enetric wrote:Basileus777 wrote:The management is thinking about building for 2012 when they move to Brooklyn. Waiting 4 years to wait until the Heat start to fade isn't really an option. You can't ignore the business and marketing aspect here.
And there it is. NIX PLANNING. DONT PLAN TO BUILD A WINNER. PLAN TO BE A TICKET SELLER.
Do you like what the Knicks have been doing this last decade? Good plan? Whoever is there...GO ALL in until you dont have the flexibility?
IN 2012...two years into Melo's 4 years...capped out...Brook up for an extension...if we arent a contending team..but instead a low seed or a just miss the playoffs team...then what?
Or, take these TWO years in Newark...to build right. Tell you what. What if Favors IS all that?
And in the next two drafts we landed two more top 5 picks? And we had Brook, and Devin and Twill.
You think...we couldnt make a HUGE splash for Brooklyn and be terrifc for a LOOOOOOONG time?
if 4 years from now...two years into Brooklyn we are rebuilding again...then what?
I have to stop and quote this one too.
I don't know if this got resolved or not afterwords because I am quoting right where I am reading it, but E I think you're taking him out of context and ignoring the truth in what he's saying.
Basileus doesn't necessarily agree with the angle he is typing, he is just putting out there the reality of the situation and you would have to be naive to deny it.
It's obvious that as much as Proky wants to win himself due to pride and his competitive nature, as well as the windfall of cash that comes with being the champs, the reality is he is a business man looking to make coin both long term and short and has to sell his brand.
He has to create a fan base, sell tickets and merchandise, sell TV time, sell this team to the NBA market, the fans abroad and especially in Russia and Europe and to steal the spotlight from the grasps of the Knix in the tristate.
It is yet to be seen if he stays true to what seems like BS rhetoric about being better then a top 5 team and it is likely that the all mighty dollar rules his world and is the thing of his obsession.
Getting Melo will turn this team into a marketing powerhouse, there is just no denying that.
In a microcosm, just look at how this thread exploded and more importantly look at how even some of the more reserved posters on this board that have been preaching contender and agreeing with us about the proper way to rebuild, whether slow or through blockbuster trade, have instantly done a complete 360 and are screaming in delight simply because of the excitement of almost acquiring Melo. Sure it's the immediate reaction from the instant gratification and some of that will wear off, especially if we don't make another move and mediocrity is realized, but the fact is you have a guy claiming he just bought season tickets as a direct result of this move and there are an assload of people like him and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Melo means ESPN, TNT, ABC, NBATV, etc., years before Brooklyn.
Most fans are not die hard such as the likes of us(and by us I mean all of our regulars), most are casual and fair weather and ironically Proky doesn't give a damn about us and is trying to create an entirely new fan base, to hell with the old, in with the new.
It means a lot of dollars and to sheepishly use the old cliche, that makes sense.
