The Knicks Fan's Lament

This has started out to be a wonderful off season for the NBA.

But not for them.

There is talk of the movement of some big time players. Kobe. Garnett. Amare. Jermaine O'Neal. Paul Pierce. Shawn Marion.

But not to them.

The draft is coming up, and the top ten or so picks are some of the most exciting in years. Durant. Oden. Horford. Brewer. Noah. Conley. Law IV. Thornton. Green.

But they don't have one anymore.

But they do have Eddy Curry.

Eddy Curry, who can do only one thing well, besides gain weight.

Eddy Curry, who got paid $8 million last season but can't be bothered to learn how to pass out of a double team.

Eddy Curry, who rebounds with less intensity than some of the short white people that play in my Saturday pickup game.

Eddy Curry, who cost them high draft picks in both last years and this years draft. Last year the pick would have been Tyrus Thomas or LaMarcus Aldridge. This year we'll see who goes #9.

Eddy Curry, who still has a heart condition so bad that he can't get his contract insured, and that could possibly kill him on the court.

That and loads of bad contracts are all the Knicks have.

Bulls fans can be excited. Same with Suns fans, Lakers fans, Blazers fans, even freakin' Hornets fans. They can have hope. They can look at the next year or two with profound optimism.

Knicks fans can be depressed.

Knicks fans can feel only sorrow.

Knicks fans can put their head in their hands with the knowledge that between Eddy Curry, Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, Jerome James, Jared Jeffries, Jamal Crawford, and pretty much everyone, they are salary cap screwed until Hillary Clinton is up for reelection in 2012.

Knicks fans haven't even realized their sad state, as they get far too excited about David Lee and Renaldo Balkman. If this was a good team, like San Antonio or Dallas or Phoenix or even Detroit, that only needed a couple of energy guys to keep the stars fresh and healthy, those two guys are worth getting excited about. But if they're you're only decent players? This is not cause for celebration.

So it will pass in this summer of 2007 that exciting things will happen. Big name players will move to new teams. Exciting young talent will be infused.

And Knicks fans will get another year of the Eddy Curry show.

But, hey, at least Isiah Thomas got a contract extension.

Now can somebody please pass the vodka?