Nazrmohamed wrote:Because this thread was created 3 days ago and I'm like the 5th poster. That's why us Knicks fans dont understand. Truth is you guys have it good. Should Durant not work out it wont be a sign of your incompetence, there will be no stories of you being a mess. Theyll just stop discussing it. In fact they arent really discussing it now are they. Are these moves more of a Nets gain or a Knicks loss? So my point is nothing has changed in terms of what you really want. Nets fans need attention. They want to be talked about. Relevancy. Yet in every post they bring up the Knicks. Success or failure is inconsequential to this point.
You want attention? Maybe the media shouldve spent just as much time on the failed Deron William's trade as they did ruining the mood around the Carmelo trade. Maybe they could spend more time talking about how the Nets traded the farm for Pierce and KG. What about every crappy year the Nets have had prior to one sole 40win season.
None of that is a sign of Netsdysfunction. Its greatly managed failure apparently. The Knicks won 52 games. There were no grand announcements of smart management. They said we should rebuild, we do and the talk is about why anyone would wanna come to a 17 win team. So my point is it's about spin and perspective. Nets in all honesty have it made. Each move gets to be kept quiet, in the shadows. You could occupy every ring on the Tank to Title ladder and have it be spun positively. The media gives you this lovable underdog persona. You have it made.
Tomorrow the Nets could sign Anthony Bennett and watch it be spun as some critically ingenious move
Yes, we continue to bring up the Knicks as they spent the last two years downplaying anything Nets related.
Summer 2018: KP + KD/Kyrie is happening next summer.
Fall 2018: KD, KP, Kyrie, draft pick is a lock.
February 2019: Zion, KD, Kyrie is a lock to NY! They wouldn’t sign with the no attendance Nets!
March 2019: RJ Barrett, KD, Kyrie/Kemba is a lock! They won’t sign with the irrelevant Nets!
Summer 2019: Julius Randle is better than signing KD, we didn’t want Kyrie anyways.
Yet, none of them were ever that interested in the Knicks. KD went as far as forcing the Warriors to give up a draft pick for the Nets and taking a LeBron in Miami-esque pay cut to recruit DeAndre Jordan who was traded to NY to recruit KD to the Knicks... The Knicks wrote a statement to basically apologize for failing in FA an hour after Durant committed to Brooklyn.
I think Knick fans should worry about themselves right now. This isn’t the first time we’ve been relevant and it certainly won’t be the last.
It seems like Knick fans can’t take the same heat they love to dish out. Isn’t there an entire thread dedicated to why KD chose the Nets over there?