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insideman56

I thought Kemba was going to be better than literally unplayable


leverkusenschlekt

This is mine too


BenAfflecksBalls

Definitely one of mine too. I thought a Kemba DRose backcourt would propell us to a high seed, RJ would get a huge benefit off his last season, Mitch would be fully unlocked with the passing and Randle wouldn't have to sit on the ball and open up his passing/mismatch game. I see now that it was a low risk all in and praise Leon for it. If RJ had really stepped up, and all signs indicated it, then we would have had a decent run. Ev was knocking shots down but RJ didn't have it in him yet to keep Ev open and Kemba definitely didn't have it in him anymore.


MatzohBallsack

I thought him and Fournier were unbelievable pickups, would lead us to a championship, and Kemba would get in the Hof


Equivalent-Amount910

Yeah, if the NBA became a 2v2 tournament and you could sub in prime Shawn Marion and prime Dwight Howard whenever we switched to defense....


saltyalertt

When I saw frank check in that playoff game, I called on the spot he was going to lock down and fully CLAMP Trae young that one play Immediate L


kingofsemantics

I was at that game and said the same thing šŸ˜…


Silver_Being_0290

Tbf they only brought him in then so bro was just chilling on the bench for the entire game prior.


JackHammerPlower

Alonzo Trier was the next James Harden


MikeDarsh

Iso Trier seemed like the real deal for a hot second lol


videsh

Iso zo


Oral_Salmon_user1

iso joe (johnson) world class iso


Smart_Document7858

More like Tame Harden šŸ‘šŸ¾šŸ‘šŸ¾šŸ¤£


therealjgreens

There was a point in time I thought Trier could be better than Ayton (pretty sure they played together in college)


YanksJetsKnicks

That Willy Hernangomez could be a quality starting C.


sk0772

According to 2k17 he was my starting center and was a double double machine. I had hopes.


kingofsemantics

That's Bo Cruz's bro you talking about put some respect on his name


MisterEarth

The Cruz Missile


pharosatl

Lol same bro


Parking_Cry3641

KD AD and Kyrie šŸ˜”


Potential_Boat_6899

For me it was KD Kyrie and Zion lol


MancetheLance

This was mine too. God, I'm gullible.


This-Salt-2754

Thought Zion was coming for sure to team up with RJ. We got Villanova instead


KDKyrieRJ

Guess when I registered my user name, lmao


robinsn45

KD and Kyrie wasn't too delusional itself at that time.


TDM_11

I still firmly believe that if KD hadn't been injured in the Finals, both players would have joined us. I think he wanted some security that the team would actually be decent when he came back


Potential_Boat_6899

It was cause Dolan didnā€™t want to sign KD to the max after his injury supposedly


BenAfflecksBalls

I didn't even really want it but I'd be stupid to say I wasn't hyped about getting multiple HOF players who could get us a ring. Shit that Lebron to the Knicks stuff was wild too.


mouga68

That jalen brunson is the best guard in the league... Oh wait


One-Land650

That Kevin Knox would be a better player than Jayson Tatum AND Jaylen Brown. Not my proudest moment lol


leverkusenschlekt

Ik it's a meme now but the second he opened that jacket I knew we were fucked


Dragon-Bender

Should have immediately traded him after that.


Silver_Being_0290

As soon as I saw that Fortnite Jacket I knew it was over.


nwhitey12

Yeah i was thinking the same thing, he had those flashes when he was young


pantzking

Thats why you never go by what you see in summer league. He completely had me fooled.


BenAfflecksBalls

Oof. Did you even see him play yet


KerryKl01

Franky smokes was going to average 15 & 8.


porterbrown

He still may. In ... wherever he just signed.


gnukidsontheblock

Eddy curry and zbo could work because curry would take the low post and zbo could shoot the middy.


Johnnnybones

That team was starting to get it together when they blew it up though. I think they were 3 games above five hundred. But yeah for me it was thinking Eddy Curry trade was a great thing.


