With the holidays here, there is the usual Christmas Day basketball games. The first game was the Knicks vs. the Wizards, and the Knicks(not shockingly) lost. That is what we are here to talk about. My first question is what the hell is happening in New York sports this year? It looks like the Yankees(to normal standards) and the Islanders are the only ones that are having decent seasons. The real question is who is having a worst season, the Jets or Knicks? You have to weigh the fact that football is a shorter season than basketball.
If you look at all the stats, the Knicks are at the bottom or near the bottom of almost every category. They are the worst in defense, 3 point defense, and getting to the free throw line just to name a few things. The fact that they are considering shutting down Carmelo Anthony for the season shows their vulnerability. Yes I know he is hurting, but it shows the Knicks do not really have any hope for an already lost hope for their season.
With a big free agency summer coming up, this season will showcase whether or not certain free agents want to come play for the Knicks. In 2015-2016 offseason, Marc Gasol and Rajon Rando are the 2 biggest free agents. In 2016, reigning MVP Kevin Durant is a free agent. Winning is really a key to many players choosing to sign with a certain team. With the exception of Kobe(who went with the money) and Melo(who went with money and Phil Jackson), we see it is like that with many players.
The one good thing that will come out of this horrible season is that the Knicks will have a high first round draft pick. They can take someone who has potential and build around him and Carmelo. Phil Jackson just said that better days are ahead in 2015, but what does he really mean? Does he know something that we do not? Only he really knows. Hopefully he is right. The Knicks, like the Jets, need to show that they can build a winner with the right pieces starting from the top.
If all the top executives from each New York sports team met and discussed how to make New York sports relevant again, that would be great. Can you imagine Brian Cashman saying, "Let's bring Jeter and Yogi out of retirement?", or Jerry Reese saying, "Let's just play the Patriots and make believe it's the Super Bowl." Phil Jackson was a great coach, but is a rookie executive. He should certainly speak to his contemporaries and get some piece of advice.
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