Posted by bigbeast:
It can't be denied that Isiah & Dolan have tarnished the name of the Knicks franchise of late, but the idea that Kobe or any other superstar doesn't want to come here now because of what Isiah has done is absurd.
Its all about the Money. Always has been always will be. Where were all the superstars lined-up to come here before Isiah took over? Who was the much needed superstar that took less money to come here and help Ewing win a ring? All these superstar players talk about wanting to come to the garden (the mecca) when they are free agents but at the end of the day, they sign elsewhere. Vince? Webber? Last I checked, they've never been sized up for blue & Orange uniforms.
Even when Isiah is removed, if we don't show them the money, they aint coming here.
Yeah, it is about the money for the most part. But like Blue said, the elite guys will get their money. Hell, even Rashard Lewis was able to get his money. But when it comes to elite guys, they have to worry about their off the court money and how they are perceived by the public for marketing purposes.
If you were an elite player, would you honestly want to come to a team that has known nothing but failure under their current management, has been ridiculed nationally for their ineptness and now for a sexual harassment case that they just lost and whose best players are not well thought of amongst their fellow players (Starbury being voted the most overrated player in the NBA by his peers).
Of course you also need the cap space or players with high ceilings (think Al Jefferson and Caron Butler) that other teams covet in order to get those kinds of players here, both of which Isiah has done nothing to improve the Knicks situation, but that's for another thread.
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