Posted by kam77:
Granted, Polls are just our opinions. BUT this poll is not about our opinion on how things are now, something we can at least pretend top know something about, but its about how things stand in the ~~FUTURE~~ which is also something that is subject to your opinion and which we can't know about without applying our current understanding. See the incongruence? Applying our current lens to a future problem, and then add in your opinions and biases on top of that. I'd venture to guess anyone who actually bothered to VOTE on this poll will vote with their current feelings and we'll see a lot of votes indicating how the Knicks have no future and every other team is better. Thats what i expect.
It's like asking, what is your opinion on the opinion you will have in two years? How can anyone answer this question and take themselves seriously?
You're off. Of course any opinion requires assumptions based on probabilities. For example, one opinion might be that if Isiah is able to trade Jerome James, Steve Francis and Malik Rose for Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom, then the Knicks will win atleast one championship. Here the probability of occurrence is approaching 0, but the "then" clause is debateable. You may or may not agree but, as long as your assumptions are well spelled out, you can have a reasonable argument. Its obvious that in assessing the future you have to make more assumptions, but it remains an excellent excercise in thinking about what options may be open and what a realistic endpoint is for this team. Its a critical function of what GMS do. And what we, as fans, like to do. The poll itself is not flawed.
Sh-t in the popcorn to go with sh-t on the court. Its a theme show like Medieval times.
2/20/2007 10:19 PM
