Comments on: Donnie Walsh Press Conference: Highlights & Thoughts

By: Thomas B.

Thomas B. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:18:19 +0000

For those who doubt Isiah’s eye for drafting talented players, I present to you Wilson Chandler.

David Lee, Nate Robinson, Renaldo Balkman, and Wilson Chandler were all fine picks. I mean, who had even heard of Chandler when we drafted him?

I hope that Walsh finds a way to keep Thomas as a lead scout or director of player development. Somehing that keeps him away from the bench and the trade phones.

By: jimmy p

jimmy p — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:55:21 +0000

D. Rose

Watching Rose this year I don’t think it would be fair to call him a “shoot-first” guard. If anything he should be more aggressive with his shot. Liked very much how he penetrated and moved and then distributed the ball.

When they needed his offense he stepped it up and made plays and sunk shots. Will be great playing for the Knicks new coach.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:35:50 +0000

HEy Rose was ok last night. Maybe an off game . Maybe he has a tough time vs superior defenders. I dont know. I dont think he took the game into his own hands enough. I just saw him giving the ball up too early and not making somthing happen. He didnt look to get into the paint enough and would dish to CDR and try to make him do something. Its a growth process for him. I think he’ll be ok. Im sensing a bit too much hype around him though. Still like Deron Williams better.

By: jbug187

jbug187 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:43:59 +0000

what did everyone think of derrick rose last night? they said something about him still having a stomach bug during the game. Even so, I just wasn’t very impressed. I think Isiah would love him because he looks like he’s all offense, but the fact is if we’re going to draft a young PG to build around he shouldn’t be a shoot first guard. We need a play-making distributer who can lock down on the defensive end. Didn’t see much of either of those things last night. What were everyone else’s impressions?

PS – Just picked up an Oakley’s Car Wash t-shirt the other day in BK. Real recognize real. Dig?

By: justin

justin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:01:14 +0000

the knicks need to do whatever is in their power to acquire derrick rose.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:32:17 +0000

ess….i coulndt have said it better myself. Chances of us getting Derrick Rose are slim to none. We only hurt those chances with this foolish win vs Orlando. Who cares!!! Look at D. Rose today you could see a bunch of weaknesses. Damn those Kansas guards can play some D! Chalmers and Robinson, those are some quality guys. They are the same size as Collison and played far better D. CDR was still impressive. He will be very good at the next level. They had to use moving traps to stop him from scoring. If we get lucky we might end up with Rose. If not we might get a Bayless or Mayo. One of these guys might turn out better than Rose or equal. YOU DONT KNOW. We’ll have to wait and………..

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:30:05 +0000

Relax on the “devastating wins” everybody. How often does one of the worst 3 teams get the top pick? Rarely. Remember the whiny Boston fans last year? Of course, I would like to get that 4th spot so the worst we could place is 7th, right? Which is unlikely.
I’m feeling positive about the Knicks right now (maybe because I’ve stopped watching them.)
-Walsh was definitely the right move as prez.
-The change in media policy is a great thing.
-Chandler looks like he could develop into an interesting component.
-We have a top 7 draft pick in a very deep draft.
-We could potentially bring in a great coach (if Detroit gets bounced early this year, what about Flip Saunders? Lots of good options out there.)
-oh yeah, and ZEKE IS ALMOST GONE!
Yes our salary cap’s a mess and we gave away way too many draft picks, but if the Celtics can turn it around, so can we. Chemistry and intelligent coaching are the keys.
Curry’s got to go. Crawford’s fg% makes me sick to my stomach. Hell, I would turn Curry into Brian Cardinal straight up at this point (how did Cardinal get that contract anyway… oh right, Saint Jerry West…) If we could get Lowry I think it’s worth it. James, Q, Jeffries… they will be real problems to move. We’ll just have to wait it out, coach up the young’ns.
Feel the positivity, Knicks fans!

By: Danis

Danis — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:25:56 +0000

great article on the season

http://nymag.com/news/sports/45787/

By: ari

ari — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:15:11 +0000

don’t expect us to lose out, the knicks have games against detroit/boston – games in which those teams starters will sit out, and these knicks are so dumb as to get “pumped up” to “beat” elite teams down the stretch – and since Isiah knows he’s most likely a goner, it’s very conceivable that he’ll try to win those games to stick it to the organization – again, the knicks can hire and fire anybody, what they need is the ability to get players that can play, and the only way they can do that with any real improvement at this point is the draft, and the possibility of a Derrick Rose, or Michael Beasly – the possibility of the best player available to them. So at this point, saying that doing something that reduces those chances “incremental” is really ignoring the obvious – losing every single game at this point is really all the Knicks can do to redeem something from this season. And last night’s victory, as well as any the rest of way, just will do more to delay and chance for a good future.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:38:49 +0000

it’s not a monumental disaster, it’s an incremental disaster. we still have a pretty good shot at 4th worst record if we lose out, Memphis still has another game against Minnesota and one against Miami.