Vecsey Is All Wrong

by Myles A. Mills on June 28th, 2009 at 8:55 pm

Tommy Dee says: Apologies to Peter Vecsey that we misspelled his name several times, but the point of the post is accurate in my opinion. What we do here is try to be balanced and it’s my stance that because this team’s situation was such a mess, there should be plenty of leeway given to the new regime. I fully support the trades of Crawford and Z-Bo (and by “support” I mean “did several cartwheels”) and have to say that the Marbury situation was what it was. It’s hard to sympathize with a guy who ran several coaches out of town and the Brown/Isiah situation was ridiculous. I appreciate Steph for coming out and saying he had personal issues and that could have been the cause, but his time here was a wrap. All you had to do was be at Media Day, which I don’t remember seeing Vecsey at, to notice that the players were fed up with Steph as a distraction.

With that said, I respect a man who’s made a living in this business for so long, and who represents the CHSAA (Archbishop Molloy), but in this case his criticisms are unfair. As was his hit against Alan Hahn when the very next day he reported a trade that didn’t happen.

I normally don’t give much credence to what Peter Vecsey and Marc Berman write, because in my opinion, Berman’s infatuation with Stephon Marbury hinders his ability to approach analysis of this team from an unbiased standpoint, and Vecsey proved to me today he has no clue what he’s talking about.

“IN 14 months as Knicks president, Donnie Walsh‘s claim to fame is erasing two bloated salaries belonging to Zach Randolph and Jamal Crawford ($27.4M) from New York’s 2010 payroll, therefore giving the team roughly $34M in “additional” cap space to charm a couple collector items whose names escape me to forsake their franchises.

The operative word is additional. In all this time, not a single media mope (me, too) ever mentioned the Knicks already were $7M under the cap in 2010 when Walsh superseded Isiah Thomas.”

His claim to fame has been dealing Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph, but that’s not something to simply brush off.  People labeled Zach Randolph as virtually unmovable, and he was able to deal the two on the same day.  And what are we supposed to do with $7 million in cap space?  In a season, Walsh made that $40 million and gave Knicks fans hope that signing not one, but two major free agents in 2010 is a plausible goal.  To simply make Walsh look like some one-hit wonder who gets a pass by Knick fans for merely carrying out his plan meticulously and still keeping this team competitive after dealing their top two scorers is unfair.

“I remain convinced the Knicks could’ve pressed for a playoff spot had the pair not been sent packing early on for Cuttino Mobley’s sick ticker and Al Harrington‘s leading-man mentality, and Mike D’Antoni had done right by Stephon Marbury.”

It’s really just beating a dead horse to bring up the Marbury situation in June 2009.  It was probably mishandled, but it didn’t affect the team at all.  Let’s not forget how Marbury declined to play against Milwaukee.

“Still, there’s no depreciating the fact Walsh has excelled in unloading the majority of Thomas’ personnel monstrosities (the above, plus Jerome James, Malik Rose and Quentin Richardson — dispatched to the Grizzlies for Darko Milicic on the sixth anniversary of Milicic being drafted behind LeBron James and ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, David West, Kirk Hinrich, T.J. Ford, Kendrick Perkins, Josh Howard, Chris Kaman, Nick Collision, Boris Diaw, Luke Ridnour, Travis Outlaw, Leandro Barbosa and Michael Pietrus, to name 15).”

Just to address this, all Knick fans know Darko Milicic is a bust.  That’s not Walsh’s fault.  We basically got Darko for free, and it’s a low risk/high reward situation.  John Hollinger said that Milicic won’t be “cured by a system.”  This system has done a lot more for a lot of other players.  Quentin Richardson lead the league in threes, Steve Nash won 2 consecutive MVPs, and Shawn Marion had some years he would never have had on any other team.  All of those guys are talented, but you can’t tell me that Darko can’t be a 10 point, 7 rebound, 2 block type of player in the best case in D’Antoni’s system.  And if he doesn’t produce, he’s gone after this year.

