Re: Mcdyess Out!!!

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Knicks had a very good team with Ewing for years and couldn't get the
Ring. I have no sympathies for them. They were one of the most in your face
teams I can recall. The cellar would be a good start for them.


----- Original Message -----
From: <snoopy1@pig.net>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: Mcdyess Out!!!


> At 07:37 PM 10/14/02 +0800, Jaims wrote:
> >well, if Mcdyess will be sidelined througout the season, it would be more
safe
> >to say that the Knicks will be out of the playoff picture thus increasing
our
> >chances to place better in it...
>
> Like they were a playoff threat LAST year, or something...  :>))
>
> Seriously, it hearkens back to something that REALLY BUGGED me about the
> Knicks.  Back when they got Latrell Spreewell, they were a legitimate
> playoff contender.  I was outraged that Spreewell was, to my mind, being
> rewarded for his act of attempted murder by being traded to a
> high-visibility team in a major city.  Despite that I respected Patrick
> Ewing, I siuncerely hoped that as long as Spreewell was there, that the
> Knicks never got anywhere near a championship, because I felt he didn't
> deserve to be honored so by being referred to as "A member of the NBA
> Championship team...".
>
> Ever since, the Knicks have been a train wreck.  I feel bad for ALMOST all
> of them--though I have no wish for their success to come at our
> expense.  Having survived Pitino, I know what it's like as a fan to have
to
> sit there and take it when someone says "Your team SUCKS this
> year!"--because you know that right then--sigh--it's true.
>
> The minute Spreewell goes, I'll wish New York well.
>
> Up to a point, of course.  The Celtics still come first in my mind--and
> hopefully, in the NBA.
>
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