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Not a good first impression

March

Randolph Morris deserved better.

What kind of person would throw a kid who doesn’t know how to swim off the back of a boat? That’s kind of what Isiah Thomas did in this situation.

Morris went 2 for 16 in the last two games, and never looked comfortable. He’s better than what showed. My biggest issue with the developing big man is that he knows the Knicks are desperate for somebody to block shots and rebound. He didn’t make much of an effort in either area.

That’s how role players stick in the league, find a hole and fill it.

It sounds like Morris wants to come back next season, but I’m guessing the Knicks won’t lock in until they’ve gone through a busy summer and see what kind of roster space they have.

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 at 10:30 pm by Mike Dougherty.
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3 Responses to “Not a good first impression”

Jeff March 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 am
It’s not just that Isiah threw “Morris off the boat.” It’s that he had him for a year and never taught him how to swim!

Isiah was supposed to be, if nothing else, a guy who could spot and develop talent. Well, now that we see the Emperor has no clothes it’s obvious that Isiah has no talent for developing talent.

The guy has got to go. He was the worst mistake in New York sports history in my lifetime (which is longer than I’d like to admit)!
Trin March 24th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Nice post Jeff!
~ Itâ€™s that he had him for a year and never taught him how to swim! – classic! lol
dan March 24th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I’m happy that we’re blatantly tanking. Pat Riley started before we did by deactivating Wade. I was sure we were going to beat Memphis and Minnesota. Good to bench Zach. The only problem is that we see how far we truly have to go. It does not look like the teams young players are better than anyone elses. We have a total rebuild on our hands. Isiah, who will not be around for it, is at least doing us a favor by trying to get ahead of Memphis and Minny in the ping pong ball chase.

If we’re starting over anyway it’s best to do it around our next franchise player if we can.

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