Want to Be Part of It: NY Knicks 12-13 Preview (Pt. 2)

While immensely unpopular, I do not fault the Knicks' decision to let two of the organization's young and promising players walk in Jeremy Lin and Landry Fields. Both showed clusters of greatness, but neither had sustained that level of play for a full season, and both are now being paid as if they had. Shrewd owners make decisions that are not always popular. Neither Lin nor Fields would have put New York over the top.

That being said, shrewd owners don't raze the farm to get a player that replicates the star player you already have. Shrewd owners also know when they have a real team on the cusp of greatness.

Want to Be Part of It: NY Knicks 12-13 Preview (Pt. 1)

Here’s something I never thought I’d write: I completely agree with Stephon Marbury.

In an interview with ESPN New York, the starting point guard for the Chinese Basketball Association’s reigning champion Beijing Ducks simply said, “Nope,” when asked if he thought Knicks stars Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire could play together.

Include Tyson Chandler and that pretty much sums up my feelings towards the Knicks' Big Three. In fact, I’d argue that the majority of the Knicks roster is ill-suited to play together—no matter how stacked New Yorkers believe their team to be or how many Knicks players think they can win it all.