Originally posted by fishmike:
Welcome aboard Tom... you have really added a lot to the forum already.
Thanks fish. I like it here, been lurking for a while.
Posted by codeunknown:
Tom - your reasoning about the Taylor trade is flawed. Putting together a championship requires efficient management of assets and timing your acquisitions to maximize the window of opportunity. And Mo Taylor will be conspicuously absent when we win our next championship.
I agree with your general sentiment, codeunknown. Timing is important. Clearly for this team, the future is not now, but it's still, well, in the future. Isiah should be worrying about several years from now more than next season and the season after. But that doesn't preclude improving the team short term, which can be a useful stepping stone.
Mo T is still relatively young, and could last as a useful player for roughly another 5 seasons, be that as a Knick or as a trade chip in some form or another. It's no guarantee that his acquisition will be a significant help beyond the immediate (~2 yrs) present, but on the other hand, it very well could be-- his age, talents, and contract do not preclude that at all. So the future ramifications of getting Maurice are unclear, but there has been a definite short term improvement. That short term contribution may not be enough to turn into a valuable long term asset, but it certainly helps.
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