Yeah, I don’t think anyone would mind if Knight had a Hall of Fame career and became one of the best defensive guards of all-time. That comparison might be setting the bar just a tad high though. 

I believe we have to small of a sample set to pigeonhole Knight into the 6th man or low end starter category.  You probably see things differently and it is cool that we disagree at this point.  The bottomline is we both want to see our team succeed and if a big part of that success is a player we are both fond of (Knight), we would no doubt both be happy.

Foye is a good comparison with Knight.  He’s at least a much comparison better than Kwame Brown.  I think Damion Lillard’s game resembles Randy Foyes more than Knight.  Knight is a little more frenzied in his approach to the game.  The way he attacks reminds me of Gary Payton.  I am hopeful he will experience the same measure of success as GP.

Bird coached the team from the ’97-’98 season to the ’99-’00 season. They made the finals, but Bird was wiped & Isiah took over. He coached there from ’00-’01 to ’02-’03. They made the playoffs but got bounced in the first round every year. Then Carlisle came in, got their record back over .600 again & got them to the ECF. They probably would’ve gotten there again except Artest derailed the whole thing.

Point is, before & after Isiah the Pacers had something like a .680 winning%. During the Isiah years they were more like .530. That’s a difference of 12 wins!

I’d take Frank over Isiah any day, Kuester vs. Isiah is a wash of coaching ineptitude, and Curry… well, he’s worse, no argument there. You would argue he’s a better man now… maybe, but he’s not a better coach.