tkf wrote:

martin wrote:

TMS wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:I hate this team. I really do, because everytime you find a good reason to be optimistic about them and be hopeful about the season, they throw a stinker to remind you you can never expect good from them. THIS WAS A GAME WE HAD TO WIN!! No other way around it. The Sixers have been down and they even lost a a good player for the game, yet we throw up a great chance with a pathetic game. It was a great chance to show the world and us fans they are for real, yet they remind us they are just a mediocre team with no discipline and drive.

At the end of the day, is wins and loses that make up who you are, and no matter hoiw hard they fight in every game, they are just another mediocre team of the bunch. Nothing special here. Sighs...

this is what you should expect out of a .500 win team... they're gonna drive you nuts if you expect consistency out of them.

not only that but the Knicks are like the 6th youngest team out there. And only have 3 returning players (for the most part). Chill and enjoy the rebuilding process.

Yea, I think some forget how young the knicks are..we have 3 guys in the starting lineup 24 years of age and younger...

2 of whom are rookies.

scoshin wrote:No loss is a good loss. Maybe it was a wake-up call if the Knicks got too overconfident after beating Chicago on the road and routing the Wizards, but this loss is worse than the Portland one cause we lost at home to one of the bottom 5 teams in the league, and a division rival.

We may not have had the same 9-point cushion as we did in Portland, but how we lost was almost the exact same. We just couldn't execute in the last 5 minutes where Philly went on a 16-5 run and amped up their defensive intensity. We also came out flat in the 1st quarter which gave them a good lead to begin with.

correct, there is no such thing as a good loss... people that buy into moral victories have a loser's mentality... good teams win consistently, bad teams don't... right now i wouldn't say we're a bad team, but we lack any consistency to be considered amongst the good teams in the NBA... this team is still young & forming an identity, so this has to be expected, but i scoff at people who take a handful of wins or losses and run with it as if it's indicative of anything other than the tact that until we upgrade our talent, we're not going to be much more than a mediocre team.