The Knicks Future

The trade deadline in the NBA is tomorrow and it looks like things are going to get interesting for the Knicks. As far at it can be told the Knicks possibly have a trade in place with the Boston Celtics involving the Knicks giving Nate Robinson to the Celtics and New York acquiring guard Eddie House. This trade, should it go through will most likely upset Knick fans as Robinson is certainly a popular player and one of the reasons fans came to see the Knicks play. One could think that the Knicks would hold a player like Robinson in high regard and try to get a much needed draft out of any potential deal, but it seems the Knicks negotiating skills are feeble at best. Perhaps this does ensure that the Knicks will keep David Lee for the long haul, however we cannot be certain until that happens. Another made that is official is the trading of Darko Milicic to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Brian Cardinal who will be waived. That is yet another move to get money off the books in preparation for the upcoming star studded free agent year. I'm a little skeptical of how the Knicks are going about their future with moves that do not seem to make much basketball sense, the lack of quality drafts, let alone draft picks, has done more harm than good to the team as it bared little or no results on the court. Somehow it can be felt that the organization is growing desperate and they think a marquee player will suddenly make things better, but a free agent is only as good as the team they play for. Tracy McGrady is only another high profile piece to getting ultimate cap space to overextend the free agent market, but the onus should be placed on creating a team that can perform on the court and not in the bank. I know that some say that if the Knicks can sign one or two free agents they will become like the 08-09 Celtics, who sent shock waves around the league buy acquiring the services of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen and rode it all the way to a championship. However, that is highly unlikely to happen as there is so very much to do in order to get the team out from under the barrel many analysts and writers have placed them.

Today, a very welcoming sight has come to Yankees fans all around as the team has opened spring training, this means only one thing. The quest for 28 has officially begun, Here's hoping that the new campaign can build similar results as the previous one.