Comments on: Fare-thee-well, Jeremy Lin

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:41:41 +0000

As a die-hard Knick fan who was “nurtured” on a diet of 78-74 slugfests orchestrated by Mr. Armani and led by the likes of Mace, X, Oak, Harper, Starks, and of course the king of the fadeaway and finger-roll Ewing I’ve got back on the wagon to watch this new collection of Knicks who promise to return the franchise to glory brought by Clyde and Willis. Ultimately it will the “superstars” ‘Melo and Stat who determine how great Jeremy Lin is. Those two need to STEP UP in ways that Ewing and others from those Riley teams never did if the Knicks are going to make MSG rock in June. One thing that’s not palatable this time around are the antics of Spike Lee. Enough already.

By: tommackey

tommackey — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:46:16 +0000

Ah, If one could only let go! I’m not down on Lin but just making a mild comment. I am not up to speed on the ways of the NBA. I wish him well.

Funny about letting go. I know someone still hooked on the over-rated Big Red Machine!!!

By: "Dr." Ramseur

"Dr." Ramseur — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:57:28 +0000

As any good doctor would do, I would like to give you two bits of advice to help you recover from the demise of the “golden age” of the Knicks. The first is to not jump off of the Linsanity bandwagon so quickly. It hit a “speed bump” and before you buckled your seatbelt you jumped out. He was going up against the best perimeter defenders in the league who were rested and he had just played the night before.
The second point is to let go of the past Knick debacles….the Frazier trade, Ewing’s missed finger roll against the Pacers, John Starks going 2 for 18 in game seven, etc. Let those go and look to the future, Linsanity.

By: tommackey

tommackey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:09:05 +0000

No! I am not negative on Lin the way I admittedly was about Coughlin. I didn’t like his several floating shots but I really don’t know how they play in the NBA anymore besides the ubiquitous pick and roll.

I wish Lin well but place the responsibility for him squarly on your and Jack and Luke’s shoulders! I did my work back in the day.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:29:50 +0000

Should we file this post next to your Coughlin kiss-off a while back?

By: wordsrangtrue

wordsrangtrue — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:10:48 +0000

I guess I’ll never be a basketball scout. When Jeremy was with the Warriors, there was nothing at all to suggest he could play like this. I remain a little sour on the NBA after the strike so I’m kind of sitting this year out and enjoying spring training. Great post, Tom.