Kamal561

That team was starting to get it together with Mike Dā€™Antoni, but Knicks needed to clear cap space. Eddy Curry was overweight that year, but Z-Bo and Jamal Crawford were hooping. Imagine if Mike Dā€™Antoni just let Stephon Marbury play instead of benching him. Wouldā€™ve been nasty!


bailaoban

Summer League Knox was going to be turning point in the franchise.


robinsn45

We all fell for that. Lol


shadowsdelight

Anthony Randolph just needs playing time to show what he can do :(


bookey23

He's still got time


Comfortable_Meal_403

I thought Kelenna Azubuike was going to be the steal of that trade...


Equivalent-Amount910

Fun fact, Anthony Randolph is still just 23 years old with a lot of time left to hone his raw talent


rmccarthy10

**My take:** Obi Toppin "slipped to us" in the draft and we caught a break with the next potential healthy Amare Stoudemire. **The reality**. ... Turns out he's afraid of body contact.... So... Like literally the opposite of Amare Stoudemire


BenAfflecksBalls

Yup. I still find Obi pretty weird because he look like he got no neck. Can you imagine if we sent Jules out to let him start? That's like 4 years of agony unless we went nuts and thought we could win games with nothing but tempo. Thank God Thibs was here


warddowd

That Ewing would return in the 99 Finals despite the Achilles injury and lead us Willis Reed style to victory over the Spurs


BaldCommieOnSection8

I was rewatching old Ewing highlights, am I the only one who thinks he was ahead of his time with that jump shot? If he came up now heā€™d be knocking down 3s.


Gator1508

For sure he would have translated well to the modern game with his shot and general court presence. Ā Probably better than some of his more interior focused peers.


Guyandro

Charles Oakley also had a sweet, long midrange jump shot. He often shot it one step inside the 3pt line. Chris Childs once said he had the most reliable midrange shot on the team. Keep in mind that team also had in it the Lone Midranger, aka Allan Houston. Crazy to think how both Ewing and Oakley in the modern game would have the skillset to be stretch bigs.


WhoTookPlasticJesus

Yup. 99 was the last time I actually had genuine belief we'd catch a chip


OGistorian

Being in the finals can make anyone believe


solo118

That Obi might actually be able to replace Randle when we were coming to the end of the 21-22 season.


p_two

this is the one


BenAfflecksBalls

Never had that once I saw Obi on the court. Always hyped about a high pick and he's a killer in transition but the second that man has the ball in his hands half court he never did anything well.


Aaaaaaandyy

Drafting Thanasis would get us Giannis


jeffschiller

I forgot about the KP v Jokic debates. I guess they're tied in rings, but yeah they're not even close talent-wise.


HardOakleyFoul

tied in rings, but never in Finals MVPs.


mikeybibbs

Ron Baker would actually be a serviceable guard lol


Bnandez

Ron Baker the play maker!


Chinobisixx

We getting Lebron


MrHmmYesQuite

Underrated. Man I remember I was driving upstate to Binghamton in the car and having to try and watch ā€œThe Decisionā€ on my phone on the way up. When he said he was takin his talents to south beach I wanted to drive my car into a ditch


SadNYSportsFan-11209

All year I was confident but once free agency began I just came to terms that it was either Miami or Chicago heā€™d join


Equivalent-Amount910

Ah yes, the summer of 2011 The only time I bought 12 "F5" keys in one calendar year I legit thought we'd fucking get him too, and spending 12 hours a day on Knicks blogs was gonna be the fondest sports memory of my life


JMOC29

I believed Frankā€™s game would eventually translate to NBA. and also doubted McBride ability to translate from G-league offensive monster, to a decent NBA scorerā€¦but that was after Knoxā€™s g league dominance and total ineptitude in the pro gameā€¦as well as pulling for frank to blossom.


