Depression of a Knicks Fan, Vol. 1

After watching another season of bad Knicks basketball, I once again contimplated becoming a Nets fan as soon as the team moved to my old stomping grounds, Brooklyn. I would say I watched about 20-25 complete Knicks games last year, and during all of them I threatened Stephon Marbury at least twice, called Eddy Curry "El Matador" for his lack of defense, threatened James Dolan and told him I was this close to becoming a Celtics fan (just to spite him), and started a Trade Frye chant in my living room while my family ate dinner. I shouted these things at the TV. No I am not crazy. And one of my dreams may become realized.

ladies and gentlemen, the reason i cant sleep at night

After a rookie season that left room for some hope about the former Knicks number 1 draft pick, Channing Fry followed his rookie season with a sub-par sophomore year. A kid who is supposed to be a power forward, plays like he is a small forward and his mid range jump shot that was supposed to be automatic suddenly got colder than Mr. Freeze's jail cell in Batman and Robin. Somehow, due to the incompetent coaching of Isiah Thomas, Frye continued to get minutes. I was hoping this may have been a case of letting Frye get hot, then shipping him off for someone like Sebastian Telfair, because we all know how much Isiah loves his Starburys.

Frye never got hot. It's kinda like when you buy a pool and because heating it costs so much, you say to yourself, "Well, once the summer comes along, it will have to be hot for at least a week." And then you wait, and wait, and wait... and it's still freezing cold. And then comes the age old question, "What the hell happened?". Absolutely nothing, thats what. That is, until last night.

At a charity event that took place at Madison Square Garden last night, Channing Frye was present. During the games and fundraising activities, Frye lined up for a half court shot. I saw the replay, and Frye took about 3-4 jogging strides, and did a little hop skip and a jump, and let it fly Teresa Witherspoon style. Bam, right in the hoop. This was the moment Knicks fans had all been waiting for, the moment that Channing Frye finally regained trade value.

Oh man, it is a thing of a beauty. The pieces of the puzzle are falling into place for the Knicks to go out and get Jermaine O'Neal or Kevin Garnett. And no, I don't want Kobe in NY. Great player? Yes. Worth all the whining? No. Imagine having someone like KG along side Eddy Curry? El Matador wouldn't matter any longer because KG's defense would make up for Curry's sluggish movement. KG's 20 rebound game's might wear off on Curry, and maybe he'll learn how to box out... ok, probably not but we can always wish. Jermaine O'Neal and Eddy Curry would just make a well rounded scoring machine of a team. Down low, nobody in the East would be able to compete with the Knicks if they were able to get these guys, so here are some trade ideas:

Jermaine O'Neal Trade:
Pacers Get: Jamal Crawford, Channing Frye, Renaldo Balkman
Knicks Get: Jermaine O'Neal, Orien Greene

Kevin Garnett Trade:
T-Wolves Get: Jamal Crawford, Channing Frye, Jared Jeffries, Mardy Collins
Knicks Get: Kevin Garnett, Troy Hudson

Yes, maybe these trades may not make the most sense, but the Knicks need another big presence, and one that can rebound and play defense, unlike our scoring machine El Matador. Most importantly though, the Knicks need to get rid of Channing Frye.

Or else I'm becoming a Celtics fan, Mr. Dolan.