Here is something I thought I would never say: I cannot wait until the basketball season is over. Watching my favorite team, the New York Knicks, lose in every conceivable way this season has killed my love for the game. With just four games left to play and the likelihood of missing the playoffs in the god-awful Eastern Conference for the third straight season, I just can’t bear to watch these unlovable losers anymore.
Despite being the highest paid team in the NBA, the Knicks, at best, are a bunch of dogs. They can’t shot, pass, rebound or defend very well. And worst of all, they are incapable of accepting blame for their shortcomings. Following their most recent blowout loss, a 98-69 defeat to the Chicago Bulls, the Knicks accused Chicago of trying to run up the score in the final minutes of the game.
Steve Francis was heard shouting profanities at the Bulls and even had to be restrained from going after Tyrus Thomas in the hallway after the game. "I think they definitely were trying to rub it in," said Knicks’ overweight center and former Bull, Eddy Curry.
Where was all this fight during the game? The Knicks were down by 10 points within the first six minutes, scored just 27 points by the half and were behind by 35 points in the fourth. In addition, the Bulls had outscored the Knicks by only one point in the fourth, 20-19, so where’s the crime?
Here’s a piece of advice for the clueless Knickerbockers: Play better and teams won’t try to run up the score.
I love how the Knicks are so quick to defend their manhood through their fists and words, rather than within the confines of a basketball game. I don’t understand where they get the audacity to accuse any team for being unprofessional when they have lost 12 of their last 15 games with the playoffs at stake.
Instead of focusing on their lousy play, the Knicks like to the point fingers at everyone else. Last week Isiah Thomas was fined $50,000 for criticizing the officials over their apparent “lack of respect” towards point guard Stephon Marbury. Now this may seem like a small thing but it illustrates the type of backward mentality of the Knicks.
I just wish New York had someone in charge that would inspire the overpaid players and teach them accountability. Is that too much to ask for?
