Posted by Nalod:

Yes, spending 105 million and winning 33 games is not going to lead to good reviews.

Dolan is so afraid of an attendance drop he will compromise the product for the cash flow buzz.

"Haters" will hate until there is a reason not to. I give props to those "haters" who early on bashed this team while we complained thru our optimism! "Haters" are more correct in their assesement than we are as fans.

The statement Lawrence wrote: "There are other roster moves that have to be made. But if there's ever going to be a turnaround in New York, it has to start with Marbury. Not moving from point guard to shooting guard, but moving on, to a fifth team where he could perhaps enjoy success as the No. 2 man to a dominant star, or playing for a taskmaster-type coach."

Now if Isiah can provide this kind of environment here without trading him all the better. But we have seen Vince do well not being the man, Kobe/Lakers struggle witout Shaq (hence, Kobe is promoted to "the Man", and Wade Blossom with "the man", its easy to see that Marbs would be more valueable as a side kick than the focal point. And if we can't do this with Marbs, then he should be a tool to get one, and draft a side kick and develope further. It is true Isiah needs to do somthing bold.

Einstein: "the problem at hand must be solved with a higher level of thinking than that in which created it.

I fisrt used that when it became apparent that Layden was not going to do anyting stupid anymore and was starting to collect assets and not make anymore "starphuck" trades. Dolan seemed ok with this and we were on the right track. Not that lampe or Vujanic were the answer, and perhaps the marbury trade was in fact Laydens idea, but it seemed spending as gonna come down, and we were gonna blow it up. What did Dolan do? Ramped it up. Thats right, the garden was dead cuz were were rebuilding! and what Did dolan do, got Isiah to spend it back into a buzz! Does not work. Never did, never will.

Hating? Just another word for caring! Does Lawrence car? He earns a living from this ****, and if you let it bother you, your not getting the point.

Great post Nalod.Lawrence didnt offer any specifics on how he would solve the problem himself beyond trading Marbury which he should have,but overall I think this is a case of "shooting the messenger".I wish he were wrong but he said alot of things about Marbury that are true up to this point.

Still,Im not 100% set on trading him...yet.I want to see what Isiah does over the summer first.If he screws up it wont matter who is running the point or if Marbury is on the team or not.We arent going anywhere.