New York Knicks - Why are they so consistently Useless?
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So, last night at the Garden -4th December- The Knicks lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers. It means that the Knicks record for the season now stands at 4-16. That is the worst start to a season in the entire history of the franchise. This season is not unique in its failures of course the Knicks are perennial failures and seem to be stuck in a constant vortex of being simply terrible.
Why does this continue to happen year after year with this club? Why is is that we continually change our coaches, general managers, and playing staff ad yet we never improve. Donnie Walsh and Mike D`Antoni were bought in as the golden couple to herald in a new era of Knicks basketball. Mr. Walsh demolished a roster of over-paid flops to clear cap space to re-build the ailing team but to no avail. Huge headline grabbing contracts to Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony swiftly followed which has not improved the on court situation. Mike D`Antoni was terrible as a coach often making the most baffling of decisions including believing that Chris Duhon could lead the New York ball club out of the darkest recesses of the NBA wilderness. Those two were followed by new coach Mike Brown and GM. Glen Gunwald. One season of Mr. Brown at the helm offered long suffering Knicks fans some hope. Improved defence being his best achievement but that hope soon proved to be forlorn as the Knicks fell back into farce and mediocrity. Now we have Phil Jackson playing a new part, and Derek Fisher as our new coach. But the same problems remain. No defence, no rebounding and too much money tied up in two players that will never lead any franchise to glory. Of course, having six or so players on the roster that are of D-League quality does not help but there appears to be something more rotten at the centre of the great mystery of the Knicks spectacular failure.
I believe that we Knick fans need to face the truth that until we have an owner who wants to build a roster that wins basketball games more than he wants to sign superstar players whose names demand press attention and therefore sell more jerseys and make more money then we will never have any success.
