Posted by Knicksfan:
Briggs, Im really amazed at how high you are on Bynum and how great do you see him becoming. Considering how good you are at evaluating talent, I have to give you an edge on the Bynum stuff. But its just too strange that most teams aren't really that high on him, even though he is a well sized C. You HAVE TO ADMITT that if Bynum isn't picked by the Raptors, Knicks, etc. its mostly because of him. How do you expect a player that has no lottery guarantee to cancel workouts on many lottery teams. Look, he isn't the only player on this draft, so you can't really blame Isiah for not making him a priority in day one. He wasn't expected to go first round back then. And considering how badly things have been managed for him, I wonder how will all this affect his developement in the league.
One thing, Bynum hasn't been rumored for the first lottery picks, at least not as Frye. If Portland is taking a look at him is because they are serious about trading with LA and getting both Butler and a C prospect like Bynum because they, as many, assume that Frye won't be there at 10. Many think that if he escapes NY somehow, he won't go past Golden State.
[Edited by - KnicksFan on 06/24/2005 21:49:43]
Listen, I think isiah Thomas should've taken the time to come over to that June 4th workout, it was what 8 minutes from the Garden? I mean we do need a F C right? I know the brother of Bynum is a real big arsehole, but his job was to help secure his brother a position in the draft and obviously they are content with what ever happened. Im sure NY had every opportunity to get Bynum in faster than any other team, yet they failed--why--because they were set with Frye. My problem is WE shouldve been the first one's to go through private workouts and WE shouldve had Frye go against a Bynum and a few other guys. tell me does Channing frye desevre a carte blanche to pick 8????--he had troubles against smaller College basketball players, so, let him go work out against a monster. If he is so much fundamentally better, well then OK, but I sincerely doubt that Channing could handle Bynum in the block very easily. Bynum is NOT a big dumb blob, I think thats the pereception, but its far from the reality. What is the number 1 thing you heard of in basketball--you cant teach size, and size comes with skills you better do as much due dilligence as you can--we dropped the ball again.
Listen, lets go back in time--where were all these teams on amare stoudemire? You hear in one workout that Doc Rivers said he was slacking for orlando, that he was a problem, he was raw, and he went from pick 20 something up to pick 9, yet where were the frikin 8 clubs above him--they were going with the fundamental sure bets right!
