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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
My Guess at a Last Minute Trades
Just blowing smoke before the deadline:
Rasho Nesterovic amd Juan Dixon for Curry.
Szczerbiak and Ridnour for Marbury.
Curry, Q, and Rose for McGrady, Skip, and Novak
Rasho Nesterovic amd Juan Dixon for Curry.
Szczerbiak and Ridnour for Marbury.
Curry, Q, and Rose for McGrady, Skip, and Novak
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Slam Dunk Champ?
My intuition is on Jamario Moon, a kid I advocated the Knicks draft many years ago. - now an emerging legend.
He's a great rags to riches story.
He's a great rags to riches story.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Mavericks are Magic
It has been announced that Stackhouse cannot rejoin the Mavs if included in a deal for Jason Kidd.
The dirty politics of trades like this just sully the integrity of the game. The vanity of Mark Cuban, Jerry Stackhouse, and Jason Kidd, the agents and other enablers is what did them in.
The reaction on the blogs?
Why didn't Stackhouse just keep his mouth shut?
My question is why this trade which was such a flagrant, obvious, in-your-face scam to begin with saluted to begin with? The quality of sports analysis on ESPN, TNT, and the local carriers should be smart enough to figure this nonsense out and yet their prozac-stupor commentaries treat it as another NBA-wet dream.
I mean, every commentator knew the details of how Stackhouse would return to the Mavs - this was no secret - but then Stackhouse had to ruin it all by verifying the obvious. Good Lord.
It's sad. The NBA has breached a threshold where legitimate player exchanges make sense. The number of players whose lives are being disrupted far exceeds any rational basis.
I hope the Mavs do get Kidd. He won't disappoint them but its arithmetic - the Mavs will lose more than they gain.
The dirty politics of trades like this just sully the integrity of the game. The vanity of Mark Cuban, Jerry Stackhouse, and Jason Kidd, the agents and other enablers is what did them in.
The reaction on the blogs?
Why didn't Stackhouse just keep his mouth shut?
My question is why this trade which was such a flagrant, obvious, in-your-face scam to begin with saluted to begin with? The quality of sports analysis on ESPN, TNT, and the local carriers should be smart enough to figure this nonsense out and yet their prozac-stupor commentaries treat it as another NBA-wet dream.
I mean, every commentator knew the details of how Stackhouse would return to the Mavs - this was no secret - but then Stackhouse had to ruin it all by verifying the obvious. Good Lord.
It's sad. The NBA has breached a threshold where legitimate player exchanges make sense. The number of players whose lives are being disrupted far exceeds any rational basis.
I hope the Mavs do get Kidd. He won't disappoint them but its arithmetic - the Mavs will lose more than they gain.
Celtic Third Stringers Beat Knicks
Loss #37. I am suffering from a nasty, nasty flu.
Yesterday's loss against the Celtics walking wounded squad was sad and pathetic. To watch Eddy Curry repeatedly get boxed out by players who are only on the floor because there's nobody left is enough to make a grown man cry. Curry has the expression of someone who walked in he building, was handed a uniform, and told to stay on the same side of the court as everyone else.
Cynics claim that the Curry acquisition is compelling evidence that Isiah is an incompetent fool. Few will acknowledge the years of frustration that preceded the Curry acquisition. Curry was a risk - a major league gamble - that was absolutely worth taking. No one knew that the risk included mindless indifference.
Zach Randolph disappointed as well. In a transition play he can be seen lightly jogging behind the Celtic breaking for the basket.
The other guy Isiah has just GOT TO get rid of is Crawford. Crawford races up courtand just chucks em. No rebounders in sight, no reason not set up a play, nothing. If Crawford shot at the other team's basket we'd have a better chance of getting the ball back.
I like Fred Jones. He's a find. If he gets included in a deal I hope the Knicks send buyout money along so he can find his way back home.
The Celtics commentators in a Comcast pre-game show made the Knicks sound like a trash talking team from the trailer park. Things have never been better in Boston.
Isiah may finally be understanding that quicker and slightly smaller teams can compete. When he landed Curry, Isiah thought he might have landed the next Shaq.
