Radio Stream of Mike and the Mad Dog with special guest Frank Isola.
I would not normally recommend this combination of radio haterade, but I noticed in this session that they’re changing their rhetoric a bit regarding Isiah. It’s as if they know Isiah is in trouble, and now that they feel their mission is almost accomplished, they feel bad about it, and want to make sure their hands are clean if somebody ends up losing their job this season. Listen for yourself and tell me what you think.
These are the same people that ran Ewing out of town, yet none accept any of the blame involved in trading away a Knick legend.
Everybody keeps talking about Dolan’s reluctance to display renewed support since the ABS civil trial. Dolan just hasn’t been around since then, including camp and the preseason. Maybe Sunday he’ll be there for the home opener.
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It is amazing for me to hear Mike and the Mad Dog talk about the knicks without watching them. They basically ask Isola what he’s seen of the team because they openly state they don’t watch the knicks, the previous time they had Isola on they even said “why would we want to watch the knicks? What for?” These are paid professionals, admitting a boycott on the air, yet still discussing the team they’re boycotting through their loophole, Frank Isola.
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DNM:
Again, Curry and Randolph must start. I agree with starting Q at the two and Balkman or Jefferies at the three, but no way would I sit Curry to start!
It’s the guards responsibility to feed the post. You can’t blame Curry except when he gets those offensive fouls. From what I’ve seen in the preseason, the guards are to blame. Sit Steph, and start Mardy.
Anti:
Trane forgot to change the name to Marquette, and posted as Trane. He got busted by Mark. That was so so funny!
It reminded me of when Peaceman made that gaffle with his Ali G moniker.
Lives good stuff.
I want you all to think back and remember what I said about Rashard Lewis.
He was the catch of the off season.
He will average close to 30 points this year.
Did you see when he got going in their first game?
Wow
Orlando will finish first in their division.
Washington second and then the Heat. It all depends on how many games Shaq misses this year.
Wade is already out for the first month and a half….
If Shaq gets hurt again this year (like he has the past 2 or 3 years) and only plays around 45-50 games (like he has the past 2 or 3 years)
the Heat will be a lottery team. It might actually end up being good for them because they may be able to get OJ Mayo.
He would fit in perfectly next year with them and they would be set in the backcourt for the next 8-10 years with Wade and Mayo.
Isiah addresses Starbury’s comments and talks of a Cleveland explosion since they were blown out the first game of the season. I watched Cleveland the other night and I have no fear in any explosion and if there is one I’m expecting more of a little fire cracker then Hiroshima
http://blogs.msg.com/gameon/new_york_knicks/index.html
African
ALI-G is my Nomad Roommate! He use’s my Note book without permission!
He eats you out of house and home and puts back A DROP of Soda in the fridge when it’s damn near empty!
But he’s my boy!
AF
Funny how the “don’t feed the trolls” guy got caught with his undies down and his tush-bottom in the bowl pinching off a hot one…
He was doing so much good too. I shed a tear when his jig was up.
HA!
African
“The Police” will confirm that! Lol…. you know exactly what I mean!
More Knick news
http://www.nba.com/knicks/news/Knicks_Cle_071101.html
from the blog the boomann referenced:
Stephon [Marbury] yesterday said he was looking for his shot more this season. How does that coincide with Zach [Randolph] and Eddy [Curry] and Jamal [Crawford]…
Thomas: Well, I don’t know how it coincides with Zach and Eddy, but I know the player we saw last November, we better not see that player this November. But he’s a great player, and in order for us to be effective, he’s got to take shots that are available. And when those shots are open, he’s got to take those shots. In the preseason, he and Jamal passed up a lot of shots, and I don’t expect them to pass up those shots now that the regular season has started. He also is a player that when things break down, there’s got to be a portion of the game where he’s got to have those three or four minute bursts where he can take over a game in that span and make a couple of shots that turns the whole basketball game around. He started doing that late in the season for us, but we need that type of play coming out of the gate.
To all the Steph misinterpretationers (not a word) from booman’s link:
In the preseason, the Knicks focused on working their offense through Randolph and Curry. As a result, the guards largely took a backseat to the team’s big men. The past week of practices has seen the team work hard on maintaining the philosophy of running the offense through the low block, but on nonetheless keeping the team’s stellar guards involved.
Knicks President, Basketball Operations, and Head Coach Isiah Thomas, has pushed his guards to maintain their aggressiveness, even while they run the offense through Randolph and Curry.
