My appreciation of Brook Lopez's game, along with that of Pau Gasol's, is all about Patrick Ewing. Patrick was our last real center, and it is no coincidence that, since having lost Ewing (without adequately replacing him), we stink.
Lopez is already a top NBA center, and he has the potential to be legendary. He would have given our competent guards and power forward the support they have needed in the middle.
But it is obvious you do not get this, which is why you mention Aaron Brooks and Rudy Fernandez, two guys that do not fill the vacuum left by Ewing's departure.
When Pau Gasol was available, I was dying for Isiah to trade Curry for him. Had he traded for Pau, we would have been a contender. Look at the Celtics, before and after their acquisition of Garnett, the Lakers, after before and after they acquired Gasol, etc. In this league, you need a good big to win.
This would have been my ideal situation for the Knicks:
Isiah hires Ewing as head coach
Starters
Marbury-PG
Crawford-SG
Chandler-SF
Lee-PF/C
Either Lopez or Gasol-C
Bench
Nate Robinson-PG/SG
Richardson (forced to lose weight by Pat)-SF/SG
Jared Jeffries-PF/C
Balkman-PF/SF
Brook does not seem like a top center to me....tell me how hes better than gallinari on the overall impact on the teams. NETS with their better talents are doing a lot worse than the KNICKS...and i dont think brook is the athletic center we need for Mike's offense..............just saying...i could be wrong..
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