I'm a Knick fan. I have been since 1993. I cannot believe that a lot of Knick fans are very clueless. Let me explain. Last night, I wanted the Knicks to lose. Every game I want the Knicks to lose! Seeing the happy faces of the Knick fans in the Garden disgusts me. I also could imagine the smile on James Dolan and Scott Layden, the two most horrible managers/CEO's of basketball, or possibly all sports. The Knicks mentality is to win NOW. We need to rebuild this team!

I ASK YOU, FELLOW KNICK FANS,
To please boycott going to games. I have MORE SATISFACTION out of the Knicks losing then I do winning because I know, THE MORE LOSSES, THE HIGHER THE DRAFT PICK... And this means, the more athletic and young we can get.

What do all of you think? I think we need to keep losing games. It might sound weird, but losing is actually winning.

I don't think that attidue will fly in New York.

Winning is the only way these people keep their jobs (or at least giving the perception that some effort towards winning is being exerted). I feel your pain, but you've been around here long enough to know the drill: No one in NY has the patience to rebuild. The only way we get better is through extremely savvy front office work (read: Not Layden) or though some stroke of luck (drafting Ewing). The climate of New York will permit nothing else. If you don't believe me, take a look at the Rangers. If you still don't believe me, take a look at the Mets.

To tell you the truth HardcoreKnicksFan, I want Keith Van Horn to do good, and he is playing good, but for the Knicks to lose. Plus, Keith Van Horn is on my Yahoo! Fantasy Sports League, but that's besides the point!

I've been a huge Knick fan for over 10 years. I could never be happy over a knick loss. as a fan, I want my team to win. When the knicks went deep into the playoffs year after year, I used to watch all the games and i still do now. I watch my team no matter if they are good or bad. They cant be bad forever.

Also, playing lotto doesn't mean you win. Look at the Bulls, the Clips, the Warriors, and so on. The Warriors have been out of the playoffs longer than any team, and they have one of the top picks year after year. Chicago is still trying to build a team with young, athletic talent, but it hasn't made them contenders, barely decent even.

The Lakers, the Pacers, the Kings, and Dallas, OTOH, have gotten better through smart personnel moves. The Spurs got Duncan through a fluke season where their star player was out and they stunk it up without him, but SA used GM smarts to build well around him.

I, too, would love for the Knicks to get a star draft pick, but not if we have to create a bad team just to get him. Even then, do you get a Lebron, or do you get Joe Smith?

No, throwing games is not the answer. Shedding bad contracts over the next few seasons, mixed with smart trades and draft picks, should be the answer, but not as long as Dolan values a short playoff run "now" over a championship "later".

No, as long as Dolan runs the show, this is how it is going to be done, so either root for the team to make the playoffs or don't watch anymore. You will never see a wholesale "rebuilding" in NYC, even if they lose.

Dopn't worry, LongIsland... Stick to ya guns, and watch the fickle ones change their tune later in the season as things get worse. You're new around here, so I just thought I'd tell ya how things are.

Hopefully LayDown will be out by the time the draft gets here.

I would not call LongIsland pathetic cuz he wants us to lose. He wants us to get a franchise player via the draft. The more games we lose, the higher the pick.

I can't stress the fact that our franchise office will not allow the option of a franchise player via draft. No matter what, as long as Dolan, Laydumb, and Chaney are our office; chance for a good player from the draft is impossible.