Donnie Walsh Considering Retirement.
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Leon Rose, agent for LeBron James, informed Donnie Walsh of his client's decision approximately 30 minutes before it was made on ESPN.
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KNICKMATIC809
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Walsh May Retire; Pritchard May Replace
According to someone in the know, team president Donnie Walsh "may possibly retire" within the week because of "health" and "a failure to land LeBron" -- a plan he sold to Cablevision owner James Dolan soon after signing a $15 million, three-year deal in April 2008
I later learned Kevin Prichard may be the replacement. Fired recently by the Blazers with one year left on his pact, he is represented by Warren LeGarie, who's also Mike D'Antoni's agent.
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/walsh_legoner_TjAGAVCCQBtBSGHYhxfkSN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=
According to someone in the know, team president Donnie Walsh "may possibly retire" within the week because of "health" and "a failure to land LeBron" -- a plan he sold to Cablevision owner James Dolan soon after signing a $15 million, three-year deal in April 2008
I later learned Kevin Prichard may be the replacement. Fired recently by the Blazers with one year left on his pact, he is represented by Warren LeGarie, who's also Mike D'Antoni's agent.
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/walsh_legoner_TjAGAVCCQBtBSGHYhxfkSN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=
Pedro De Pacas
Benchwarmer
Pritchard would be a great addition, you have to love to work he has done in POR
knickfan2112
Benchwarmer
sooooooo u would of have stayed with jamal crawford and zach randolph as the focal point of the team and not TRY to go after big name free agents?
XxWinKnicksxX
Benchwarmer
If hes sick, What you gonna do. If he bails because they didn't get lebron thats unbelievable.
Red
TYPE-A
I guess it was "Bron or bust" for him.
or... "Bron or the Access-A-Ride" bus.
I'll take Pritchard.
Scipio
Benchwarmer
If he does retire because of good health then I wish him all the best.
There are some on the forum who think he has failed because he didn`t get Lebron. I think that is rubbish.
I love what Donnie has done. he has done exactly what he said he would do. He jettisoned all of our terrible contracts - apart from Curry but getting rid of him was impossible - He put us in a position where we had massive cap space so we were in a position to go after those big free agents. that`s what he siad he would do and that`s what he has done.
He has now put us in a wonderful position to improve and we already have. He has got us Amare and looks like a godd deal with Lee and the three Warrior players. We still have the ability to improve more before the new season and with Curry`s contract winding down we will have cap space to go after a big free agent next year.
Some of you are upset that we didn`t get Lebron but Donnie never said he would get him. He said he would put us in a strong position with cap space and do away with those horrible contracts. that`s what he has done.
Thanks Donnie, you have done a great job, if you retire then good luck with everything.
I`d love us to get the Portland guy. He would continue Donnie`s groundwork.
There are some on the forum who think he has failed because he didn`t get Lebron. I think that is rubbish.
I love what Donnie has done. he has done exactly what he said he would do. He jettisoned all of our terrible contracts - apart from Curry but getting rid of him was impossible - He put us in a position where we had massive cap space so we were in a position to go after those big free agents. that`s what he siad he would do and that`s what he has done.
He has now put us in a wonderful position to improve and we already have. He has got us Amare and looks like a godd deal with Lee and the three Warrior players. We still have the ability to improve more before the new season and with Curry`s contract winding down we will have cap space to go after a big free agent next year.
Some of you are upset that we didn`t get Lebron but Donnie never said he would get him. He said he would put us in a strong position with cap space and do away with those horrible contracts. that`s what he has done.
Thanks Donnie, you have done a great job, if you retire then good luck with everything.
I`d love us to get the Portland guy. He would continue Donnie`s groundwork.
lilman_bklyn
Rotation player
Senile fvck... go in the corner and play with layden and Isiah for a while and take D'antoni with you.. wherei s dave checketts and ernie grunfeld and jeff van gundy when ya need them
Lol. Good god. Cmon...
Donnie never "said" the sacrifice and buildup and efforts were really about Lebron?
That's like saying, after the results, well, Bush didn't really have us go to Iraq bc of WMD...it was really about so much other stuff, he never specifically just said it was about WMB....
:alert:Walsh:alert:
Knowing his physical ailments are so egregious that he is apparently mentally frail, too (not that I blame him)...paints an even grosser picture of how those LBJ meetings must have looked with schmuck billionare owner Dolan wheeling him in while wearing a neck brace, utterly frail from head to toe.
On whatever levels, he just gave up right as MIA and Riley made their game-changing push to become top dogs for Lebron.
The Jeffries deal was his last hurrah.
MIA brought in a game-changer, game-changed, and Walsh didn't have the strength/wherewithal/ability to respond in -any- way.
Walsh isn't a horrible exec as far as I'm concerned.
He just bit off more than he could chew.
His best simply wasn't good enough.
Donnie never "said" the sacrifice and buildup and efforts were really about Lebron?
That's like saying, after the results, well, Bush didn't really have us go to Iraq bc of WMD...it was really about so much other stuff, he never specifically just said it was about WMB....
:alert:Walsh:alert:
Knowing his physical ailments are so egregious that he is apparently mentally frail, too (not that I blame him)...paints an even grosser picture of how those LBJ meetings must have looked with schmuck billionare owner Dolan wheeling him in while wearing a neck brace, utterly frail from head to toe.
On whatever levels, he just gave up right as MIA and Riley made their game-changing push to become top dogs for Lebron.
The Jeffries deal was his last hurrah.
MIA brought in a game-changer, game-changed, and Walsh didn't have the strength/wherewithal/ability to respond in -any- way.
Walsh isn't a horrible exec as far as I'm concerned.
He just bit off more than he could chew.
His best simply wasn't good enough.
you guys are crazy. The team we have now if this David lee Sign and Trade is true is light years better than Jamal and Zach.
I give Donnie Walsh his props for giving us the ability to go after a big name next year in free agency. If we end up with Carmelo and Amare i'd say we did well....VERY well and our team is very relevant again
I give Donnie Walsh his props for giving us the ability to go after a big name next year in free agency. If we end up with Carmelo and Amare i'd say we did well....VERY well and our team is very relevant again
guess this is directed to Donnie
You are an idiot if you think trying to get big players in MLB baseball where there is no salary cap is the same as trying to get big players in the NBA re the same.
steve mills?...right
(Steve Mills) could? have traded Jerome James 6 million dollar contract, Jeffries 6 million dollar contract, Crawford's 11 million, Zach's 17 million....and be in play for FA in 2010.....right
yanks26ngoin
Benchwarmer
Donnie did all he could, but LBJ opted to ruin the potential he had to be teammates with Wade and Bosh. Wade will always be number 1 in Miami. LBJ could have been as good as Michael Jordan, but IMO, he ruined it by signing with Miami. The best players in basketball just went from Kobe>LeBron to Kobe>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>LeBron.
Thankfully for the well being of the NBA and the state of New York, Donnie Walsh is not retiring. Basketball in New York would have eventually went bye bye if Donnie left and Zeke returned. But as long as Dolan is the owner, there would be the threat of Zeke returning, unfortunately, because Dolan maybe the worst owner in sports.
Thankfully for the well being of the NBA and the state of New York, Donnie Walsh is not retiring. Basketball in New York would have eventually went bye bye if Donnie left and Zeke returned. But as long as Dolan is the owner, there would be the threat of Zeke returning, unfortunately, because Dolan maybe the worst owner in sports.