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The national sports media has failed to acknowledge the Knicks as a possible destination for Lebron James and other free agents because they make it seem like the irrelevancy and the underachieving history of the Knicks will be a turn off for superstars who want to win championships right away.Giving the Knicks a chance at improving their roster this summer, even though Donnie Walsh has worked very hard for over 2 years just to clear cap space, is something that these people feel uncomfortable doing.Sometimes I wonder if these NBA journalists have personal biases against the Knicks and are writing them off as a result of it or if they're writing the Knicks off because they really believe that NBA franchises could only rebuild themselves through drafting the right players and making the right trades.
So if NBA superstars don't want to play for losing teams such as the Knicks, are the Knicks wasting their time concentrating on the 2010 free agent class? Is it absurd for any NBA franchise that has a losing track record to offer maximum contracts to superstars who only care about playing for championship contenders? I'm sure that Donnie Walsh's plan of rebuilding the Knicks won't only rest upon signing free agents.But in order for this plan to be a success Walsh has to make the Knicks seem attractive for these players to want to sign with them.My main concern is that there is a great possibility that most of these free agents don't really care about playing on the big stage of NY because they would rather play for a team that is one superstar away from winning multiple championships.There is also the possibility of these free agents not wanting to wait on each other in order to sign with a team.
So if NBA superstars don't want to play for losing teams such as the Knicks, are the Knicks wasting their time concentrating on the 2010 free agent class? Is it absurd for any NBA franchise that has a losing track record to offer maximum contracts to superstars who only care about playing for championship contenders? I'm sure that Donnie Walsh's plan of rebuilding the Knicks won't only rest upon signing free agents.But in order for this plan to be a success Walsh has to make the Knicks seem attractive for these players to want to sign with them.My main concern is that there is a great possibility that most of these free agents don't really care about playing on the big stage of NY because they would rather play for a team that is one superstar away from winning multiple championships.There is also the possibility of these free agents not wanting to wait on each other in order to sign with a team.