“So much for faintly praising Walsh. Anybody can put a franchise on hold for two years while LeJesus decides whether he wants to flat-leave the Cavaliers, who have never said no to anything he’s asked for (his words to me in late March) in owner Dan Gilbert’s spendthrift pursuit of a championship.

What Walsh has done in the meantime made 41 nights at the Garden scarcely bearable for beaten-down season-ticket holders and figure to stay that insufferable in spite of the surfacing of Milicic: He paid a coach $24M for four seasons based on a system that prospers when its conductor is an MVP maestro and orchestra is in unqualified harmony . . . sat still when D’Antoni commanded little if any defensive accountability and didn’t insist Nate Robinson, at the very least, act like a para-professional.”

We’ll ignore the fact that D’Antoni has immense appeal to free agents and draft prospects, and he is respected as one of the best coaches in the game.  We’ll ignore what D’Antoni did with an inconsistent and mostly inept roster, including the 6’9 David Lee at center, and improved the Knicks win total by 9 games.  The team not only scored 108 ppg and set a record for threes made in a season, but D’Antoni helped Wilson Chandler mature and have a breakout sophomore season.  You also can’t blame Walsh for not “commanding defensive accountability” from D’Antoni.  Walsh made moves that were financial but still kept the Knicks in the playoff hunt deep into the season.  D’Antoni can only work with the roster, and he can’t really coach interior defense with Jared Jeffries being his defensive stopper.  Walsh inherited a roster that was a mess and after a year he’s supposed to have a championship contender?

“He passed on Eric Gordon and Brook Lopez — despite Curry exceeding the calorie cap and not owning a defensive stance — and drafted the son of D’Antoni’s former Italian teammate, a 19-year-old with a recurrently ailing back.”

Lopez could never fit this system and Eric Gordon’s a one dimensional guy who is a lot like Nate Robinson.  There are a lot of guys the Knicks could have taken, but they took a 6’10 forward, who doctors predict will end up at 6’11, who shot 44% from three and 96% from the free throw line his rookie year.  If he’s healthy, he’s going to be Hedo Turkoglu 2.0.

“He imported Harrington — allowed to stunt the growth of Wilson Chandler for far too long — Larry Hughes, who confirmed why coaches quickly lose patience with him, and under-utilized Chris Wilcox.

Then, last Thursday, Walsh whiffed on Brandon Jennings. Instead he selected Jordan Hill after failing to intercept the Warriors for Stephen Curry or vaguely tempt the Timberwolves to part with No. 5 — Ricky Rubio.

Talent scouts tell me Hill is solid and runs the floor well. In other words, he does what Wilcox does, only not as good, but definitely works cheaper; gotta save as much money for the following summer, even at the cost of Ws … and very possibly one of the team’s precious few assets in Lee, a restricted free agent midnight July 1.”

Harrington didn’t stunt Wilson Chandler’s growth anymore than Kobe Bryant stunted Trevor Ariza’s growth.  Just because they play the same position doesn’t mean Harrington is necessarily hindering with Chandler’s development.  Walsh “whiffed on Brandon Jennings.”  OK, Jennings has one of the worst attitudes of all time, and he recently bashed the Knicks during an interview with Joe Budden.  He has a ton of potential but no work ethic which leads me to believe that potential will remain untapped.  If we did pick him, I guarantee Vescey says we drafted the next Marbury.  Jordan Hill resembles Chris Wilcox in no way other than the fact that they both have dreads.  Hill is a better rebounder, shooter, and shot-blocker than Wilcox ever has.  Hill has better footwork and post moves.

“Conversely, “God created Jennings for D’Antoni’s system … minus the jump shot that needs improvement.” That’s straight from a friend of mine who knows a little basketball and has seen the kid play no less than 100 times throughout high school/AAU.

“Every year he was the best guard in his class,” said a Western Conference GM who tried to obtain a second No. 1 to get him before the Bucks did at No. 10. “Then he went to Italy to play. You know how it works, out of sight, out of mind.”

