Bring back the Knicks’ 1990s theme music. February 10, 2008
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This is a point I’ve wanted to make for a while, and perhaps the only change that can be made for the better at MSG without having someone traded, released, fired or killed.
Edit: This is the current one:
And the head coach of the Knicks, “The Harasser” November 6, 2007
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Went to last night’s opener. Amidst the crowd’s non-response to the introduction to Isiah Thomas (mostly because Mike Walczewski brilliantly raced through the coaches’ part of the lineup), was something else: an awful idea for starting lineup introductions, in which pictures of the players appeared onscreen with nicknames. For example, as the Times article linked in this post indicated: Jamal Crawford is The Closer.
Here’s what I can remember from the starting lineups:
- Randolph Morris: The Steal
Mardy Collins: The Apprentice
Renaldo Balkman: The Defender (way to establish that only one Knick plays defense, PR people)
Malik Rose: The Veteran
Fred Jones: The Athlete (ugh)
Nate Robinson: The Energizer
David Lee: The Rebounder (really? best you can do there?)
Quentin Richardson: The Marksman
Eddy Curry: The Centerpiece
Zach Randolph: The Warrior (presumably even against Golden State)
Jamal Crawford: The Closer
Stephon Marbury: The Floor General
Jared Jeffries, Wilson Chandler and Jerome James, on the inactive list, did not get nicknames. I recommend “The Disappointment,” “The Slightly Larger Athlete” and “The Lipid Deposit,” respectively.
What preceded the announcement was a video sequence so mediocre that I won’t describe it here, except to say that if MSG thinks that simply showing energetic youngsters jumping over turnstyles is enough to excite a crowd, they’re mistaken.
I know everyone who works their currently has forgotten, but THIS is what an intro looks like (ok, you may have to click it and fast forward to about 6:50 in).