“A lot of the focus has been putting the ball inside, but we definitely need a healthy complement from our guards to be considered a dangerous team,” Thomas said.
Barf – caught, yes — but the good fight goes on. It was late. I was sloppy. But it was fun while it lasted. And the point was made. That was all on Isola. Don’t feed the trolls is exclusively a Fixer line. It’s a way to acknowledge that if you feed a lost dog, it will keep coming to your door. The philsophy is: ignore, ignore, ignore. Just Scroll Past. Don’t feed the trolls. I had just finished a huge batch of work. Marquette (get it?) ’07 was a form of entertainment — but play with a purpose. I was protecting my yard. But the best defense is still to ignore. Anything more will encourage. The best response is no response. Just Scroll Past. DFTT.
Who’s gonna tell me what a red pill is . . . and whether I wanted one . . . or to avoid one?
When we beat the Cav’ we will be 49 games away from 50 wins with
81 games left! After we beat the Wolfs, we will 48 games away from 50 wins with 80 games left!
When put in proper perspective, 50 wins ain’t all that unrealistic!
The minumum win total is 47…for the roll call. Ewings Curse is 48, Vince F is 49 and
Vlad is 50! Man it’s simple, the Knicks can’t beat themselfs this year!
Everbody has to play like it’s their last game every game! 24 hours from the
truth! Leave it all on the Court! Watch Taz!
The Cohn man predicts we will only win 40 games this year while losing 42. My thoughts on his prediction is this: Let’s say we didn’t lose David Lee, Jamal Crawford, Stephon Marbury and Quinten Richardson to injuries during our playoff run exactly how many games would we have won last year. I would like to think at least 39 or 40. So why are we destined too only win 40 when we could have easily got that mark last year especially if Zach was playing in place of the soft man Frye. I’m guessing we win about 46 games this year.
http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/blog/2007/11/40_wins.html#comments
I mean unless every team has a picture of Anucha Brown hanging in the visitors locker room I don’t expect the team to be that distracted by the lawsuit.
@Boomann
I guess the thinking is that many other teams(Boston,Orlando,MilBucks,Atlanta) have gotten better and will take away from our win total.I still believe in 44-48 wins.
No…the Knicks will win 50 games this year.
People may think I’m joking but I’m serious.
Knicks will go 51-31!!!
DLT
“I guess the thinking is that many other teams(Boston,Orlando,MilBucks,Atlanta) have gotten better and will take away from our win total.”
I here you there but it’s not like the Knicks stood pat in terms of acquiring talen– Z-Bo– and the shift in coaching emphasis this year is towards amping up the team perimeter defense and to get the perimeter players to squeeze the passing lanes and our bench players in Robinson and Jones play a 3/4 press style. I think what some people are concerned about most is how will the shift on offense towards the Curry Randolph front court mesh, and whether we’ll be sending out a balanced team with our starting 5 and our reserves– see Booman’s article he referenced somewhere above.
Nonetheless I think the Knicks will catch their stride and the defensive focus will keep us in the mix up untill the team develops some offensive fluency with our front court. I also think that the Knicks will win between 44-48 wins this year.
If we defend our home court!
If we defend against teams we’re supposed to beat!
If we defend our teammate’s back as a teammate should!
If we defend our team’s rep because that is our winning tradition!
If we defend against the idea that we can’t play better D.
If we defend against the blame game and concentrate on finding our real game, then 45+ is possible.
Belief+instruction+practice=dedication+effort+trust,
and that equals 45+ wins
41 games is only .500 ball, we should be better than that!
One game at a time, one quarter at a time.LGK
DVJ
I won’t discount your optimism since the Knicks nearly would have won about 40-41 wins last year had Lee, Q and Crawford not gone done during the last quarter of the season. And what’s more that was on an offensively oriented team. If there is any semblance of consistent defensive commitment the team will be better than 500. If the EZ pass combo gets it flowing and the rest of the team learns and plays their role they will be in the upper 40 win area.
Isiah’s statement about his guards maintaining their aggressive play was merely a coach trying to keep his team happy. Of course Marbury and Crawford need to take shots, but they need to focus on feeding the post; something that they clearly have not done well in the past 2-3 years.
@Orange & Blue
I am in a spot where I’m defending the BS writers. I know we make big improvements,Z-Bo,Chandler and the sleeper is Jones, who is one of my favorites.I think it may take the first month for us to catch our stride,but after that we should be jammin’/ballin’. I think THE WRITERS believe that the other team’s improvements will take away from our total.I would love to think 50 wins,let’s hope everyone stays healthy.I also like the fact that we have the same core,same coaching as last year. This way everyone is on the same page.