“Brandon is a freak athlete with a superior feel for the game and unteachable passing ability. He flaunts Pistol Pete flair, Isiah Thomas toughness with a nasty streak to match, doesn’t take crap from anybody and always has the backs of teammates. Plus he loves New York. Used to come to the city to play at Rucker Playground and in other outdoor leagues. He would’ve reinvigorated the Garden.”

Minus the jump shot that needs improvement” is an understatement.  His jump shot is terrible.  Chad Ford thinks Hill will fit in perfectly with the Knicks system, but Vescey’s friend differs.  Peter Vescey’s friend or Chad Ford?  You choose.  He’s not close to as tough as Zeke was, and other than passing, Jennings has little skill.  He’s athletic but 6’1 and extremely skinny.

All in all, Vecsey just makes opinionated statements that are flat-out false.  He clearly wanted Brandon Jennings, and bashes the Hill pick because he knows nothing about him.  Jennings shot 35% from the field and Hill averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 blocks in the Pac-10.  He bashes Walsh for the Gallinari pick when Gallo hasn’t even had the chance to prove himself for a whole year, and he fails to appropriately extol Walsh for the cost-cutting moves he pulled off on November 21st and at the trade deadline.

About Myles A. Mills

Myles is a sophomore at The Browning School, an all-boys private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He's been a Knick fan as long as he can remember, and 02-03 was the last season he could remember in entirety. He hopes to one day see the Knicks in the playoffs. Myles is also fond of the Mets, and follows them vehemently, but his the bulk of his time goes to the Knicks. Myles wants to be a radio hosts on WFAN or ESPN 1050 radio, and he hopes to write for theknicksblog.com for years to come. View all posts by Myles A. Mills →
  • j

    vescey is scum.

  • slambam

    I feel like the Knicks wont get any respect from the national or local media until we make a playoff run. D’Antoni was one of the most nationally talked about coaches when he was in Phoenix, but he doesn’t get a lick of national attention anymore except when it’s in the context of him inflating players numbers. We have to make a playoff run in order to no longer be the laughing stock of the NBA so people can stop taking shots at us.

  • Mucha

    I posted this somewhere else (Knicksfix), that was my reaction :

    “Vecsey’s article is BS.

    1. He wanted Brandon Jennings? Really? He’s Stephon Marbury and Nate Robinson rolled in one.

    2. What did he expect? Quentin Richardson for Dwight Howard?

    3. He criticizes Walsh because the Knicks couldn’t reach the playoffs – yet he wanted Wilson Chandler to get Al Harrington’s playing time? What?

    4. The Knicks “under-utilized” Chris Wilcox? He sucks Peter. Has he ever seen him play?

    5. “Talent scouts tell me Hill is solid and runs the floor well. In other words, he does what Wilcox does, only not as good” LMAO not only has he never seen him play, but he believes that all the players that are big and run the floor well are the same? Chris Wilcox is his ceiling? Why, because he has the same haircut?”

    No disrespect to Peter Vecsey but his article was turrible.

  • dirk

    completely agree, but how can the print media take bloggers seriously with all these typos?

  • bduigs

    Myles A. Mills – Bravo.

    Read the article today on Minnesota Beach out on the West End and had the exact same thoughts.

    A lot of cheap shots by Pete Vescey.

  • jingo

    All of your points are very good. Vescey seems to have exposed himself by comparing Hill’s skill set to Wilcox.

    Vescey is cranky.

    Still, the Knicks have two power forwards who are gonna get big multiyear contracts and an inadequate PG situation.

  • joetheknick

    Myles: Vecsey is a blowhard. D’Antoni had this team playing its heart out. Considering there were roster changes throughout the season, the team showed a lot of heart. If anything Robinson and Harrington tried to do too much because the team didn’t have the time to play together and build any level of trust. Although I get real aggrivated reading drivel from guys like Vecsey and Hollinger, I really believe they think it is their job to be critics. Go Knicks

  • Jeff Cykiert

    Yes, D’Antoni is to blame for nate being a fool.

