A lot of hate is being tossed around toward Mike D'Antoni after the past 2 crushing losses. In the words of Michael Jackson in South Park, "that's ignorant"
Here's how I feel about it:
Everyone acts like it is easy to take a crappy team and turn it into gold. Rome wasn't built in a day ya know. The Knicks just don't have enough talent to consistently win. Look at the good teams in the NBA...The Lakers have Kobe, Pau, Bynum, Artest, and Odom who are all better than any single Knick player. The Magic have Howard, Lewis, Carter, and Nelson, who would all be upgrades for the Knicks. Boston has Allen, Rondo, Pierce, Garnett, Perkins. The Suns have Nash, J-Rich, Stoudemire. The Hawks have Johnson, Horford, Smith, Crawford. I mean just about every team who is successful just flat out has loads more talent than the Knicks. It's a fact of life right now we have to deal with.
Remember a few years ago when Celtics fans thought Doc Rivers was the worst coach in the NBA? Now he is a god there, ever since he happened upon acquiring KG and Ray Allen. D'Antoni was a coaching legend in Phoenix thanks to Nash, Amare and Co, now he is hated by Knicks fans for not putting a good product out there. Talent makes a coach, coaches don't win games, the players do, and the Knicks don't have enough.
There just aren't many things for Donnie Walsh and D'Antoni to do right now. The most sound plan is to hope to get LeBron. What other ways do you know of to instantly turn a bad team into a contender? Sure they could have been better if they signed Sessions, and maybe they made a mistake in the draft this year. The thing is the Knicks have repeatedly gone for the quick fix, like Marbury or Curry or Randolph or whatever, and it hasn't worked, so no we have to be patient and if LeBron does sign, everybody is happy and Walsh is a genius and I'm sure D'Antoni will have better success utilizing the King than Mike Brown in Cleveland.I don't like people acting like there is a clear, quick, easy and surefire fix that D'Antoni and Walsh are missing. There isn't one. The team is not good enough, but they are still my team so I cheer, hope for wins, have discussions about what should be done, enjoy the glimpses of Gallo's star potential, etc. Just don't blindly bash the team you supposedly love when there aren't any real solutions right now.
And if you think Nate Robinson is the solution, well "that's just ignorant."
3 comments:
This is a great piece. Many people out there talk like someone like Mark Jackson would come in and miraculously make this team a playoff team. Its a joke. I think, yes, D'Antoni make a mistake by playing 6 guys 48 minutes last night, but overall I think he's done a good job coaching this season. The fact is we simply dont have the players.
Merry Christmas
Knicks are riding high on a three game winning streak. lets hope they can stop D-Wade tomorrow
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