I'm a little surprised that he can be a consultant to an NBA team while also being the head coach of an NCAA team.
I think Zeke is an awful GM, beyond awful, like Kahn incompetent awful. But he was pretty good at the draft. The Balkman pick wasnt great, but he was taken 20th overall, and if Rondo wasnt still on the board there really wasnt much else left that would have been a better choice.
Seeing that Thomas might have been the worst evaluator of NBA talent I have ever seen, any success he managed to have in the draft I chalk up to as luck.
This is a poor post. Isiah did nothing right, outside of the blind squirrel finding a nut variety in his draft picks. He presided over one of the worst 8 years in NY Knicks history, all the while spending FAR more than other teams. He was also part of a multi million dollar sexual harrassment lawsuit that cost the company 11 million dollars and caused a lot of embarrassment. He also tried to kill himself and then blame it on his daughter. Stand up guy, talented executive, that Isiah.
). That's probably to small of a record to say a whole lot. His only high draft pick was Channing Fry at #8. While better guys were taken later(Danny Granger at 17 is probably the best one, although a bunch of teams passed on him), Fry has been a viable rotation player at least and that's not really a high enough pick that you can totally say you should do better; stuff outside the top 3-5 seems to be more a crap shoot.
Not really, he has a seven year track record. Also, Walsh is average to below average at drafting, I still can't believe how he butchered the 2009 picks.
Yes, I agree that it's like inviting the guy who repeatedly raped you and then burned your house down over for tea a couple of years later, but as I said above, he was never really gone. When NY wanted one last push to try to get LeBron right before "The Decision", they sent Isiah to Cleveland.
It doesn't seem too far fetched to think that young player evaluation is a separate skill-set from making trades, salary evalutation, general decision making, etc.
Honestly, you wonder if he has pictures, or knows something about the harassment scandle he hasn't told yet. It's just odd that the Knicks would publicize him having any role in the franchise what so ever. Even if he has a usefull skill and you were paying him anyway, I would think that keeping the involvement of a guy your fans CHANTED TO GET RID OF low key would be a good idea.
I guess my question is why Isiah? WIth all the negativity surrounding his tenure, was he really the best "asset" Knicks could have hired?
Donnie Walsh tried and you know what he did an okay job. Yes they lost picks but the knicks control their own destiny now. They can afford two Max players after Curry's contract is done, and that credit belongs to Walsh.
I really don't get why Don Nelson would play this guy less than half a game with that shitty team and Randolph's great potential, just because he doesn't like "young" guys (Thankfully he didn't extend that stubborn approach to Curry - 36 MPG). 6'10" PF's are not supposed to do shit like that.
Why would a potential free agent listen to anything Thomas said? He's been a collosal failure everywhere he's gone since he stopped playing, and his history is littered with him clashing with players and other employees. Every bit of evidence we have suggests that he's a raving lunatic asshole.
