Nothing but best wishes for Stoudemire and other ruminations

On January 15th this blog said goodbye to Amare.  I hope he hooks up with a contender who goes deep into the playoffs and maybe even wins a ring.  Amare's injuries limited his talents for much of the contract but as Melo stated, Amare brought credibility back to the franchise, a signing that was not cynical and a player who did not come here to just float downstream.

Dolan deserves kudos for his unwavering support of Amare over the length of the contract.  He has always had nothing but good things to say about Amare.  He deserves a hat tip for letting Amare go.

Prigioni should be the next shoe to drop - another vet who deserves a playoff run before his abilities are consumed by age.

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Clouds on the Horizon

OKC is in trouble.  Word is that much of the roster is up for trade and their chances at making the playoffs remain dubious.  And, given Durant's media confrontation at the All-Star game - NOT making the playoffs is a BIG deal.  The pot is just beginning to boil in OKC.

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Likewise, the Clippers look to be a shipwreck.  Doc Rivers, a fine coach, is once again proving the immutable truth of the Peter Principle.  He is no GM and his administration of the Clippers has beached the team.  Austin Rivers, a D-League talent is an acquisition the Clippers could ill afford. And their roster is aging and pathetic.  The Los Angeles NBA meltdown continues.

Blake Griffin's perverse antics and proclivities have the trajectory of becoming an NBA scandal.  He is a public figure whose commercials feature a boy Robin-like figure whose relationship to Griffin is inexplicable and then the grabbing of opponents and trainer's necks to force their heads into his groin area is a clue something's not right.  The minute one of his entourage claims misconduct, I expect his fall from grace to be even rockier than Tiger Woods'.  Somebody in that organization needs to read him the riot act.

Don't be surprised if the Clippers will one day not miss Donald Sterling and his wacky girlfriend.

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Phoenix, having taken literally the metaphor that the NBA is a PG dominant league and after signing every point guard on the planet has just realized that there are four other important positions.

Welcome to the trade deadline.  They say they want to trade Isiah Thomas now.  Comedians.  can't wait to see the offers they get for an overpaid, undersized PG that only a Phoenix GM could love.

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Minny is bringing back the Lottery barnstorming days of Donald Sterling.  They want to eternally dwell in lottery country, obstructing teams who actually need talent from getting it.  Minny's whole team is up for trade - lots of nice, expensive pieces who unfortunately list Minny on their resume.  A few will escape that cryogenic tomb to once again play basketball.