The Knicks could have drafted ______

JD1121 · Post #1 » by **JD1121** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:41 pm

The Knicks could have drafted _______ but instead they drafted _________

What's your favorite?

Mine is:

Amare instead of Nene

defjux21 · Post #2 » by **defjux21** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:43 pm

Artest instead of Weis

Post #3 » by **Tommy Udo 6** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:45 pm

JD1121 wrote:The Knicks could have drafted _______ but instead they drafted _________

What's your favorite?

Mine is:

Amare instead of Nene

but wasnt the pick traded? That means Knicks are drafting Nene because Denver told them to draft Nene for them.

JD1121 · Post #4 » by **JD1121** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:47 pm

Tommy Udo 6 wrote:
JD1121 wrote:The Knicks could have drafted _______ but instead they drafted _________

What's your favorite?

Mine is:

Amare instead of Nene

but wasnt the pick traded? That means Knicks are drafting Nene because Denver told them to draft Nene for them.

Yea i think that was for Antonio McDyess and I think I would still rather have Amare

NY The Truth · Post #5 » by **NY The Truth** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:57 pm

O.j Mayo but David Lee killed the deal.

KNEMESIS · Post #6 » by **KNEMESIS** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:01 pm

1. Nene (trade) / Amare
2. Weiss / Artest
3. Balkman / Rondo
4. D. Nichols / Sessions
5. Gallinari / B. Lopez (hopefully this pans out for us)

knick4life1218 · Post #7 » by **knick4life1218** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:06 pm

wilson chandler instead of josh mcroberts ....damn!!

CanadianKnicksFan · Post #8 » by **CanadianKnicksFan** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:08 pm

jwbrooklyn wrote:3. Balkman / Rondo

yeah but 99% Ny fans wanted Williams, lol.

#1knickfan · Post #9 » by **#1knickfan** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:09 pm

The Knicks could have drafted _______ but instead they drafted _________

What's your favorite?

Mine is:

Amare instead of Nene

The Knicks could have drafted someone who wasn't so likely to be a bust and actually played a position of need but instead they drafted Gallinari.

Hemispheres · Post #10 » by **Hemispheres** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:12 pm

Weiss over Artest definitely hurt the most. It's not even one of those hindsight things, EVERYONE knew that was a mistake when it happened. In a recent TNT or ESPN game where JVG was commentating he even brought it up.

I also would have liked to seen Ellis/Granger/Bynum over Frye.

Bill Bradley · Post #11 » by **Bill Bradley** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:17 pm

Yep, Granger/Bynum and Frye.

knick4life1218 · Post #12 » by **knick4life1218** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:24 pm

everybody wanted gerald green instead of frye, marcus williams over balkman, and bayless over galinarri

Bill Bradley · Post #13 » by **Bill Bradley** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:25 pm

Yeah, it's true, I wanted Green. I wanted Sergio over Balkman or Mardy.

Johnny Hoops · Post #14 » by **Johnny Hoops** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:44 pm

Weis over Artest is the one that ripped my heart out -- in my mind there was no way we were passing on Ron-Ron -- when I heard Freddies name I fell to my knees.

I did some quick research dating back a few years -- it's remarkable how many years since the mid-80s the Knicks didn't even have a 1st round pick.

Here are some guys we missed on....

92 Hubert Davis over Sprewell
96 J. Wallace & W. McCarty over Big Z Ilgauskis
99 Weise over Artest, Posey and AK47
2002 Nene over Amare, C. Butler & T. Prince
2003 Sweetney over Diaw, Barbosa, Pietrus, David West, Travis Outlaw and Josh Howard

Interestingly enough Mardy Collins (who is getting some minutes with the Clips) may end up having a longer shelf life than this list of characters drafted ahead of him......

Sheldon Williams
Patrick OBryant
Saer Sene
Thabo Sefalosha
Cedrick Simmons
Rodney Carney
Sean Williams
Oleski Petcherov
Quincy Douby
Marcus Williams
Shannon Brown
Maurice Ager

It just goes to show you what a crap shoot the draft is --- even high in the first round.

Let's all kneel and say a prayer for Gallo.

knick4life1218 · Post #15 » by **knick4life1218** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:44 pm

i wonder who isiah would of drafted this year? he probably would of drafted bayless or randolph

Johnny Hoops · Post #16 » by **Johnny Hoops** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:47 pm

Johnny Hoops wrote:Weis over Artest is the one that ripped my heart out -- in my mind there was no way we were passing on Ron-Ron -- when I heard Freddies name I fell to my knees.

I did some quick research dating back a few years -- it's remarkable how many years since the mid-80s the Knicks didn't even have a 1st round pick.

Here are some guys we missed on....

92 Hubert Davis over Sprewell
96 J. Wallace & W. McCarty over Big Z Ilgauskis
99 Weise over Artest, Posey and AK47
2002 Nene over Amare, C. Butler & T. Prince
2003 Sweetney over Diaw, Barbosa, Pietrus, David West, Travis Outlaw and Josh Howard

Interestingly enough Mardy Collins (who is getting some minutes with the Clips) may end up having a longer shelf life than this list of characters drafted ahead of him......

Sheldon Williams
Patrick OBryant
Saer Sene
Thabo Sefalosha
Cedrick Simmons
Rodney Carney
Sean Williams
Oleski Petcherov
Quincy Douby
Marcus Williams
Shannon Brown
Maurice Ager

It just goes to show you what a crap shoot the draft is --- even high in the first round.

Let's all kneel and say a prayer for Gallo.

This thread also shows you that soft Euro's like Freddy Weiss & others aren't the only guys that bust out -- obviously a very high % of american born players fail the NBA grade as well. It just goes to show you how talented and or lucky you need to be to cut the NBA grade.

defjux21 · Post #17 » by **defjux21** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:08 pm

jwbrooklyn wrote:1. Nene (trade) / Amare
2. Weiss / Artest
3. Balkman / Rondo
4. D. Nichols / Sessions
5. Gallinari / R. Lopez (hopefully this pans out for us)

I hope you mean Brook, not Robin.

Post #18 » by **Manhattan Project** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:13 pm

Granger Over Frye is the recent one that still hurts.

vallen · Post #19 » by **vallen** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:24 pm

ieatcurry wrote:everybody wanted gerald green instead of frye, marcus williams over balkman, and bayless over galinarri

LOL, Guilty on all accounts......Thats the truth Ruth.

haterade · Post #20 » by **haterade** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:25 pm

Its easy to look back at it now and see who is having a better career in the NBA. For example in the John Wallace draft, the Knicks got Wallace, Dante, and McCarty when that happened I was excited because of the prospect of Wallace and Dante having strong showings in the NCAA tournament. No one knew of Ilgauskas. From what I remember when Nene was drafted Amare said something like he did not want to play in NY.