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2001-02 24 BOS NBA 82 82 3302 707 1598 .442 210 520 .404 520 643 .809 81 485 566 261 154 86 241 237 2144
2002-03 25 BOS NBA 79 79 3096 663 1592 .416 118 391 .302 604 753 .802 106 472 578 349 139 62 288 227 2048
2003-04 26 BOS NBA 80 80 3099 602 1497 .402 115 384 .299 517 631 .819 69 453 522 410 131 52 303 234 1836
2004-05 27 BOS NBA 82 82 2960 556 1223 .455 108 292 .370 549 668 .822 78 461 539 348 133 39 230 255 1769
2005-06 28 BOS NBA 79 79 3084 689 1462 .471 111 314 .354 627 812 .772 77 453 530 375 107 34 273 223 21162003-04 19 DEN NBA 82 82 2995 624 1465 .426 69 214 .322 408 525 .777 183 315 498 227 97 41 247 225 1725
2004-05 20 DEN NBA 75 75 2608 530 1230 .431 42 158 .266 456 573 .796 141 285 426 194 68 30 224 229 1558
2005-06 21 DEN NBA 80 80 2941 756 1572 .481 37 152 .243 573 709 .808 122 272 394 216 88 42 218 229 2122
2006-07 22 DEN NBA 65 65 2486 691 1453 .476 40 149 .268 459 568 .808 143 248 391 249 77 23 234 203 1881
2007-08 23 DEN NBA 77 77 2806 728 1481 .492 58 164 .354 464 590 .786 178 393 571 259 98 39 253 253 1978
2008-09 24 DEN NBA 66 66 2277 535 1207 .443 63 170 .371 371 468 .793 106 344 450 222 75 24 199 195 1504
2009-10 25 DEN NBA 69 69 2634 688 1502 .458 59 187 .316 508 612 .830 152 302 454 222 88 30 209 225 1943
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While I agree that Carmelo has always been overrated as a pro (slightly, IMO), he has to be respected for leading an otherwise good but not great Syracuse team to the NCAA title. The dynamic of that Syracuse team reminded me a lot of the 1987-88 Kansas team once the tourney started; a clear cut leader and a bunch of guys playing their roles perfectly.
Pierce has generally been a better player than Carmelo(through equivilent career stages. Carmelo is better now of course due to the age thing). Pierce has always been a better defender(Kansas actually teaches you well here), although it wasn't as noticeable due to his teamates and him carrying the scoring load. When he got better teammates, his defense improved, which hasn't really happened with Carmelo. He's also been a better passer, rebounder, 3 point shooter and much more durable.
I don't agree with this. For one thing, in terms of passing and rebounding, Carmelo is a 3.1 ast/36 type of player for his career and Pierce is a 3.7 ast/36 type of player, but there are significant differences that explain this disparity. For one, style of play - Pierce dominated the ball when he played, and he would drive to the hoop and dish it out. On the other hand, Carmelo is more apt to take and hit the midrange shot. In addition, teammates matter. I mention that Pierce dominated the ball, and that's absolutely true because the Celtics for the longest time had no point guard. Carmelo has played with Andre Miller, then Iverson, then Billups. Pierce only wishes he had those players alongside him in his earlier years.
I would agree Pierce is a very good offensive comp for Anthony. But I would hesitate to use season total stats to do comparisons since the games played issue can skew things dramatically in some cases. Carmelo has a few seasons in there when he played less than 70 games, which alters things a bit. But fortunately, in general, the numbers pretty much say the same thing no matter how you slice it in this case. They are very similar, with Pierce's only clear advantage being 3 PT shooting.
The Times has a piece on Fields today, comparing him to Terrence Williams. It's pretty remarkable how quickly Fields has become a fan favorite in New York. I've been to the Garden a lot this year, and after last night I'm beginning to think he may be the most popular Knick right now. It's funny, I never would have thought to make the comparison, but he really has brought everything to the floor that the Nets expected to get from Williams when they took him 11th overall. He's the sort of player that does everything well, and at this early juncture, as good as Blake Griffin has been, he's going to end up getting some ROY votes. Pretty impressive for a guy that wasn't even invited to the Chicago predraft camp, and had people here speculating in the NBA Draft thread that the Knicks made the pick with no intention of actually signing Fields to save cap room. The front office deserves a lot of credit for finding him.
Agreed. Last night was the first night that Felton and Stoudemire looked truly comfortable running the pick and roll together. Hopefully that's a reflection on them, and not a reflection on the Nets inability to defend the pick and roll. Felton's shooting has also really impressed me. I'm willing to admit that during the pre-season I was down on Felton; there wasn't any question that he'd be an improvement over Duhon/Nate/Sergio from last season, but I was worried that his improved shooting numbers last year were a fluke. So far he's proven me wrong, and has been extremely, extremely good. His TS% is top ten among point guards, and among point guards playing more than 30 mpg he only falls behind Chris Paul, Devin Harris, Steve Nash, and Deron Williams.
