Billy King may resurface with the Knicks

On Apr 1, 10:58 pm, Chris Fried <chris....TakeThisOut@dontspamme.upenn.edu> wrote:
> wro....TakeThisOut@temple.edu wrote:
>
> : I'm just saying . . .http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-spknix295630363mar...
> :
> HAHAHAHAHAHA

On the other hand, the current coach and crop of players are his work,
no? And would you, theoretically, rather have the current bundle of
Knick contracts going into the '08-'09 season or the Sixers bundle of
contracts?

wes
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> > HAHAHAHAHAHA
>
> On the other hand, the current coach and crop of players are his work,
> no? And would you, theoretically, rather have the current bundle of
> Knick contracts going into the '08-'09 season or the Sixers bundle of
> contracts?

A few months ago I would have got a good belly laugh out of
that, too. But -- past horrible contracts aside -- the young talent
we've got
was his doing. I'm not at all worried about hearing "I told ya' so"
from Ed
Wade. But with what we've seen from Billy's kids, I'm not so sure we
won't be hearing it from wherver he ends up.

-Chris
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On Apr 2, 5:52 pm, VadaPinson <mutsu....DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > HAHAHAHAHAHA
>
> > On the other hand, the current coach and crop of players are his work,
> > no? And would you, theoretically, rather have the current bundle of
> > Knick contracts going into the '08-'09 season or the Sixers bundle of
> > contracts?

It might be said that the Sixers are currently benefitting from King
not being able to meddle with his own work. King was always quite
good with the draft when he actually would select a player instead of
giving into the urge even to meddle with that (see for instance the
"clever" but ultimately pointless and failed maneuvering he did with
the third 1st round pick the team had in last year's draft). Still,
his picks have been pretty solid, if not inspired: Todd McCulloch
(pick 47), Dalembert (26), Iguodala (9), Williams (45), Young (13), as
well as Korver (51 by New Jersey and acquired in a simple deal for
cash).
However, King was always looking to meddle and not in any fine-tuning
way but in trying to make the big trade--and perpetually making the
team worse since 2001 with the panic trade for Mutombo after Ratliff's
injury (despite the finals appearance, the Sixers had the best record
in the league before the trade and obviously Mutombo was ultimately
deemed a quick fix ready for the next downgrading trade to NJ).
And I don't really think that he should be getting positive credit for
the Sixers' contract position now that they're just getting clear of
the horrible contracts that he authorized. Let's say that spending
about $60M over two years to no longer even have Webber and McKie on
the roster anymore is not something to be proud of once that massive
weight is finally lifted. And apparently ownership largely agreed
that they didn't want the same person to have the ability to create
the same kind of mess.

--IK
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