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[speedracer]

and just to torture me more, just as i was begining to enjoy watching the replay of the '94 knicks, MSG goes and interupts the end of the game to show the steve francis press conference.

just shoot me now.

But on the plus side, the headline on ESPN.com right now is "Real Men of Genius: Today we salute you, Mr. Max-Contract-Signing-General Manager". It's a Bill Simmons piece on lousy NBA GMs.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

the only time i will listen to bill simmons talk about basketball is when he's making fun of isiah... because it doesn't take someone with any sort of basketball IQ to make fun of isiah... all it takes is someone with any sort of common sense.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

oh goodie... the knicks decided to break out hte JV uniforms tonight. yayy.

the throwback thing needs to go away for a little while... it's fun every now and then, but the nba breaks 'em out too often. most of them are hideous. there is a reason why they got rid of them in the first place.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

the nets are one of the few teams with nice throwbacks. i'm a fan of the dr. j era unis.

 

[impy13]

I like ours

but they rarely wear them. I don't think they have once this season.

Stack's the only guy I can find in action wearing em

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

aaaaand the "stevie franchise" era begins with a 10-0 run... by the nets... featuring the knicks just jacking shots with no sense of offense, including one play where marbury looked off a wide open francis in order to drive into three people... and followed up with vince carter and richard jefferson posting up our midget backcourt.

the knicks... faaaaaantastic.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

yea the mavs are ok too but they're not really throwbacks... i mean they only switched to the new uni's in the mid 90s.

same with phoenix... they're nice, but they're not that old.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

this is an utter disaster.

not only should isiah be fired, but so should larry brown.

rather than get the ball to the young bigs, who need touches in order to get better... and i don't think eddy curry even ha a shot yet, channing frye has two, one rushed peremeter shot and one fast break dunk.

i know this roster is a disaster, but larry brown has zero control over his team.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

and just as i post that, frye gets the ball in the post and makes a nice turn around jumper off the glass...

and i can almost gaurantee he won't touch the ball again for another 3-4 minutes unless it's off an offensive rebound or a broken play

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

nate robinson was placed on the inactive list to make room for francis.

shoot me.

 

[namkcuR]

Who decides who goes on the IA? Larry or Isiah?

Are Butler or Woods active? If either of them are active while Nate is inactive, whoever made that decision should be fired immediatly.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

qyntel woods is active. i'm not sure about butler, but i'm asuming he's inactive as well.

that's a great shot on MSG right now... Marbury sitting with a towel over his head, francis slumping in his chair with his arms folded.

i think i'm gonna become a clippers fan.

 

[namkcuR]

qyntel woods is active. i'm not sure about butler, but i'm asuming he's inactive as well.

that's a great shot on MSG right now... Marbury sitting with a towel over his head, francis slumping in his chair with his arms folded.

i think i'm gonna become a clippers fan.

It's so obvious Franchise doesn't wanna be in New York.

If you were named Knicks' GM right this moment, what would be your plan?

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

It's so obvious Franchise doesn't wanna be in New York.

If you were named Knicks' GM right this moment, what would be your plan?

1) be honest with knick fans. this is a disaster that needs a long time to be fixed. tell them that the team may lose, and things may get worse before it gets better (if that is possible). most knicks fans know this already.

2) make sure that no one over the age of 25 is signed past the summer of 2009. if i can trade someone for youth and picks? fine. if i can't? then just let their contracts expire and good riddance.

3) improve the scouting department. seeing as isiah's given away our picks this year and next, in order to improve through the draft they'll have to find a late round or second round steal.

4) play the young kids. i don't care if there's 45 million dollars worth of players on the bench or inactive list, the kids are gonna play.


of course, as long as jim dolan is the owner, this will never happen. the only thing that will convince dolan that this needs to happen is if people stop showing up, but believe it or not, the garden's attendance... although a lot less than where it was in the 90s... is still not that bad. they get at leawst 15-16,000 a night, despite the team being terrible.

despite the sheer amount of money pumped into the knicks and rangers over the last 5 years... despite losing an entire season of hockey... madison square garden is still making money. as long as dolan's making money, he's happy.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

to make things worse, if i go down a channel from MSG to YES, Marv Albert is broadcasting for the Nets.



for shame.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i'm going to take a dump on the next person i hear use the phrase "volume shooter," unless it's said in disgust or in a sarcastic manner.

