oh you pretty knicks
I.
New Yorkers cannot stop watching the debacle unfold, getting worse each day. Sillier. Dumber. Now with James Dolan dropping proclamations on his chosen few reporters like a hero or a tough lawman in the Old West. I would go into more detail but every columnist and blogger is whacking at this easy Knick piñata. But if you want to deliver a message in person, check out http://selltheknicks.com/-- those folks are organizing an in-MSG draft night protest.
Really, the biggest problem with Isiah as coach of the Bricks is Dolan’s demand that the team show improvement. But Larry Brown set the bar so infernally low (hey, Starbury, is that the 8th circle of hell?) that of course Isiah will show improvement. In fact, the Knicks will win games. 40 of them. Maybe a few more, maybe a few less.
Look at the roster. They have a decent amount of talent. Enough for mediocrity (as long as they don’t play Maurice Taylor. My God, can’t he retire and be the Corporate Liaison for Hot Dog Eating?) and enough for the playoffs. Laugh now. Then look at the Hawks’ roster, the Timberwolves’ roster, even the Bulls’ roster. If he can find a way to get players to defer to each other, Isiah will be able to run them uptempo and leave the defense to be a monthly exercise against the Bobcats and the Hawks. He’s good at letting a team run.
He’s also a decent drafter… but he traded away this year’s second round pick and now I hear that part of the Eddy Curry deal involves flip flopping 1st round picks with the Bulls next year? What kind of asshat made this deal? HEART CONDITION. EDDY CURRY HAD A HEART CONDITION. He didn’t need to command so much, Isiah!! No one wants a player with no "heart" who has a HEART CONDITION.
Stevie Franchise needs to be farmed out to Philly or Minnesota or somewhere with a simple-minded GM, Malik Rose needs to stop taking minutes from actual NBA talent, and Jalen Rose (also known as the “expiring contract”) needs to be traded for a second round draft pick. Because there is talent in the second round.
II.
There is always hope. Sport fans know hope as the draft. The draft is tomorrow. I have gone to watch the draft and let off some choice expletives in very crowded bars with children present. My favorite being “God f**king dammit all to f**king hell” at the Riviera over the mid-draft trade of Nené. More on the draft later—I think that if Isiah can find a second round pick, he might just make out like a bandit.
Remember last year? Channing Frye, David Lee, Nate Robinson. That’s a pretty awesome trio.
For now enjoy:
New Yorkers cannot stop watching the debacle unfold, getting worse each day. Sillier. Dumber. Now with James Dolan dropping proclamations on his chosen few reporters like a hero or a tough lawman in the Old West. I would go into more detail but every columnist and blogger is whacking at this easy Knick piñata. But if you want to deliver a message in person, check out http://selltheknicks.com/-- those folks are organizing an in-MSG draft night protest.
Really, the biggest problem with Isiah as coach of the Bricks is Dolan’s demand that the team show improvement. But Larry Brown set the bar so infernally low (hey, Starbury, is that the 8th circle of hell?) that of course Isiah will show improvement. In fact, the Knicks will win games. 40 of them. Maybe a few more, maybe a few less.
Look at the roster. They have a decent amount of talent. Enough for mediocrity (as long as they don’t play Maurice Taylor. My God, can’t he retire and be the Corporate Liaison for Hot Dog Eating?) and enough for the playoffs. Laugh now. Then look at the Hawks’ roster, the Timberwolves’ roster, even the Bulls’ roster. If he can find a way to get players to defer to each other, Isiah will be able to run them uptempo and leave the defense to be a monthly exercise against the Bobcats and the Hawks. He’s good at letting a team run.He’s also a decent drafter… but he traded away this year’s second round pick and now I hear that part of the Eddy Curry deal involves flip flopping 1st round picks with the Bulls next year? What kind of asshat made this deal? HEART CONDITION. EDDY CURRY HAD A HEART CONDITION. He didn’t need to command so much, Isiah!! No one wants a player with no "heart" who has a HEART CONDITION.
Stevie Franchise needs to be farmed out to Philly or Minnesota or somewhere with a simple-minded GM, Malik Rose needs to stop taking minutes from actual NBA talent, and Jalen Rose (also known as the “expiring contract”) needs to be traded for a second round draft pick. Because there is talent in the second round.
II.
There is always hope. Sport fans know hope as the draft. The draft is tomorrow. I have gone to watch the draft and let off some choice expletives in very crowded bars with children present. My favorite being “God f**king dammit all to f**king hell” at the Riviera over the mid-draft trade of Nené. More on the draft later—I think that if Isiah can find a second round pick, he might just make out like a bandit.
Remember last year? Channing Frye, David Lee, Nate Robinson. That’s a pretty awesome trio.
For now enjoy:
posted by Norman Rose at 3:03 PM
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If having 2 out of 4 Final Four teams in the 2006 NCAA Tournament makes a conference weak, then I don't wanna be strong. Balkman is pretty weak - he played like poo against Kentucky - but the SEC is not.
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