Another lossing Season!!

The Knicks were going into the 08-2009 season looking to improve in multiple aspects of there overall game. Eventhough they had there 7th straight losing season there were still some positives that came out of the season

With the firing of Isiah Thomas who was running the organization for multiple years and has experience seven losing season in a row. The Knicks brought in Donnie Walsh, was at the helm of the Indiana Pacers organization. Donnie Walsh fired Isiah Thomas, then later hired former Suns coach Mike Dantoni. The Knicks Drafted a rookie from Italy by the name of Danillo Gallinari, who they thought into the run and gun style offense. The Knicks were not very sure what to do with there star player Stephon Marbury who hadn't played in over a year. Which made it more interesting was that the Knicks signed Chris Duhon. Most people were not sure if the Knicks had the right personal to run this type of offense.

The Knicks did not play Stephon Marbury in the first couple games, then they just sent him home. The Knicks got off to a hot start by going 6-1 in there first seven games. Everyone was excited and there was no drama involved. The Knicks did hit a dry spell where they 5 in a row, however anything is better then last seasons record. The Knicks goal was to get under the cap for 2010. Therefore They traded Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph who were there leading scorers. This dramatically affected the team in many ways. The positive thing was that the knicks released a lot of money by trading these high profile players.

Now a quarter through the season the Knicks had to fit Al Harrington and Tim Thomas into there game plan. Tim Thomas previously played with Mike Dantoni in Phoenix, also the Knicks acquired Cuttino Mobley in the trade, however he was forced to retire due to previous heart problems. The new coach was upbeat about the new team wanted to get everyone acquainted with there roles.

How would the New York Knicks react to this trade?

It was proven that the team could not handle that much adversity yet. Therefore the Knicks went 2-8 in there next 10 games. It wasn't time for panic and that is exactly what the Knicks did.

Also the Knicks roster was depleted. Stephon Marbury was gone, Eddy Curry, Danillo Gallanari and Cuttino Mobley were injured, and to add on top of that Mike Dantoni only played about 7 to 8 players a night.

By the All star break the Knicks had 21 wins which meant they were way on pace to overlap there previous record. Wilson Chandler and Nate Robinson were invited to all star weekend and David Lee almost mad the all star team.

However by the trade deadline the Knicks again were revamped in two trades. One trade sent forward Malik Rose to the thunder for Chris Wilcox, and the other one sent newly acquired Tim Thomas, Anthony Roberson and Jerome James to Chicago for Larry Hughes.

There was no doubt that this made the Knicks a better team all around however the bigger question was how would the Knicks react to this for the second time.

Again the Knicks failed to get in sink with the new players, and it took them a while to get to know each other.

Also the highly thought of draft pick of the Knicks Danillo Gallanari returned and immediately contributed to the team with his outstanding shooting.

Then the Knicks were hit by injuries which included Chris Duhon and Eddy Curry. Chris Duhon was in the top five in the whole NBA fro minutes played, which eventually caught up to him. Larry Hughes was very inconstant and would score 30 points on game and 5 the next game. Nate Robinson, David Lee, and Wilson Chandler were the real bright spots for the Knicks this season.

David Lee improved on his jump shot drastically, Nate Robinson played under control and Wilson Chandler played with more heart. David Lee averaged 17 points and 11 rebounds, Nate Robinson average 17 points and Wilson Chandler averaged 14 points. Chris Duhon out played his contract by averaging 12 points and 7 assist. Al Harrington who was the Knicks leading scorer averaged 20 points and was a great team player. Gallanari has a bright future ahead of him and really was hit by injuries the whole season. However he is a rare talent. Gallanari is 6'11 and he can shoot, dribble and pass. He needs to get stronger and speed his game up to the NBA game speed.

Although the Knicks did not reach there goal and finished the season 32-50 which granted them there 8th losing season in a row, they still improved there roster and set them selves up for the future which wasn't happening with the previous administration.