    The only reason he doesn’t make a big fuss about it in press conferences is because he KNOWS HE’S OUTA HERE.

    Every word of that article is crap, and i was very happy to read an in depth critique of its raw stupidity.

  • verbal718

    i really dont like the NY POST… that article by Peter Vescey made no sense… Sounds like he didnt even watch a knicks game. Only seen the boxscores.

  • darkseid

    Of course the writers of the NY Post wanted Jennings, he would have filled the marbury drama void perfectly.

    Let’s face it Jordan Hill is not as much fun to write about for them…thank goodness

  • joeyballz

    Interstring article in the Post

    Paul Schwartz comments on Jordan’s Hill last collegiate game in which he covered. He goes on to state that T-Will and Earl Clark will have much more productive NBA careers than Hill will.

    http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/knicks/archives/2009/06/schwartz_knicks.html

  • EQ1217

    Of course he doesn’t mention how in their next game against Michigan State, Williams and Clark did not do anything the entire game. So does that mean that Goran Sutton is a better prospect?

  • KBT1615

    Interesting?!?!? He basically said Jordan Hill will be bad because he had one bad game. What since does that make.

  • joeyballz

    Stating that Chase Budinger looked like the better player is tough to overlook, I watched that game and I agree 100%. I would have to say that goes for their entire careers, Budinger was more productive overall. Now they say you cant teach Size, and Hill was rather productive, but if you watch highlights of that game you see Hill missing defensive assignments and looking very stupid in his shot selection. He was taking shots from 18 feet out when there was a man up his ass. I hope his, at least in that game, lack of what seems like basketball smarts, is only a sign of his relatively short time playing organized basketball and that it will eventually come.

  • joeyballz

    I have only seen him play a few times, but he just looked like one of those players that can frustrate the hell out of a coach in those games that I did see him play in. Little things like not switching over to cover his man on screens, and as I stated taking stupid shots at times…hopefully that stuff will improve……

  • Ftingue

    I totally agree with you Mylize, i thought I was the only one that thought this article was stupid. Awesome post.

    FT

  • joeyballz

    I mean I do enjoy the knicks blog….but comon,,I think we are all trying to stay optimistic in what we ALL know was not the ideal option in the draft. We settled for this pick and personally, really, I would have traded down, I mean seriosly and hear me out, would have traded down and recieved Minnesota’s pick at 18, and then EITHER KEEP LAWSON, or hear me out…COME AWAY WITH A 1ST ROUND PICK THAT BELONGED TO DENVER VIA CHARLOTTE. THAT PICK IS TOP 12 PROTECTED FOR NEXT YEAR,,,And you guys may think I am crazy but Hill would go 15 to 25 in next years draft……I would have done that

  • Magik_Trick

    LOL@AnyoneWhoReadsThePost

    None of those guys know anything about basketball, especially not Knicks basketball

    I dont think i’ve ever read the post and agreed with them..

  • JRSlim

    People share sentiments about Harden like that. They say he’s not that good cause he didn’t do well in the tourney. Nevermind the regular season where he was doing his thing in the Pac-10, a very tough conference.

  • CircleLimit4

    Good post Myles

    The best point was about Al Harrington. Al might take away a few shot attempts here and there, but he puts points on the board… period. With the exception of Nate when he’s on, Al is the only guy on the team who can create for himself. Vescey obviously didn’t see Lebron’s brilliant performance against the Knicks in MSG. If he did he would have noticed that he went tit-for-tat with Lebron for a long time and singlehandedly kept the Knicks from a devastating blowout.

    Vescey needs to understand that Rome was not built in a day. Maybe he’s not familiar with the concept of a rebuilding year. To scrap this basketball vehicle down to the chassis and still improve our winning percentage is a feat unto itself. Before DW and MD there was a dark, cloudy anti-future. At least now there is some sunshine so we can clean up the debris.

