It is hard as a sports’ fan to always look at the big picture. When your teams are giving up winning in the short term to draft and prospect young talent, it’s not always easy to see the wins that translates to years down the road. Now, imagine your team doesn’t draft, imagine your team guts itself for a period of ten years, makes moves for has-been talent and financially cripples your team and handcuffs the ability to have any sort of respect for over a decade. Hello, I’m a New York Knicks fan, and this was my life as a basketball fan.
Like the rest of the devoid of any basketball joy Knicks’ fans, I began to see the end in sight in 2008 when it appeared LeBron James’ impending 2010 free agency would result in him coming to the basketball mecca of the world, and our pain of Isaiah Thomas, Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, Anfernee Hardaway and every draft pick we traded for them would be absolved with the signing of James. Well, James took his talents to South Beach, and in a panic move, James Dolan overpaid for Amar’e Stoudemire in order to somewhat salvage the biggest swing and a miss in the history of free agency. Continue reading Eat My Sports: Finally