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Dave Gettleman took a beating in 12-round bout with media

Dave Gettleman in one corner, the media in the other corner, they should have held this one inside the squared circle at Madison Square Garden.

Round 1: Gettleman has his nose bloodied by a haymaker: why trade third- and fifth-round draft picks for Leonard Williams when he was about to enter free agency?

“We felt he could be a disruptive force inside. And he has been,” Gettleman said.

Why not wait until free agency?

“Because now we know what we have.”

Two draft picks in order to get that information?

“The juice was worth the squeeze.