Thanks, will try Chrome

I believe it was two minutes that Pittman could stay on the court in college: i.e. Texas had to rotate him out after two minutes of court time. He’s definitely worth a look and might turn into a productive NBA player for limited minutes, but he may not have the genetics to be able to stay on the court.

re: Darren Collison

He’s a promising rookie, but definitely a bigtime back-up plan. Okafor is a mediocre player with a huge contract, and Collison still has a lot to prove…

NO hardly missed Chris Paul? They won 12 fewer games than last season… Collison played well for a rookie, but was an average starting PG overall.

“Not a bad way to start the new Knicks Era. And if you look at the 07-08 Hornets, they looked like Paul/Peterson/Peja/West/Chandler, and was the 2nd seed in the West.”

When he’s healthy Chris Paul is also one of the top 3-5 players in the NBA. One of the best PGs in the history of basketball… It’s a bit like saying that because Cleveland has won so many games, the Knicks should rush out and get a back-court of Mo Williams and Anthony Parker…

Okafor is not really a 5, either. He struggled a bit this season moving from the 4 to the 5.

But Ben Gordon is bad. Demonstrably bad. He’ll be a .100 WP/48 player at best in this system, and that’s no way to win a championship. Hell, that will barely get you to the playoffs.

Just watch it…

…and tell me we can sign Ricardo

Also, its only an Isiah move if your roster is full of bad contracts. Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph thrived on other teams despite the size of their contracts. Q was solid in Miami, Stephon Marbury did okay in Boston last year, so its nothing to really worry about. If we tried to add Ben Gordon to a roster of Marbury/Crawford/Q/Randolph/Curry thinking he’ll get us over the hump, that’s an Isiah Thomas move.

You know its funny, because right after I posted that, I remembered Ben Gordon was 6 foot 3. I thought that wouldn’t be a great move, but then I thought I’d rather have him over Okafor in D’Antoni’s system. I would really love that if Walsh wanted Collison, he would try to pawn off Emeka Okafor on a team that needs a 5 and we take a more useful overpaid guy, like Gordon. Just trying to think out of the box, and stir up some conversation. A team like Golden State, Philly, Detroit, Portland, or Sacramento could all use Okafor’s services (tough, defensive 5), but don’t have the cap space to offer New Orleans cap relief. Maybe Okafor is better than whoever one of those teams is looking to get rid of, but I hope we can turn that fat contract we inevitably have to take back into something more useful than Okafor.

http://dberri.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/rodney-stuckey-equals-rajon-rondo-2/

According to Dave Berri, Gordon cost them wins. Wins Produced isn’t a perfect metric, but something tells me that it’s not terrible off-the-mark when it comes to his play. His PER last year was 14.0, below average, and his TS% of .534 isn’t exactly comforting. Do you really think Gordon is a starter on a conference powerhouse?

I mean, really– he’s got a player option in 2013-14 for $13.5M. Is that something you really want as a Knicks fan? It reeks of Isiah.