the East coast lure him?

With his recent past history of jumping ship after the reins got tighter in LA, I really don't see him getting buddy-buddy with the crew at MSG. What could the Knicks offer him that would make him move?