yeah i would take a playoff appearance over a draft pick of 8 and above
So, you guys are satisfied with just making the playoffs?
If not, then enlighten me on how to realistically build a championship caliber team by 2010 with Crawford and Zach on the roster.
Drafting Brook Lopez was the start of this teams rebuilding-mode.
Both Zach & Curry could have "tandem" with Brook Lopez defensive talent.
DNP Marbury
and doing nothing from October to now to get Curry into game shape.
But would you take the 8 seed against a 1 seed who has lost one game at home all year and a 0% shot at the #1 pick or a 1% shot at the #1 pick? What good does being an 8 seed and getting embarrassed do, really, in the long run?
This 2008-9 season had twice as much weak teams than last season did....and the Knicks had the jump on everyone b/c there was no more Isiah Thomas calling the shots that's and automatic 35 win season....drafting a defensive-center Brook Lopez gives us 5 more games to add with the 35....giving Duhon all of Crawful playingtime and keeping Balkman would've gave us 5 more games to add to the 40....a 45 win Knick team would not be a 8th seed.
Why is it an auto 35 win season without Isiah?This 2008-9 season had twice as much weak teams than last season did....and the Knicks had the jump on everyone b/c there was no more Isiah Thomas calling the shots that's and automatic 35 win season....drafting a defensive-center Brook Lopez gives us 5 more games to add with the 35....giving Duhon all of Crawful playingtime and keeping Balkman would've gave us 5 more games to add to the 40....a 45 win Knick team would not be a 8th seed.
So, you guys are satisfied with just making the playoffs?
If not, then enlighten me on how to realistically build a championship caliber team by 2010 with Crawford and Zach on the roster.
And what about dealing with the mess (huge contracts) first? If you want to add those championship pieces to a core you need cash. How obvious is that?This post shows you are ignorant.
Of course Zach Randolph and Jamal Crawford can't get the Knicks a championship.
The reason why it's good to make the playoffs, even if you get swept, is that the younger core of players(Nate Robinson, David Lee, Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari) can get playoff experience that can help them in the future.
Most teams that win championships don't win them by signing a big free agent in one year.
Most teams that win championships have to first gain playoff experience and then add pieces to eventually make them a contender.
What good is a 2010 plan, if nobody on the team has playoff experience?
Lebron James cannot make the Knicks a championship team, if he's the only one with playoff experience. And that's if the Knicks get Lebron, which they won't.
It is shocking how a Knick fan could say that they would rather suffer and not make the playoffs for years, for the sake of a 2010 plan that most likely won't work.
The Los Angeles Clippers have tried what the Knicks are currently trying for the last 30 years, and it still hasn't worked.
Trading your top scorers for role players just makes your team worse.
This post shows you are ignorant.
Of course Zach Randolph and Jamal Crawford can't get the Knicks a championship.
The reason why it's good to make the playoffs, even if you get swept, is that the younger core of players(Nate Robinson, David Lee, Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari) can get playoff experience that can help them in the future.
Most teams that win championships don't win them by signing a big free agent in one year.
Most teams that win championships have to first gain playoff experience and then add pieces to eventually make them a contender.
What good is a 2010 plan, if nobody on the team has playoff experience?
Lebron James cannot make the Knicks a championship team, if he's the only one with playoff experience. And that's if the Knicks get Lebron, which they won't.
It is shocking how a Knick fan could say that they would rather suffer and not make the playoffs for years, for the sake of a 2010 plan that most likely won't work.
The Los Angeles Clippers have tried what the Knicks are currently trying for the last 30 years, and it still hasn't worked.
Trading your top scorers for role players just makes your team worse.
This post shows you are ignorant.
Of course Zach Randolph and Jamal Crawford can't get the Knicks a championship.
The reason why it's good to make the playoffs, even if you get swept, is that the younger core of players(Nate Robinson, David Lee, Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari) can get playoff experience that can help them in the future.
Most teams that win championships don't win them by signing a big free agent in one year.
Most teams that win championships have to first gain playoff experience and then add pieces to eventually make them a contender.
What good is a 2010 plan, if nobody on the team has playoff experience?
Lebron James cannot make the Knicks a championship team, if he's the only one with playoff experience. And that's if the Knicks get Lebron, which they won't.
It is shocking how a Knick fan could say that they would rather suffer and not make the playoffs for years, for the sake of a 2010 plan that most likely won't work.
The Los Angeles Clippers have tried what the Knicks are currently trying for the last 30 years, and it still hasn't worked.
Trading your top scorers for role players just makes your team worse.
This is beyond speculation, this is absolutely ridiculous. You just are attributing more wins blindly. You have no evidence, statistical, consequential, circumstantial, NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that any of these "estimates" are even in the ballpark of what would happen, none the less accurate. You can't just say that having no Isiah means we win 35. You can't just say that Brook Lopez adds 5 more wins. You can't just say playing Duhon, sitting Crawford and Balkman adds 5 more wins. That's not even close to being anything resembling rational, appropriate or accurate. At all. In any way.