he's one smooth articulate gentleman. i have a new found respect for him due to the difficulty of his job. he didn't have to do what he did tonight but he took questions from alot of people and really got into a good 10 minute conversation with me.

i asked him about the cap and when will we ever get into cap manageability. talked about pushing it further and futher after h20 expires, especially if he deals penny and tim. stuff like that.

he made a well thought out and sounding response that this is now a business where we don't deal talent for talent but $$$'s for talent and with a bigger contract, you get a better player in return. that was the gist of what he said. he came across very smart and smooth and alot of people were eating it up. i of course was like, this is BS b/c you lose more flexibility and could wind up being stuck. he kept on with his response tho. it's tough not to like him tho b/c he's very nice, met with us after, talked to him a little more, shook his hands and picture BUT i still ain't buying it until i see it. he did say that the talent right now is not close to the $$$'s but he's trying to even it out. give him time.

anyways, good job by him BUT the real thing he did say was that h20's knee is not good. he wants to play but can't so at some point he has to make a decision. this COMPLETELY goes against what h20 has been saying about feeling better.

second important thing was that there were rumblings about a draft day deal (not by him but from other season subscription staff) where we ship penny and #8 for boozer and #6.

hell man, one more PF and we'll have one for every continent.

NY KNICKS 2005 - ALL PF!!!

[Edited by - djsunyc on 06/16/2005 21:49:07]

Thanks for the update. Nothing too surprising in there. Man you should have told him about the site and asked him the join. We could've gotten our own Q and A going on...and we all know how much Zeke is loved around here.

oh, another big one

my friend asked him why he didn't play any young'n's at the end of last season.

he said that it was his decision b/c he wanted everyone to earn their way to the court. he didn't just want to give ariza, butler, and sweets minutes just to give them minutes. (what a BS answer).

ANOTHER important piece of info - my other friend asked him about steph's knee and he said that he had some tendinitis but it's okay now.

here we go again...h20 part 2 in another 2 years...

i'm telling you, my friends and i asked the best questions, the other people were like who's the coach, who's he scouting, etc. and the answers were the same ones you read here.

Posted by MaTT4281:

he said that it was his decision b/c he wanted everyone to earn their way to the court. he didn't just want to give ariza, butler, and sweets minutes just to give them minutes. (what a BS answer).

Come on now Zeke, that's called progression. Those games were 48 minutes of garbage time, the perfect time to play them. As for earning their way onto the court, we may not get to see them practice, but based on their oncourt play throughout the season, they earned it. Ugh, we need someone who realizes that.

Butler's really the only one whose minutes you can complain about. I disagree that he was making Sweetney earn his playing time. If he was, he would have been playing behind Kurt, JYD, Malik, and Mo instead of in front of all of them (except Kurt).

dude, u r the man for starting this thread. I am glad you and ur friends asked him real questions and I am really glad I got a chance to read ur posts. good job dj..

thanks -

boozer + #6 for penny + #8 is probably the definition of no brainer (to this franchise since we don't care about $$$'s) and would actually be a really good move by isiah.

In the NBA, trading an expiring contract for a better player isn't good enough if you don't have a dominant player to build around.

Isiah should become a politician.

WOW. Just WOW. Thanks for the info and the plug and the thread djsunyc.

I already know that most all of the major newspaper writers stop by the site - don't really know which ones pay attention to the forums but there are some for sure. I hope some in the NY organization stop by.

Man, #6 + Booz for TT & #8. Hell yeah. If Bynum isn't on the board I am leaning towards Joey Graham or Granger. And I don't mind taking Joey and playing him at the 2 with Ariza at the 3.

My impression is that Isiah is a smooooth talker but slick as an oil salesman. I kinda agree with his 'young guys need to earn minutes' but not when you can lose 1 game and move up a spot in the draft.

thanks for the info. Anyone else from here attend?

Great report, djsunyc! Didn't he mention who was he looking to trade with that 6th pick? He must already have an eye on someone and I highly doubt it is Fryre if he is trying to move up so much. In fact, he may try to trade the guy he picks at #6 for two guys picked up later. Who knows, but the trade would be a very good one for New York. If he couls somehow trade one or two PFs just for the sake of balancing the roster, I would be happy.

About playing the youngsters, thats real BS! I can understand his logic, but I don't agree. Young players need time to play and develope so they can grow and get ready to help. You can't yet compare them to veterans who have had a lot of time in other organizations and may bring nothing new to the team. Yeah, young players need to build a good attitude, need to work hard everytime to get their time. But when everything's lost? Once the season is lost, develope them! That was dumb! I rather have all the rookies playing, losing the game but improving than some veterans doing slightly better but yet losing and having no improvement.

Power team? What about a TEAM, to start with? This franchise needs a direction, and bring guys that fit it. See San Antonio and Detroit, for example. More than having great talent, you need a direction and to stick to the plan. We have talent on this team, they just don't play as one.

Good job Dj, excellent...You should have asked him about when in the freaking world he will find the balls to Kurt out of town...I will be very satisfy with all of his move if he is able to move Kurt....