fishmike wrote:you just start checking out. I had Yankee season tickets for almost 15 years. When they got away from what made them good I just started checking out. Elsbury's contract was my line. I just stopped watched and spent the time doing other things. Stinky Knicks I will follow because of the young guys. Knox was whatever. Frank and DSjr were disappointments. Dotson and Trier look great and Mitch has laid the foundation to break out. NYC's Ben Wallace. That being said you still detach a bit... at least I do. Teams like this rarely have a ton of keepers, but I def got emotionally vested in bid Mitch this season and can only dream of a line up with Mitch and Dotson playing D next to KD/Kyrie. Fingers crossed. We can dream, but I do believe we have finally gone about this the right way.
DSjr's first game as a Knick was better than any game Frank had as a Knick, before or since then. DSjr put up those numbers with a bad back, and only knowing one teammate. I expect better things next season, if Smith jr is still here. Expect a better conditioned player, and a better floor general, without the starting lineup changing by the game. Believe some of you expected too much, too soon of Smith jr, under the circumstances.
I pretty much stopped watching the Yankees during the A-Rod era. Wish we could erase it from history. Wasnt just the juicing, it was what the way he went after his critics. Not going to look back nostalgically on that era. Still not watching like I used to. Remember seeing the old Yankee Stadium before the 70s renovation. Harder to remember as I get older. Things are looking better these days though. A new era.
There was so much turmoil this season it was like watching a basketball game break out at a car wreck. Agree that Mitch was the biggest positive this season. Knox turning the corner at the end, attacking from different angles, not just the top of the key, sharing the rock more, was also a positive development.
Kadeem Allen and Trier showed they can be good two-way bench players. DSJr showed IMO that if he's healthy, in top shape, and has worked on his shot in the offseason. He'll be the best PG we've had (in their prime) in decades. If you dont agree I got a Charleston Chew for ya buddy!