SyndicationIsiah's Parting Shots
I'll be the first to reminisce about Pat's sweat dripping chin as he idles by the free throw line during a spirited playoff performance. I fell over myself when Mase arrived to a game with "Mase In Yo Face" shaved into his head. I loved watching Derek Harper with his head up on the break or the weird hitch in his shot. John Starks "fire and desire" are unquestionable. Oak, the prototypical enforcer with a surprisingly smoother outside shot.
Those are just some of the heroes from the 90's Knicks era.
But what I remember most was how unceremoniously they were criticized, fractured and ultimately dismantled. The culprits? Unappreciative fans and bored reporters. People who berated these Knicks who lost to, what history has proven, the best player in NBA history on a team he led to 6 championships.
Patrick Ewing is no slouch, the HOF has affirmed it this past week.
For some unknown reason, after all the public scrutiny and disdain, Isiah still wants to be "a part of the process" that puts together a championship winning team in NY. No fan can want more. Right or wrong, Isiah had this to say:
“I’m on the job and I look forward to making it better,” he said. “Our job and our goal is to one day win a championship here, and I have every intention of being a part of that process.”
“New York is a unique situation in it’s own right and it brings unique problems, but that’s why we’re here to iron these things out and work them out and continue moving,” Thomas said. “The last championship here that was won was 1973 and there’s a lot of work that needs to be done and there’s work that has been done and there’s more that we’ll continue to do. You just don’t jump up and win championships. New York has threatened to win a couple of times, but you’ve never really won and I want to win it and everything we’re trying to do here is build it so one day we can win a championship."
“I was laughed at in Detroit when I was talking this way and a couple of years later, after putting in the work, eventually we did it. I have extreme confidence that we’ll get it done here. You can mock and laugh along the way because that’s how it goes when you’re on the bottom and you’re trying to get to the top, but I’m extremely confident that we will get to the top as a Knick organization. We will deliver something that one day everyone will be proud of. Again, you haven’t been proud here since ‘73. So we’ve got our work cut out and I intend to stick it through and stick it out. It’s a tough place and you deliver tough blows, but my job is to take it, and to keep moving, and to move through it. I’ve won in this league several times, and I intend to win more times than that. Say what you want and do what you want, but one day you’ll be asking me how’d it feel when I was sitting here, and I’ll tell you how I felt, then I’ll talk to you about the championships hopefully we’ll deliver for you.”
You're a loser until you win it all. Isiah wanted to remind us all that we haven't won it all since 1973. Thanks Isiah...I think. I hope you feel better now that you've got that off your chest.
You better hope Donnie sees the humor in it too.
Those are just some of the heroes from the 90's Knicks era.
But what I remember most was how unceremoniously they were criticized, fractured and ultimately dismantled. The culprits? Unappreciative fans and bored reporters. People who berated these Knicks who lost to, what history has proven, the best player in NBA history on a team he led to 6 championships.
Patrick Ewing is no slouch, the HOF has affirmed it this past week.
For some unknown reason, after all the public scrutiny and disdain, Isiah still wants to be "a part of the process" that puts together a championship winning team in NY. No fan can want more. Right or wrong, Isiah had this to say:
“I’m on the job and I look forward to making it better,” he said. “Our job and our goal is to one day win a championship here, and I have every intention of being a part of that process.”
“New York is a unique situation in it’s own right and it brings unique problems, but that’s why we’re here to iron these things out and work them out and continue moving,” Thomas said. “The last championship here that was won was 1973 and there’s a lot of work that needs to be done and there’s work that has been done and there’s more that we’ll continue to do. You just don’t jump up and win championships. New York has threatened to win a couple of times, but you’ve never really won and I want to win it and everything we’re trying to do here is build it so one day we can win a championship."
“I was laughed at in Detroit when I was talking this way and a couple of years later, after putting in the work, eventually we did it. I have extreme confidence that we’ll get it done here. You can mock and laugh along the way because that’s how it goes when you’re on the bottom and you’re trying to get to the top, but I’m extremely confident that we will get to the top as a Knick organization. We will deliver something that one day everyone will be proud of. Again, you haven’t been proud here since ‘73. So we’ve got our work cut out and I intend to stick it through and stick it out. It’s a tough place and you deliver tough blows, but my job is to take it, and to keep moving, and to move through it. I’ve won in this league several times, and I intend to win more times than that. Say what you want and do what you want, but one day you’ll be asking me how’d it feel when I was sitting here, and I’ll tell you how I felt, then I’ll talk to you about the championships hopefully we’ll deliver for you.”
You're a loser until you win it all. Isiah wanted to remind us all that we haven't won it all since 1973. Thanks Isiah...I think. I hope you feel better now that you've got that off your chest.
You better hope Donnie sees the humor in it too.
2008-10-11 @ 10:52:44 am
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