Oh calm down, Nancy. Just making a joke. (But didn't Jamaal only make it once? And did I ever defend Jamaal? Curious why you brought that relic up?)
Thompson has actually been playing really well lately, Waiters is still an unknown and I think you forgot somebody ... if only I could remember who?
Khan is a fucking idiot. He shouldn't even be a gm. Sometimes I wonder if he's an old poster in o-live with some of the shit he tried doing.
Nik let me know when one of those teams wins a title or makes the playoffs. Thanks... Keep ur lotto plans coming though.
The only way it pans out is when someone gets extremely lucky and a no brainer is available like Howard, shaq, Durant, Oden (if only healthy), Jordan, James, etc. great talent scouting helps and people, San Antonio won rings with late picks and finding diamonds in the rough.
You clearly pointed out? Okay Mags, you asked for it... "On December 22, 2003, the New York Knicks hired Thomas as President of Basketball Operations.[12] Thomas was ultimately unsuccessful with the Knicks roster and fanbase. At the end of the 2005–06 season, the Knicks had the highest payroll in the league and the second-worst record. He traded away several future draft picks to Chicago in a deal for Eddy Curry including what turned out to be two lottery picks in talent-rich drafts. A press conference for Isiah Thomas at the U.S. Century Bank Arena at Florida International University in Miami. On June 22, 2006, the Knicks fired coach Larry Brown, and owner James Dolan replaced him with Thomas under the condition that he show "evident progress" or be fired. During the following season the Knicks became embroiled in a brawl with the Denver Nuggets, which Thomas allegedly instigated by ordering his players to commit a hard foul in the paint.[13] However, he was not fined or suspended. NBA Commissioner David Stern said that he only relied on "definitive information" when handing out punishments.[14] Later in the season, nine months after James Dolan demanded "evident progress", the Knicks re-signed Thomas to an undisclosed "multi-year" contract.[15] After Thomas was granted the extension, the Knicks abruptly fell from playoff contention with a dismal finish to the season. During the 2007 Draft, Thomas made another trade by acquiring Zach Randolph, Fred Jones, and Dan Dickau from the Portland Trail Blazers for Steve Francis and Channing Frye. Thomas also compounded the Knicks' salary cap problems by signing fringe players such as Jerome James and Jared Jeffries to full mid-level exception contracts. Neither player saw any significant playing time and both were often injured and highly ineffective when able to play." He was the GM from 2003 until 2008. Their picks: 2003 Mike Sweetney / Slavko Vranes 7-6 250 C (Serbia-Montenegro) 1983 2004 No picks 2005 Channing Frye 6-11 244 C Arizona Sr. / David Lee 6-9 230 PF Florida Sr. 2006 Renaldo Balkman 6-6 206 SF So.Car. Jr. / Mardy Collins 6-5 224 PG/SG Temple Sr. 2007 Wilson Chandler 6-7 230 SF DePaul So. He was replaced in April of 2008 by Donnie Walsh, so no he didn't find Gallinari. He didn't find Raymond Felton. He did draft Lee, but he also traded two lotto picks for Eddy fuckin Curry and acquired both Marbury AND Steve Francis. The guy was a terrible GM.
ahem, Nate, don't forget being sued for sexual harassment so that his bosses had to pony up 11M in a settlement.
Cleveland has Kyrie Irving! Sure, they have only won 12 games, but they have an All-Star! They should trade him for future picks.
Zach for frye and Francis was a fucking steal. Blackman, frye and lee are all great picks. Marbury and Francis were in their primes when they went to ny. So fucking what? They were superstars. Aren't you supposed to bring in superstar talent? You can look at a gm or coach in hindsight and say how terrible they are. Wonder what you were saying when Francis and Marbury were in their prime?
Cleveland winning 12 games this year two years after having the #1 overall pick = "great" I'll be sure to note this in reading your future posts.
the pick they traded for? yeah they didnt have to lose 60 games a year to do that thompson is solid, but him and waiters at #4 and #3 is hardly "great", at least not now
Your track record here is pretty awful. Plus, the NBA got rid of Isiah Thomas in terms of running a team, so I'm not sure what your point is.
