I would be remiss if I didn’t call to your attention the cautionary tales of would-be, thirtysomething New York sports saviors.
And that by no means is the express domain of the Jets: the majority of veteran players who have been summoned by our desperate franchises to help deliver a championship have ended up in the dustbin of unfulfilled and unfulfilling history. The greatest success was Captain Mark Messier, who was 30 when Edmonton general manager Glen Sather traded him to the Rangers. The force of Messier’s iron will enabled the Blueshirts to win the Stanley Cup in 1994 and end their oppressive 54-year curse.
“I’ve got a team of All-Stars behind me,” Clemens said after the trade. “When I take the mound, it’ll be exciting.” Tom Glavine, 37 and a two-time Cy Young winner, started his first game as a Met in 2003. “I look forward to coming here and bringing the New York Mets to that next level they’re trying to get to,” Glavine said.
“We’ve got all the ingredients we need to win a championship,” Pierce said at the introductory press conference. Two-time NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant was 31 and rehabbing a torn Achilles when he stiffed the Knicks during free agency to team with Kyrie Irving on the Nets. “I didn’t want to be the savior of the Knicks or New York,” Durant later said.
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