Knicks or Nets?

[Snoogans]

<p>I am a Knicks fan. Have been for a long time. Recently, I've been talking to a couple Nets fans who say just root for us. HBox even said he feels if a team is Mismanaged as bad as the Knicks are, fans are justified in jumping ship. I wanna root for a real team but it's so hard to leave mine. I never left the sox.</p><p>Anyway, you decide. With the current situation with the Knicks, am I justified in switching to the Nets, another local team who I never rooted against, but was never MY team?&nbsp;</p>

[Wolf]

Switch if you want to.&nbsp; I've been a Nets fan for years now, and to see them finally be consistant and good is a nice thing.<br />

[badorties]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>you gotta stay, that's the essence of being a fan&nbsp;-- it's more the eternal hope as the season begins, and dealing with the crushing disappointment</p><p>i was there each year until the 90s ended, and just couldn't identify with the team and the league in general</p><p>i try each year to get back in, and i just can't stand the current bunch (marbury is such a waste) -- i hate the dolans, issiah thomas and every jackass decision made in the last ten years</p>

[Snoogans]

what eternal hope. If the Knicks dont make a move, they are over the cap for 5 years, and they dont have a first round pick for the next 3. There is no hope, thats the problem<br />

[FUNKMAN]

i don't believe in switching teams. i gave up on the vikings in 99 after being a die-hard for about 30 years. i didn't pick&nbsp;a new&nbsp;team and just enjoy football for the game itself

[JPMNICK]

there is no jumping ship, reglardless of how bad or mismanged your team is. Your only saving grace is that the nets are a NJ team which is where you live, so its not like you are just bandwagon hoping. I still say you need to stay with the knicks

[HBox]

If a team has been so mismanaged that you cannot even see a point in the forreseeable future where they might be competitive, why stick around? Sports are supposed to be fun, you're supposed to enjoy it. This is certainly a rare situation, but how can you support a frnchise where the owner gives Isiah Thomas a sign of approval after the way he fucked up this team. There's every indication that everything will just get even worse.<br />

[Patches]

<p>Go with the Nets.&nbsp; They are good, and when they move to Brooklyn, they will get rid of that whole filthy New Jersey stigma.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sorry.</p>

[MHasegawa]

<p>If you decide to stop being a knicks fan, don't choose another team.&nbsp; Just be a fan of basketball.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That and the Nets are one of the lamest franchises in sports.&nbsp;</p>

[badorties]

<strong>Patches</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Go with the Nets.&nbsp; They are good, and when they move to Brooklyn, they will get rid of that whole filthy New Jersey stigma.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sorry.</p><p>it could take years before they get that stink off them ... but,&nbsp;it will be a decade before that arena is finally built</p>

[El Mudo]

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[Earlshog]

<p>No way you can ever jump ship. I'm a knick fan... they go 0 - 82 still a knick fan. The only way you can ever change is if your team is contracted.</p><p>I root for the Nets&nbsp;and like to see them do well, I go to&nbsp;and watch&nbsp;lot more Net games these days cause they are more exciting (plus tickets are a lot cheeper). However I will always be a knick fan</p>