Upon the NBA Draft

Renaldo Balkman and Mardy Collins. The Knicks now have a full continget of young players fit for a rebuilding team. Nate Robinson can play the point, with Collins at the 2. David Lee and Balkman at the forwards, and Frye in the middle. This is an athletic team with defenders at almost every position, and two capable playmakers. The problem lies in the fact that they play on the Knicks, and Isiah has one year to fix the team or lose his job.

This moron of a GM/President/Coach has noone but Dolan to check his moves now. He will probably move Frye and Lee for someone like Jerry Stackhouse or Michael Finley, or take a system guy like Shawn Marion out of the system he thrives in (much like he did with Q-Rich) and try to slam some more square pegs into round holes. The Knicks need a young player 1 or two skilled vets approach to winning 40 games and praying for an 8 seed.

Everyone is killing the picks this year, but that seems to be the one thing Isiah can do well. I would not be at all surprised to see Balkman as a Ben Wallace-Udonis Haslem type of player. He will get his ass beat by Curry, Rose, Taylor and Lee in practice, and he will be better for it. Balkman will probably be the marginal type 2 guard who floats around the league, but we'll see.

This draft would in all probability not have helped the Knicks unless they saw the potential to move Marbury. Losing the 2 pick to the Bulls was unfortunate, but I do belive that Curry has a chance still to be a special player. He is entering the Jermaine O'Neal period right now, and was just a highschooler when he came into the league. As presently constituted, Marbury, Francis, Richardson, Frye, and Curry can work as a 5, with Crawford, Lee, Rose, and Robinson off the pine. Make the rookies work, try for a SENSIBLE trade, and maybe, just maybe the Knicks avoid an embarassment.