Posted by Nalod:
...This OP is lame but I think what we are seeing is Walsh gives the media acess and let them write about rumors all they want. Its just talk.
Regarding Kidd, nash, or Hill we really did not offer them much money or length of contract. I don't mind the old man fishing for a bargain in the leadership catagory.
The man has a plan and he is not going off it.
If anyting he is making available opportunities for trade potential and FA signings.
Its called "be cool".
The man is not going to "Starphuch".
Good post.
We can't blame ourselves for feeling a bit impatient, given the insanity at the Garden the past seven or eight years. But I couldn't agree more with your point: Let DW execute his plan, even if it is an agonizingly slow process. Jumping in with both feet was IT's modo, and has never been effective. Our time will come, if not after summer 2010 then later. But it will come. Red Sox fans had to wait 86 years.
Also, I think NYC still has allure to professional athletes, it's just not the decisive factor in their decision-making. I think LBJ or Wade would have a different feeling about playing here in their career/age bracket than the old-timers DW tried to fish out of the swamp for a dose of leadership. Reviving a moribund franchise, rejuvenating hoops in the mecca, pitching goods to the largest market on earth, and basking in the intense light of NY sports will ALWAYS appeal to star athletes, ceterus parabus.
7/28/2009 2:03 AM
