Tanking: What is it good for?

Last night I watched the beginning of the game, then had to go pick something up, then ended up at a friend's house. We were watching football, but I asked for a change to MSG for just a sec. It was in commercial break, but the game quickly came back on. The score didn't come up for a while, but a graphic showed that Aaron Brooks had 15 points or some shit and the Knicks were coming out of a timeout. I said "random scrub having a career game? Knicks just called timeout but don't look completely morbid? They're down by 12."

Sure enough. My taste for loss is quite sharp these days.

I was also at a friend's house watching football, but a bunch of people there were Knicks fans, so I asked to change to MSG, but before changing we took bets on how much the Knicks were losing by, with guesses ranging from 40 to 5. I put down 14. It was 10, someone else had 11. We watched the whole fourth quarter.

As for tanking: Never tank.

long run perspective of course. It does make the winter long though, football will be done soon. Pitchers and catchers aren't until late Feb and the real season isn't til April.

like im never gonna b able to root against the knicks ,yet now when they lose im not in a pissy mood like in the past years. im really dissapointed with this season its changed nearly everything, we can rattle off 5 straight wins and it really doesnt mean shit so theirs nothing 2 hope for. the knicks are what my life basically revolves around and the fact that this season was over b4 it started makes everyone feel cheated especially with the highest hopes we've had in years. Still tho as a fan until their mathmatically done i can't not root for them

I came into this season as one of the few people left on earth willing to give Isiah's plan more time to develop. As many loudly cursed Zeke, I looked at the Knicks of mid last year (before Mal, Q & Lee went down) and thought adding Zbo to that unit would result in a .500 season and a lower seed playoff spot. I say this to show that I am by no means quick to abandon ship. However, early this season I finally have become convinced that this team as presently constructed is going nowhere. That its apparent collective upside is a mirage.

I can pinpoint the exact moment I stopped believing, it was the home and home sweep at the hands of the fucking 76ers. That no show confirmed for me that the Knicks are too mentally fragile to have any sustained period of success. That any time the team faced any sort of adversity, it would fold like a lawn chair. It would fold because it had no on court leadership.

We are in need of a serious infusion of talent and motivation. And since no NBA team is going to just give their superstar to the Knicks, the only way to obtain a transcendent player is through the draft. Enter my current boner for Derrick Rose. As I mentioned in another post, he projects to the NBA as a more athletic Deron Williams with a better jumper. He is a fierce defender and a player that lives to set up his teammates. With the low level basketball IQ that most of the Knicks have, imagine us with a heady Chris Paul type at the one...

As someone said earlier, I don't think the Knicks will be bad/lucky enough to get the first overall pick (Beasley). The number TWO is what I'm shooting for. We just had one and gave it to the Bulls for Lazy Curry, no reason we can't have another Larry Brown bad level season and be right back in the same position.

With 50 or so games left, how many are we gonna win? Honestly? Look at the team's projections at this link. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds We need to do what the Spurs did long ago to draft Tim Duncan. What the Celtics did just last year to have the pieces to trade for KG! I believe the children are the future, teach them now and let them lead the way...

who would have thought that b4 january even ended we would b talking about acting more like the 76ers. And it would b completely true. I hate my life

Yeah I hate that we're trailing the Sixers too.

Getting a good lottery pick would be great. Personally i want Artest. I hate to harp on how much talent we got cause thats the first thing people say about the Knicks.  They came into the season with alot of controversy and Its pretty clear Isaiah has lost the team. I think Isaiah should just go back to just being a GM only IF he sticks around. Thomas should look for a new coach with a new direction for the team.  We got loads of talent but these guys either dont know how to play together, dont want it enough, dont trust each other or just dont care what happens.  Maybe all of the above.

I know Isaiah looked crazy with all the championship predictions but i think we all knew what he meant.  He feels the pieces are here like alot of us did earlier this season. That and the fact that he has trouble admitting when he's wrong and needs to count his loses and move on or try something different. I say let em'play it out. Il keep watchin em till my eyes bleed but root against them? Never

Oh.

Why do scrubs run a muck on the Knicks? cause we dont have an enforcer to knock em on their ass..we really need to get Artest.