Tag: Knicks

The Knicks made what I think were a pair of good trades last week, unloading salary (Zach Randolph and Jamaal Crawford) for shorter term salary(Al Harrington, Cuttino Mobely and Tim Thomas). But that means that a team with limited prospects — figure 30-35 wins — will probably struggled to get to 30.

There are going to be a lot of long nights like tonight, when inconsistent shooting meshes with pourous defense to create a blowout. The Pistons, while not the team they were a few years ago, remain one of the better clubs in the league and continue to play solid D.

There are going to be a lot of losses over the next two years as the team tries to put itself in position to go after two members of what looks like the greatest free-agent class in league history.

A win is a win is a win.

For the Knicks, an opening night victory with a run-and-gun offense and, most importantly, no Starbury — I’d call that the best thing to happen in the Garden in years.

Let’s face it. This is not a good basketball team. but coached properly, they could win in the mid-30s and at least be fun to watch. Contrast this with last year’s awful, boring and dysfunctional team.

Just as important is what Mike D’Antoni and Don Walsh do to restructure the team over the next few years — in time for LeBron James‘ free-agency (or Dwayne Wade or Chris Bosch or Carmelo Anthony). There are no players on this roster that should consider them safe and only a few that management should consider keeping around — Wilson Chandler, David Lee, Jamaal Crawford and the new Italian kid. A complete restructuring and salary purge is in order (read that to mean walking papers to Stephon Marbury, Zack Randolph and Eddy Curry) to clear cap and make things possible.

Am I optimistic? Not really, but my Knick pessimism is fading. Maybe, just maybe, there will be good times in the future of the Garden. I mean, the Phillies did win the World Series this year. Anything is possible, right?

So long Isiah, so long Isiah, so long Isiah
We glad to see you go

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