Latrell Sprewell said it was good this happened with several days between Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference series with the Raptors. I just hate when the two are brought up at the same time. Across sports, coaches see misfortune as a chance to strengthen the resolve of the team. They meld tragedy into motivation, motivation into winning. The Knicks can be concerned from here to the end of the earth for the victims of this hostage crisis and alleged sexual assault in Connecticut on Monday, but basketball is basketball.
Family is family.
To sell it all as something else is less than honest. You have one family. Those are the people who really, really care about you. I'm not saying the guys don't care about each other, but nobody cares about Marcus' sister and what she's going through like Marcus and his family. No one cares about Marcus like his family.