I find myself more and more feeling like a “we” with you.

As much as I’d like to return the sentiment, I have to say that my daughter went off to Bard recently and started dating a boy from Kingston, and almost every day I think “this little cock jowles better be really fucking honorable.” So, in my mind, there’s no “we”, it’s just me vs you. (But, like I said earlier, I’m turning objective, so I only hate you with the old and dying irrational part of my psyche).

That said, do you still like Mulholland Drive? What about The Beatles?

But I’ve become so objective in life that I even refer to my family as them these days.

(In fact, the only time I ever think in terms of “us” is when it was us against Bob Neptune.)

China is about ready to pay $100M for Harden to become a national and another $100M if he wins them a FIBA title

I’m clearly in my 2015-and-onward Udonis Haslem years though

True but still the winner of some epic battles against the all time greats. Congratulations 🎉

it’s like some weird hidden narcissism trait…i used to have to proofread and correct myself over and over again…

i see though i am not alone in this affliction…

I don’t think he ever gave a shit about team culture or chemistry or loyalty. He’s the ultimate moneyball nerd with seemingly little regard for the players behind the numbers.

He’s an excellent team executive by the numbers,

I used to say the same thing about Hinkie back in the days we used to debate what he was doing. Basketball players are not line items on a spreadsheet. If you treat them that way, it’s eventually going to come back and bite you in the ass. That’s why Hinkie is out of the NBA and Harden is blasting Morey publicly in China.

Sometimes you have to stop sweating very small overpays or taking back less than 100% full value on a trade over the short term to keep players and agents happy long term.

On your 2nd point, I think Morey is overrated. I’m not saying he’s bad, but he made a LOT of highly suspect/bad trades and signings over the years. He’s simply not that good.

when you think of the knicks – is it us or them?

I must say, during more than one rough season, adopting a very non-committed emotional stance towards the knicks has worked marvelously well for my overall well-being…

now that we don’t suck anymore – I’m all in again on the “us” factor of fandom…

what have I become…

basketball wise 🙂

I no longer find myself not actively rooting against other teams because the knicks themselves are a total basket case – but now I feel on any given night we should be competitive in each and every game…

I expect (okay, maybe just hope) that we make the garden a competitive advantage for us this season…