This truly gave me a nice little chuckle to start off my day. Tell me, have we time travelled back to 2010? Because that’s the only time frame these Knicks would’ve been considered a super team. Now? Don’t make me laugh.
Derrick Rose was recently in Las Vegas promoting his brand new Adidas DRose 7 and in an interview with NBA.com’s Lang Whitaker, he talked about his new squad in the Knicks and apparently people have been calling them a super team.
Q: Knicks fans always have high expectations, sometimes maybe not even grounded in reality over the years. Before last season, Melo came out on media day and talked about managing expectations with such a young team. But with this roster now and all these veterans, what should the expectations be for the Knicks?
ROSE: They’re high. I mean, with these teams right now, they’re saying us and Golden State are the super teams, and they’re trying not to build that many super teams, and Adam Silver came out with the statement and this and that. And the expectations I think of us, we just want to win. Talking to Melo and all the guys who’ve been around. You’ve got Brandon who just signed for one year, he’s got to show why he’s there. I’ve got to show why I’m there. Joakim has to show why he’s there. Everybody’s trying to prove themselves. When you’ve got a group like that, it’s like, alright, I know everybody wants to do that, but we’re going to break this down as simple as possible, and try to win every game. I think winning takes care of every category, as far as being an athlete. You look at endorsements, being on the floor, almost everything — I think winning takes care of all that. And if you’re in the league, winning takes care of all the mistakes, or if you have any problems on teams.
Right own up who has been calling these Knicks a super team? Who is putting them on the same sentence as the Golden State Warriors? I’m just going to continue my chuckle and we will never speak of this nonsense again.
