Jeffx wrote:I disagree. Making the playoffs(and missing out on a lottery pick) will hurt the Knicks in the long run. This team isn't built to win a title, so why ruin our chance at a high-end draft pick? For what? A few extra games in May? No thanks. Short-term thinking is why this team hasn't won sh!t in thirty-two years.
Riot wrote:Why would you practice and train all year just to give up because you know you can't win championship? That just seems pathetic. I don't know about you but I don't go and pay to see teams tank and give up. That is the opposite of what Sports is all about. Fight until the end. Fight until the clock says 0:00 and fight until there is no more fight left in you.
Sauru wrote:making the playoffs is far better actually. yeah you may want a better pick(maybe only 1 spot better actually) but just by making the playoffs so many more things happen. first of all its a new season. the second the 82 games end season 2 begins and everyone is 0-0 again so if you get hot who knows what can happen. secondly playing in the playoffs gives players both confidence and experience, these are 2 very important things in the nba. also getting the extra money from making the dance is nice for both the knicks and the knicks players. its a simple thing if you ask me, just missing the playoffs is just about the worst thing that can happen to a team.
Jeffx wrote:Sauru wrote:making the playoffs is far better actually. yeah you may want a better pick(maybe only 1 spot better actually) but just by making the playoffs so many more things happen. first of all its a new season. the second the 82 games end season 2 begins and everyone is 0-0 again so if you get hot who knows what can happen. secondly playing in the playoffs gives players both confidence and experience, these are 2 very important things in the nba. also getting the extra money from making the dance is nice for both the knicks and the knicks players. its a simple thing if you ask me, just missing the playoffs is just about the worst thing that can happen to a team.
In the NBA, usually the team with the best talent wins the chamionship. There are the rare exceptions, but the higher seeded teams have a better shot at the title. The Knicks are a flawed, mediocre team with severe cap problems and an owner who has no clue. Aside from their 90's run, I've watched this team bumble & stumble since 1973. I've seen my share of early playoff exits and enough is enough. CambyMan nailed it - NY should have done what Chicago did. All their struggles paid off, and now that team is loaded with young talent. If they continue to work hard & improve, Chicago will be up there with the big boys. I want a team like Miami or Detroit that will contend for at least 5-10 years. Knicks aren't going to get to the next level the way they are.
I pray the rumors about the Knicks & Rangers being sold are true. Dolan & his cronies at Cablevision have run these once-proud franchises into the ground. We have to get someone in here who's patient & not afraid to rebuild.
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