  • joeyballz

    I am not saying I do not like Hill, I just think that he was ideally what we needed to “SETTLE” for. He has potential, but I would have rather traded down and picked up a point guard (Lawson) and some additional picks or trade for the first round pick above. I mean does everyone forgot the Tommy post a few weeks back when he stated that there was not much that he saw that separates Lawson and Flynn. Now why in the hell would we resign Lee even if it came at a good cap price…Can someone please tell me? We still dont have a potential starting point guard…we have to trade to get one or sign a one year and done point guard, but how does that bode for the future and accumulating a team to attract Lebron

  • Bart

    If you buy into what Walsh is saying the “plan” is then you look at the situation like this but if you look at the results he hasn’t done anything other than tell the fans were gonna lose for 2yrs then maybe we might win in 2010 because we don’t know if Lebron or Bosh or whoever will sign extensions. Vescey said what he did but its not far off, he may have really exaggerated certain situations but if they weren’t there he wouldn’t have anything to say. People give Walsh too much credit he unloaded some contracts but what did we get back Mobley and Thomas are not even on the team anymore, either way this is Walsh’s offseason to see if he can really get it done. We gotta make the playoffs so lets see if he can put a roster together that can get there.

  • bob go knicks

    i just got through reading VECSEY’S column,and sorry to say myles i agree with about 80% of what he has to say.i agree with you that its great to shed all that salary,but what has walsh done to deserve all of This SAVIOR talk? i would just like to add one more thing before i start up. there are many people on this web site who REALLY believe that if you disagree with anything DONNIE WALSH does ,it means youre not a true KNICKS fan! last week two of these guys tried to bully me off of this blog because i thought that MR.WALSH was a little slow to pull the trigger on the WIZARDS deal.i may have come off as obnoxious in the way i put it(calling WALSH DONNIE GENIUS all night long)but hey,everyone is entitled to their opinion(even an aging fan such as myself who has been watching OUR KNICKERBOCKERS since DICK VAN ARSDALE,HOWARD KOMIVES,and WALT BELLAMY donned the orange and blue.and ive lived through countless almost rumorsthat have gotten me so pumped up only to have the plug pulled,CHRIST it seems like the only luck weve ever had was when we drafted PATRICK EWING.OTHER than that my entire KNICKS life has been filled with what couldve beens,missed draft picks ,lousy draft picks and shitty trades.so when i get teased like i did last week about a chance to trade up ,keep pick #8,and also recieve pick # 5 from the wizards and a chance to draft STEPH CURRY and the only thing we have to give up is WILSON CHANDLER, im a little less than delighted when i come home from working a double shift at 2:00 am and the first thing i see on the blog is “T-WOLVES GET WIZARDS # 5 PICK ” at that point ,i have the absolute right to be real pissed! cuz in my mind …we missed out AGAIN! so after expressing my displeasure i looked up to see one blogger trying to implore TOMMY DEE to throw me off the blog for good because according to him,”i wasnt a true KNICKS FAN CUZ I DIDNT agree with donnie walsh,then another blogger entered(they will remain nameless cuz i being an american believe in freedom of expression and speech)well the other blogger came on and acted like MR.WALSH was a real tight relative of his , and i just shook leaves and fruit from his family tree and he also accused me of being a little kid who just wanted to get his rocks off saying “DONNIE GENIUS” WELL THIS JUST IN i am a knicks fan,prolly a lot longer than most of you guys and my opinion although not better than yours is always at least even with yours,(thats why its called an opinion) i will continue to say what i feel,if WALSH messes up i will be the first to let him know,if he does something good,ill be the first to let him know that,i mean he gets paid enough to repel my attacks of donnie genius.when he picked GALLO last june i was cheering so loud ,im suprised it didnt drown out the booooos coming from MSG. but for gods sake you guy have gotta let me speak,if you dont like my opinions ,DONT READ THEM! in this country,if you disagree with someone,it doesnt mean ..you dont like them,most of you guys when you disagree with..TOMMY DEE,CHRIS ALVINOMYLES,OR BEN you dont have to kiss their collective asses for an hour before hand they all seem like nice guys who can take the heat….well thats it all i have to say is GO KNICKERBOCKERS……GO NEW YORK,GO NEW YORK, GOOOOOOOOO!PS IF THEY LET RUBIO GO ..THATS A ….”.D” FOR THAT MOVE If you have a chance to take one of (potential)the great pointguards of this decade you do it

