‘Zeke Speak’ – Isaiah Thomas Right About Billups!

Hall of Fame NBA point guard Isaiah Thomas recently came out and said what I’ve been saying all along – that the New York Knicks were damn fools for parting ways with veteran point guard Chauncey Billups, even though the team’s addition of veteran center Tyson Chandler was a solid acquisition.

"The guard play right now in the NBA is off the charts,'' Thomas said. "Losing Chauncey, I thought he brought a veteran leadership to the team. His savviness and guard play has always been severely undervalued. Detroit found that out when they let Chauncey go. I think there was a certain amount of leadership to what he brought to [the Knicks] last year.''

"If you don't have great guards, it's hard to put together a game plan,'' Thomas said. "You're only as good a coach as your guards."

The Knicks waived Billups with the league’s new amnesty clause in order to clear up cap space to sign Chandler. Unfortunately, as I've already pointed out Eye on Sports readers, the Knicks don’t have anyone to bring the ball up court or initiate the team’s offense and that’s just dumb!