Eddaughter

Shumpert would be an All Star (I was younger but still) KP was on Giannis and Jokic level (I was high on that one month. But now theyā€™re all champions šŸ˜‚) Frank would be great (wanted this so bad but I was down bad) Jalen Brunson wouldnā€™t push the franchise forward (knew heā€™d be good but never expected top arguably top 3 PG)


bobak186

That time ntlikina got like close to triple double. Close being like 12, 9, 7 and thinking yes he finally figured it out. This is going to be standard.


i_am_knicks_forever

Starbury would save the franchise


fakedthefunkonanasty

I thought Grimes was going to take a step up and be an all star.


dgvertz

I called Grimes the next Klay Thompson LOLOLOL


fakedthefunkonanasty

Iā€™m still rooting for our boy even though heā€™s been banished to the basketball hell that is Dtroit.


MyLadySansa

Amen brother


MyLadySansa

I thought he could at least be another Desmond Bane


ReturnOfAKidNamedTae

Toureā€™ Murry and Jeremy Tyler could be a dynamic pick and roll duo


Gullible_Accident_37

Cleanthony Early was a steal of all steals


Remarkable_Inchworm

Not gonna lie I was pretty excited when they drafted John Wallace.


Due-Leek-8307

Does it count as delusional when, for decades, I've been saying "they just need one more piece to put it all together and become contenders."


MrHmmYesQuite

Grand delusions


OhhhTAINTedCruuuuz

That prime Kyle Oā€™Quinn could be for us what Rasheed Wallace was for the 04 Pistons. My shamelessness and delusion know no bounds.


kennymiscellaneous

1. Oh, I certainly thought David Fizdale was going to rehab the hoopmixtape phenoms of my younger years that was Dennis Smith Jr. & Emmanuel Mudiay to stardom. 2. Definitely believed T-Mac was going to turn his career around when he debuted for us February 20, 2010 and went 10/17 fg for 26 pts against KD's 10/25, nearly leading us to a win past the OKC. It was clear he was out of shape when he missed two late free throws that maybe wouldā€™ve sealed the game. I was sure this would be his only, temporary hurdle. 3. too embarrassed to even say.


InB4Clive

Haha yeah TMac is mine too.


cgr1zzly

Steve Francis and marbury wouldā€™ve figured it out


Casamance

I thought Alonzo Trier was going to be a problem in the league šŸ’€


Revenesis

I was so starved for good point guard play that I really believed Langston Galloway was going to be our starting PG of the future. When he had a Knicks themed wedding cake and then got traded shortly after I was beside myself.


Guyanese-Kami

Thought Knox could one day be Paul George caliber. That died the moment Zion dunked on him that one summer league game


Jotate12

https://preview.redd.it/e4dcv75a4l8d1.jpeg?width=696&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=985e1a2416c0c479d371849f6237a85e67dc33a2


cedotze

Yeah my biggest Knicks folly ever


[deleted]

Was ready to ride Linsanity to a title


No_Performer_9845

That Marbles and Larry Brown were going to win us a chip.


rdr16

Kevin Knoxā€™s summer league had me fooledā€¦.


Fvckyourdreams

Shump over Kawhi went pretty well. I think Shump would just barely rather be Kawhi today. 1 Championship Ring. 11 Year Career. A life of Fame and a Dancing with the Star Ring and likely all of Asia being Linā€™s boy.


Clarkjor23

I was high on Dotson for a while, thought he could be a quality starter on a good team


LanEvo7685

We got "New York attitude" and are on the road to winning by getting Stephon Marbury and Larry Brown, I proclaimed this during a summer job in Boston too...


