DurzoBlint wrote:REALLY DUDE. Do you think people keep your posting in their "favorites" folder so they can give you credit that ain't due. Pound your chest on your own time instead of attacking a guys who isn't a homer but is willing to accept reality unlike some.
No one is "attacking" anyone but I'm sorry, I'm not going to allow someone to make remarks such as "what is happening with this team is something both Haters and Homers did not have knowledge about before it happened" and/or "Nobody saw this coming". Because I did. Lots of us long-time Knick fans did as well. Anyone with any type of basketball knowledge and/or insight understood (at the time) that our current Knicks team were on the verge of becoming a serious contender heading into the season. It was written in stone and wasn't hard to see.
During the offseason I seen our strongest team dating back to our Knicks of 1993-1994. Envisioned our strongest Knicks team in over 19-20 years. Like I stated earlier, all it took were years of Knicks fan experience combined with a thought process. Even went as far as explaining exactly why during a thread I created "Knicks of 2012-2013 vs Knicks of 1993-1994".
During the entire offseason, I talked about how we were on the verge of featuring (by far) the deepest team in the NBA and maybe even in franchise history. Our overall depth from top to bottom was (and is) unheard of, the ability our players had (and have) on the basketball court is something special, veteran leadership galore etc, etc our potential goes through the roof and I'm still not sure how fans and posters such as Nalod (for example) didn't see this coming heading into the season. I predicted our first Atlantic Division title dating back to our 1993-1994 season not because I'm some type of "homer" but because I've been around the game of basketball and/or a fan of these Knicks for well over 20 years now. I know great potential when I see it. And yes, I seen this during the offseason.
So yeah, I don't need a poster such as Nalod stating "what is happening with this team is something both Haters and Homers did not have knowledge about before it happened" and/or "Nobody saw this coming". He can speak for himself. Hindsight is always 20/20 but just because he never had the (offseason) ability to envision one of our (potentially) greatest Knick teams of all-time... Doesn't mean that everyone else shared his doom and gloom and/or "wait and see" approach. He could've simply stated that what's happening now is something that he himself never had any knowledge about (before it happened) and/or he himself never seen this coming. Don't speak for us all. Speak for yourself.
Because during the offseason after we signed Steve Novak long term, extended J.R Smith for another year, while landing the likes of a lockdown defender in Ronnie Brewer, a veteran and future HOF leader in Jason Kidd, an overseas great in Pablo Prigioni, true veteran BIG's looking to play tough down low in Kurt Thomas, Rasheed Wallace and Marcus Camby to go along with our core group of players in Iman Shumpert, Carmelo Anthony, Amar'e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler? It;s hard to believe how anyone could've gone out of their way to call a fellow Knicks fan "a homer".