Yesterday's loss against the Celtics walking wounded squad was sad and pathetic. To watch Eddy Curry repeatedly get boxed out by players who are only on the floor because there's nobody left is enough to make a grown man cry. Curry has the expression of someone who walked in he building, was handed a uniform, and told to stay on the same side of the court as everyone else.
Cynics claim that the Curry acquisition is compelling evidence that Isiah is an incompetent fool. Few will acknowledge the years of frustration that preceded the Curry acquisition. Curry was a risk - a major league gamble - that was absolutely worth taking. No one knew that the risk included mindless indifference.
Zach Randolph disappointed as well. In a transition play he can be seen lightly jogging behind the Celtic breaking for the basket.
The other guy Isiah has just GOT TO get rid of is Crawford. Crawford races up courtand just chucks em. No rebounders in sight, no reason not set up a play, nothing. If Crawford shot at the other team's basket we'd have a better chance of getting the ball back.
I like Fred Jones. He's a find. If he gets included in a deal I hope the Knicks send buyout money along so he can find his way back home.
The Celtics commentators in a Comcast pre-game show made the Knicks sound like a trash talking team from the trailer park. Things have never been better in Boston.
Isiah may finally be understanding that quicker and slightly smaller teams can compete. When he landed Curry, Isiah thought he might have landed the next Shaq.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Artest Before Boston
I hate these games of chicken. If Sacto and NY are truly discussing an Artest trade - good lord - just do it. Curry and change.
Isiah has turned down a Chicago overture because of concerns over Ben Wallace's health. I'm with Isiah on this one, if Ben is hurt - forget it.
But Isiah is finally talking about trading the right guy, Curry. Curry's size youth and reasonable contract may burn the Knicks someday but Eddy is not working out in NY. It really doesn't matter what comes back in the trade, tho Artest is a nice catch.
So assuming we wrap up Artest, That would leave Dre Miller as the next most desirable trade acquisition. With Artest in hand does Rose and Balkman make sense?
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If Curry goes, I can see Jeffries being asked to play center minutes. Flanked by Randolph and Artest, I'm guessing our defense may become very, very good.
Isiah has turned down a Chicago overture because of concerns over Ben Wallace's health. I'm with Isiah on this one, if Ben is hurt - forget it.
But Isiah is finally talking about trading the right guy, Curry. Curry's size youth and reasonable contract may burn the Knicks someday but Eddy is not working out in NY. It really doesn't matter what comes back in the trade, tho Artest is a nice catch.
So assuming we wrap up Artest, That would leave Dre Miller as the next most desirable trade acquisition. With Artest in hand does Rose and Balkman make sense?
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If Curry goes, I can see Jeffries being asked to play center minutes. Flanked by Randolph and Artest, I'm guessing our defense may become very, very good.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Knicks Beat Bucks
Win #15. A marker for this meaningless, vapor-win. Nothing worth reporting. Tickets were sold. A bunch of poor bastards watched and an outcome devoid of merit was reached. No one will ever mention this game again.
Ever.
Ever.
Popovich is Right - The "Memphis is Rebuilding" Meme
Coach Popovich has gone on record as being critical of the Gasol trade because it stinks to high heaven. He suggests a Trade Committee to keep it clean.
He's right. The fact of the matter is that the NBA has become so ingrown, corrupt, and absurd in its own dealings that Congress ought to investigate whether it qualifies as a true sport any more. The inability for teams to compete for talent on an equal basis makes this a rigged game top to bottom. This is a sport that needs a shower.
The revolving door of NBA insiders lining each other's pockets and fortunes needs to be investigated. If these guys are true businessmen then they should be able to get jobs in MLB, the NFL, and in the general business community. Funny how rare that phenomenon is. The NBA needs a shakeout.
The game has become little more than a scheme to bamboozle innocent youth into believing what they see and spend on in fact has something to do with fair competition. Anyone with a brain can see this isn't true.
As for the Memphis did the trade to rebuild, the obvious question is "to rebuild what?" Memphis is little more than a placeholder franchise that never has any intention of winning anything accept by accident. Their role in the NBA is to feed parent teams talent every once in a while.
To believe that Memphis is rebuilding with Kwame Brown and a handful of salt is absurd and to believe that other NBA teams were incapable of offering better quality deals defies reality.
