In theory, I don't really hate this move. After all, the Knicks traded a young, cost-controlled talent that was touted to be as rare and awe-inspiring as a flying, horned horse that farts rainbows for nothing more than cap space. It's not as if their offseason intentions weren't already written across the collective forehead they've had planted firmly in their hands for the last decade plus. As far as I can tell, tampering at its most shameless only costs around $50,000, so if the image of the back-to-back Finals MVP helped coerce even one court-side season ticket holder into an early renewal then it already paid for itself. The fact is, pitching a brighter future is key to promotion, and if the Knicks go Durant-less over the summer then the atmosphere in The Mecca next season will make the darkest and dreariest scene from The Day After Tomorrow seem like a plausible place to host a picnic. I, for one, actually appreciate them unofficially admitting as much. For whatever it may be worth, that advertisement of their 'all or nothing' optimism isn't false. The execution, however, is what has me up in arms. Like, really? A picture that was haphazardly sought out by way of 'Google Image' and implies that New York's most encouraging roster piece is a center that, while steadily improving, is averaging 6 points and 4 rebounds per game this season? If I were Kevin Durant, that picture being the most intriguing that the Knicks could find in trying to sell a long-suffering fanbase on overpriced ticket packages would have me more likely to go play in Greece than the Garden. All due respect to Mitchell Robinson, but they might as well have gone full-photoshop in giving KD an orange and blue makeover. That visual "aide" is simply sad...even aside from it desperately featuring another franchise's First Team All-NBA player that has already made it pretty damn clear he'd rather argue in circles with internet trolls than prematurely answer to the hysteria of his impending free agency.
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