The Madness

The initial reaction to Jason Kidd's signing with the New York Knicks is usually one of bewilderment. Your face gravitates towards the landing strip which your palms have become. A crash landing, you think to yourself, how ironic.
Maybe that was just me. Upon further reflection I came to a couple of conclusions:
1. The Knicks simply needed a point guard who can manage the madness our offense was last season. I'm meeting optimistic Knicks fans halfway and agreeing that this team needs some form of stability, some practice time, and some luck. At the very least we can relish upon the fact that the organization is not completely incompetent. This is evidenced by the Kidd pick up which shows that they simply do not trust Toney Douglas over at MSG. I can safely say that no one trusts Toney Douglas. The scenario is shaping up to be Kidd coming off the bench, and/or Kidd and Lin getting some playing time together. This seems all the more plausible with Landry Fields' acceptance of a Toronto Raptors offer.
On a side note, the Raptors look like they're finally over the break-up with Chris Bosh.
2. Glen Grunwald, Knicks GM, is writing a novel based upon his exploits in which his main character (himself) puts together a team that can raise expectations only to crush them under the weight of his Neroic* feet. My conspiracy theory concludes that Grunwald has known for some time that the pieces he's put together can never form a coherent whole. He laughs at us from atop his black ivory tower while we buy inflation priced tickets from 50 years in the future only to watch our team go down in flames (pun!!) in the first round of the playoffs. He expected an anarchist uprising from us, but, just then, at the cusp of his cynical, climactic conclusion (+20 points for me), a black mass arose in Brooklyn and the black bloc walked itself over to it. This is the flaw in Grunwald's plan. Now, more than ever before, he must do his job well because there's a new house to move into just in case this one burns down. 

* As in Nero, the Roman emperor who, according to lore, started a fire which destroyed most of Rome. According to lore, Grunwald may be related to Nero.

- Alex