Don’t hurt em!
You guys have me rolling here with that Trane episode.
You know what, the funny thing is that shit was working!
Trane had Mark toning down his bullshit and he started talking basketball. Dumb shit, but still basketball.
Trane got sloppy. Period.
Peace:
Yeah “The Police” knows. He/They know everything. (lol)
I have so much fun with you guys, there should be a law against it.
My lady in the box next door(she’s also on welfare) thinks I’m going crazy.
She’s got the Treo, I got the iphone. Treo is for girls.(lol)
Trane:
We could tell you what the “Red Pill” is, but we’d have to kill you. It’s too late at this point.
DLT
Were on the same page. I’ll be happy with the Knicks hovering about or above 500 after the first month of the season. But I think team defense will be the key untill the offense hits it stride. I wouldn’t be surprised if along the way Thomas realizes that inserting some players from the bench into the starting five over the higher paid starters for reasons of fit is the way to go. The other thought that has me thinking the Knicks won’t decline is that while their is no doubt an insertion of talent in the East this year, there are also teams that will have trouble coming out of the blocks strong due to injuries, certain teams will not be able to catch others by surprise this year as they did last year, and the paper champion to the north will be facing the rest of the conferences best performance as all teams will be gunning to knock them of their pedestal. That last thought has me thinking that the Nets might sneak into the top of the atlantic while we battle the Celtics for the second slot. Just bloggin don’t hurt me! LMAO!!!!!
O&B
Team defense is the key, that why I like Jones,he is an upgrade for our defense.As far as the starting line up, I would like to see
Steph
Q
Balk/JJ
Zach
ECity
I like Crawford off the bench for instant “O”power.
Q and Balk/JJeferies are our best defenders at the 2&3 spots.
I think Crawford will have more shots with DLee,Balk and Collins on the floor.
I hope we catch teams by surprise, I hope they all sleep on us.
Oh and
Don’t hurt em!
Defenders, the 3 Stooges are alive!!!!! Isola wants Larry “Next Town” Brown back. His continued references to Brown in this interview is disturbing. And he wonders why the Knicks shut him out. I have posted on his blog that substance is missing in his views. He rants about Jerome “Big Snax” James’ contract and also Jared Jefferies’. The season starts tomorrow and Cleveland will look to avenge last nights dibacle. I know we are hungry and will send a message to them. Keep it Poppin and Write On!!!!
DLT
Agreed with all points made, and do think Crawford will be less inhibited coming off the bench. It’s one thing to ask a teams PG to play more like a PG-i.e., a facilitator– it’s another thing to ask a career freelance scorer to change his stripes, restrict his game and fit into a scheme that will not let him shoot himself into and offensive rythm. with regards to the following comment:
“I hope we catch teams by surprise, I hope they all sleep on us.”
In a sense the MSM in NY and their lazyass copycats further out might be doing the Knicks a favor by talking us down so much. Hey if teams read the press clippings about the Knicks they might come out thinking their playing the Pee Wee Varsity Wringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Hoop Circus.
Check yall out latezzz!!!
O&B
We will learn more tomorrow.and…………..
Please don’t hurt em!
THE DEFENDERS’ ACRONYMIC-TIONARY , REVISED EDITION
Blogging, out of necessity, has resulted in a language all its own, that may vary according to the blogging community. This language includes shorthand in the form of acronyms which are used in certain blogging communities to speed up writing, allow for reading ease and/or to creatively circumvent censors geared to ban certain words or phrases.
The Knicks blogging community has its own special language which is constantly developing, especially when the acronym massa Steady is at the keyboards. These quick developments can take newbies and even some surprised regulars, without assistance, a while to understand. When I first started posting on Knicks Knation (a dying commercial blog), I would ignore certain acronyms simply because I had no idea what they meant. For example, it took me forever and two days to figure out that “ROLF” was not a perverted dog bark, but shorthand for “rolling on the floor laughing.” I now imagine how many funny jokes (or jokes mis-identified as funny) I probably missed simply because I did not understand the blogger language.
In that spirit, I offer the Defenders my revised compilation of often used acronyms and their meanings; it is my Acronymic-tionary. This is meant to be a benefit to the newbies, but hopefully, it will also serve those old heads, like myself, who just skip what they don’t recognize or understand. This list is not exhaustive, so feel free to add to it; nor is it a guarantee that you will finally understand what a DEFENDER has written, but it should reduce some of the guess work and enhance your DEFENDER Fellowship.
