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Scathing article on Layden
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Andrew
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1/15/2002  3:59 PM
....can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/sports/basketball/15ARAT.html

But I don't really think the comparison is fair to the Nets...
In one year less with the Nets than Layden has had with the Knicks, Rod Thorn has reshaped his team, in performance and attitude. Thorn inherited a worse team that was also in a bad salary-cap fix. He did inherit the first pick of the 2000 draft but smartly ignored the calls to draft a high school player, going for Kenyon Martin, knowing he didn't have years to wait on his return.

He made the bold move, and right to the point the Knicks have forever missed: Stephon Marbury for Jason Kidd. He parlayed one draft pick last spring into three and has stocked his bench with athletic young players making a fraction of what Layden guaranteed the journeymen the Knicks will be stuck with for years.

The Nets have a boat load of high first rounders (Kittles, Kidd, Van Horn, KMart, Jefferson) and they are all healthy. That is the reason why they are doing so well. Getting Kidd was very instrumental, but having those other guys helps alot. The Knicks have not been in the position to draft as high as the Nets for a while...at least before this year. And please...anyone who had the first pick in 2000 would have drafted Martin in a second.
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knicksbabyyeah
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1/15/2002  5:48 PM
Maybe he was hinting at Darius Miles?
Andrew
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1/16/2002  10:08 AM
Posted by knicksbabyyeah:

Maybe he was hinting at Darius Miles?

I'm quite sure he was refering to Miles, but I still don't think anyone would have taken Miles over Martin.
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1/16/2002  11:24 AM
Not drafting miles will prove to be a mistake. Miles now is as good as martin, but in 3 years while Miles is a allstar, kenyon will still be the average, dirty playing bum he is now...
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1/16/2002  3:17 PM
Posted by tkf:

Not drafting miles will prove to be a mistake. Miles now is as good as martin, but in 3 years while Miles is a allstar, kenyon will still be the average, dirty playing bum he is now...

Miles is as good as Martin? What are you smoking?
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Scathing article on Layden

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