Of Course The Knicks Were The Only NBA Team Not To Send A Scout To Watch Giannis In Greece Before The Draft

Damn it feels good to watch that video. I mean a big part of me still wants to curl into a ball, cry, puke a little, and wonder why I ever started rooting for this cursed franchise. But things have been going a little too good for Knicks fans lately. Our team is dominating the tanking game and have multiple upcoming superstar free agents linked to the Knicks once again. So hearing that the Knicks couldn’t just send ONE scout to Greece to see if the freak of nature in the grainy Draft Express videos is really as ridiculous as he appears and not some Yi Jianlian chair mirage definitely fills the void of pain the Knicks usually inflict us with around now.

My biggest problem is I simply don’t understand how one Knicks exec in that fucked up franchise full of Game of Thrones political moves couldn’t figure out a way to escape the smelly ass city and James Dolan’s presence by snaking an all-expense paid trip to Greece in the name of scouting. I don’t care if you thought Giannis was the Greek Darko or not. Nobody knew Giannis was going to be a real life glitch once he came to the NBA. That’s why he went 15th. But that Knicks exec had to do was watch a half of basketball in a gym and then spend the rest of his time halfway around the world from his shitty boss while sucking down souvlaki and Ouzo before being able to do cultured stuff like visit where Oedipus blew his mom’s back out. And oh yeah, if that Giannis kid turned out to be a future All-NBA stud, you are the guy that “discovered” him.

Instead the Knicks stayed at the 24th pick, drafted Tim Hardaway Jr., traded him to Atlanta, signed him back to a massive contract a year later, and then traded him to Dallas in a package that included the most popular player on the team so the Knicks could get another max contract slot. while also trading Andrea Bargnani for a collection of players and a first round pick that ended up becoming the 9th pick of the 2016 draft days after Giannis was selected by the Bucks. Oh and Phil Jackson AKA the guy that loved drafting Euros as much as he loved peyote and the old ass triangle offense? Yeah, he was hired a year after Giannis was drafted. Awesome.

See Knicks fans. Getting your hopes up about a bunch of guys in Photoshopped Knicks jerseys only to be let down every summer isn’t as painful as some of the other things this franchise is capable of. Hopefully stories like this and missing out on Steph Curry by 1 pick are left in the past.