Damn It Feels Good To Be A Knick Fan...

The truth is Melo is making our team a legit threat for a championship for this year and the next couple of seasons by himself. Then when you add Amare (GOD) who i still give all the credit in the world too for bringing the knicks back from being the laughing stock of the NBA, We have two SUPERSTARS that can easily change any playoff series we are in. After The jump I'll Give You all the reasons why I am excited about being a Knicks fan for the first time since The days of Latrell, Houston,Ewing and Larry Johnson (And His Grandmama!)

       Hi, I've Been a Knicks fan ever since the early 90's when we had fierce rivalerys with the Heat, Pacers and Bulls. I used too love the tough rugged style of basketball that was associated with New York Knicks and with guys like Oakley not letting any one slip up without making them pay for it, it made it very exciting to watch every game. Now that the rules have changed and its looked down upon for fighting and trash talk to be apart of the game but i still see flashes of it.

      Now The playoffs are coming up and i can't even begin to describe to you guys how awesome it feels to finally be back in the post-season. I love the Melo trade because my philosophy is that you need Stars and clutch players if you want to contend for a championship. Don't Get me wrong i loved Felts, The Cock and my main ma ILL Will and i do feel like the nuggets used their leverage to make us give up alot for Melo but at the end of the day we aqquired a LEGIT Nba Superstar and a point guard who knows how to win championships and has won championships. I know at first the trade has not looked like we made the smart choice but now as you can see, if we give this team the time it needs to gel, then the possibilities are limtless to what this team can become.

      Melo and Amare are the nucleus to our Knicks team right now and if we keep consistent, young, athletic players around them, a few NBA vets craving a chamipionship and if make the right choices in the draft then our future is looking pretty bright.

     AMARE has already proven that he can lead this team and despite how everyone calls him out for his defense, it is not because of a lack of effort. He is a beast when it comes to one on one defending and he is getting so much better on help defense. People need to understand its hard to give 100% effort for 40 mins in the NBA when your facing the best of the best. But Amare does always show up when it counts and makes key plays on offense and defense when we have needed him. That Block on Lebron still goes through my head everytime i think of how fun it has been to watch Knicks this Season and how happy i am that we signed the $100 million dollar man instead of LeChoke this offseason. Also Amare is clearly one of the best offensive big men we have in the game today and one of the few who can turn a bad possesion into a scoring play out of thin air, he cannot really be contained when he's hot because he will score from any angle in the post and has a stone cold jumper that he can hit at a high percentage. In other words Amare is a person who I wouldnt mind taking the last shot in the game, a player that i have 100% faith in to play his hardest at all times to provide leadership that we haven't seen since Ewing was playing and is a Superstar that other teams have to gameplan for and know where he is for the full time he is in the game.

     MELO, Melo, Melo....What more can be said about this man? Everybody was questioning him after the trade. Is he really a superstar? Is he worth trading a group of young talented players for? Can he handle the pressure in NY? Is he good enough to defend everynight and live up to the hype? Well from his recent play my answer would be YES. I Know its a small sample size of games because he was traded midway in the season but from watching games, its clear to me that he has stepped up his defense tremendously and he has embraced being a STAR in the Garden. He has always been in the top 3 in the league offensivley and you can see why from watching every Knicks game. He hits impossible shots and makes it look easy. Watching him shoot reminds me of Alan Houston when he was in his prime and at that time i was a bit younger and i thought every time he shot it was going in. He has also shown he is willing to be a facilitator on offense because he does find the open man in the corner or for an easy lay-up when the defense traps him. He is smart with the ball and has a good eye for what the defense is doing so it is almost a forgone conclusion that he can score at will whenever he wants too or put the ball where it needs to be. The thing that made me admire Melo most after this trade is ever since that game against Orlando he has shown he can shutdown anyone on defense and can make clutch steals/blocks when the knicks need it. Ever since then i have not seen one possesion where he is letting his man get anything uncontested. If Melo can keep this up and i think he will...Then we are one step closer to being a championships knicks team for a long time.

   Don't get me wrong im not saying we are now the best team in the world and will win 4,5,6,7 championships like the heatles promised but we are now a much better team and a THREAT to win every night. I think all we are missing is a solid, Athletic center to help Amare in the post and overall the knicks need to embrace playing defense for 48 mins a night but with that being said i have confidence in this knicks team haeding into the playoffs and i think we can beat any team. Any night. In the playoffs you have to take it one game at a time and play your hardest that night to win. I dont know about you but with Amare and Melo on our side, i feel confident that they can give us a chance to win each game and im hoping on bringing the rivarley back that we had with the heat and also to take away the celtics dominance of our division.

So overall im happy the Knicks are finally back and im excited to see what the future brings - MakD