stuporman wrote:How much longer will people continue to portray the circumstances of KP getting traded as ONLY to sign FAs and if they don't do it this summer it's a failure and the trade should be criticized. Oh wait.... forever.... because people are ignorant or disingenuous.
KP asked for a trade and told the Knicks he wasn't resigning with them.... this is why he was traded..... it's that simple. If he wanted to be in NY and was fully on board with the FO, coach and direction of the team they aren't trading him like they did.
So his Divaness and his 'oh brother' wanted the trade immediately so essentially forced the Knicks to act quickly and fortunately they had laid some groundwork to make a deal right away before the situation deteriorated even more.
The Knicks did get cap relief in the deal, they also got a young prospect and an unprotected first rounded and another protected one. So they got a variety of benefits from the deal and only signing FAs this summer doesn't define the trade they were forced to make.
Until we win, everything will be portrayed as a failure. It's just how it is. The Knicks are such an easy target for negativity that it's to be expected.
We know why they made the KP deal and most of us liked it, but it's to be expected that if we don't land FAs, the hate will be even stronger for the trade when in reality the trade in and of itself was a success.
