Should the Knicks tank in the '16-'17 season?
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Re: Should the Knicks tank in the '16-'17 season?
Pretty sure if things continue as they've been going it won't be 'tanking' it will just be 'losing badly'.
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I don't know with Dolan he seesmoocow007 wrote:NYKnicksTAPE wrote:NY can handle a rebuild. We've been sorry for over a decade (4 playoff appearances in 15 years while only finishing with more than 40 wins in a season twice). In spite of all the losing, the team still has a ton of support...we still sell out the Garden every night and the Knicks are the most valuable franchise in the NBA. #TeamTank is definitely in the building right now...the lead in the poll just keeps growing every day.
NY might be able to, but James Dolan won't. So chances are...
The money maker we got to draft in Pozingas and I think he might be down for another tank to land another young money maker to put next to Pozingas.

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method wrote:I don't know with Dolan he seesmoocow007 wrote:NYKnicksTAPE wrote:NY can handle a rebuild. We've been sorry for over a decade (4 playoff appearances in 15 years while only finishing with more than 40 wins in a season twice). In spite of all the losing, the team still has a ton of support...we still sell out the Garden every night and the Knicks are the most valuable franchise in the NBA. #TeamTank is definitely in the building right now...the lead in the poll just keeps growing every day.
NY might be able to, but James Dolan won't. So chances are...
The money maker we got to draft he Pozingas and I think he might be down for another tank to laid another young money maker to put next to Pozingas.
could be right. i said the other day now that kp is here the beer and popcorn will keep selling and that buys you time to keep building. lets hope so
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Idk about y'all, but this looks like a pretty done deal to me...somebody forward the results over to Phil



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NYKnicksTAPE wrote:Idk about y'all, but this looks like a pretty done deal to me...somebody forward the results over to Phil
after a very extensive coaching search i have found the next knicks head coach

and a perfect assistant coach

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CluelessJackson wrote:NYKnicksTAPE wrote:Idk about y'all, but this looks like a pretty done deal to me...somebody forward the results over to Phil
after a very extensive coaching search i have found the next knicks head coach
and a perfect assistant coach
That assistant can teach the guards how to cut lol.
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Jimmit79 wrote:CluelessJackson wrote:NYKnicksTAPE wrote:Idk about y'all, but this looks like a pretty done deal to me...somebody forward the results over to Phil
after a very extensive coaching search i have found the next knicks head coach
and a perfect assistant coach
That assistant can teach the guards how to cut lol.
It'd be awesome if Dolan allowed the fans to direct franchise decisions via RealGM polls
Can it be any worse than the past 15 years?
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Looks like a good 2/3's of the board is in favor of the tank next season. I only hope Phil is too.
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spree8 wrote:Looks like a good 2/3's of the board is in favor of the tank next season. I only hope Phil is too.
Looking at how the other teams in the East developed last season (and how they would be improving the next) shows how far back we are. Don't see us hitting the jackpot in FA. The tank is something that we should embrace.
What sucks here is that we would be wasting Melo's time. As much as I like Melo however, he deserves this. If he had waited one more season and did not bait Dolan into a bidding war with the Nets, we would have given him a much better team sooner rather than later.
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I'd tank before going after rondo though. I'd do lots of things before going after rondo.
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Worst_to_First wrote:spree8 wrote:Looks like a good 2/3's of the board is in favor of the tank next season. I only hope Phil is too.
Looking at how the other teams in the East developed last season (and how they would be improving the next) shows how far back we are. Don't see us hitting the jackpot in FA. The tank is something that we should embrace.
What sucks here is that we would be wasting Melo's time. As much as I like Melo however, he deserves this. If he had waited one more season and did not bait Dolan into a bidding war with the Nets, we would have given him a much better team sooner rather than later.
of course. what i see is some say but those players traded all came down with injuries. but they didnt all fall down at the same time and some of them would have remained valuable trading chips. they were all resources of one kind or another and should have been used to keep building the team not to throw them away in a trade that didnt have to happen.
if melo wanted to be a knick he could have come for a few dollars less soon after. it is his curse to bear. sick of hearing apologies for this. his bed. he made it because he forced a mid-season trade. nobody made him do that. he did it. he played hardball with the nuggets and ujiri stripped us clean. thats melos karma. no sympathies needed
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Re: Should the Knicks tank in the '16-'17 season?
Has anything changed in the last month? Are you still voting the same way ?
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I bet PJax won't tank Year 3.
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Unless they sit melo and kp all year don't see how they can tank. Those two by themselves guarantee a competitive team, another decent enough player and it is a low end playoff team. I don't think this is a realistic convo. Tanking was only viable without Melo.
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Blockwatcher wrote:Has anything changed in the last month? Are you still voting the same way ?
He's not tanking.
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Phil will try to "compete" the first 2 months and if the cats are still crapping the floor then he procedes with the tank.
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One of the biggest myths is that NYC won't tolerate a top down rebuilding situation
We can get paper longer than Pippens arms
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Re: Should the Knicks tank in the '16-'17 season?
Blockwatcher wrote:Has anything changed in the last month? Are you still voting the same way ?
Nothing has changed.
We should tank? Probably
We will? Nope

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Re: Should the Knicks tank in the '16-'17 season?
The Infamous1 wrote:One of the biggest myths is that NYC won't tolerate a top down rebuilding situation
I agree , all we have done the past 15 years is rebuild (other teams)
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