Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2022.12.12)

By: E, all merc'd out

E, all merc'd out — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:59:18 +0000

I live in the area being described and am also — needless to say — bored to death with the limousine liberals around here.(*) That said, I also have a kid who just finished getting through the NYC public schools and I thank the heavens that we got him essentially through before full-on DeBlasio/Carranza wokedom kicked in. Had he been like five years younger, there is no chance that he would have remained an NYC public school student.

“Their children’s education” is where limousine liberalism runs head-on, four-square, full-bore into on-the-ground reality. It’s always been that way and it will always be that way. Is it hypocritical? Yeah, of course it is, but much of limousine liberalism is posing and signaling, so we shouldn’t really be surprised.

And the idea that whatever demographic realities get churned out by NYC’s city-wide admissions policies bear even the least resemblance to the intentional racial discrimination overturned by Brown is so wrong as to barely be worth a second thought. Yes, it’s fair to say that those realities are a problem that should be addressed. But NYC is not 1937 Alabama in any way, shape, or form. Problems aren’t solved by that kind of thought.

(*) I’m a pioneer, not a native. It’s the ambitious pioneer’s lot in American life to live around limousine liberals. That’s far preferable to the alternative. If it wasn’t, they probably wouldn’t be pioneers in the first place.

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:51:03 +0000

Ahh, that’s right. I remember now.

By: Bo Nateman

Bo Nateman — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:10:18 +0000

The district where Z-M’s school is located had an integration plan which was zealously opposed by parents( who IMHO were quintessential limousine NIMBY liberals) in the district and at a very contentious meeting with parents, Z-M stood up and advocated for the plan. Not quite like rooting for the Knicks in TDS Gardens, but close

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:27:11 +0000

Z-Man’s heroic stance? Which one?

I can remember we discussed it but don’t remember the details.

By: Bo Nateman

Bo Nateman — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:04:44 +0000

I was helping one of my students research an essay on why Brown v. Board of Ed has been difficult to enforce and lo and behold, Z-Man’s heroic stance came up high in our search for evidence. Ironically, this student goes to an elite prep school less than a mile from Z-Man’s former school.

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:34:32 +0000

We shutdown Garland, Donovan Mitchell, & Trae Young. Does that count for nothing?

How about getting Svi minutes in 2/4 games? Or missing Randle, Mitch, & Brunson—our 3 best players—for a significant portion of the Kings game and still winning by double digits.

Or just watch the games and see that these guys are very good defenders and the last group of guys were awful to mediocre. The kids can run the system and the system works. We’ve seen the system work for 2 consecutive years.

Are we going to completely shutdown every team every night? No, we’re not saying they’ll be this dominant but they are very good.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 05:01:52 +0000

***But they have DeRozan and Vuc***

They HAD DeRozan and Vuc.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 04:55:01 +0000

The Cavs at full strength just lost to the tanking Spurs, so there’s that…

And I’m glad Dallas won, as just staying in the play-in so that their pick will surely convey is good enough for me.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 04:30:14 +0000

CHI is interesting. They are certainly set back by Lonzo’s situation, and LaVine’s contract is starting to look like Allan Houston 2.0.
But they have DeRozan and Vuc, and are somewhat deep, so I can’t completely write them off and could see them making a run later on. Ayo and Patrick Williams aren’t killing it right now, but that could change. I just don’t understand why they can’t figure out what’s going on with Lonzo’s knee.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 04:26:18 +0000

“Z-man, just going by winning percentages, Philly does not look like they are in the second tier.”

I am including them because Embiid is a MVP candidate surrounded by Harden, Maxey, and Tobias. The rest of the supporting cast is clunky, but I just think they will wind up top-5 in the end. I also have less faith in CLE than some, mainly due to inexperience and duplicative skillsets in their 4 star players.