Knicks Progressive Season is Over
The New York knicks season is over. Despite the way it ended with a sweep at the hands of the dreaded NY foe Boston Celtics, this was a successful Year.
Let's make no mistake about it knicks fans!
NY Knicks achieved a lot of the things they set out for, even more so with the deal that brought Carmelo Anthony to NY.
In light of Not signing Lebron James the Knicks did pretty well ending up with Amar'e Stoudemire, Carmelo, Chauncey Billups, and a surprising rookie in the 2nd round named Landry Fields. The team made the playoffs and had a winning record for the 1st time in 10 seasons.
So even though the effort in the 4-0 loss to the Celtics hurt, The team achieved the goal of landing 2 major young NBA superstars. They still need to add pieces like a true center, future point guard and depth on the bench, but we all know this is what it takes to win in this league. They just now need that 3rd star. Chris Paul? maybe...but regardless the future looks bright and only optimism should set in now.
There's been criticism of Coach Mike D'antoni's style and the way he's handled the team down the stretch, but Knicks brass looked at this rebuilding process as a long term plan with D'antoni at the helm. He will definitely be in NY next season without a hitch and only after next year will he be evaluated for his performance. So let's not dwell on it friends, he's here and we just have to accept that and deal with it. Hopefully once Donnie Walsh is re signed the team can get the pieces to make a huge run next year.
It should be a positive off season (once the lockout is resolved) for the Knicks, and all fans should enjoy this process of watching our Championship team being built. Let's work with the hand we're dealt, and hope it's a good one. We're Knicks fans and we're expecting something better than before.
We're expecting something more.
See Ya next season!