Posted by Redsoxrule:

Bottom line here is that there are no quick fixes in this draft except for possibly Bogut. I totally believe that we should grab Bynum and develop him for a few years. This is sorting out to be a two year plan (like someone here suggested) with the expiring contracts and young players developing. At least it appears so. ANY plan is good since we haven't had one for years!

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by Redsoxrule:

Knixkik,
I like Granger, but I have to agree with Briggs that Bynum has a mammoth upside and POTENTIAL quality big men are difficult to find. Personally, I'd rather roll the dice on a big with great upside than take a forward who will be a nice player. There is no crystal ball here. We gotta get lucky.
RSR

By the way, he weighed in at 282 pounds for this event and was measured 7-1 1/8 with his sneaks on with a 7-6 wingspan, I just got that of Uconn Insider. You can clearly see, that he is now a svelt 282. he mustve been in the 310-315 range at that MCD even , clearly much chunkier. He looks like a lean athlete now.
Let me say, the Knicks are STUPID if they bypass this opportunity. Lets go back 3 years before the draft. I saw Amare Stoudemire in person in NJ. I never had even posted on these message boards--here and NYK and I begged for us to draft him, and Scot Layden, if he did not make that deal, was prepared to DRADT Jared Jefferies. Not Nene, not wilcox, not even Butler who I thought had 0/100 chance to fall, we traded for a gimp and gave away Camby.

now this is not Amare Stoudemire, Amare was older and Amare is a 1 of a kind , once in a generation player. This is an athletic C with ENORMOUS ENORMOUS potential--more upside than ANYONE else, including my favorite player Bogut---why? because, frankly there are 0 people who have what he has --immense size 7-1 and still growing, what people didnt see at MCD was his athletiscm to go along with his massive size.Usually you will get 1 or ther other not a combination of everything. hes tall, but also has a huge frame, athletic and has all the skills, albeit raw BUT HES 17. What is this kid going to be like at 20? Let me tell you, I guarntee he will be the number 1 pick in the draft IF there is an age limit and perhaps without 1 in 2 years

if the Knicks want a body that can do more now --go get a Channing Frye or Antoine Wright, but you will NEVER have a chance to get a real C like this, no way, no how unless we had a 1 pick an dgot Oden.
I look at the advaced picture too. I look at top HS recruits going down 3 years for Uconn. there is NO one besides Greg Oden that could possiblu perform at a very high nBA level one day. Let's go for it here, dont be stupid, but lets remember the knicks have always been STUPID

Here is an article this morning from the Courant and has a 5 picture collage--just notice the body improvement from MCD to now, look at how long and big this kid is, he stands next to his brother who is 6-7 an makes him look small.

http://www.courant.com/sports/college/husky/men/hc-bynum0605.artjun05,0,4194588.story?coll=hc-headlines-sports-top