Its not that we expected too much too quickly, its simply that we should be better than what we are after being patient and giving Walsh and D'antoni 3 years to do something.
But as much as anyone, D'Antoni needs to show something across the season's final 29 games, starting tonight in Newark against the Nets, but really starting after the one-game-in-10-days mini-bye the Knicks will enjoy thereafter. Whether the Knicks ultimately deal for Anthony is irrelevant to this matter. This is relevant: The Knicks are paying $6 million a year for D'Antoni and so far the best they've seen is the 26-26 mark they'll drag across the river tonight.
And it's time someone said it: They should be better than that right now.
Nobody sane talked about winning a championship this year, just like nobody much expected the Knicks to beat the defending world champs last night. It's the too-frequent-lately no-shows against lesser teams that fry the nerves now, home losses to the likes of the Kings and the Suns and the Clippers, and the fact that until last night, the Cavaliers' only win since two days after Thanksgiving was against the Knicks.
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I agree with that 100%. We waited 3 years to be a good team under current management including coaching staff. We signed a max player in Stoudemire after missing out on Lebron, Wade, and Bosh, the three free agents that were said to be top of the class. We gave max money to Amare. I like the guy, earlier this season he played like a MVP candidate, but fact is we're .500. Blame D'antoni, blame Amare, blame our youth, blame the distractions, blame whatever you want. When you give someone 20 million a year to play on a team in a horrible conference, your team record should be better than .500. When you have a former coach of the year making 6 million dollars and getting a ton of credit for being an offensive mastermind, your team should be better than .500. When you have the type of young assets we have that people claim are too valuable to give up for a superstar in Carmelo Anthony, your team should be better than .500.
That's what it boils down 2. Lose to the Celtics and Lakers at home. Fans of a team like we have don't look at the schedule and our roster and say "we're going to beat the Celtics here and we're going to beat the Celtics there". Losing those games are fine. But when you're getting your butts handed to you by the Sacremento Kings, LA Clippers (without Gordon), and Phoenix Suns at home...Then there's a problem.
I'm not asking for 50 wins this season. Simply put, we're not as bad as our record indicates. We're better than a .500 team, but we're not performing like we're better than a .500 team. That's why there's an issue.
