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Originally Posted by Kiyaman
I cant buy this Celtics thing because they had one Super-Star Player (Paul Pierce) on the team that let the organization "BIG-DUMMY Danny Ainge" know about each cancer player he added to the roster since Liquor Store Baker.
I cant buy the Scott Layden issue either, Scott Layden left alot of decent asset players that was working with Coach Chaney, plus five ending contract players that season.
It was Layden Players that took Isiah Thomas to his only Knick Postseason.
If one hav'nt learned anything about Isiah Thomas as a player, coach, and Owner, and G.M. Performances, then the Anucha Trial should've showed everyone that Isiah have poor relations with Player, Personal, and Friends through the participation of Marbury performance this season.
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I personally can't buy Paul Pierce being a "superstar." When you look at players in the discussion of superstar, names like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have to be included and I just do not see Pierce being in that sort of discussion. Both Kobe and LeBron (especially Kobe) have managed to win with just as much if not less talent than Pierce in recent years. I think that alone should suggest that Pierce is a hell of a player but not a superstar. This would suggest that the Celtics situation was not very much different, in this sense, than the Knicks.
As for those "cancers" your referring to, the managed to land both Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett. They must have had some value behind them in order to be dealt for those names.
I'm definately not buying Scott Layden leaving alot of "assets" after his firing. Expiring contracts can't do very much of anything for you if all that's left behind are aging back-up caliber veterans with long term contracts. You could always let those contracts expire but that would have done little to nothing for a Knick team that would have still be left far above the cap and unable to make any major moves financially for a key player. I think your also off base concerning the Layden players comment and them helping Isiah make the playoffs his first year here. If you recall correctly, Stephon Marbury, Tim Thomas, Nazr Mohammad, Vin Baker Moochie Norris, Anfernee Hardaway, Bruno Sundov, Cezary Trybanski and DeMarr Johnson were on that team. That's a total of 8 players out of a roster of 15; 5 of those players represented our 8 man rotation during those playoffs. I think it is pretty apparent who was really responsible for us being in the playoffs that year.