Welcome to New York, Zach Randolph
When the Knicks acquired Z-Bo from Portland, most of us had visions of screaming headlines from the NY tabloids condemning Zach and the infamous Hoop Family.
As it turns out, a classic Randolph incident would be the least of the Knicks’ problems right about now, and as the boos at the Garden rained down lustily on his team last night, Z-Bo quickly found out just how tough life in Gotham can be.
From the NY Post:
“I didn’t like that,” Randolph said. “I ain’t never heard nothing like that. Coming from Portland, I ain’t never heard the fans do something like that. It was surprising.”
Randolph said the crowd’s animosity toward Thomas pained him.
“It’s hard on me because Isiah brought me here, and he’s a good coach,” Randolph said. “We ain’t winning right now, but [the fans need to understand] it’s early in the season and I’m new. We just have to work it out.”
Obviously you have to feel bad for Zach Randolph, who has been nothing but a model citizen since arriving in town, but then again, what else did he expect? This is New York and these are the Knicks.
29 Responses to “Welcome to New York, Zach Randolph”
Nov.21 at 2:01 pm
blackice87 says:
boooo….oh yeah and first
Nov.21 at 2:09 pm
white hot eboy says:
ZZZZ
Nov.21 at 2:12 pm
John E. Sanford says:
Isiah’s a good coach? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeetttttt!!!!!!!! I understand Zach standing up for his coach, but Zeke’s record says otherwise.
Nov.21 at 2:16 pm
Dark says:
Zach’s been pretty strong so far (absolute beast on the boards), and normally I wouldn’t side with fans who boo their own team, but in this case I do. Knicks fans boo not [just] because the team isn’t gelling, but because they see a team that doesn’t care about defense and one that’s just lazy and selfish on offense. Some players do have a knack for defense, but playing D so much about effort, and Knicks fans aren’t seeing it. The offense is pass it to one guy, stand around until he turns it over, and then head back the other way. And it’s not the earliness of the season that’s keeping Eddy Curry, all 6′11″ and 285 lbs of him, from averaging more than 7 rpg. All we want is to see is some semblance of effort; Starks wasn’t that great of a talent, but the guy gets revered in New York because we saw him busting his *ss night in night out. My only problem with the booing is that it shouldn’t just be for Isiah, just about the whole team deserves it after a blowout at home like that.
Nov.21 at 2:18 pm
Rasheedionics says:
How about crowd’s animosity toward Steph (which was just as bad). That didn’t pain him? May be Steph’s huge smile when he heard the boos made it look like he wasn’t suffering but I know he was crying on inside.
Nov.21 at 2:18 pm
Chief says:
If Zach is being a model citizen on your team. something is wrong.
Nov.21 at 2:19 pm
Dark says:
Signed, Bitter Knicks fan
Nov.21 at 2:47 pm
A Pimp Named Slickback says:
zach has been balling. 14 boards a night.
Nov.21 at 2:53 pm
Kiyan says:
Fire Isiah. Poor behaviour stems from the top. Signed. Another Bitter Knicks fan.
Nov.21 at 2:58 pm
Nguni says:
at the end of the day, the players need to put their heart and soul into playing the game. coach can only give them the game plan. they have to go out and execute. 29 turnovers wont get it done against any team, even against the hawks!
Nov.21 at 4:41 pm
baller#1 says:
ima knicks fan but
BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO!
Nov.21 at 4:51 pm
niQ says:
randolph is grabbing an incredible amount of rebounds. .he is EASILY the best player on the knicks already
Nov.21 at 5:04 pm
TADOne says:
Awwww, poor Zach….
Nov.21 at 5:32 pm
curtis mcfall says:
they need to play wilson chandler,balkman,zach,mardy collins.and crawford, and start over on the rest of the roster keep david lee too
Nov.21 at 6:27 pm
Bryant Reeves says:
Keep doing what you’re doing Knicks, signed a happy Raptors fan
Nov.21 at 8:11 pm
ericmontross says:
Trust me it’s only a matter of time before Randolph steps in it again. Everywhere he’s been since middleschool he’s got into trouble. New York is too big and has too many temptations.
Nov.21 at 9:55 pm
David says:
Dolan needs a bigger share of the responsibility here. I know you can’t fire the owner, but you should be able to give vote of no confidence or something. You can’t put all the dumb violent kids in the same room together, neglect them, never punish them, and then act like it’s all their fault that the place burns down.
Nov.21 at 10:05 pm
D-Advocate says:
Hey Z-Bo, New York is not like Portland, cuz Knick fans actually consistently pay attention and care about the Knicks. Last year the Knicks were the top 3 in making money in the NBA, and the Knicks weren’t even that good last year, the fans were supporting the team thru and thru.
Nov.21 at 11:40 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I hear he’s trying to retroactively fail his physical.
Nov.22 at 12:25 am
Simon Fuller says:
D-Advocate: You mean the team from a city with more than twice the population of any other city in the USA (8.2 million) sells more jerseys and t-shirts than the team with just over half a million citizens? What an amazing statistic…
Nov.22 at 1:23 am
Hubert says:
i like zach 50lbs heavier.
Nov.22 at 4:13 am
Reggie Evans says:
New York, New York, big city of dreams …
Nov.22 at 5:40 am
JpT says:
BOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!!!!!
Nov.22 at 8:13 am
Mark Z says:
“….everthing in NY aint always what it seems…” Welcome to NY, Zach. If you’re smart you’ll go down with an injury so you can watch this mess from the bench.
Nov.22 at 4:02 pm
Lz - Cphfinest3 says:
“You might get fooled when you come from out’ta town..” pretty much sums it up for Zach.. How long before he gets tired of grabbing boards on a disinterested losing team, and start grabbing drinks at an interesting stripclub.. Hell Starburied can give him a ride there..
Nov.22 at 10:39 pm
mike says:
I guess 20 and 10 isn’t enough or close to it
Nov.22 at 11:51 pm
D-Advocate says:
Simon you’re funny because Portland, Oregon only has just 1 pro sports Franchise they could support, but it was a great idea that they selected an overrated player in Greg Oden over a legit player in Kevin Durant, how did that turn out? New York, New York the most competitive city in the world.
Nov.23 at 6:54 am
gdongdon says:
Booed by your home crowd, that’s got to be embarrassing! I wonder what is being said on the court… do the visiting teams crack jokes? cause there really is no comeback when you’ve got 18,000+ booing your ass on your home court
Dec.9 at 2:12 am
dougi says:
zbo that dude a true veteran man,
he knows how 2 win, he knows
about winning basketball games