What Happened to the culture of the Knicks
I am old school having witnessed the only championships that the Knicks ever won in 1970 and 1973.
The current Knicks teams as well as the last 9 years bear no resemblance to those great teams. Mostly I put it on Isiah and Dolan who have turned a great franchise into a laughing stock.
The Knicks of old stressed passing and sharing the ball as well as having an unbelievable defense a TEAM defense.
Watching that raptor game the other night made me sick when I saw the guards just driving to the basket nearly untouched.
Just inexcusable.
The D'Antoni system is about the complete opposite of Red Holtzman's. Red would never put that offense in place and he would stress defense and rebounding first. Amare lacks both of these attributes and if Carmelo comes here he won't do the dirty work either.
To those that say that the role players need to do that you are delusional. Great players play both ends of the floor a la Frazier, Bradley, DeBusschere, Reed and even Earl Monroe.
This team needs a new culture. I don't think that the D'Antoni system is going to get them anywhere unless they find a Steve Nash clone that is only 26 years old.
The Spurs when they won championships played like the old Knickerbockers. Unselfishly, great D, managed their mistakes, played smart.
If the Knicks somehow get Carmelo and Chris Paul then maybe we will have something.
Right now we are just on the border of making the playoffs.
Not enough for me for a rotten nearly decade of pitiful basketball.
FU Isiah and Dolan!