13. The Leon Rose Rebuild Orchestrator: Leon Rose, with: William “World Wide Wes” Wesley (Rose’s confidant), Brock Aller (a salary-cap maven), Scott Perry (the holdover GM who had done a good job getting the Knicks […]
12. The Steve Mills-Scott Perry Rebuild Orchestrator: Steve Mills as President, with Scott Perry as GM Highlights: Signed Tim Hardaway Jr Before Hiring a GM: Steve Mills took charge and signed Tim Hardaway to big […]
11. The Phil Jackson Rebuild Orchestrator: Phil Jackson Highlights: Ushered in the Era of The Triangle After months of swirling rumors, Phil Jackson was finally announced as President of Knicks in March, 2014. He replaced […]
10. The Glen Grunwald Rebuild Orchestrator: Glen Grunwald Highlights: Donnie Walsh quit on June 3, 2011 and assistant GM Glen Grunwald inherited general management of the team. Grunwald was a 6’9 forward who played college […]
9. The Donnie Walsh Rebuild Orchestrator: Donnie Walsh Highlights: On Walsh’s initial press conference, he side swiped former GM Isiah Thomas, saying Isiah seemed to be building a team designed for the 1980’s, with big […]
8. The Isiah Thomas Rebuild Orchestrator: Isiah Thomas Highlights: Isiah Thomas was given the impossible task — turn over a roster that Scott Layden had assembled that was old, unathletic, undertalented, overpaid, way over the […]
7. The Scott Layden Rebuild Orchestrator: Scott Layden Highlights: Traded Patrick Ewing for Glen Rice It was a 3-team trade with Seattle and the Lakers with multiple players involved, but that essentially was the trade […]
6. The Patrick Ewing Rebuild III (Houston/Sprewell/Larry Johnson/Camby) Orchestrator: Ernie Grunfeld Highlights: After Pat Riley quit as coach, GM Ernie Grunfeld replaced him with Don Nelson and THAT didn’t work — the Knicks were 34-25 […]
5. The Patrick Ewing Rebuild II (Pat Riley) Orchestrator: Dave Checketts became President of the Knicks at 35 yrs old (he came from Utah where he became their GM at age 28). Checketts replaced Al […]
4. The Ewing Rebuild I (Bomb Squad) Orchestrator: GM Al Bianchi Highlights: The night Dave DeBusschere won the lottery and the right to pick Patrick Ewing, it looked like the Knicks were destined to win […]
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