NYK '14 offseason thread

[you go boy]

oh werd they just going to leave out drafting channing frye and balkman

Isiah Thomas is the best drafting general manager in the NBA, according to an empirical study conducted by ESPN.

While with the Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks, Thomas had a Net Expected Wins Average of +1.7 per pick. Thomas drafted Damon Stoudamire seventh overall in 1995 and Tracy McGrady at ninth during his tenure with the Raptors. David Lee, Trevor Ariza, Wilson Chandler and Nate Robinson were all high value picks with the Knicks.

Jim Paxson ranks second with the picks of Carlos Boozer, Anderson Varejao and Jason Kapono standing out.

Kiki Vandeweghe, Sam Presti and Jeff Bower round out the top-five.

The worst drafting general managers of the period are David Kahn, Jerry Reynolds, Elgin Baylor, John Gabriel and Pete Babcock.

Via Tom Haberstroh/ESPN

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Hard hitting article.:x

 

[sneakcity]

oh werd they just going to leave out drafting channing frye and balkman

All of those "good" picks were negated with bad trades for Marbury, Eddie Curry, Jamal Crawford, Zach Randolph, Jerome James, Steve Francis, etc.

 

[pr0phecy718]

Not a big surprise at all

 

[ballinsam23]

I've always said he's an amazing scout. Everything else in the FO though :x

 

[flyeed]

People that followed this team through the reign of Freekey Zeekey knew he was a beast at drafting.

And Balkman was bad, but the fans wanted Marcus Williams anyways

 

[Mark Antony]

oh werd they just going to leave out drafting channing frye and balkman

All of those "good" picks were negated with bad trades for Marbury, Eddie Curry, Jamal Crawford, Zach Randolph, Jerome James, Steve Francis, etc.

A champ point guard, two scorers, a good pf, a promising big. All different time periods though, neither coinciding with their tenure as Knicks .

 

[Naruto]

Nets haven't lost at home since January

I think the refs will bail the knicks out tho, lopsided officiating and they win the rest of their games. Heat knicks vs heat hawks. Just sit tight itll all be good come playoff time

 

[pr0phecy718]

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[redd spyder]

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[lver of jordan]

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[ognikehead85]

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[mronegative]

What are you doing, Phillip?

 

[nick.]

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[Air Pope]

The reactions though

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Puts a whole new spin on the term 'pass the rock.'

 

[Air Pope]

"There's a bank in every city" - Andrew Bynum

"There's a crack dealer in every city" - Lamar Odom

 

[beh235]

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Sounds about right. Good player that's washed and past his prime. Right on target.

 

[Air Pope]

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Sounds about right. Good player that's washed and past his prime. Right on target.

It's the Knick way. Might as well trade for Nash while we're at it.

 

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Sounds about right. Good player that's washed and past his prime. Right on target.

It's the Knick way. Might as well trade for Nash while we're at it.

 

[nick.]

Speaking of Nash, remember when we were gonna trade Shump for Nash & Dudley?

 

[mronegative]

You gotta think it's cuz Phil won 2 chips with him.

 

[8pm at msg]

Someone cheap who understands the triangle. Catch him with rocks and you can cut him easy.

 

[you go boy]

no thanks to the crackhead... would rather sign biedrins instead

 

[beh235]

I seriously wish people would stop going in on him. I'd like to know the truth. This crackhead nonsense...

 nobody knows what that man truly has been through to even understand.