Rebuild what? The illusion of an NBA team? Please.
He's right. The fact of the matter is that the NBA has become so ingrown, corrupt, and absurd in its own dealings that Congress ought to investigate whether it qualifies as a true sport any more. The inability for teams to compete for talent on an equal basis makes this a rigged game top to bottom. This is a sport that needs a shower.
The revolving door of NBA insiders lining each other's pockets and fortunes needs to be investigated. If these guys are true businessmen then they should be able to get jobs in MLB, the NFL, and in the general business community. Funny how rare that phenomenon is. The NBA needs a shakeout.
The game has become little more than a scheme to bamboozle innocent youth into believing what they see and spend on in fact has something to do with fair competition. Anyone with a brain can see this isn't true.
As for the Memphis did the trade to rebuild, the obvious question is "to rebuild what?" Memphis is little more than a placeholder franchise that never has any intention of winning anything accept by accident. Their role in the NBA is to feed parent teams talent every once in a while.
To believe that Memphis is rebuilding with Kwame Brown and a handful of salt is absurd and to believe that other NBA teams were incapable of offering better quality deals defies reality.
Rebuild what? The illusion of an NBA team? Please.
Friday, February 8, 2008
I've Said This Before
The entire problem with the Larry Brown affair was this. Brown hated the personnel that Isiah had assembled. Isiah, for his part, had done the best he could given the hand dealt to him. This included an existing animus toward the Knicks by many GMs around the league as well as Layden's well-known accumulation of dreck.
Isiah managed to clean house but never really got to the point where the talent had turned the corner. That remains true to this day.
But at the point Brown was complaining, Dolan decided to freeze trade activity. First, the money being paid out was yielding a terrible record under Brown but, secondly, Brown was making sense to Dolan, the players assembled could not win.
Yet, Dolan was hearing and respecting Isiah who was saying, stay the course, I like these players.
Instead of keeping a hands off attitude, Dolan not only froze the roster but forced Isiah to eat his own dogfood, so to speak. If Isiah liked the players then win with them.
Which brings us to today.
The reality is that no draft pick is going to redeem this franchise. Isiah needs to be free to make trades but needs two things to happen; one, Dolan needs to lighten up and Isiah needs to become dispassionate about his personal feelings for certain players.
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The Knicks have a keeper in Lee. Randolph also qualifies as a strong candidate to stay.
Difficult to trade commodities include Marbury and Jerome James.
Players who should be traded at a loss include Crawford and Curry who are complete busts in NY.
Players who may be most desirable to other teams as veteran stabilizers include Rose, Jeffries, Q, Jones. All of these guys should be made available at a net loss if need be.
Morris, Balkman, Chandler, Collins, and Nate Robinson all have limited but desirable value. The Knicks, depending on what they receive in trade could and should part with any of these players in the right deal.
In the right deal, the Knicks should be willing to give up the #1 pick, no question.
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My reasoning is this, I do not believe Isiah had the opportunity to turn the talent he had accumulated into the mix he actually wanted. That process was prematurely derailed two years ago.
Critics claim Zeke is a bad GM. I disagree with the caveat that he needs to emotionally cut loose both Curry and Crawford even at a loss.
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So who is rumored on the block worth talking about?
Artest, and Andre Miller, Bibby, or Kidd are all premium targets. These are starting quality players. As the games slide by Kidd is becoming less likely or desirable due to his milage though his expiring contract would be a welcome relief if allowed to expire.
Do we have the goods? Philly might not trade with us because of Brown. And Miller won't come cheap. Artest or Bibby (not both) are more likely though still highly unlikely acquisitions at this point in time.
If we could acquire one, I'd put my efforts into Artest. First, he wants to be here. Second, he is cut from traditional Knicks cloth. Third, we may actually have the goods to get a deal done with Sacto.
A centerpiece of Balkman or Chandler and N8 would give Sacto a young Artest replacement and a PG to replace some of Bibby's minutes. Jones expiring contract and Curry's inexpensive center presence allows Sacto to trade Miller.
NY would eat Thomas' contract to get Artest.
Of the second-tier rumors, Ben Wallace and Jermaine O'Neal are both bad contracts for damaged goods.
