George Willis of the NY Post makes the case against trading Latrell Sprewell. Amen.
Category: NBA
The Tao of Yao.
Usually wrong about most things basketball, the Sports Guy gets one right with his apology for underestimating Yao Ming, the Chinese Tower of Power.
Nailon the 3.
Lost in the bad news and pessimism of this election week was one glimmer of hope…at least the Knicks have lucked into a bench scorer with Lee Nailon. Gotta take heart in the little things these days.
Grounded.
The Knicks’ season ended before it began yesterday, when new acquisition Antonio McDyess reinjured his knee in an exhibition game. It’s gonna be a long year…without Farscape or a decent Knicks squad, I might as well turn off my cable.
Mormon Justice.
Scott Layden and the Knicks throw the book at Sprewell for failure to disclose his yacht party punch. Put simply, Layden is a moron. The worst thing you could do right now is separate Spree and the rest of the team. Plus, broken hand or no, Spree works hard. If you want to start throwing around exorbitant fines, why not charge holy-rollin’ model citizen Allan Houston a quarter-mil for constantly disappearing in the clutch?
Here we go again.
Consider this the first Knicks-griping post of the 2002-03 season. Said season hasn’t even started yet, of course, and we’ve already lost Sprewell for six weeks. Bleah. Update: And it’s already getting worse. Apparently Kurt Thomas has been arrested for hitting his wife. Bleah Bleah.
So long, Ew.
Turn and face the strain.
I’ve definitely been in a work hole, ’cause I’m just now finding out that Jerry Stackhouse got traded to the Wizards yesterday. I dunno…I personally think Whackhouse is suspect with regards to shot selection, and without Ben Wallace to clean up the boards, that means a lot of turnovers. In more serious news, ‘Zo’s kidney condition has worsened, and it looks like he’s on the verge of missing another season.
Waking Up from the Dream Team.
For those who dismissed the international presence in the 2002 NBA Draft, are you listening now? America loses to Yugoslavia 81-78, and now will not medal in the World Championships. That’s just pathetic. I didn’t happen to catch this game, but from what I’ve heard it was more of the same – a lot of hastily jacked threes and a complete lack of team D.
Don’t Cry for them, Argentina
As I’m writing this, the US basketball team is down 9 to Argentina with 10 seconds to go, meaning they’re about to lose their first international game since the 1992 Dream Team…Yep, 87-80, it’s over. Wow. Guess we shoulda seen this coming when they made George “the choke artist” Karl head coach.