Ladies and gentlemen...

Your New York Knicks!

Speaking of Change

Huh.

Maybe there's hope for the Knicks yet!

Now, I gave up on then a while ago, and for a long time (the Shaq era), the NBA too. I fucking hate Shaq the basketball player. He ruined the game for a decade.

But the '06-07 season was very good, and last year was a revelation. The new blood in the league is phenomenal, there are multiple running teams as opposed to just the Suns, and there were actually some trades last year for the first time in a long time. No, Kidd wasn't going to bring the Mavericks over the top, and Shaq wasn't going to help Phoenix much, but at least some teams went for it.

I don't expect D'Antoni to lead this team to a title any time soon, but .500 usually gets you into the playoffs in the East. That's more than I've hoped for in years.

Some links

Possibly the most awful thing you'll ever see. Pretty damned funny though.



A comprehensive look at the downfall of the New York Knicks.


(h/t to Bill Simmons - and his readers - for both of these)