The New York Knicks are in the mix for Kyrie Irving. Is the “Classic Knicks” move to go all-in for the hometown star or sit out and keep rebuilding?
“Hi, my name is George. I’m unemployed, and I live with my parents.”
We do crazy things out of desperation.
Like when George Costanza uttered this classic to a beautiful woman at Monk’s lunch counter. He had finally come face to face with the prospect that he may never again make a correct decision in his life. That every endeavor was destined to fail; every attempt at success doomed from the start.
Knicks fans can understand. After two decades of almost complete and total futility, fans have become conditioned to expect the worst. At this point, they would happily wish for a front office that, like George Costanza, simply did the opposite of whatever it is that the Knicks normally would.
If only it were that simple.
During the 2017 NBA Draft, many were convinced that the “Knicksy” move would have been to draft Dennis Smith, the shiny object who played no defense and quit on his college team.
Instead, they took the kid with the basketball savvy and sweet jumper who was oozing with defensive positional versatility. Seemed like the opposite of the classic Knicks blunder.
A month later, after seeing Smith own summer league, early indications are that once again, the Knicks made the wrong move despite their best efforts. Classic Knicks indeed.
New York now arrives at a reckoning of far grander proportions in the form of Kyrie Irving. Robin either wants out of Batman’s shadow, or wants to beat him to the punch of leaving Gotham, depending on which reports you believe.
Moreover, the New Jersey product not only wishes to come home, but is evidently enamored with the idea of being the lead ball-handler in Jeff Hornacek’s offense, with Kristaps Porzingis being on the receiving end of alley oop after thunderous oop.
Coming home…I’m coming home…where have we heard this before…???