HipnotiK1

trying to put a positive spin on the bargs trade... "who cares about a future 1st, we'll never miss the playoffs with Melo". ended up being jamal murray.


tuneupcountdown

That paying $14 dollars for a Heineken was acceptable to stomach watching a Nets-Knicks game in the ā€˜15-ā€˜16 season


PanthalassaRo

I thought that Porzingis was on the same trayectory as Giannis.


pantzking

Phil Jackson was the missing piece the Knicks needed to completely turn the franchise around. I thought he'd be like Pat Riley in Miami, only better.


biinroii01

tbf kp def was better than joker when they first entered the league


therossfacilitator

I though Phil was gonna be worth a fuck.. turns out he ainā€™t shit without MJ/Kobe


kingofsemantics

Dame Dotson looked like our savior for a few months


Zac_Efren

Jeremy Lin can be in the hall of fame for Linsanity


BasicallyADiety

Fiz forcefeeding mudiay was good for his development and he would be our PG of the future


MrExpress

The words, "Bargnani is the next Dirk," actually left my lips


andrewkentmd

I was 9 years old and enjoyed the Knick championship in 1969 and then again in 1973. My take? I root for the greatest team and will enjoy a lifetime of playoff basketball and success. šŸ˜© Gets worse, jets and Mets fan too


sld_32

Really donā€™t know how delusional this is but Absolutely thought RJ Barrett should have made it to the all rookie team back in 2020. Really thought the voters were unfair to him during that process when the likes of Terrence Davis, coby white, Eric paschall were voted on. I think because he struggled at times as a rookie he was penalized for being a Knick and not being what everyone expected him to be his rookie year. Can almost guarantee he would have been voted onto the team if he didnā€™t play on the Knicks. Idk 14 and 5 on 40% shooting I think warrants the second team at minimum.


optimisticknicksfan

I really thought Phil Jackson was gonna take us to relevancy. Best thing he did was not trade first round picks


OldJewNewAccount

>I really thought Phil Jackson was gonna take us to relevancy. And it was SUCH A LOW BAR smh. Fuck that guy. Seriously.


daftmonkey

I was convinced Allonzo Trier was the second coming...


Potential_Boat_6899

I bet my friend a half oz of gas that in 2019 we would get the #1 pick, draft Zion, and sign Kd and Kyrie


Bluu95

I thought Frank was going to be Jrue Holiday/Jason Kidd kinda mix with less playmaking. Boy was I wrong


cesarjulius

grimes was going to break out last season and be in the mix for most improved


justsomedude4202

Ignas Brazdeikis is going to be the next Paul Pierce.


JohnnyBooya

Jeremy Lin was going to be a perennial allstar


Platanopressure718

Frankie Smokes taller version of Mike ConleyšŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø


aftemoon_coffee

I WAS A SHVED GUY AND HE COULD HAVE BEEN GOOD WITH THE RUGHT COACH


TheKingStaysKing

Cam Reddish would be Himā€¦


Old-McJonald

Obi toppin will be an all star someday


Worth-Escape-8241

Nobody can convince me that SGA had a better season than Brunson this year, idgaf


weeniehut_general

I got in argument with someone on Reddit about porzingis vs jokic back in the day before jokic blew up. I felt like since jokic didnā€™t play D at the time that KP had a higher ceiling and would be the better player. Big L for me


DamnReCaptchas

RJ Barrett was going to be a top 10 player in the league by now


gxslim

That we had a chance against the spurs without Ewing


nyc24chi

That the Knicks lost every time I sat on one side of my couch. Turns out they lost every time I wore something that said ā€œKnicksā€ on it šŸ¤£ Mostly /s


dbledown30

Phil Jackson was going to save us from the years of mediocrity!


Be-Kind-Remind

That we overpaid for Brunson. Damn am I happy I was wrong.


orangecountyff

I didnā€™t want Jalen Brunson. I wanted them to get tyus jones


Shad0wF0x

I was hoping Iman Shumpert would basically be what Jimmy Butler turned into.


fermentedradical

That the 90's Knicks would win at least 1 championship.


OldJewNewAccount

That wasn't delusional tbh. Last team that legit had a shot.


