"if you are happy enjoy the benefits of happiness"

"in pursuit of being HAPPIER you may loose what you already have"

"Then you won't be happy any more!"

After many years of Knick disasters I was very happy with this team. Chemistry was being built, we had yoots getting better all the time, cap flex, expirings, we had it all.

It was not championship contending yet because that takes time. There was also more changes to be made but the team was doing really well.

Then the Melo rumors came and the team was disrupted.

I like Melo, he is star. We were sold that Stars win.

Now Im not so happy anymore.

Perhaps in the future again we can have a bigger upside but I was happy and enjoying the team.

Im not watching this. I am a real fan.

Maybe Dolan has to know he can't count on all fans to be there all the time.

I feel bad for all the North Carolina knick fans that showed up last nite.

Im tired of arguing over coaching changes and laying blame. It is what it is until is isn't.

this particular one, at the moment, is playing out like crap.

but i think the reaction can be overgeneralized.

nu?

Marv wrote:well, risks are important in life. as is change.

this particular one, at the moment, is playing out like crap.

but i think the reaction can be overgeneralized.

nu?

Marv, I get the trade and maybe its a once in a generational type of thing you have to jump on but at the same time I was thinking it was too soon to starphuch. I think a team should be further along in its formation and then adding a piece to that puzzle. In the end the Celts foray into the land of Starphuch worked because it enhanced Rondo and the role players.

This team is really back to square one but with two nice pieces.

At least if you gonna starphuch this the team should have sold in the guise to "underpromise and overdeliver".

Prepare the fans this can happen but this is about an opportunity to build.

How about waiting and doing deals based on what we want to do instead of chasing and overpaying.

Maybe Deron could have been a better fit? Maybe if you wait it will happen.

I think it was premature. Dolan was scared of Nets.

Fear of regret is no way to live or do business.

Nalod wrote:

Marv wrote:well, risks are important in life. as is change.

this particular one, at the moment, is playing out like crap.

but i think the reaction can be overgeneralized.

nu?

Marv, I get the trade and maybe its a once in a generational type of thing you have to jump on but at the same time I was thinking it was too soon to starphuch. I think a team should be further along in its formation and then adding a piece to that puzzle. In the end the Celts foray into the land of Starphuch worked because it enhanced Rondo and the role players.

This team is really back to square one but with two nice pieces.

At least if you gonna starphuch this the team should have sold in the guise to "underpromise and overdeliver".

Prepare the fans this can happen but this is about an opportunity to build.

When they say there isn't time for patience in NY, unfortunately they mean it. Im sure many in the organization wanted to wait and maybe get that star piece somewhere down the road. But the opportunity, it seems, was too good for others to pass up. Can't really blame them because after our decade-long terrible play, the chance of having two stars seems too good to pass up.

At the moment, it looked like it was Melo or bust for the next decade. We would have Amar'e and no real second piece to contend. The Celtics had their big four and won. The Heat had just formed their big three and suddenly, without them winning anything, it became the blueprint for greatness. We had many good pieces but we really didn't appreciate them because half of them were found in the past offseason and the others had been part of our losing. We were finally playing decent and even if they had trouble adjusting the new team, it couldn't go that wrong.

Only it went wrong. The team hasn't learned the system and look terrible. When you eat your food and it tastes horrible, you look around to see if others are having as hard a time as you. So you look at Denver and they are having a party. Now you search for Minnesota and they too are having a blast. And now you are miserable. This move just went beyond the worst case scenario.

Now I really believe we have hit rock bottom. Don't know when or how, but things will improve because there is no way to go but up. Hopefully Walsh stays and can work his magic as he did last offseason. Its not a lost cause, yet.

Nalod wrote:
I love the taking the risk.

How about waiting and doing deals based on what we want to do instead of chasing and overpaying.

Maybe Deron could have been a better fit? Maybe if you wait it will happen.

I think it was premature. Dolan was scared of Nets.

Fear of regret is no way to live or do business.

We were played by everybody. Simple as that.

Now everybody really knows our ultimate weakness: the power of the media.

Denver played us with their many trade options. The Nets played us to give up everything. Melo played us by neglecting his leverage and being willing to accept a trade to New Jersey. Our greed played us into believing this was our only route for us to be relevant again.

I think the transition with Deron (and probably a few of our assets, since I doubt the Jazz would've played us and demanded the King's ransom Denver did) would've been less painful, but that is water under the bridge.