Posted by islesfan:
Posted by Bippity10:
Listen, you need someone to build around. You can't just slap talent(mediocre talent if you are talking about the Knicks) and expect it to mesh into a contender. You need to find a legitimate talent(whether that's done through draft, trade or free agency is irrelevant) and then build a team around that person or persons that compliments their skills. In the meantime all the rest is just a pipedream. This is why we need to clear cap space and target draft picks.
I do think that if the psychological side of things doesn't zap us again, that we will get better as the season goes on. We as fans should not be excited/depressed by the amount of wins, but by the season long development of a few players that we may be able to use to build around any future stars we bring in. Who knows, maybe Gallo or Chandler develops into one of those key cogs. I'm excited about those two. As for the rest of them, they are what they are. Players that are being evaluated and not a definite piece of a future core. Remember we won 23, 33 and 23 games the past 3 years. We brought in a new coach, a new system, 1 guy that can't hit a shot, a rookie that's injured, 2 guys not intended to be here in 2 years, and a PG that is still young and developing but is also possibly not here in 2 years. As for those that remain from a 23 win team, we have one in exile, one fat, hurt and lazy and many others who helped to contribute to the fiasco of the last three years. My question is, what did you expect???????
Some of us killed Isiah for bringing in this crappy roster. Killed him for 3 years. Then he is fired and we can't beleive that the new guy can't win with the same roster that we killed Isiah for? I don't get it.
Who's killing D'Antoni for not winning? I haven't seen that at all. I, for one, am killing him for not doing the only thing he should be doing over the next 2 seasons, which is teaching fundamentals and coaching defense and his system. Over a quarter of the season has passed and there's no evidence of any of that. That's inexcusable.
Listen you narcissist. I never mentioned you. But yes, without a doubt the gloves are coming off and there are fans going after the guy for every reason under the sun. You can see it on this site, you can see it in response to blogs. It's there, and with each loss the caucaphony of lunacy will get louder.
As for the defense, yes we know you are in I told you so mode. I've been in that mode so I do not poo poo I told you so's. But this is definitely a chicken before the egg situation. Before the season started you said that D'Antoni would not teach this team defense. You were right, they have not learned defense. Before the season I said that no matter who was brought in to coach this team would never learn defense. So far I am right as well. This is the NBA, not college. Until you bring in leadership on the court, that plays both ends you are never going to see a Nate, David etc transformation. Why keep looking for it? This is why GM's clean out 23 win teams because they know that there are no magical coaches.