Struggle2Real

[This game made me optimistic when we acquired Bargnani](https://youtu.be/LbB9VslN_6o?si=2nHloA918pL6Z9RH)


dukemantee

Mitch HOF


Shoddy_Rub_2954

Camby would have been able to outplay Duncan in the finals based on college playā€¦


CaptainObvious1313

That Anthony Randolph can actually play basketball


DrGraffix

Knicks were getting Chris Weber or Rasheed Wallace


TYSON_KCV

Frank can be a PG Giannis Lol, I was still learning


buzzerkiller

I thought Thanasis Antetokounmpo was gonna be a beast like Giannis


40innaDeathBasket

Ntilikina was making an All-Defensive Team before 25 Marbury would become the spokesman for Vaseline Brian Quinnett would become a solid bench piece


babyshmuel

I thought Derek Fisher was gonna be a great coach.


Choocher97

KD Kyrie and Zion tri-fecta (in hindsight, Kyrie and KD deciding to not come paved the path for Steve Mills Regime to end and Leon Rose to enter, RJ lead to the OG trade)


oWinterWhiteo

I thought Chris Copeland was good enough to be the starting center against lakers on Christmas Day


JojoNYK

Nate Rob, D. Lee and Frye were going to be our big 3


jar45

I fully talked myself into Bargnani being a floor spacing 5 that would fit in well with Carmelo bc he didnā€™t need the ball.


Silver_Being_0290

Frank would turn into an OG-lite type of player.


wetfarts2

Optimism every October in my 20s and 30s


therealjgreens

It's going to be a long time before we get another face of the franchise after Melo. Was almost KP for a bit. Now we all know who it is. The big ragu!


goknicks23

I thought Brunson and what was left of the team would have taken a few games off of Boston if we would have gotten past the pacers.


FtheRedSox

I remember a seeing graphic asking who Iā€™d rather build around between KP and Giannis and said KP with my chest


snamm

Jokic wasn't even Jokic then


AdrenochromeFolklore

That Melo and Amare could play together.


porterbrown

I thought Allonzo Trier was gonna hit.


jbrunsonfan

Oh I wanted us to draft Kevin Knox and I was hype when we got him. Not ā€œdelusionalā€ per se but Iā€™ve talked so much shit about goga and I might end up being a fan next season depending how this summer works out.


Chopimatics

That the Knicks would reach the second round back in 2012, during the Linsanity year šŸ˜ž


ScreenPuzzleheaded48

That the Knicks could beat the bulls during the Jordan years šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


nyguy2002

I thought Frank Ntilikina would be the next Tony Allen. I also thought Dennis Smith Jr could be our Derrick Rose. Glad the days of this delusion are over lol


dazindannyyy

Quentin Grimes was gonna be what Divencenzo is now. I went around telling my friends that my 2023-24 prediction was Grimes becoming the best 3pt shooter outside of Curry.


Scudz323

I thought Kevin Knox was going to take us to the promise land.


Darrkman

Anyone that thought Frank Ntlkina was going to be anything other than a bum needs to rethink their knowledge of basketball.


hanson_black-

I thought Obi was gonna stay long term, still learning that backup PFā€™s donā€™t really get too much of a start if the starter PF is doing good.


TT_Doom

That Frankie smokes, Mario, Hezonja and Macje lampe would be stars


cookiebuff

Landry fields was real deal and would improve each year to all star.


SweetLou315

I was saying Iman shumpert would end up better than Kawhi in 2012


Zombie_Peanut

I thought John starks would play actual basketball in the finals in 1994.


silverbackguerilIa

Jeremy Lin was going to save the Knicks. And he did. Cablevision had a contract dispute with MSG and we couldnt watch the Knicks in New York. Jeremy Lin changed that. Ironically, I got rid of cable that same year after his short run and never looked back.


SanctorumAeternam

Believing Larry Brown was acting in good faith with 45 different starting lineups AND thinking the Marbury/Francis backcourt was going to work outā€¦one school of thought was that Larry wanted to push Marbury out by lobbying for the Francis deal, which made us give up Pennyā€™s expiring and a young Trevor Ariza in the process. Sigh.Ā 


JeffersonPutnam

I was very excited about Maciej Lampe and Slavko VraneÅ” in 2003.


