The first round picks are already gone at this point. If you are going with those 4 (and I totally get the debate on why they shouldnt) this is the only path.
I'm partial cause I LOVE Isiah, always have and always will. I get that he is quite polarizing but I think his rep as a bad GM is vastly overblown. He was great in TOR drafting Damon Stoudamire, Marcus Camby and Tracy McGrady in 3 straight drafts helping to build them to a fairly decent team within a few yrs of their existence.
People tend to forget how badly Scott Layden had the Knicks cap situation when Thomas got there. He made it worse with some of his moves for sure but a lot of that went from a mandate from ownership not to completely tear it down so he always had to try and get guys on 2nd chances and hope they panned out. Penny Hardaway, Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, even the Eddy Curry thing. The sexual harassment shit is completely inexcusable, no question about that and casts a huge negative on his time there. Worse than any move he made obviously.
Even with the Knicks he was pretty good drafting David Lee, Trevor Ariza and Wilson Chandler pretty late in their respective drafts. If Zeke is the one judging talent and making the decision on drafting, I like what they can do with all those 2RPs. Additionally, players, former and current, LOVE him.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2017954-turns-out-isiah-thomas-was-sort-of-a-good-gm-according-to-new-study