New New York
Quiet Storm
He drafts a rookie of the year canidate in Laundry Feilds
He signs MVP canidate Amare Stoudamire
He also signs Raymond Felton who is a strong All Star and Most Improved player Canidate
So the frontrunner is naturally Pat Riley, but most will discredit him getting the Big 3 since most believe/know that they have been planning playing together for awhile, so some skeptics will say he did not put together a Big 3 the same way Ainge did with Boston....plus Mia's supporting cast sucks! unlike what Ainge was able to put around Paul, Ray and KG.
Otis Smith is a strong canidate if his recent moves pan out.....but one of the major acqusitions to Smith's big trade was Gilbert Arenas and frankly there is always the potential for disaster, if not off the court (which to be fair there is only one such example of that) on the court with injuries and possible bad chemistry. '
Plus trading back for a player (Hedo) who you let walk for nothing is pretty poor managment, I mean if he plays his hand right he does not lose Gortat and Pietris and the team is complete....even more, he signs both Chris Duhon and Q Rich to contracts no other NBA team wouldve given them and neither has contributed to Orl. consistently (we know that all too well). Not to mention JJ Reddick is having a great season so trading for two more scoring guards (Gilbert and Richardson) is highly questionable.
So lets say The Knicks win 47 games this year that would represent and 18 game difference, now plus all the before mentioned possible individual acheivements of the players Donnie brung in this summer (although none of them are likely to win those awards) then Donnie has to get serious consideration. And you have to love how he managed to keep cap space for this summer too and unlike the past two years we actually have a competitive team to coincide with our spending flexability. Thats Great managment.
So maybe like Felton, Amare and Feilds Walsh does not win the award he is up for but it is fair to say he should be mentioned as a canidate moving forward.
He signs MVP canidate Amare Stoudamire
He also signs Raymond Felton who is a strong All Star and Most Improved player Canidate
So the frontrunner is naturally Pat Riley, but most will discredit him getting the Big 3 since most believe/know that they have been planning playing together for awhile, so some skeptics will say he did not put together a Big 3 the same way Ainge did with Boston....plus Mia's supporting cast sucks! unlike what Ainge was able to put around Paul, Ray and KG.
Otis Smith is a strong canidate if his recent moves pan out.....but one of the major acqusitions to Smith's big trade was Gilbert Arenas and frankly there is always the potential for disaster, if not off the court (which to be fair there is only one such example of that) on the court with injuries and possible bad chemistry. '
Plus trading back for a player (Hedo) who you let walk for nothing is pretty poor managment, I mean if he plays his hand right he does not lose Gortat and Pietris and the team is complete....even more, he signs both Chris Duhon and Q Rich to contracts no other NBA team wouldve given them and neither has contributed to Orl. consistently (we know that all too well). Not to mention JJ Reddick is having a great season so trading for two more scoring guards (Gilbert and Richardson) is highly questionable.
So lets say The Knicks win 47 games this year that would represent and 18 game difference, now plus all the before mentioned possible individual acheivements of the players Donnie brung in this summer (although none of them are likely to win those awards) then Donnie has to get serious consideration. And you have to love how he managed to keep cap space for this summer too and unlike the past two years we actually have a competitive team to coincide with our spending flexability. Thats Great managment.
So maybe like Felton, Amare and Feilds Walsh does not win the award he is up for but it is fair to say he should be mentioned as a canidate moving forward.