arkrud wrote:Welpee wrote:Vmart wrote:Welpee wrote:Vmart wrote:Welpee wrote:fwk00 wrote:Jrshoops wrote:This Get Kyrie Irving at all costs talk is ridiculous.Youth - Check
Talented - Check
Defense - No
We finally have our first round picks again, and we need to rebuild through the draft and developing our own prospects first! Kyrie doesn't get us to a championship with KP and Hardaway! We need to see what we have with Ntilikina first, he has the ability with his desire and wingspan to be a GREAT defender and at 18, playing against professional players, had a well rounded offensive game.
We don't even know if KP can stay healthy for an entire season. We need more picks, not less! We have no ****in patience to ever do it the right way in ANY sport in New York, that's why we win way less than we should in all NY sports.
We had this great press conference with a great mantra of building and changing the culture. Kyrie will still only be 27 when his deal is up. If we show we are a player away then that is the time to get him and trade some picks.
Don't do it Knicks! Build from the bottom and finally change our culture. Long term success not a sugar rush!
As I said when Phil was relieved of his contract, "Welcome to hell."
Yeah, because it was heaven when Phil was here.
Philosophy is important when rebuilding following the path and sticking to it.
Yeah, stick to a philosophy that wasn't working and keep us sinking deeper into the hole we were
in.
What are you talking about. Cut the crap you know And I know it's important for any franchise to build up their youth. Trading away future assets for immediate gratification is absolutely the reason we are in the reason for where we are. We did it for a Melo trade and look what has been accomplished. You do the same for Kyrie and you just repeated the same mistake. Learn from mistakes.
Like I said I'll take Kyrie but only for Melo and O'Quin or Lee
Then why did Phil resign Melo, sign Lee and Noah and trade for Rose? That was his "youth movement?" How many "philosophies" did we have to endure from Phil before he got it right? He that was truly his plan he should've let Melo walk when he was a free agent. Phil's plan was he had no plan, at least not one that worked.And can we cut the crap with these valuable "assets" we gave up for Melo. The two picks would've been nice but wouldn't have yielded a franchise player where we picked. And Gallo, W. Chandler, Mozgov and Felton have played in a grand total of zero all-star games collectively since being traded.
Two picks, Gallo, W. Chandler, Mozgov and Felton were assets.
No one knows what they will be converted to.
The point is that by getting to Knicks while stripping all assets out of the team Melo killed his and Knicks chances to ever play competitive ball during his contract.
And then he resigned doing same.
There was 0 chances he will ever win with Knicks and he did not. -60 regular season record and a couple of games win in playoffs in 7 years.
Talk about professional athlete live wasted by his own decisions.
Assets... assets...
Can you really continually spout this putrid line of sheehit, year after year?
Gallo - injured more than he plays
Mayor - Now starting for your Shanghai Dragons...
Mozgov - Hey! He's been traded 15 times, but he got a ring!
Felton - newsflash, we got him back for next to nothing, which, as it turned out, was about what he was worth.
Picks? We STILL talkin bout picks?
February 22, 2011: 2016 1st round draft pick (Jakob Poeltl was later selected) a 2015 2nd round draft pick (Richaun Holmes was later selected) a 2012 2nd round draft pick (Quincy Miller was later selected), a 2013 2nd round draft pick (Romero Osby was later selected), a 2014 1st round draft pick (Dario Saric was later selected) and a 2016 1st round draft pick (Jamal Murray was later selected)
Dario ended up turning into Willy for us while he's enjoying the Hinkie process's affect on his career; "How to live your NBA cellar life as trade bait for future picks".
All these other names are tearing up the league now, huh?