Let's all place our feet at the starting line instead of drowning champagne at the finish. What is your reasonable stat line for Knicks Pick Kristap Prozingas to be determined well worth being picked 4th in this draft? What would be the stat line of Kristap Prozingas that would show he's a bust? Give yourself a barometer & meet back here in a year & see if, like all other times, you have the weight to down talk this Knicks decision...
Best believe any & every Knick fan has heard these statements or variations uttered at them. From family to friends, coworkers to drunk bar-goers...hell, the rational Knick fans have said it to themselves on more than a few occasions. It comes with the territory...so much so that when a Knick fan has a child, he has to question whether it's child abuse to raise the child to take on that oh-so-painful burden.
"sshh Knicks fan..it'll only hurt for another 42 years..."
Sometimes, regardless of how relevant or not the Knicks are, it seems that the entire sports world comes down on every decision, win/loss & acquisition the Knicks make. And each criticism slices through the air with reckless abandon, no consideration of its rationale or context. It - being unapologetic criticism -, for many of the Knicks critics, just feels like the right thing to do. You wonder who is at fault for this seemingly endless army of critical executioners. Are the main drivers of this un-apologizing criticism former fans turned sour by Knicks misfortune? Is the criticism a response to the perceived entitlement of Knicks fans? Is the "fukk the knicks" mentality stemming from some sort of basketball related insecurity? Or...are people just rational thinkers with valid criticism?
Well, the Knicks have...through all fault of their own, placed themselves in a very future altering, albeit shameful, position....
With the 4th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.........The New York Knicks....Select.......
[With options of Justice Winslow, Willey Cauley-Stein, Emmanuel Mudiay, Mario Hezonja & Frank Kaminsky available]
KRISTAP PROZINGA.
"Just don't look at the fans....Just don't look at the fans...Just don't look at the fans..."
Not even a millisecond of silence between the name rolling clumsily out of Adam Silver's mouth & fan reaction, an echoing "booooo" circled around the Barclays Center. Psychologically scared Knicks fans of yesteryear weren't surprised, a young Knicks fan cried(and took a seflie) & the Basketball brigade hollered like hyenas delighted with what they immediately stamped "another Knicks failure."
"Accountability." The easy answer to why the Knicks deserve a constant reminder of its ineptitude is because it seems the organization doesn't show accountability. However, the weirdest part of the equation has never been looked at. Why does it seem that there is a euphoric feeling one gets from digging into the typical "Knick fan?" Most fans have the same criticisms as everyone else, yet it's not enough for a critique to down the team...they down the fan. Well...
Now seems like the time for the critique to have some "accountability." Before you explain whether you gave credit to the Knicks for picking up Latrell Sprewell or drafting Timofy Mozgov. No need to prove that you weren't the one who sent shots at the Knicks for not matching Jeremy Lin's offer sheet. And please, don't attempt to explain whether you were co-signing the Crucifixion of the Knicks for trading away Iman-J.R Smith.
Let's all place our feet at the starting line instead of drowning champagne at the finish. What is your reasonable stat line for Knicks Pick Kristap Prozingas to be determined well worth being picked 4th in this draft? What would be the stat line of Kristap Prozingas that would show he's a bust? Give yourself a barometer & meet back here in a year & see if, like all other times, you have the weight to down talk this Knicks decision...
Be careful though...you don't want to look like an irrational Knick hater...
