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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Fire Dolan! What the Knicks really need.

Fire Dolan!  Why don't we ever hear this chant at the Garden?  I'm willing to wager Knicks owner James Dolan, the owner of cable empire Cablevision [kudos for the original name], has arranged for the sound to be muffled out on television broadcasts.  The Knicks are a mess- don't let a win over the moribund Blazers fool you.  The team is in a state of flux.  The coach, thankfully, resigned even though he should have never been brought back.  The two "best" players, A'mare "shat... uhh... Stat" Stoudemire and Carmelo "Melo drama' Anthony refuse to play defense, even with the threat of Tyson Chandler going all Fidel Castro on them with his beard.  The real problem is the ownership, and Dolan's lack of leadership.  He is too busy playing in his crappy band.  If you don't believe me follow this link.  I am now legally required to tell you how crappy this music is, but Dolan's commentary makes it a worthwhile watch.  Just have a vomit bucket ready.  Luckily, I do not have the privilege of overpaying for Cablevision so my internet won't be shut down immediately, and you will be able to read this post.  I will now do what every Knicks fan wants to do, and imagine that I run the franchise and showed some actual leadership.  My ideas to fix the Knicks.

  1. Realize Carmelo Anthony isn't that good.  He hasn't won anything since he was at Syracuse.
  2. Realize Stoudemire is awful.  Terrible.  Even if he can score, his defense is the worst I have seen in my life.  He actually picked Jeremy Lin the other night.  Ghhh.  
  3. Understand that the best player on the team is Tyson Chandler, far and away.  Allow him to be the leader.  
  4. Understand that Jeremy Lin should have been traded today.  He is the perfect kind of point guard for Mike D'antoni's system.  Carmelo had D'antoni whacked.  This leaves Lin useless.  A true leader would have made a decisive move, and dealt Lin while his value was sky high.  I would have kept Jeremy Lin, which means.....
  5. Make a very bold move- they should have called Orlando and offered Carmelo and Stoudemire for Dwight Howard and Hedo.  This would give the Knicks the best defensive team in the league, perhaps one of the best ever.  Howard and Chandler would make it almost impossible to drive on the team, Lin is a good defensive point guard, Landry [Lance for you Friday Night Lights fans] Fields.  Add in Imam Shumpert and you can shut people down.  But Mike, how will they score?
  6. Obviously Howard is a beast.  Lin will penetrate.  But the key will be Novack and J.R. Smith will have the green light to bomb away.  Truth be told, the offensive rebounds that can be grabbed by the Howard-Chandler monster will allow you to shoot a lower percentage, but get easy points.  Teams will have to collapse inside.  Look how effective Ryan Anderson is playing with Howard.  Imagine having two gunners? 
This is why Knicks fans should chant "Fire Dolan".  He is loyal to a fault.  His band is reason enough to never watch the Knicks play again.  I will now go place my head in the oven, to get JD and the Straight Shot  out of my head.

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