Hope Can Be a Dangerous Thing

Hope Can Be A Dangerous Thing

With the New York Knicks recently trading for Tracy McGrady and sending away Nate Robinson in separate deals they are going all in on the upcoming 2011 Free Agency. By doing so, the Knicks, are set to free up another nine million dollars, which may just give them enough cap space to secure that second superstar, or allow them to resign forward David Lee. We can safely say that not only all Knick fans, but the entire organization is banking on the 2011 Free Agency to turn the team around, and once again become contenders in the N.B.A. Were all hoping that the Knickerbockers can lure LeBron James and Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh into the Garden, but the chances of that remain unknown. Will LeBron James, the Cleveland native leave his home? Will Wade leave the Miami Heat, a team where he’s already won a ring?

By trading for McGrady, the Knicks, gave up not only the 8^th pick in the 2010 draft, they also gave the Houston Rockets the right to swap first round picks in 2011 and their 2012 first round draft pick. What happens if the Knicks don’t get King James or D-Wade? Just recently, former Knick killer Reggie Miller said, “He didn’t believe the Knicks would land Lebron James.” And according to a source of Marc Berman’s from the NY Post “Walsh nearly spit up his morning coffee.” “Walsh was so concerned, he called up his former Indiana star to find out if Miller had inside information.” If the Knicks are basing their entire future on the hope that LeBron James will leave Cleveland and come to the big apple, Donnie Walsh and management are sorely mistaken. If the previous management had taught us one thing, it is not to give up everything in one deal in hope something good comes out of it. If the Knicks don’t land James, Wade or Bosh, they’re going to be the laughing stock of the East for years to come. By allowing Houston to swap first’s this year, and giving them our first next year, the Knicks may have very well just gave Houston two top ten picks. This could be Stephon Marbury all over again. If the past has taught us one thing to the entire orange and blue faithful, it is that hope can be a dangerous thing.