mpharris36 wrote:robillionaire wrote:mpharris36 wrote:
You got to give it up to Leon/Aller/WWW and Co. They have seemed to have pulled the trigger on the right deals at the right time.
I don't see how anyone can say the RJ/IQ for OG deal was bad for Knicks
I don't see how anyone can say the Randle/DD for KAT deal was bad for the Knicks.
Mikal trade still is a bit up in the air but if he settles in nicely and we get to where we want to go no one will care where a majority of those picks in the 20's will be.
Imagine the Knicks now without some of these trades...
Mikal deal looking shaky and probably an overpay but can be worth it if we win. The grimes trade last year was bad. The reddish trade was bad but they recovered with the Hart theft. A few questionable signings like Kemba and Fournier and Mitch but overall nothing too killer. Every other deal looking pretty solid to me.
no one is going to bat 100% in moves.
I don't see how you can call the Grimes trade a bad trade. The purpose of that trade was to move off Fournier and acquire Bogs/Burks that could help us this year...and then be able to use the Bogs expiring next year to acquire a player in the future. Which was used as matching salary for Bridges...so the trade had multiple purposes. Also Grimes is notorious streaky player...he had 3 really good games in Dallas but I don't trust him...even in college he was a streaky shooter...DET even traded him after we did.
The Reddish move was probably our worse move...they probably tried to acquire a talented player for below market (they felt) and get him into our "system" and turn his talent into a winning player but it didn't click because he just wasn't a thibs guy. Ultimately that was good to know...because FO rarely has acquired a non thibs guy and tried to put him onto the team. All the guys we are now acquiring seem to fit how we want to play and buy-in. So sometimes mistakes help you learn and they pivoted to Hart who is one of our best moves.
I didn't like the early FA moves for Kemba and Fournier they were chasing Thibs wins but they were acquiring non defensive players.
Ultimately everything comes back to Brunson though. As much as Thibs built the winning culture...so did Brunson. We had that bubble playoff run with the Randle led team which wasn't sustainable. We got washed by ATL in the playoffs.
Brunson changed the game and got to give Leon credit....his relationship there helped us build this foundation.
Mikal deal is not shaky if his first 15 or so game performance was simply and mainly part of the acclimation process. So many are ready to write him off not understanding coming to a new team and learning a new system often has a learning curve involved both for the player and the coaching.
RIP mags
