Timmy had an uneven season and now labled a "bad contract". I get it.
Timmy scored 48 pts in a game. We forget cuz he is "streaky". I prefer "His first season as a 1 or 2 option was marred in inconsistency as he had to grow into a new role on a new team with a new to him coach, a third year player who himself was promoted to 1st option, then had injuries and became the 1 option". That's what I saw. I don't think about Mills when THjr is playing.
Baker had a very good rookie season. My take is he bulked up and got hurt which combined to slow him down. Season was a wash.
Because of this we assume Mills/Perry will forever do bad deals as if the ghost of Isiah will control the checkbook.
so little consideration that anything can change forging stereotypes and self loathing.
Personally I hope Ron Baker is a freaking Allstar and leads us to the playoffs!!!! Im not delusional about this but it was fun watching him his rookie season and get his dream.
Because he was undrafted he got a nice contract, wrote a kids book and had a miserable season.
Some of you look at Baker and feel "another knick mistake just like many years of similar". Nalod sees Baker as a good decision that has not panned out. Timmy is an average SG and paid accordingly. For many reasons he has upside and still might outplay the contract.
OK, some of you think IM "Nixluving" so lets discuss "good decision vs. vs. bad decision":
1. Signing chronically injured players is bad. Amare and Noah were clinically on the decline.
2. Melo deal good and bad. We paid full retail for a player who lived up to his ceiling. That in itself might have made it a bad decision. He played, Scored a lot of points, but we did not get much better. We didn't win.
3. Dice trade. Good decision with bad outcome. His good knee blew out on us. Kid was playing like a monster!!!!
4. Marbury. Bad trade thru and tru. We also gave away a pick that became Jamal Murray. Funny, we get denvers Sloppy seconds in Mudiay.
5. Bargnani. Bad trade and the pick Toronto used (Jake Poltl) is so so. Two 2nd round picks too. Thon Maker and Sabonis were taken right after Poltl. Bad decision, bad outcome!!
6. Derek Fisher. Steve Kerr made a good decision to stay west and might have gotten enshrined because of it. Fisher was a "Brad Stevens" type choice that he could have grown into.
Solid family guy, good dad, great leadership qualities and he'd run the Triangle. Good decision bad outcome. He left his wife, chased tail, became tabloid fodder and defied the chief.
7. Bad decision, good outcome: Traded widely popular Oakley for Camby.
8. Bad decision, good outcome: Traded the popluar John Starks for coach choker badboy Latrell Sprewell.
9. Bad decision, good occurance, Bad outcome: Jeff Van gundy was Ewings guy and when that train left town Grunfeld wanted to speed the team up which was not to JVG's thing. He was on the hot seat in 1999 and barely made the playoffs. Because of this it was expected he'd be replaced and Grunfeld would get to evolve the team. Instead JVG coached knicks to improbable finals which triggered a two year extension at 2mm per year. Because the divide between Grunwald and JVG was too wide and Coach's contract to big.
10. Phil. Good decision, bad outcome. Starphuch on paper that never added up. At least dolan backed away.
11. Nalod writing this. Good decision, bad outcome. Its beyond some of you to recognize beyone "a bad outcome makes for a bad decision". I will die trying to pull some of you to the moment a decision is made. It always has its risks. Dice was injured before but his leg was cleared and as said, he hurt the "good leg". Phil was seduced and was no universally liked. I contend it was a bold move by knicks and it was Dolan's money that seduced Phil.
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