Saturday, April 21, 2007
The Knicks
A brief word about the Knicks, ugh. Oh we know, promising rookies and second year players, and yes, we were willing to take Zeke for the Indiana Hoosiers coaching job last year. The Clarion likes Isiah Thomas as a coach. We like him as the Knicks coach. But when owner Jim Dolan extended him as the General Manager with twenty games to go in the season we, as Knicks fans, were very concerned.
Isaiah has done a solid job making draft picks with mid-round selections. Even so, this year’s lottery pick is gone! Eddie Curry is a good scoring center, but a soft defender and a poor rebounder. Could the Clarion possibly see a starting front court of David Lee (uber rebounding, hustling, garbage man) and Channing Frey alongside Curry making it to the playoffs?? Not with Steve Francis and Stephon Starbury in the backcourt. Unfortunately, their contracts are untradable. We agree with Dolan’s contention that in a lot of ways last year, under carpetbagger, negativist inconoclast, Larry Brown was a wasted year. We know that all around tool shed Dave Checketts was who screwed this thing up to begin with, terrible draft picks, the Ewing debacle, the Allan Houston deal. The Clarion heard on WFAN that Checketts was recently whining the the Garden didn't give him enough free tickets to a hockey game. Awwwwww.
However. Be all that as it may be, in the Knicks' now; there is so much dead weight on the payroll. The Knicks' young guys include no guards better than NBA back-ups, Crawford is not good enough to start for contender. He would be excellent as the third guard to back up both spots. But the Knicks are not contenders, they plan to build around a soft center. How with no salary cap room? Where to then? Isaiah? Mr. Dolan? The high side expectations, the highest hopes Knicks's fans can have is first round playoff losses. Which is tough drafting, coupled with several years of being capped out and without enough offense. They can cut Francis loose the way they did with Jalen Rose, but fat lot of good that will do them.
There is too much young talent in the East. Detroit. Washington. Cleveland. Toronto. When is Lebron a free agent?
Isaiah has done a solid job making draft picks with mid-round selections. Even so, this year’s lottery pick is gone! Eddie Curry is a good scoring center, but a soft defender and a poor rebounder. Could the Clarion possibly see a starting front court of David Lee (uber rebounding, hustling, garbage man) and Channing Frey alongside Curry making it to the playoffs?? Not with Steve Francis and Stephon Starbury in the backcourt. Unfortunately, their contracts are untradable. We agree with Dolan’s contention that in a lot of ways last year, under carpetbagger, negativist inconoclast, Larry Brown was a wasted year. We know that all around tool shed Dave Checketts was who screwed this thing up to begin with, terrible draft picks, the Ewing debacle, the Allan Houston deal. The Clarion heard on WFAN that Checketts was recently whining the the Garden didn't give him enough free tickets to a hockey game. Awwwwww.
However. Be all that as it may be, in the Knicks' now; there is so much dead weight on the payroll. The Knicks' young guys include no guards better than NBA back-ups, Crawford is not good enough to start for contender. He would be excellent as the third guard to back up both spots. But the Knicks are not contenders, they plan to build around a soft center. How with no salary cap room? Where to then? Isaiah? Mr. Dolan? The high side expectations, the highest hopes Knicks's fans can have is first round playoff losses. Which is tough drafting, coupled with several years of being capped out and without enough offense. They can cut Francis loose the way they did with Jalen Rose, but fat lot of good that will do them.
There is too much young talent in the East. Detroit. Washington. Cleveland. Toronto. When is Lebron a free agent?
Labels: NBA, sports, The Knicks
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