Which team will return to elite status first? -LAL or NYK

[Sudanese Sensation]

[Robceltsfan]

The Celtics.

[paskeezy3000]

well seeing how the Knicks havent been relevant since the early '70's, i'll take the Lakers.

[Sudanese Sensation]

The Celtics.

Red must be watching to see if Phil can actually build a team rather than inherit one.

[Sudanese Sensation]

well seeing how the Knicks havent been relevant since the early '70's, i'll take the Lakers.

Some posters think Phil can wave a magical wand and just build a championship team out of thin air.

[gaskill15]

When's the last time the Knicks were considered "elite"?

[lettherebehouse]

well seeing how the Knicks havent been relevant since the early '70's, i'll take the Lakers.

Some posters think Phil can wave a magical wand and just build a championship team out of thin air.

Yep, lol @ those people.

[Sudanese Sensation]

When's the last time the Knicks were considered "elite"?

Again, some people think Phil is a magician.


Do you think if they could resurrect Sam Walton and make him CEO he could make KMart/Sears elite again?

[Ali Natural]

I think the lakers mystique left with D Howard. Top prime of career FA talent isn't supposed to leave that town. Yet it did.


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[lettherebehouse]

I think the lakers mystique left with D Howard. Top prime of career FA talent isn't supposed to leave that town. Yet it did.


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Nah. Most people understand Dwight Howard isn't your typical prime of career FA. As influential of a player as he is, he doesn't have the alpha personality necessary to accept the responsibilities of playing in a market that demands greatness from their great players, and the accountability that comes with its shortcomings. Plus, most people also understand that with the regime change at the top, and a coach implementing a system that goes away from what this particular FA hinges his success on, that the Dwight and Lakers pairing was never going to work out without one side giving into each other's personnel demands.

The Lakers will be back shortly. 5 decades of sustainability is not wiped out because of one star who most past NBA greats don't respect in the first place chose the path of lesser resistance with less visibility.

[dunkan5rings]

Phil 'The Thrill' Jackson and the Nu Yo' Knicks!

[Havlicekstealsit]

well seeing how the Knicks havent been relevant since the early '70's, i'll take the Lakers.

This. The Knicks were last "elite" when most of our grandfathers were dancing at their proms.