That 99 run was very special and is one of those things that took a perfect storm of of a lot of different things. Comparing htis roster to that one doesn't really say anything. In fact, I think this roster is at least as talented, if not more. The problem is that talent will only take you so far. Your desire and will to win takes you the rest of the way. I know it sounds cheesey as hell but it's the truth. Houston, Spree, LJ and those guys left everything on the court. A lot of that was because of JVG, who wasn't the best coach in the world, but he demanded effort. His players responded.
Guys like STAT and Melo are HOF caliber guys. But when it looks like they're taking a night off, which should never happen, our coach's have to lay down the fu*king law. One thing I'll say about the pre Melo Knicks is that even when they lost bad I never got the feeling they were'nt hustling. I don't feel the same about this roster yet. The pieces are there to make a nice run. We'll see how they react the rest of the season to people saying that Denver got the better of the deal, D'Antoni can't coach, we've got a bunch of 1 on 1 players, etc. We'll see how much pride they have. Talent isn't a question anymore.
