Shocking! Outrageous! In other news…. Honestly, who cares? SU does not even watch them. They would have been better off going with the rookies and doing the “process” thing whatever that is. Now you have a mix of new free agents and some youngsters. SU says trade the free agent signings as soon as you can and start over from scratch. No one will even notice the difference.
Interesting story in the The Athletic today about how John Beilein is already losing the locker-room with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The younger players are tuning him out . Too much talk about fundamentals and they don’t like the names of some of the plays, e.g., “Polar Bear.” SU says: ENOUGH! It’s not like the Cavs are building off of a great 2018-2019 campaign. Beilein was brought in to create new culture. The problem in the NBA is that the one and done players don’t know the fundamentals and someone has to teach them. The solution? Cut the malcontents. Bring in the ex-Michigan players and let’s have some fun and SU would watch that for sure. No doubt Beilein will have to adapt – that’s fair. But if you are a first or 2nd year player, do you really want to be complaining to the media in early December? I know I am old school but show some respect and do your job.
Meanwhile, the word is that the Yankees are all in on Gerret Cole and have said so publicly. SU is not sure that is the best strategy here as Scott Boras is going to drive up the price north of $35 million a year. There are reports that the Yankees can afford the contract as next year Tanaka and Paxton come off the books. Hello! Don’t you need them in the rotation beyond 2020? I do not see how the dollars add up here for the long term and I know it’s not my money. Many Yankee fans including many in the SU intergalactic subscriber base want Cole at any price and they may get him. Some say he has the presence to be like CC Sabathia in the clubhouse. Could be. SU predicts 7 years, $260 million. Ridiculous. We will see who among the youngsters gets to stick around as a result.
My one caveat: if this means that they trade the Generational One, I am all in.
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There’s only one way to get Dolan out. All Knicks fans need to stop going / stop watching! When he feels the pain financially he’ll sell or league will force him to. All of the org’s problems trace back to players not wanting to play for him. The team has no culture.
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1) James Dolan is a quadruple threat. Lousy corporate executive, lousy basketball owner, lousy musician and truly lousy human being. He will never sell the Knicks, as it makes a useless nothing like him a somebody.
2) I’m not sure how the Steinbrenners can afford Cole. I hear they’re down to their last $3 billion.
I’m really at a loss for how inept the Knicks management team is. The only thing worse that their strategy is their execution of that strategy.
Nobody wants their free agent to be players. The only reason they were able to get them last year is because nobody wanted them.