At least Lupica had a long stretch of good years. Isola has been writing like that for his whole career. ;)

They really are all basically like internet trolls.

Now all he does is mock them endlessly especially the Yankees ever since Torre left. I mean I can understand the Knick criticism since obviously they were a joke for close to a decade and he seemed to be reversing that trend when Walsh came aboard but ever since he left he has turned on them again.

I know Isola uses Twitter alot to troll pretty hard and he does tweet sarcastically many times but really this is pretty sad. The thing is when you see Isola on NBATV talking about the Knicks he is actually pretty rational and not stupid. The Daily News with Isola and Mitch Lawrence covering the Knicks and the NBA really is an awful paper to read now (not to mention Lupica whenever he decides to talk about the Knicks). Its gotten to the point where I like reading Berman more now and that is saying something.

Lawrence has been brutal to read since he came to New York. Do you remember reading Lawrence during the 1990s, when he first came here, Al? He used to kill the Knicks. I remember thinking at the time, “Why is this guy covering the Knicks if he hates them so much?” And nothing has changed for him in the 20 years he’s been there. He kills them when they’re great and he kills them when they’re awful. So lame.

Brian Cronin: A. That’s not a bad lineup, especially on offense. B. I don’t see how you could look at Woodson’s Hawks teams and say he is underrated coach because one time they were #2 in the league in offense. He was there six years, and in those six years, they cracked the top half of the league in either defense or offense (out of a possible twelve times) just five times. They were in single digits just once (his final year, when they were #2 on offense). The thing that always amazed me about the Hawks was not that they fired Woodson, but that they hired his replacement from within his own staff (how does that make any sense?)!Woodson’s Hawks teams made me frightened as hell as how Woody would coach the Knicks. Luckily, he seemed to be a different guy with the Knicks until all the injuries hit. I’m hopeful (and I think it is likely) that we’ll get that Woody next season.

He won’t call for pick and rolls next year though, that’s for sure.

Oh the other options Isola apparently thinks are better than Lin are CJ Watson and John Lucas III because he was actually able to dribble across mid court vs the Heat and score 25 pts against them (he actually wrote this).

I know Isola uses Twitter alot to troll pretty hard and he does tweet sarcastically many times but really this is pretty sad. The thing is when you see Isola on NBATV talking about the Knicks he is actually pretty rational and not stupid. The Daily News with Isola and Mitch Lawrence covering the Knicks and the NBA really is an awful paper to read now (not to mention Lupica whenever he decides to talk about the Knicks). Its gotten to the point where I like reading Berman more now and that is saying something.

Another thing that I think deserves mentioning is that Mike Woodson is a better coach than given credit for. In his last year with the Hawks, they had the league’s #2 offense. He did that with Joe Johnson, Jamal Crawford, and Josh Smith leading the team in usage. Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Al Horford, Marvin Williams, Jamal Crawford, and Mike Bibby all played more than 2,000 regular season minutes, and they had the #2 offense in the league that year.

A. That’s not a bad lineup, especially on offense.

B. I don’t see how you could look at Woodson’s Hawks teams and say he is underrated coach because one time they were #2 in the league in offense. He was there six years, and in those six years, they cracked the top half of the league in either defense or offense (out of a possible twelve times) just five times. They were in single digits just once (his final year, when they were #2 on offense). The thing that always amazed me about the Hawks was not that they fired Woodson, but that they hired his replacement from within his own staff (how does that make any sense?)!

Woodson’s Hawks teams made me frightened as hell as how Woody would coach the Knicks. Luckily, he seemed to be a different guy with the Knicks until all the injuries hit. I’m hopeful (and I think it is likely) that we’ll get that Woody next season.