I?m not stupid. I know this franchise will never sign a star free agent while Dolan owns the team.
But...spend the next 2 seasons turning RJ and MRob into stars and change the culture here. Then, you open up the massive cap space again in 2021 and you pitch your ass off to get Kawhi and Giannis to come here together.
I don?t believe it?s necessarily Dolan... it?s the fact this team has sucked for 20 years.
If this group comes together, they will flock to MSG.
But the losing and the negative press, along with Melo treatment and Oakley...
Toss in the enormous city and state taxes and cost of living, the frigid temps...
Then there?s the press... the media... and, let?s be honest, this Lebron generation of players are mentally soft... in terms of having testicular fortitude to earn things on their own... they fear this ?franchise savior? tag.
What I?m trying to say, is they are extremely self-conscious about their place in history, their legacy and standing amongst their peers, that they want to microwave their brand and find shortest route to multiple titles...
They want to equal what MJ did but don?t want the burden to do it by themselves... they seek comfort in numbers and want to mitigate all risks...
It?s the Video game generation that wants to create their own super teams, get out ahead of the narrative.
This different approach has made these cats run from NY... not bc of Dolan... but bc dolan?s organization can?t offer them what they seek...
So, without a clear path to ensure multiple Conf Finals appearances, all the other stuff (taxes, weather, losing) takes Knicks off the table completely.
If RJ-MRob, Randle and dSJ put this team back in the map... stars will come running.
I don?t care tho... I want this slow broil rebuild now. Then say NO to these guys.