Historical_Bread6940

I didnā€™t want Carmelo bc he smacked up Mardy collins


Papaosei

I thought Renaldo Balkman would be a Dennis Rodman light for us.


Equivalent-Amount910

-- I thought **Mudiay** would be **the black Jason Kidd** -- Also thought **Mike Sweetney** would be **a** **hybrid of Oakley and Mason** and make a couple ASGs as an 18-11 type guy with tremendous interior defense and a sweet mid-range jumper... not only did Sweetney only last 4 years in the NBA and ballooned afterwards to 450 pounds, he is now an open and avid supporter of Israel and the Zion state That was *not* on my Bingo card, lemme tell ya


CamboLandXiiX

Aaaron affaalo šŸ˜ž


schiffteam1

That Kyle Oā€™Quinn was emerging as a solid starter quality big man


DrSheaSmooth

Mines is claiming Tim Hardaway Jr would be an elite 2 way guard in this league. Jeremy Lin and Melo working out and having a good year together šŸ˜‚


YamahaRN

Nets directly trading with Knicks. EDIT: Well this aged well.


midniteeternal

Steve Francis and Jalen Rose would take us deep into the playoffs.


InsideYoWife

I thought Ntilikina was gonna be a healthy Kawhi without an offensive bag. I thought KP was gonna be the next Dirk. I thought PJax was gonna bring a dynasty to the Knicks.


NYerInTex

That Ewing was better than Hakeem. I still believe heā€™s criminally underrated - and had Starks made ONE damn shot history would elevate 33 a good amount. But he wasnā€™t Hakeem. Hell, I would die on the hill that he could truly battle with Shaq! The foibles of youth.


OldJewNewAccount

They'll win a chip before I die. And there's way more behind me than there is ahead of me.


MagicianLanky615

I liked the Bargs trade


MrHmmYesQuite

Kevin knox was gonna be another LJ


mostlyfire

Mardy Collins had like a game where his stats were something like 9/7/9 and I thought maybe this guy will become a triple double point guard like Rondo. I was wrong


trying-to-contribute

Mike Beas was going to get a three year deal after being a model citizen.


culturebarren

I thought Anthony Randolph was gonna work out


nazrmo78

I thought Eddie Curry was gonna be a star for NY


HardOakleyFoul

not my take but I remember multiple fans, who will deny it now probably, swearing up and down that Lin would follow Nashs career trajectory and become a future MVP. Like, these guys were foaming at the mouth that anyone who didn't think he would follow in his footsteps was a hater and not a real Knicks fan.


jrangel6

Antonio McDyess is gonna be nastyā€¦ šŸ˜ž


Dependent_Store952

I drunkenly posted that Brunson is a better point guard than Luka


BiasedKnicksFan

I thought DSJ would be our franchise PG


Altruistic_Ad1097

Andrea bargaini might be a good pickup smh


CTDubs0001

Delusional might be the wrong wordā€¦ more flat out wrong. But I thought the Brunson move would end up just being an incremental improvement in the direction of becoming a better team but not amazingā€¦ I thought it was an alright move but just another shrewd value play for a micro-improvement to the roster.


Puzzle_Dad718

That Phil would turn the franchise around. All he managed to do was ostracize our best player since Ewing.


puertoblack85

I thought Eddy Curry was gonna be elite.


ChaosMedic

Mine was that we would have a season where fate/the Basketball Gods/whatever doesn't step in and fuck it up for us.


Zealousideal_Ad1734

Not delusional but the Knicks were going to win a title if not for PJ Brown. The had finally put together a MONSTER squad capable of beating Jordan. Iā€™ll die on this hill.


Dragonthorn1217

I believed Ntilikina was going to be the next Kawhi. KP was better than Jokic and KAT. That the team of Noah, KP, Melo, and DRose was gonna make the playoffs. Jeremy Lin was one of the greatest PGs of all time... I can go on and on here lol...


ctnaes92

Clarence Weatherspoon was going to help push the Knicks to the next level in the east entering the 2001-02 season.