Wallace is rumored to be in exchange for Rose, Q, and Jones - a no-brainer. The O'Neal transaction is rumored as Randolph for O'Neal and quite frankly I think that the Knicks would be overpaying while not trading the correct assets.
If we trade for O'neal, add Daniels and Diogu and let's ship Curry, Crawford, Rose and Jones. That will save Indy some cash and result in a fair exchange of assets.
Isiah managed to clean house but never really got to the point where the talent had turned the corner. That remains true to this day.
But at the point Brown was complaining, Dolan decided to freeze trade activity. First, the money being paid out was yielding a terrible record under Brown but, secondly, Brown was making sense to Dolan, the players assembled could not win.
Yet, Dolan was hearing and respecting Isiah who was saying, stay the course, I like these players.
Instead of keeping a hands off attitude, Dolan not only froze the roster but forced Isiah to eat his own dogfood, so to speak. If Isiah liked the players then win with them.
Which brings us to today.
The reality is that no draft pick is going to redeem this franchise. Isiah needs to be free to make trades but needs two things to happen; one, Dolan needs to lighten up and Isiah needs to become dispassionate about his personal feelings for certain players.
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The Knicks have a keeper in Lee. Randolph also qualifies as a strong candidate to stay.
Difficult to trade commodities include Marbury and Jerome James.
Players who should be traded at a loss include Crawford and Curry who are complete busts in NY.
Players who may be most desirable to other teams as veteran stabilizers include Rose, Jeffries, Q, Jones. All of these guys should be made available at a net loss if need be.
Morris, Balkman, Chandler, Collins, and Nate Robinson all have limited but desirable value. The Knicks, depending on what they receive in trade could and should part with any of these players in the right deal.
In the right deal, the Knicks should be willing to give up the #1 pick, no question.
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My reasoning is this, I do not believe Isiah had the opportunity to turn the talent he had accumulated into the mix he actually wanted. That process was prematurely derailed two years ago.
Critics claim Zeke is a bad GM. I disagree with the caveat that he needs to emotionally cut loose both Curry and Crawford even at a loss.
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So who is rumored on the block worth talking about?
Artest, and Andre Miller, Bibby, or Kidd are all premium targets. These are starting quality players. As the games slide by Kidd is becoming less likely or desirable due to his milage though his expiring contract would be a welcome relief if allowed to expire.
Do we have the goods? Philly might not trade with us because of Brown. And Miller won't come cheap. Artest or Bibby (not both) are more likely though still highly unlikely acquisitions at this point in time.
If we could acquire one, I'd put my efforts into Artest. First, he wants to be here. Second, he is cut from traditional Knicks cloth. Third, we may actually have the goods to get a deal done with Sacto.
A centerpiece of Balkman or Chandler and N8 would give Sacto a young Artest replacement and a PG to replace some of Bibby's minutes. Jones expiring contract and Curry's inexpensive center presence allows Sacto to trade Miller.
NY would eat Thomas' contract to get Artest.
Of the second-tier rumors, Ben Wallace and Jermaine O'Neal are both bad contracts for damaged goods.
Wallace is rumored to be in exchange for Rose, Q, and Jones - a no-brainer. The O'Neal transaction is rumored as Randolph for O'Neal and quite frankly I think that the Knicks would be overpaying while not trading the correct assets.
If we trade for O'neal, add Daniels and Diogu and let's ship Curry, Crawford, Rose and Jones. That will save Indy some cash and result in a fair exchange of assets.
Spurs Beat Knicks
Loss #36. No end in sight. The Lottery Express is in full gear. In the business world this kind of stuff is called fraud. In the NBA its called qualifying for the lottery.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Change the game
It's about time the NBA stops pretending certain games matter. The Knicks and a half-dozen other teams are all tanking so why pretend there's a meaningful athletic contest being played.
My thought is that the teams that are tanking should be able to forfeit the games and just treat the contest as a pick-up game. Use one ref and play anybody you like.
Sick of watching Curry? Yank in somebody from the blueseats to see if they can jump higher.
The NBA's draft is destroying the game. How can records of athletes and coaches matter when the object is to lose to get better?