  • joeyballz

    Bob

    I agree to a certain point that we over value everything that Donny does. He has made good move to shed salary and I do agree that having cap space is imperative to have an opport at one of the greatest free agent classes of all time. But you have to willing to take risks, and missing the chance to take the 5th Pick was a huge mistake and I think drafting Hill was not the ideal strategy, especially when 1. We have Lee, who we still would like to hold on to, 2. we need a point guard and this was to my knowledge a point guard heavy class…Best Available, what some people say of Hill, is tough to swallow, when it is Best Available in a shitty draft class, where there is much difference in talent from picks 8-20…..I mean comon enough of making excuses now, this was not a good draft for us unless we somehow come away with RUBIO

  • Magik_Trick
  • EQ1217

    I agree with your opinion that Donnie was slow on the trigger in trying to get the 5th pick.

    Donnie has done a couple of good moves, ZBO, Crawford. But, honestly he has yet to have his defining moment as a Knick GM.

  • CircleLimit4

    I think the point of this post is that Walsh is only one season into a massive rebuilding project. It’s too soon to either praise him or get on his case as Vescey does

    I find Walsh’s situation a scaled down and less serious version of Obama’s. There are people crying messiah and people crying failure and I think both are equally misguided. I’m reserving judgment until the fall of 2010 for both of them. But I can say I’m more optimistic than I was a year ago.

  • Mucha

    Of course Donnie Walsh is not a savior, he has done several mistakes I’ve critized him for. But it doesn’t mean that Vecsey has the right to write false and misleading statements and talk about players he has never seen play.

    Then again, is Rubio/Henderson more valuable than Chandler/Hill? We have a lot of options now, we have a PF which means that we have leverage in David Lee’s contract negociations. Because we lose leverage in a sign-and-trade deal, we’ll not be in a position to get equal value at one position (PF) – but maybe we’ll get a promising young point guard a team does not need for David Lee. It could a win-win situation from that perspective.

  • Mucha

    By the way, Jordan Hill was terrible against Louisville and Budinger played a lot better. That is a fact.

    But Paul Schwartz’s article is ridiculous as well, is he really talking about Terrence Williams? At least Jordan Hill took some shots, at least he was trying to do something against Louisville – Terrence Williams DISAPPEARED against Michigan State, he couldn’t do sh*t with the ball in his hands. He was TOTALLY transparent. So what’s his point?

  • choggs

    This is why I don’t read “The Post” anymore.

    Thanks TKB and Knicks FIx, for saving me!

  • joeyballz

    why did we lose leverage in the first place in the first place…because he did not trade Mr. Lee when he had optimal value,,I would have taken the first round pick Denver offered and chuck atkins….I just think that he was not thinking long term at that point….now lets hope something positive comes out of a sign and trade…but Mucha would you sign David Lee to a reasonable contract…and what do you do with Hill…use him a trade bait? Play him and see if we can build his value up for trade bait? How does he fit on this team with a Lee signing? Does he come off the bench?

  • Mucha

    Chucky Atkins and a pick in the late 20′s for David Lee? Come on… that’s just a horrible deal…

    I like Lee around $7-$7.5 million per year, that’s good role player money. I’d keep Hill, see what he’s able to do – if he’s a stud keep him, if not wait and trade him next summer. I think Hill has to be a starter, if Donnie Walsh keeps David Lee then both will have to play together but I’d try to raise Eddy Curry’s trade value first.

