Then why don't you save yourself some time right now and just root for the Lakers?
Yankee fans did'nt feel rejected adding Mr. October or the Rocket to their World Series championships
You can't compare basketball to baseball, Shaq or Kobe single handedly change a team. ONE player on a BASEBALL ROSTER does not change a team as much as ONE BASKETBALL PLAYER ON A BASKETBALL TEAM. Whether you have Clemens, Boggs or Jackson on the Yankees they are still the Yankees. Would winning with Kobe or Shaq REALLY be that satisfying to you? If yes, then you just think differently then I do. It's called lack of loyalty and is a classic example of classic bandwagon jumping.
I must assume then that you wouldn't mind winning a championship with Reggie Miller, Mourning, Kidd, K.Martin, TimHardaway, Collins, PJBrown. And yes Kobe and Shaq are not really Knicks killers, but I always assumed a prerequisite for being a Knicks fan was hating those 2 ****s.
And just to let YOU know, I wasn't trying to single YOU out, cause I've read that a few people on this MSG BOARD wouldn't mind having Kobe. I was addressing everyone as a whole.
WTF do you know about NYC pride...loser
Apparently not much... I've only lived here for the past 24 years.