Posted by RemBee76:

But Isles, if you admit you aren't a fan of the team, why get all upset when someone points out the obvious?

And just as you feel you have the right to throw peanut shells onto the court if you don't like the players, I feel I have the right to complain loudly when a post of mine that I took the time to compose and write was deleted for no satisfactorily explained reason.

I also have the right to point out the overwhelming negativity of many of this boards posters and to counter it however I see fit.

You don’t like it Isles, don’t read it.

Posted by Bippity10:

Isles-Abrasive but honest and hilarious. I don't agree with him all the time, but guess what, so far he has been right on every count.

Posted by Bippity10:
Just because you are a Knicks fan doesn't mean you have to like everything about it.

Posted by RemBee76:

Posted by Bippity10:
Just because you are a Knicks fan doesn't mean you have to like everything about it.

Well thanks, that hadn't occured to me.

Bippity- I have no problem with negative opinions when they are honest. Then they can be addressed and debated, this is a discussion forum after all.

But too often they aren’t honest, player’s actions and statements are deliberately skewed to fit a preformed notion that, for many posters, leaves no room for the possibility that these Knicks might do something right.

An example yesterday, Marbury’s opened his big mouth again, how dare he say “You can talk about me all day”…leaving out the bit he said afterwards, “but what we should be talking about is basketball.”…or 3/5s of the starting line-up being out due to injury is just an “excuse”…or maybe Curry and Marbury should be “executed”. I could post about Marbury’s shoe company, guarantee you I come back three hours later and there is a 320 post long “discussion” here about how dumb Marbury is, headed by the usual suspects.

This kind of invective, in my opinion, brings down the level of discussion, and I’m sorry if I have a hard time someone could harbor this much hate while still reserving some love for the team. If thats "right on every count" then I want to be wrong.

I didn’t like the MoT trade, or the Francis trade and I hated the Zach Randolph trade. That doesn’t mean I can’t recognize some signs that things might be turning around. When is it OK to applaud those signs, when the team gets 50 wins? That’s what I would call being a fair weather fan.

See I'm with you on this. I think that we need to HEAR MORE FROM MARBURY. Not less.

Posted by Bippity10:

Yeah, for the first time in Marbs Knick career I am not sure I understand why people are so against him speaking out. I think what he has done the past few weeks has been great. He has provided me with so many things to think about. I can only hope that his work is allowed to continue.