BasketballJones wrote:I think it would be cool and refershing if the Knicks went "old school" with the player intros. I agree with Earl that there's nothing about the team as it is now that warrants an over-the-top celebration during the introduction. Maybe on the night they wear those retro-uniforms they can do away with the music and the videos, and really go old school.

They need to play hard like the old school. forget the introductions, at this point no one cares about a guy shooting 30% from the field

Turn the house lights back up and get on with it.

Win a few games and I might spring for one spotlight in February. Maybe.

oohah wrote:I always have and always will hate the elaborate, hokey, bush-league introductions that the Knicks and other NBA teams do these days. Regardless of whether the team is good or not it is still Mickey Mouse. However, it is even worse when the Knicks are possibly the worst team in the league.

I like simple introductions and simple professional PA announcers, John Condon style!

oohah

+1

Q. Marv wow. u guys are being more than a little old farty about all this. do you hate the internet and cellphones too?

A. Not at all Marvin. If the Knicks were sincere about leveraging the power of new media they would have created innovative products focused on winning basketball games. Think of it this way, if Eddy Curry had an iPhone app like Chad Ochocinco, we could have monitored his off season training program and insured his butt was in the gym by demanding visual evidence.

Just for the record, the city (cough) dancer in the bottom photo, to the far left, most definitely deserves her own .99 iPhone app.

oohah wrote:

Marv wrote:wow. u guys are being more than a little old farty about all this.

Marv. Nobody loves Tits N' Ass more than me. I just think the whole "every team has dancers" doesn't work for the Knicks. They aren't very good. Why even have them dance? Maybe they could just jump rope? I am just looking at the shakage anyway. The New York Knicks Double Dutch girls!

I would prefer that they came out in string bikinis and made conversation with a few lucky guys in the audience. Now that is entertainment!
oohah

wait - are you still talking about the dancers here or the team?

Marv wrote:wow. u guys are being more than a little old farty about all this. do you hate the internet and cellphones too? it's all part of change, it's not the end of the world. when i go to a knick game i'm not paying attention to this crap, i'm focused on the excellent display of basketball in front of me.

Is every "change" for the better? I remember when New Yorkers were aware of their surroundings, knew where they were going, and did so quickly. Now too many are wandering around like idiots with cellphones attached to their ears. They don't care if they're in the way. They stop suddenly at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs to use their phones or text, not caring if there's a whole crowd of people behind them. Progress? BAH!

Allanfan20 wrote:The pre game introductions is purely for the fans, not for the team. The players like it, but it's to entertain the fans. Believe it or not, the crazier the hoopla NBA arenas give (Before and throughout the game), the more it shows how boring the fans are. Literally. There was once a time when fans didn't need the jumbotron or the announcer to tell them when to chant "De-fense". Now, the fans hardly cheer during the intros, and that's why the Knicks announcer now says "Stand up and get loud."

Am I a fan of it? Most of it is kind of out of hand, but a little of it scattered is cool. For example, the garden should always keep that organ. However, there is a point when it's overkill though.

Hate to say it though. It's not going to stop. As long as the season ticket subscribers approve, then the craziness will remain.

There's a bit of a feedback loop there. The more you infantilize the fans by constantly guiding their every move, the more helpless and in need of artificial aids they become.

oohah wrote:I would like to see fart noises introduced into the sound effects repertoire.

oohah

sit next to fish at a game and you can check that box.