As to feeling “Many people feel betrayed — yes, betrayed — by a senselessly stupid decision that is damaging and has almost zero rationale,” again, no one is telling folks how to feel (although “betrayal” seems over the top to me because it implies that there was trust in Dolan to NOT do that, which history has shown to be a fool’s errand). It also creates a climate where anyone who doesn’t see things this way is going to be made to feel at best misguided and at worst stupid.

And we have a long posting history here of the same folks who are the most hysterical about this (in their posting behaviors, not their feelings) making posters who disagree with their takes the target of condescending, sarcastic, scoffing remarks. And, as I said, of getting vocally annoyed at other posters’ behaviors.

There is a pretty significant list of prolific posters who NEVER engage in these sorts of posting behaviors. Brian, Alan, and Cyber are three great examples (PS great post above, Brian!) Are they any less “betrayed” by Dolan’s decree and losing Mitch? My guess is no. They just know how to express their feelings without, in this case, killing the overall championship vibe.

And no, I’m not going to take a break from here for a while (which is kind of rude to say, but whatever.) . Let the bitter folks take a break until they calm down and post without incessently whining. Although I don’t expect it to ever stop unless this team repeats.

The only time I am even slightly pulled back into it is when someone is, like, “Ack-shually, it WASN’T a bad move.” So long as we don’t get that, and we all just agree, “Yeah, it sucks, but what’s done is done,” I’m totally cool with moving on.

Here’s an interesting trivia question. 15 players in NBA history have made over 2,200 three pointers. Can you name them? Eight of them are active players, seven are retired (one of the seven just retired after this past season). Only one of them started his career in the 1980s, and only three of them started their careers in the 1990s (one of the three literally debuted in 1999, so I don’t think of him as a 1990s guy at ALL).

I would NEVER have guessed #15 on the list (he just got to 2201 after this past seasson).

Apparently The Ringer ranked OG #21 in the entire NBA (Jalen 5, KAT 12, MB 61, Hart 64). Interesting how much a ring will elevate a play in these types of things.
https://nbarankings.theringer.com/

I don’t think it was the “ring” anywhere near as much as the quantum leap in performance over the entire 17 game run where he was literally the best player in the NBA.

For his career his TS% was .588. In the playoffs .721. His BPM for his career was 0.4 and in the playoffs was 9.4.

But it just wasn’t the playoffs (against the best competition). His post all star break numbers of 40.7% from 3 and TS% .649 and his FT% of 88.2 were all NBA level for the PF position.

That’s 43 games of really terrific basketball.

I think it is not only apropos but in some cases necessary and cathartic to write how you feel about a Knicks decision on Knickerblogger. I’m sorry if it is a buzzkill for you, but perhaps you could take a break from here for a while until people’s anger and bitterness scale down to a level you find acceptable.

G-d help everyone on this blog if Mitch plays 70 games next year, starts 50 of them, averages 25-30 minutes per game, and ups his FT percentage to 60 percent.

Can I take the under on that wager?

He came close to doing that once when he was 23, but nowhere close in his last 4 seasons