Knicks and Nets have been caught up in this vortex before
(New York Post Knicks)

The Knicks and Nets cut, slashed, saved like Scrooge. Both amassed an alarming array of defeats. But all was done to chase other-worldly free-agent stars. That was in 2010 when free-agency excitement mesmerized New York. LeBron James, after all, was on the market. `He dominated the whole thing,` said Donnie Walsh, a Pacers adviser now...