Durant, Melo, KP and Rose are 4 very talented players. Hornacek is a creative coach that will get the most out of his talent. Phil Jackson is here burning sage in the garden. Veteran Free agents will be flocking to the Knicks with hopes of being a part of history.

That's what a basketball fan will say. But what will a hater say?

They will continue to call Melo a black hole that won't play defense. They will say KP is overrated. They will say Rose is going to get hurt again and again... Hornacek will get fired. They will say the Knicks still won't win anything....

I say anything is possible.... What do you say?

mreinman wrote:I think that rose will stay healthy and that is bad for us because that would mean that he is playing.

Dude, do you have anything to add to the topic? If not, please find a more apporirate thread.

Why all the media hate still ... Why not sell on knick love not hate esp with false info like they haven't got the sit down when they do and are a top 3 choice

Its logical that KD consider the knicks if he is pondering moving. We all know OKC is the favorite to keep him because of the financial considerations, a very good roster and strong coaching. KD stated his distain for the media and I would imagine will keep his thinking close to himself.

Fact is, knicks now have a very interesting big Three with KP having big upside. Rose is a great prototypical triangle guard/Pick and roll player and Melo one of the games best shooters. These are interesting elements.
Either publicly or not, he'll consider the knicks.
As someone mentioned, we traded players and still have our no. 1 picks going forward.
No predictions by fans or media state knicks anything but a long shot.

mreinman wrote:I think that rose will stay healthy and that is bad for us because that would mean that he is playing.

arkrud wrote:Everybody likes simple things, like comic books or Doritos.
If you will be the one to choose between 220 and 177 millions what would you choose?
If you will be the one to choose to win now or may be later what would you choose?

You're comparing 6 years to 5 so out of the gate this is a lame criticism

Same logic has lebron staying in Miami

blkexec wrote:

Chandler wrote:

arkrud wrote:Everybody likes simple things, like comic books or Doritos.
If you will be the one to choose between 220 and 177 millions what would you choose?
If you will be the one to choose to win now or may be later what would you choose?

You're comparing 6 years to 5 so out of the gate this is a lame criticism

Same logic has lebron staying in Miami

KD is an East coast guy. He comes to MD DC area all the time and loves NY. His endorsements will make up the difference. If they paid me 177 to play in the area I like with the friends I like....

It's huge gamble for KD to go for shorter money. He just went through scary health stuff and he knows that in 5 years he will not be a spring chicken.
Knicks are in the process of team building and even with him in it will take 2-3 years to get to the top.
And so many things can go wrong with Rose, Melo, and KP health that one need to wage his business decisions carefully.
If he just loves NY so much and believes in business opportunities in big market than it is a different story.

arkrud wrote:

blkexec wrote:

Chandler wrote:

arkrud wrote:Everybody likes simple things, like comic books or Doritos.
If you will be the one to choose between 220 and 177 millions what would you choose?
If you will be the one to choose to win now or may be later what would you choose?

You're comparing 6 years to 5 so out of the gate this is a lame criticism

Same logic has lebron staying in Miami

KD is an East coast guy. He comes to MD DC area all the time and loves NY. His endorsements will make up the difference. If they paid me 177 to play in the area I like with the friends I like....

It's huge gamble for KD to go for shorter money. He just went through scary health stuff and he knows that in 5 years he will not be a spring chicken.
Knicks are in the process of team building and even with him in it will take 2-3 years to get to the top.
And so many things can go wrong with Rose, Melo, and KP health that one need to wage his business decisions carefully.
If he just loves NY so much and believes in business opportunities in big market than it is a different story.

I think Rose helps, but we really need one more guy. If we can get a premium bigman I think next year we can land another big fish.