Spurs Hire GM Who Destroyed the Knicks

[NewYorkNoPicks]

While Isiah gets a lot of heat for the Knicks struggles during the 2000s, in reality the man was made the captain of a sinking ship....The man responsible for steering the Titanic that was the Knicks into that iceberg was named Scott Layden.

Some of Laydens famous moves:

Howard Eisley 6 years $40 million

Shandon Anderson 5 years $40 million

Clarence Weatherspoon $8 million a year (cant remember the num of yrs)

Allan Houston 5 years $100 Million

Patrick Ewing for Glen Rice and Luc Longley

Marcus Camby and Nene for Antonio McDyess

Selected Mike Sweetney over Amare Stoudemire

Latrell Sprewell for Keith Van Horn

*years of contracts are off the top of my head but are close

[Trentknicks]

Not sure if Spurs are serious, they are meant to be the best run organization around the league?

[imdaman99]

fckin layden... set the knicks like 10 yrs back... and isiah finished them off

[NewYorkNoPicks]

fckin layden... set the knicks like 10 yrs back... and isiah finished them off

Give me Isiah every day of the week over Layden. Atleast Isiah made some moves that brought in proven talent at times. I was loving that trevor Ariza for Steve Francis deal at the time. Nobody knew Stevie would fall victim to drugs and fall off the map in his 6th season

[knickballer]

Give me Isiah every day of the week over Layden. Atleast Isiah made some moves that brought in proven talent at times. I was loving that trevor Ariza for Steve Francis deal at the time. Nobody knew Stevie would fall victim to drugs and fall off the map in his 6th season

You got to be kidding me. That was a horrible trade at the time and everyone knew it. Horrible contract, we gave up picks and a young player and Francis was the worst possible fit to have on the roster at the time. A backcourt of Marbury and Francis is hilarious

[Xiao Yao You]

Not sure if Spurs are serious, they are meant to be the best run organization around the league?

The Spurs modeled themselves after the Jazz where Layden was a huge part so it makes plenty of sense.

[NewYorkNoPicks]

You got to be kidding me. That was a horrible trade at the time and everyone knew it. Horrible contract, we gave up picks and a young player and Francis was the worst possible fit to have on the roster at the time. A backcourt of Marbury and Francis is hilarious

Francis had come off a 22ppg 6apg season in Orlando and had put upthose numbers his whole career. He was Russell Westbrook before Russell Westbrook. Yea obviously him and Marbury is a strange mix but from a talent standpoint we won that trade by a mile....on paper. Had Francis not fallen into drug addiction following the deal we could have shipped him or Marbury out for a capable sidekick that fit our team better. Its all about acquiring talent. You get the best player available and worry about how it fits later.

[Xiao Yao You]

You get the best player available and worry about how it fits later.

That's why the Knicks under Layden and Isiah failed and why they will continue to fail. Marbury and Brown was horrible. Adding Francis was ridiculous!

[magictricked]

While Isiah gets a lot of heat for the Knicks struggles during the 2000s, in reality the man was made the captain of a sinking ship....The man responsible for steering the Titanic that was the Knicks into that iceberg was named Scott Layden.

And this effects his ability to run the Spurs scouting department how?

[NewYorkNoPicks]

And this effects his ability to run the Spurs scouting department how?

Mike Sweetney over Amare Stoudemire

Frederic Weiss ( the guy Vince Carter literally junped over during the olympics) over Ron Artest

...great scout...

[magictricked]

Mike Sweetney over Amare Stoudemire

Frederic Weiss ( the guy Vince Carter literally junped over during the olympics) over Ron Artest

...great scout...

Spurs think differently. You know the Spurs, probably the best run front office in the league.

Layden was great in Utah, then he goes to the worst run team in the league and mysteriously sucked now the team with an A+ record wants him. What doesn't fit in this scenario?

You're saying he was lucky or something in Utah, then his true abilities came to surface in NY now the Spurs who strike gold while they sleep makes a monstrous mistake in hiring him. You probably need to rethink some things, I'm going to stick with the Spurs know what they are doing and you don't have a clue

[NewYorkNoPicks]

Spurs think differently. You know the Spurs, probably the best run front office in the league.

Layden was great in Utah, then he goes to the worst run team in the league and mysteriously sucked now the team with an A+ record wants him. What doesn't fit in this scenario?

You're saying he was lucky or something in Utah, then his true abilities came to surface in NY now the Spurs who strike gold while they sleep makes a monstrous mistake in hiring him. You probably need to rethink some things, I'm going to stick with the Spurs know what they are doing and you don't have a clue

Knicks one of the worst run teams? At that time? Obviously you didnt watch basketball prior to 2001. The poor management was pnly the past decade.

Knicks 1987 to 2001 = 14 straight playoff appearances

Knick roster prior to Layden went to Finals the year before and had a team of : Patrick Ewing, Marcus Camby, Larry Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Allan Houston = a top 3 team in the league at that time, maybe top 5 at worst.

The poor management BEGAN with Layden

[magictricked]

The poor management BEGAN with Layden

Poor management began with Dolan in 98.
Stop trying to deflect the problem. Knicks have steadily declined under the current head management team led by Dolan, it can't be they've hired that many bad GMs in a row, funny how so many of these guys do great other places then suck when they get to NY

[BlackVVaves]

First off...

Francis had come off a 22ppg 6apg season in Orlando and had put upthose numbers his whole career. He was Russell Westbrook before Russell Westbrook. Yea obviously him and Marbury is a strange mix but from a talent standpoint we won that trade by a mile....on paper. Had Francis not fallen into drug addiction following the deal we could have shipped him or Marbury out for a capable sidekick that fit our team better. Its all about acquiring talent. You get the best player available and worry about how it fits later.

Westbrook, in only his fourth year, is a better player than Steve Francis ever, ever was. Ever. Like no, ever. So no, he wasn't Westbrook before Westbrook. More like, he was Westbrook before Westbrook actually knew how to play in the NBA.

Second...

Knick roster prior to Layden went to Finals the year before and had a team of : Patrick Ewing, Marcus Camby, Larry Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Allan Houston = a top 3 team in the league at that time, maybe top 5 at worst.

Way to be a homer, history revisionist. Name the top 10 teams in the league in that 1998-1999 lockout season.

[El Kabong]

He's just going to be assistant GM, not a huge thing to get worked up over. Spurs had Danny Ferry there previously, which he seemed to do well in and then he sucked as a GM on his own.

Kind of funny since the Jazz hired the Spurs previous assistant GM Dennis Lindsey as their new GM and now the Spurs take one of the Jazz assistant coaches to replace him.