  • http://theKnicksBlog.com Tommy Dee

    Couldn’t have been said better,…and let’s be real here people. I would have been all over walsh for taking Jennings. it just so happens I knew (educated speculation) all along there was ZERO chance he was taking him for the reasons I said before the draft. Character is a big thing to Walsh…period.

    and by the way no one will be thrown off the site, ever, unless post become personal attacks non basketball related.

    that;s what we’ve worked hard to build here. educated and passionate discussion…it’ was my goal from day 1.

  • Myles A. Mills

    My bad if i mispelled Vecsey’s name

    Jordan Hill against top competition:

    Texas A & M – 20 pts, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, 10/15 shooting
    Gonzaga – 22, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks 9/14 shooting
    Stanford – 17, 16 rebounds, 2 blocks, 8/13 shooting
    Kansas – 23, 11, 2 rebounds
    UCLA – 22, 8 rebounds, 1 block, 10/15 shooting
    Just to throw in this monster game vs Houston – 30 pts, 18 boards, 4 blocks 12/21 shooting, 6/7 ft line
    UCLA again – 22, 13, 2 blocks 8/14 shooting
    Washington – 27 points, 10 rebounds, 1 block 12/18 shooting
    California – 24, 14, 1 block
    Stanford again – 20, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks
    AZ state – 20 and 13

  • http://theKnicksBlog.com Tommy Dee

    Enough said….

  • Chris Alvino

    Myles, Dw can never say that you didn’t stick up for him.

    I do not consider DW to be a savior justr yet. He has a plan, and he is in the process of implementing it. If his plan works in the long-run, then he will be a savior. If it doesn’t, then he won’t be.

    Last year I felt that he did a poor job at handling a roster crisis with Marbury and with the plethora of injuries that plagued the team. The team was under-manned and played tired for most of the season. With a bit more depth, last year’s team could have made the playoffs.

    Also, Walsh cut both Ewing Jr. and Von Wafer for Anthony Roberson. Wafer went on to start for the playoff bound Rockets, and Roberson showed he is not an NBA player.

  • paulempson

    Great Response to PV.

    Ive said this many times….. This summer might be even more important than next as we need to have a good team , winning team, on the floor to help attract the FA class of 2010.

    I’m happy with Donnie so far. It takes a lot longer than a year to fix the Layden & Isiah years

    No mention from I like to talk Vescey about the hiring of Mike D”Antoni or did I miss that ?

    Figures a guy who defends Marbury like Jennings . I didnt like him the second I saw that interview. Then when he didn’t show at the draft when his name was called and finally his bashing of NY for not selecting him

    Good one Vescey !

  • Myles A. Mills

    I mean I don’t think he’s a savior, I just think Vecsey unfairly bashed him as though he didn’t do anything this year. He brought hope to a once downtrodden franchise. That’s a big deal.

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  • bob go knicks

    now yer talkin!if i say this last week alls i hear is “hey get off this blog yer not a knicks fan youre pessimistic,….how do you become optimistic after just losing out on a draft pick that coulda got us ricky rubio or steph curry no one can be happy with the way our draft went

  • bob go knicks

    donnie has had good moves in cutting guys ,getting them outta here,but when it comes to bringing em in he hasnt…….first player he signed ….chrid duhon d…………..anthony roberson f they coulda got someone else

  • bob go knicks

    dont mind the strait draftbut still shoulda always move upcoulda had curry/ruibo came back w hill

  • bob go knicks

    D’ANTONI SHOODA COODA BENCHED HIM,I DID LIKE THE GALLO PICK HE WIILL BE BETTER THAN ERIC GORDON OR THAN LOPEZ NO DOUBT

  • bob go knicks

    YA CANT MAKE A COMMENT LIKE THAT EXCEPT ABOU 1/2 WAY INTO TH SEASON