Are you ready for some basketball?!

I sure am!

OK, I may be exaggerating slightly. But I am looking forward to the Knicks' season opener Friday night against LeBron James and the defending Eastern Conference champion Cavaliers in Cleveland.

Unless you were living in a cave watching old 1970 tapes of the Knicks, you know the offseason was horrible for James Dolan, Isiah Thomas and the whole franchise. The Knicks went through a trial which was embarrassing, disgraceful and disgusting. I can't think of enough words to describe it. NBA Commissioner David Stern can't stop criticizing the Knicks about it - and I don't really blame him.

And you know what? Even though the sexual harassment case was a major black eye for the team and the league, I did not for one second think about abandoning the Knicks as a fan.

Don't get me wrong - I still intend to protest the brass' inexcusable behavior. I will not attend any Knicks games this season. Honestly, it's tough to buy tickets to games in a good year, because they are so outrageously expensive. So this was an easy decision for me. I don't know if you want to call it a boycott or not, but I will not go see the Knicks during the 2007-2008 season.

However, I will still watch games on TV and support the players. I still want the Knicks to do well. I think that's what being a fan is all about.

It's about faith. What good is it to be a fan of a team if, when things are going poorly, you abandon them? Here's the thing: When the Knicks finally turn things around (and it could still be a while), I will feel good about sticking with them. All the teams I have rooted for (Knicks, Mets, Jets and Rangers) have been through bad times - although this scandal is by far the most embarrassing. But when the bad times happen, I am not just going to switch allegiances to a team that's doing better. That's called frontrunning. I am not sure why I picked those four teams (probably because I grew up in NY), but I am going to stick with them. The only way I would abandon one of my teams would be if it abandoned me - i.e. if the team packed its bags and moved out of the area.

-David Boroff (Daily News)

Posted by azamatbagatov:

Hey all, new here. I have been reading the posts for over a year now and decided to finally jump into the frey.....

I don't think anybody here is abandoning the team, or else they wouldn't spend that much time posting about them on a knicks message board.

I completely and totally disagree with the way this franchise is run and has been run under isiah's tenure. The best thing IMO for the future of the knicks, is for the knicks to not make the playoffs and finally fire isiah.

Then somebody with a plan might come in here and start to realize that the nba isn't the same as yahoo fantasy basketball. The last 3 1/2 years have been a nightmare on and off the court for this franchise.

We are all knicks fans, or else we wouldn't be here.

how can a true fan only read and not post? HATER!

Welcome to the site.

Posted by RemBee76:

Posted by azamatbagatov:
I don't think anybody here is abandoning the team, or else they wouldn't spend that much time posting about them on a knicks message board.

Not so. I can easily imagine that for many the act of posting here is no longer the act of a Knicks fan but an Ultimateknicks fan. The personalities here and the arguments that shape them are often only marginally about the Knicks.

Is hoping that your team loses abandoning the team? I'd say its a lot worse. It'd be better for all of us if you just went and rooted for the Celtics.

again, saving this forum one post at a time...

Posted by TMS:

you're allowed to disapprove of the way this franchise is being run & still root for the team to succeed.

Posted by nyk4ever:

I mean honestly.. when you start quipping with DJ, you have problems.

Posted by TMS:

you're allowed to disapprove of the way this franchise is being run & still root for the team to succeed.