Knicks Defense

All the Knicks fans I’ve been speaking to lately are losing faith.
We’ve been losing in January, Lee got snubbed from the all-star team, and LeBron isn’t coming.
I still have hope for this year’s playoffs goal.
Was December just a fluke like when the Knicks won games in January with Larry Brown?
I say go back to basics. [...]

This is not the Isiah Thomas regime.
I’m seeing signs of development.
I’m seeing Gallinari turn into a star player.
He’s got everything in my eyes.
He’s played D, he shares the ball, he competes,
but more than anything he scores the ball.
Not showing much guts at getting into the paint, but believe me, if he keeps hitting that 3-ball [...]

I apologize for the lack of posts towards the end of July. Not much happening in Knicks land right now, so I figure we might as well take inventory of just what we had at the end of 2007-2008 New York Knicks season, and what exactly we have as of right now, having [...]

Randolph Morris doesn’t count due to the fact that he never got to play.
And as much as it pains me to write this, Isiah Thomas is still getting paid to be a Knick.
Drum roll, please.
So according to Ken Berger, the first Knick player voted off Donnie Walsh’s island may in fact be… Renaldo Balkman. [...]

“I think he’ll flourish,” said Mike Krzyzewski, who coached Duhon for four years at Duke. “My feeling is he’ll be one of the leaders in the league in assists in Mike’s system. That will make everybody better.”
“I think he’s the kind of guy that the New York Knicks always had,” Walsh said. “A guy [...]

Free agency opens up tomorrow, and the Knicks are rumored to be meeting with free agent Chris Duhon and his representation about coming to New York to run the show.
It should be noted that in recent years, Duhon has been punished several times for missing Bulls team practices.
The Knicks may look very different come November–if [...]

you can download the schedule here:
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The Knicks don’t play until July 14th, which is a Monday. Danilo Gallinari is expected to play in the summer league, and there are rumors that some of the Knicks veterans such as Eddy Curry and Nate Robinson will participate in some of the games.
To watch the games, you [...]

So, all BS politically correct answers aside, how long did the current Knicks regime know they wanted to draft Danilo Gallinari?
Did Mike D’Antoni and Donnie Walsh know they wanted Gallinari before they sent Isiah Thomas across the pond to scout in Europe?
Does Isiah deserve any credit should Gallinari become a NY favorite at any point [...]

Michael Redd and Bucks GM Larry Harris are both on the radar for Knicks President Donnie Walsh as the 2008 NBA Draft draws closer.