Was Isiah's Team Really That Bad?

is that it wouldnt win in the league these times which is controlled by stars, and defense doesnt even know how to be spelled in that group of people haha

EDDY CURRY GOT!!!!!!! How can someone mention Isiah Thomas and not Curry.

the Knicks were playing in a historically bad Eastern Conference that entire time and were regularly below all those horrible teams

You might want to add Larry Birds name to the top of that list. Indiana was one of the top teams in the league when he got there and the team has been run into the ground. It’s worth noting that when Isaiah came to the Knicks, he was burdened by the horrible deals made by Scott Layden. In the end he was a good evaluator of talent, but poor in coaching and managing money. If you look it up you might be surprised how bad a job Larry has done.

so basically we have another 7fter who averages less then 6 rebounds…aka Eddy Curry part 2, and then we have a chucking PG shooting 38% tho he does do some things very well and can explode some nights…basically Jamal Crawford part 2 (tho that’s probably an insult to Jamal).

Isiah found some talent. Wilson and Lee were 2 great finds when they were. Nate was infuriating and still cannot find a role (he might not see the floor in OKC, they have plenty of solid guards).

But overall he was indeed the blight on this organization as advertised. Wasn’t totally his fault..Layden’s bowel movements started the foundation for that shithole, but Isiah definitely built his own outhouse.

My first instinct is ignore this post, but recent events show that maybe Isiah’s biggest fault was doing whatever the owner wanted. That’s all I’ll say about that, as it would be all speculation, when the fact is that Zeke’s teams were seemingly worse every year, and had no chemistry at all.

Of the 70 or so players who came through here during Zeke’s tenure, you were able to name 6 that you think were any good, and of them, I’d say only 3 have any chance of starting here (Wil, Lee, Randolph), and that’s only if we’re going small.

and damn if you think this team can’t defend just read those names again……..

the team was just coming together and was nearly at 500 when Zeke traded Van Horn away. Marbury was actually making place, getting many assists and things were starting to look good, but then Zeke became to trigger happy with making trades because he felt big being a team president. This is where he messed up by getting Tim Thomas for Van Horn when it was pointless. Van Horn was having one of his best seasons and then got traded away. After that, he started overpaying players, taking on bad contracts and bringing in players who would clearly not mix well. 2 things Zeke knows nothing of, A, chemistry, B, being in charge of a franchise. He makes a good scout and that’s the only thing he should ever be considered for or maybe a consultant.

Scott Layden, I don’t even wanna mention his because I hate him but he started it before anyone, and maybe that made things worse for Zeke. People like that should never be near the Knicks again. As much as I hear and know about Dolan, I must give him credit for not messing up the Carmelo Anthony trade. He must have said or done something right to gain Carmelo’s trust or otherwise the Russian in NJ would have gotten him before.

but in all fairness, Van Horn dropped off the map after we traded him. He was marginally productive for another two seasons, but his minutes were cut back as he declined rapidly. Meanwhile Thomas went on to rob another team’s bank account, which was his career objective, so you have to consider his twilight years somewhat of a success.

Nazr Mohammed, who became the David Lee draft pick

Anyone who doesn’t understand that doesn’t know math. C’mon man….

Knicks management stinks & the Knicks will stink 4 the rest
of the season.

You realize of course that in the history of NBA trades the team getting the superstar player invariably gets the better end of the deal. I now think there was very little choice involved on the part of Walsh and Dolan to make the Melo deal. Yes, we were raped slightly, but the alternative of Melo in Brooklyn was too horrible an alternative for Knick management to contemplate. Bottom line is that they believed Melo was not willing to leave $25million on the table. I think Denver was raped too. That leaves only one possible conclusion. We ended up with a very talented and wealthy rapist on our favorite team.
Back to the subject of if the Knicks are a better team with Melo. None of us know if they will be able to put it all together before the playoffs start this year. It could happen. But to think that we are ultimately not better for the addition of a player of Melo’s caliber makes little sense to me.

At one point the Larry Brown team won 5 in a row, and they were shit