Garbagelo wrote:knickstape4ever wrote:While Thibodeau is the sensible candidate to rep the Knicks during lottery proceedings Aug. 20, make no mistake: This is still Perry’s draft.it seems as tho Perry isn't as powerless now as some fans think
As usual, they bungle everything up
They are unable to ever get a clean slate because they continue putting the cart in front of the horse and that cart happens to be filled with bricks and the horse is actually a pony. Brain cells actually matter and we can't buy one because we are capped out.
And yes, this rebuild will fail too
"This is still Perry's draft"
I saw nothing in that article that really supported that.
I read stuff that stated "Perry is still around, was in the zoom meeting, is doing some pro scouting in Orlando, and will be at the draft in person when it happens"
And Berman takes those words that he wrote, and says the most agitating thing he can, because that's what he does: "Make no mistake, this is Perry's draft"
Let's be a little sensible. Sure the Knicks could f*ck this whole thing up. That's a given. But that could happen no matter what Perry's role is or isn't.
The guy is under contract for a year. He has the title of GM, the job he was hired for. What, all of a sudden they aren't going to let the guy talk at a press conference (zoom)? Not talk to the press? Not do some scouting? Not have his ass on a draft dais?
This is what I think happened:
- Dolan insisted Perry stay on until end of contract because $
- Rose was willing for multiple reasons:
- For transition, particular under the 'rona conditions
- That he can sideline Perry to a degree - guys above AND below him in the org have been replaced. Two Asst GM types Perry hired have their contracts up in August - a few posters helpfully pointed that out to me
- That Perry is liked and respected around the league as a FO guy if not a GM and has relationships around the league. Rose is a relationships guy, understands their value. He's not going to come in and sh*t on Perry's head.
- I think there is a kind of diplomatic dance going on. The Knicks state Perry is still the GM, but he's not REALLY the GM. He's doing Asst GM stuff. He's EXECUTING stuff, because he knows how things work, but other people are doing the leg work, the vision, the choices. And the Rose isn't going to embarrass Perry by obviously publicly sidelining him. The delicate part is that Perry get treated with respect INTERNALLY, stuff we don't see. Where Perry knows he's on the outs, where Rose knows he's on the outs. Where Perry knows Rose knows (I suppose) but he is given enough to do and treated with some respect and dignity. Both to make the year go well, and also so Perry doesn't start trashing the new regime back channel.
I don't know. The Knicks could be dumb enough to let the lame duck guy draft again like with Phil, but there's also the case that Berman seeded that idea to create another story later on about "Knicks dysfunction". And with Dolan around, Knicks dysfunction is real, but I just don't trust Berman and I laid out another pretty plausible scenario.
It's not wholly "Perry's draft". Perry's team drafted Knox, which sucked, but also got Mitch and picked up Trier UDFA. They moved up a few spots for Iggy, but obviously verdict is out on that, other than I think it was solid to pick up a guy I think is clearly a bench contributor and they spent some $ to capitalize on the luck that the guy had dropped maybe 5-8 slots in the draft and ensured the luck didn't evaporate one slot before them. So Perry will get to participate and suggest, but I think it's Perrin/Zannin who have the last word with Rose.
Yes, I wish they would have let Perry go and got a new GM in.