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The Shaq trade Part Deaux:
Wade will run, not walk, toward the exit in Miami if Marion is half the character he was in Phoenix. This summer either Marion is signed and traded away or Wade will take Riley off his fave five speed dial faster than Barkley can fire off a Knicks put down.
There is chemistry and there is bad chemistry - look for sparks in Miami.
My thought is that the teams that are tanking should be able to forfeit the games and just treat the contest as a pick-up game. Use one ref and play anybody you like.
Sick of watching Curry? Yank in somebody from the blueseats to see if they can jump higher.
The NBA's draft is destroying the game. How can records of athletes and coaches matter when the object is to lose to get better?
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The Shaq trade Part Deaux:
Wade will run, not walk, toward the exit in Miami if Marion is half the character he was in Phoenix. This summer either Marion is signed and traded away or Wade will take Riley off his fave five speed dial faster than Barkley can fire off a Knicks put down.
There is chemistry and there is bad chemistry - look for sparks in Miami.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Shaq Trades Himself to the Suns
Shaq is going to personally make sure Kobe doesn't win another ring. There's no other explanation for this thing although the Suns have been bridesmaids so often that they have nothing to lose.
Which brings us to the Mavs....
The most shocking trade of all may be on the horizon...
Nowitski to NY, Cuban may decide to cut bait and start over. It will involve maybe a Dampier as well as Nowitski but the event horizon for the Mavs to win anything out west has closed for this group.
Utah and Houston could be a players here as well.
Which brings us to the Mavs....
The most shocking trade of all may be on the horizon...
Nowitski to NY, Cuban may decide to cut bait and start over. It will involve maybe a Dampier as well as Nowitski but the event horizon for the Mavs to win anything out west has closed for this group.
Utah and Houston could be a players here as well.
Pacers Beat Knicks
Loss #35. And Miami gets better.
There are still Knick fans out there who think tanking the season ensures a quality draft pick. Unbelievable.
There are still Knick fans out there who think tanking the season ensures a quality draft pick. Unbelievable.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Clips Beat Knicks
Loss #34. Brutal, just brutal. The bad news isn't even the loss. crawford denies wanting to be traded - it just keeps raining in Knicksville.
Jamal, trust me, just GO!
Jamal, trust me, just GO!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Trade thoughts
Gasol was as steal for LA. Had NY tried a similar deal they would have gotten stiffed. this league has become far too incestuous. Get rid of the draft which is pure bullshit anyway. the toxic combination of salary cap, the anti-competitive draft races to the bottom, and New York's Dumbest F'n owner of a sports franchise since the Romans billed Christian Stupid Pet Tricks with Lions is killing my love for the sport.
Give me an F'n break! Please.
Having said that. Gasol may have been a steal wheeling and dealing wise but he's just a white Kwame, IMO. We'll see what he brings to LA
Give me an F'n break! Please.
Having said that. Gasol may have been a steal wheeling and dealing wise but he's just a white Kwame, IMO. We'll see what he brings to LA
Giants Beat New England!
A harbinger of things to come for the Celtics.
The Patriots were flying A-Holes all year long. There is a sports God.
One of the finest football games ever played and the best Super Bowl since Joe Willie.
I hope the Knicks were paying attention.
The Patriots were flying A-Holes all year long. There is a sports God.
One of the finest football games ever played and the best Super Bowl since Joe Willie.
I hope the Knicks were paying attention.
Portland Beats Knicks
Loss #32. This one was on for all to see and the EsPN announcers could not kick the Knicks hard enough. Portland was the -give me a hanky - "feel-good" Cinderella team while NY was char-broiled as hapless losers throughout the game relentlessly.
The trouble is that the Knicks did not suck and David Lee put on a show that ensures that he's untouchable trade wise.
Crawford on the other hand should be traded as fast as his locker can be emptied. He and Curry just aren't cutting it in NY.
This loss was a dagger - a murder worth investigating because it makes no sense.
The trouble is that the Knicks did not suck and David Lee put on a show that ensures that he's untouchable trade wise.
Crawford on the other hand should be traded as fast as his locker can be emptied. He and Curry just aren't cutting it in NY.
This loss was a dagger - a murder worth investigating because it makes no sense.
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