 

[LMP]

I just went to my first "Darko Milicic Era" Magic game and I liked the guy, I wasn't expecting much.

Oh, and the arena became Little Puerto Rico when Carlos Arroyo breathed on the ball

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks in 22 minutes out of darko.

yea... i still think detroit gave up on him a bit too early.

if you were a franchise with a 20 year old 7 footer and he put up 8, 5 and 2 in 22 minutes, you'd be thrilled

still early yet, though.

 

[speedracer]

i'm going to take a dump on the next person i hear use the phrase "volume shooter," unless it's said in disgust or in a sarcastic manner.

I always knew you were a volume shooter, just in a different sense.

 

[LMP]

How many turnovers did Stevie Trade Rumor have tonight?

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

just one

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I always knew you were a volume shooter, just in a different sense.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i don't care what anyone says... watching kobe play still disgusts me.

 

[impy13]

i don't care what anyone says... watching kobe play still disgusts me.

I'm with you.

I liked the fact that he led in assists for the ASG. I think he was basically trying to make a statement that he's not a selfish prick.

Well, statement failed.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i think it goes to show you how clueless he is that in the all star game, the one game where people actually want you to put on an offensive show, kobe was passive... up until the last minute when he took a fade away jumper with two guys hanging all over him. now that's the mamba we know and love.. to hate.

 

[LMP]

I've never liked The Mamba, and this season didn't help either.

It's also partially Shaq's fault The Mamba is hated as much as he is, because he's "The lovable big guy" so The Mamba has to be the "cutthroat prima donna". Atleast the shoes both fit IMO.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

it's not shaq's fault... kobe could have been the loveable sidekick, and LA would be working towards the Celtics consecutive championship streak.

 

[namkcuR]

it's not shaq's fault... kobe could have been the loveable sidekick, and LA would be working towards the Celtics consecutive championship streak.

How do you figure? They lost in the second round to the Spurs in 03 and in the finals to the Pistons in 04, before Shaq was traded. If they wanted to tie or break the Celtics' consecutive title streak, they would've had to start over at 0 even Shaq was still there.

And if he was, I still don't think they'd get eight straight. A Duncan/Parker/Manu led Spurs team and a Nash/Amare/Marion lead Suns team would've given them a huge run for their money every year, especially the Spurs. To say nothing of the Pistons, who are better than you give them credit for.

I think it's a huge stretch to say, 'If Kobe has just been less of a prick, the Lakers would've won 8 or 9 titles in a row'.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

How do you figure? They lost in the second round to the Spurs in 03 and in the finals to the Pistons in 04, before Shaq was traded. If they wanted to tie or break the Celtics' consecutive title streak, they would've had to start over at 0 even Shaq was still there.

And if he was, I still don't think they'd get eight straight. A Duncan/Parker/Manu led Spurs team and a Nash/Amare/Marion lead Suns team would've given them a huge run for their money every year, especially the Spurs. To say nothing of the Pistons, who are better than you give them credit for.

I think it's a huge stretch to say, 'If Kobe has just been less of a prick, the Lakers would've won 8 or 9 titles in a row'.

this is how i figure... if kobe and shaq could get along, they wouldn't have lost to the spurs... and they would have dismantled the pistons.

 

[namkcuR]

this is how i figure... if kobe and shaq could get along, they wouldn't have lost to the spurs... and they would have dismantled the pistons.

I can see how they would have beat the pistons if Kobe and Shaq got along, but I don't think the Kobe/Shaq thing had anything to do with why the Lakers lost that series to the Spurs. The Spurs just beat them.