It's opening night at the Garden. It used to be one of the most thrilling days on the calendar, and it probably will be again next year, but not this year, not with regard to this team of mismatched parts. The most interesting part of this year will be to see which young, cheap players can learn the triangle and compete on defense well enough to stay another year. Certainly don't get too attached to any of them, and don't get attached to any veterans, save Melo, because they can all become bundled assets or liabilities in trade scenarios. So on opening night, the one thing we really know is that this roster will change enormously over the next year or two. So we really will just be rooting for the uniforms.
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Although my expectations are modest, I am excited for one reason: the Knicks, unlike most NY teams, have a plan.
So rather than watch some overpaid, declining veterans who were signed primarily to obfuscate the reality of a franchise in decline like the NYY, we are seeing an organization reverse that transparently dishonest course that they too once followed, and risk losing now in order to win more later.
That's sort of exciting given the NY context.
I'm excited about the plan, but not the throwaway season they have before they use it.
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