The Knicks lost twice in one day

One day after Knicks fans were giggling about the idea of playing the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the playoffs if the season ended that day the Knicks lost to the hapless Miami Heat.

Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo put it on the Knicks at will and from every spot on the floor. 

Reggie Bullock and Julius Randle showed up to play in the Garden but I do wonder if the rest of the team was concerned about who would be going in a trade which made all the young guys play tight.

Not a single Knicks guard managed double digits in points so I guess it was no surprise to find out later that the Knicks pulled of a trade to acquire Derrick Rose from Detroit in exchange for Dennis Smith Jr. and a 2021 Second round draft pick, via Charlotte.

Yes, that Derrick Rose that did a no call no show and went home to Chicago the last time he was here much like Kyrie Irving's disappearance this season.

I do feel sorry for Immanuel Quickly though. He is another young player with potential that the Knicks seem to not give a damn about. IQ will certainly be getting fewer minutes now. 

The rest of the guards will be on pins and needles until the trade deadline or fear they will simply give up on the season all together. 

Elfrid Payton should be relieved though since with fewer minutes there won't be much criticism on social media for him to be sensitive about. But then again, that is not my problem. 

So yes, the Knicks lost twice in one day, on the trade and the game. Only this franchise could ever pull something like this off.

Knicks Lose Again  (9-14) Miami Heat 109  - Knicks 103 (11-14) 

I fear that we have seen the last

Elfrid Payton is the Evan Engram of the New York Knicks. When he is on the court he is a liability to the team. He dribbles with his head down, not looking at the floor always looking to score when he really isn't that good a shooter. 

Since he got rid of his Sideshow Bob hairdo Payton has played like hot garbage.

Julius Randle did show up and played well. He comes to the arena with that dog in him but he wasn't enough against the Nets.

Brooklyn was down to only nine players tonight due to the big trade today that sent Jarrett Allen to Cleveland and Caris LeVert ultimately to the Indiana Pacers to pull of the deal to acquire the hefty lefty James Harden.

Again tonight Thibodeaux got nothing from his back court and yet Frank Ntilikina was not seen for a single second. Was he also traded today unbeknownst to me? Or maybe his "strained knee" is still bothering him. I don't know but I fear that we have seen the last of Frank in a Knicks uniform. 

KD left the game late in the fourth quarter with the Brooklyn Nets up by 18 but the short handed Nets back ups allowed the Knicks to mount a comeback and made the game appear on the scoreboard much closer than it was.

Of course Kyrie Irving did not play tonight because no one knows where he is right now.

I am really bummed that LeVert and Allen are gone and the only thing that saved Dinwiddie was his torn ACL or he'd be gone too.

And of course the Knicks wore those black knock off jerseys which meant they were going to lose no matter and that makes four losses in a row.

Knicks Lose Again Nets 116 - NYK 109

You guys have a lot of shooting practice to do

I tried to leave y'all alone. I really did. I mean a three game losing streak should have been enough to keep you fuckers quiet going into tonight's game against the Nets but no. 

You guys have the nerve to talk shit because Kyrie Irving is AWOL from the Nets. As if this equals every malfunction the Knicks as an organization has brought upon themselves in the past 49 years. These teams are not equal in anyway and a good spanking tonight should prove that.

It is to bad however that Kyrie wanted to party and hide behind his fake social justice warrior act to miss out on the game. 

Did I want Mr. Irving a Net? No I did not. However, signing Kyrie was the only way to get KD in Brooklyn and it worked. Now that KD is locked down for the next three seasons Uncle Drew and his act should go to Houston straight up for James Harden. 

Brooklyn has enough flat Earth empaths, we don't need another one skipping out on work no call no show while being paid millions of dollars. 

Sean Marks, if you are reading this, get him out of here right now. 

Kevin Durant, Caris LeVert, Jarrett Allen and Joe Harris are more than enough to handle to the gang that can't shoot straight from MSG. 

Austin Rivers, wait until you guys make the payoffs before you start entertaining talk of a rivalry with the Nets. You guys have a lot of shooting practice to do in the meantime.