I can`t think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven`t played in this league.
How can I tell the eighth or ninth man on the team that I want you to work hard every day and I want you to improve and get better, but while you`re doing that you`re not going to get any minutes?
All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn`t allow myself to think that way or believe that.