As for the point guard thing, I’d settle for Sessions. I think he’ll turn out to be a solid pro. He’s a good passer, penetrator and he’s young, so yeah I’d say he’s worth the risk. I’d even go for the 4 yr offer to try to discourage the Bucks from matching. What I meant about the older point guard thing, I meant do people think that other PLAYERS are that stupid to sign with a team to play with guys that look good playing with a guy who won’t be there to play with them or will be too old to build something with (i.e. Steve Nash, Jason Kidd and to a lesser extent Andre Miller)? Not to mention I don’t think any of those guys get the Knicks into the playoffs.

Sidebar: Brandon Jennings has the chance to become a star and if that happens, a lot of Knicks fans will be sorry. Everyone is so quick to throw the young guy under the bus, he’s NINETEEN! WTF? When I was 19 I thought I was invincible, so imagine being a talented, handsome millionaire ball player? Give the young dude a break. Comparing him to Stephon Marbury is a little premature. If he gets the right coaching, is put around the right people and basketball minds, he may turn out to be a stud.

As for your theory of plenty of “new ‘young’ point guards” coming into the league by then, doesn’t that contradict your “rebuilding process ends next summer when our entire plan for the future will unfold.” theory, if in 4 years we’ll be looking at some other team’s point guard?

There is too many hypotheticals at play hopefully things will be more clear after next year’s free agency period. I just don’t understand why people talk so optimistically about next year as if the savior is going to be signed, but no one can list beyond 2-3 players that can do turn a team around drastically. Have you checked out that 2010 free agent list? It’s not very deep.

And even If Duhon played only 20 mins a game he’s still not turning into Stockton, Magic or Mark Jackson.

It amazes me how people can give so much credit to ONE “almost” all-star season. Check the numbers from that year if you don’t remember, but his turnover rate, and his blocks and rebound rate were the WORST in the NBA for starting centers. I’m not kidding, the WORST or near worst out of 32 starting center at absolutely critical categories for his position. This is during his career season btw. One good game against a young Dwight Howard THREE years ago….who cares? How can you still be impressed by that when you weigh that against everything else he’s accomplished (or not accomplished I should say)?

BTW, isiah may be a good judge of young talent in the draft, but he makes the worst decisions on who to bring in. Every single one of his acquisitions were terrible when you consider their contract versus their talent. Crawford, Jeffries, Jerome James, QRich, Penny Hardway, Steve Francis, Eddy Curry. Those names read like a list of the most overpaid players in the entire league but they are actually all guys that came in during Isiah’s watch. Isiah bringing in Eddy says nothing about his so called “talent.”

If you think that I am stupid for thinking that we should add a veteran PG, then please elaborate.

If you mean Miller or Kidd for the full MLE, why is that so dumb? Are they not good point guards? Can they not help this team win games? Did I miss something?

As for young point guards, who do you want? Ricky Rubio? Please. Ramon Sessions? I have called for him numerous times on this site. I would love to have him. Who else? Give me a name, please. Donnie Walsh cannot go into his secret lab and create one out of thin air. Tell me the young PG that Walsh has to get and I will listen. If that young PG is better than some of the other veterans I have mentioned, then fine. But you do not get a young player just because he is young. A guy like Miller is 33 and probably has about 3-4 seasons left in him. At that point, there will be plenty of new “young” PGs that will have come into the league. Right now the Knicks are in a rebuilding mode. But keep in mind, that rebuilding process ends next summer when our entire plan for the future will unfold. That is the situation the Knicks are in right now.

As for other veteran PGs, if we cannot get depth with a young PG, then maybe you’re right, maybe we should just let Chris Duhon run around for 40 minutes a night. Maybe we should just leave him out to dry like last year.

it’s july 09, i can dream, right?

Three years ago, the offense walked the ball up court and fed it to him every time, and lived with his horrid turnovers and accepted their fate as a stagnant offensive team. First of all, fat chance (no pun intended) of Eddy being as basketball ready this year as he was 3 years ago . Second, even if he was, his game is a horrible fit for D’Antoni, and unlike Isiah who had a vested interest in featuring Eddy, Mike’s not going to put up with his complete disregard for rebounding and hustle.

I can see where you’re comin from with the “we gotta feature him to trade him” point, but I don’t think Mike’s gonna do that. One, Mike is a great coach, unlike Isiah. Great coaches don’t put their integrity and credibility with the team on the line for a bum like Eddy Curry. Second, Eddy could actually hurt his stock more than help it by playing because face it, he’s a fat lazy bum that doesn’t do 9 out of the 10 things your centers should do, even when he’s on his game (which again, he probably is not).