.ABS = All BS or Anucha Browne Sanders depending on circumstances
AH = Alan Hahn
AH20 = Classic Alan Houston, #20
AH7 = 2007 Training Camp Alan Houston wanna be
APB = All Point’s Bulletin or “Where Your AzzBeen Posting Boy”
BARF = Be A Real Fan”
BLT = Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato
BTW = By The Way
CTFU = Crackin’ The Funk Up
DFTT = Don’t Feed The Trolls
DL = Down Low (see RDL)
DLT Knicks = Dave Love’ Those Knicks
Dnice = Demetrius Nichols
ESP = Extrasensory Perception or “Extra Stupid Post” depending on circumstances
Ecity = Eddie Curry
E-Z Pass = Offensive or Defensive Combination of Eddie Curry and Zach Randolph
FI = Frank Isola or FA = Frank Assohola
FWIW = For what It’s Worth
GTFOH = Get the Fu*k Outta Here
HOF = Hall of Fame
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMO = In My Opinion
IT = Isiah Thomas
JJI = Jared Jeffries
JJ0 = Jared Jordan
JJXXXXXXI = Jerome James/ aka / “Big Snaxxxx”
JJIIDD = Jerome James Lives at Dunkin Donuts
KBILUVU = DVJ’s Summer Wet Dream –– “Kobe Bryant I Wish You Wore Orange and Blue”
KF = Knicks Fix
KFL = Knicks For Life
KK = Knick Knation (Daily News Blog)
LB = The unmentionable HOF coach, La**y Bro*n
LGK = Let’’s Go Knicks
LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off
LMBO = Laughing My BBalls Off
LOL = Laughing Out Loud
NYC = If you don’t know, you’re on the wrong blog and on the wrong planet
OPP = Other People’s Players
OTOH = On The Other Hand
OTP = Other Team’s Players
MAK = No Meaning Whatsoever
M.O.P. = Most Outstanding Player or Most Obnoxious Punk– consider context
MSM = Mainstream Media or Metro Sports Media
N8 the Gr8 = NATE the GREAT Robinson
NBA = Nothing But Actors or National Basketball Association
PAMF = Punk Ass Mutherflubber
PR = Puerto Rico
PT = Playing Time or Part Time
RDL = Really Down Low
ROFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROI = Return on Investment
ROY = Rookie of the Year
RTG = Ready To Go
SFD =Sit The Fu*k Down
SM = Stephon Marbury or Sadist Masochist or Saved Man
SOS = “Same Old Shyte” or “Save Our Ship” depending on time of year
STFU = Shut the Fu*k Up
TMI = Too Much Information
WTF = What the Fu*k
CU L8er
NEXT: Cleveland Cavalier Game Preview
Lives and the Defenders,
With no equivocation I submit the following for your consideration. I noted the consternation from the Public man about E-Z Pass and noted the possibility that our detractors may also beat it like PeeWee Herman sans nut (w/o release). Thus, E-City and Z-bo will now be EZ22 as a reference to the double-double they will both average for the year and during the All-Star game (barring injuries). Jamal Crawford was affectionately named JChuck here for his penchant to jack up shots in all sorts of manner from all sorts of angles. We say affectionately because we love him when thye go in with 0.00 on the clock. When the 52nd pick of this year’s draft class demanded his unconditional release, he went from D-Nice to DilusionalButnice or DBNice else “D (would) be nice if he gets burn”. ABS is also used to abbreviate the singular word for a female dog. (Ex.) All the Defenders would like to see Jefferson try to go up for a dunk against Taz. We want it blocked hard with him falling to the floor and Taz standing over him on the floor looking like ABS. Blogzilla is the name attributed to Starburyfan when referring to his role as Blog host/blogmaster. The gentleman that Lives is precluded him from mentioning that AH is also ACon (a rememberance of “wacky”) and McFhale is the former C now in MN who as GM gifted the Big Ticket to the leprachauns. Finally, there are 2 Lil’ Generals in the NBA: the prima donna and HH(oncho) is Stern (5*) and the second is the schmoozer from Chi-Town IT (4*). Their egos are bigger than Texas but they have mad coins.
KFLL
BTW, did ya’ll notice that veiled comment/hyperbole put out there by the 4* general (on MSG) saying that LBJ is arguably the best player in the world. Could this have anything to do with the MSM report that the Black Mamba has no NYK love. DVJ, hola @ yo boy who’s been ABS about the NYK scenario.
Steady as it goes.
Good Stuff Steady.
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