Last Night Was Thisssss Close To Being One Of The Darkest Nights In Knicks History
I’m sure everyone has seen this video by now. Kevin Durant coming up lame with a non-contact injury that looks just like an Achilles injury less than 2 months before he is about to become a free agent. Warriors fans were probably freaking out because it meant their team would have to win a championship with only most of the core of the team that already won a title and 73 games. However, the fanbase that was truly freaking out was Knicks fans.
We have all heard the stories or rumors or whatever the fuck you want to call them about Durant going to the Knicks being a lock. Which is why if that injury turned out to be an Achilles injury, it would have been just a bad a moment as any in Knicks history, which is obviously saying something. Just as bad as Reggie Miller scoring 8 points in 9 seconds. Just as bad as half the Knicks sauntering onto the court after Charlie Ward tried to undercut PJ Brown. Just as bad as James Dolan being born. Because you know what’s worse than missing out on a superstar free agent that a million unfounded rumors and Photoshops convinced your stupid brain to once again believe that something good may happen to your franchise? That superstar actually being ready to sign with the Knicks once he hits free agency but suffering a catastrophic injury mere weeks before he could.
Now it SOUNDS like Durant avoided the worst case scenario.
But as a Knicks fan, my guard is officially up because of roughly a zillion examples of the basketball gods hating my team as well as a doctor on Twitter who tries to diagnose injuries based on whatever video we have as fans (a very useful follow during football season to convince you of the best/worst case scenario for your fantasy players).
Luckily I was asleep when that injury happened because I passed out around 8 while putting my daughter to bed or else I probably would be 6 feet under due to a heart attack (stress related not fat person related). However, instead of freaking out in real time like countless other Knicks fans that started walking to the nearest bridge, I found out from a vague tweet from Big Cat.
So in a weird way, Dan’s pleasant, mustachioed face broke the news that all the dreams I had of the Knicks not being a tire fire just got torn to shreds in Oakland, which sure beats the hell out of hearing Reggie Miller deliver the bad news. Because not only would that mean the Knicks free agency plans took a huge hit, but you might as well just pencil in their lottery pick at 5 because when that type of bad juju in floating around a franchise, you know the ping pong balls are going to bounce the worse way possible.
So where do we go from here? I’ve been rooting for the Warriors to win a title with KD taking home another Finals MVP just so he feels like he has nothing left to prove in Golden State and he goes for the legacy play. Because all the people that call him a Triple B for going to the Warriors would be silenced if he ever left that dynasty to try to save my shitty franchise from itself. It sounds like Durant is out at least Game 6 and potentially much longer.
Here’s to hoping both the Warriors and Knicks team doctors agree to do the right thing for both franchises and don’t let Durant near the court until he is well and ready. Or just let him sit out the rest of the playoffs and see if the superteam with multiple all-stars can beat the Rockets 1 more team, take down the Nuggets/Blazers, then figure out a way to beat whoever comes out of the East. I wouldn’t hate that plan either (as long as Durant will still want to leave by the end of it).