Shaky Start

The New York Knicks beat the Wizards and the Heat in convincing fashion this year. But besides those two wins against sure-shot playoff teams, the Knicks season has been, as expected, not good. The Knicks are 5-9.

Jamal Crawford continues to be inconsistent. If he could just learn to have his unbelievable games more times than not, the Knicks would have a go-to scorer. Eddy Curry is a larger version of Crawford's inconsistency. Getting rid of both Marbury and Francis would still be addition by subtraction. The bright spots on the team are still the young players who actually give effort night in and night out (imagine that). Nate Robinson, David Lee, and Ronaldo Balkman (still should've picked Marcus Williams) should be the epitome of this team's work ethic on the floor, but instead they're the exceptions. Channing Frye has had a surprisingly bad beginning, which isn't helping anything.

I loved Isiah Thomas as a player. I supported him as Pacers coach. But he fucked up the Knicks royally. Yes, the team sucks. Yes, the players get paid more money than the accumulative total GDP of all the ex-Soviet satellite nations since the fall of communism.* But the worst part is that Isiah Thomas somehow acquired almost an entire team of unlikable players. Most have no heart and it's sucking out the energy of the players that actually do.

Again, I call for Herb Williams to be reinstituted as coach. Herb Williams has been with the Knicks forever. He actually gives a shit about the state of the franchise. He even fasted for the holy month of Ramadan in solidarity with his player Nazr Muhammad. Hey, that's not an easy fast, believe me. Promote Herb Williams to head coach. Give him time, lots of time. Give him young players who work hard. Long live Herb Williams!



Oh, and the Knicks will make the playoffs this year, mark my words (better yet, don't).



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*- Totally madeup and probably not even a real statistic.