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He is a “Lame Duck” sitting.

By D L T Knicks on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:56 am

Why is ABS running her mouth after “settling” for $11.6? Didn’t the Knicks management prepare a confidentiality agreement with heras a precondition to the settlement? WTF? $11.6 plus the right to ridicule, and you had no evidence to substantiate your case? Now you get to attempt a comeback with the archenemy, claiming Paxson is “a man of character”? WTF????

By HarleminMD on Mar 14, 2008 at 1:46 pm

She got $11.6 million and she still sounds bitter. She probably would not have seen that amount of money in 10 years of indentured service. Yet, she still is trying to destroy. She got a nest egg! Why continue to complain? Her character is not proving to be so outstanding. If I reeived $11.6 million on a case that I could not prove in a normal court proceeding, I would gloat privately.

By HarleminMD on Mar 14, 2008 at 1:51 pm

Harlem MD,
ABS is proving that “you are what your name is”: ABS. Within that
story I also see the root cause of the whole problem. From Lives’
Blame Game, I did not “Herd” on the blame to JD on the ABS issue.
The ABS issue falls on Mills–he brought in the ABS and could not
control/manage the ABS.
The MSM is helping ABS with the job search after their dime
on the trial. The lawyers got their 33.3% and “media advisory” got
theirs too. I know YOU of all Defenders know what’s good on that
tip.

By Steady on Mar 14, 2008 at 2:15 pm

Steady is right…….again

The MSM wants IT out and are willing to dig up ABS to help their cause.

By D L T Knicks on Mar 14, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Curry’s out for the season……

Maybe we will win some games.

………..That’s cold DLT……..sorry,but true

By D L T Knicks on Mar 14, 2008 at 3:41 pm

Now JJames gets to earn his keep on game days. Only two egos left to manage–Zbo and Monty. Rash of injuries at the end
of the season can eb used once again to explain failure to reach the playoffs. NYK fans are being Clintoned and we know it.

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 14, 2008 at 4:25 pm

JJAMES should be STEADY on the bench.

…and you can tell him I said that!

By D L T Knicks on Mar 14, 2008 at 4:31 pm

Hah - giving support to Anucha. i was wondering what the so-called “MSM” was doing, since they obviously aren’t bothering to cover any news stories that might negatively impact the Obamessiah. =)

DLT - i disagree with you on Jerome. It’s time to start him and showcase him for anyone foolish enough to be interested. He might re-injure that soft tissue foot thing he has in heavy minutes, which would be great for us, cuz if he pulled a Rony Seikaly / Jim McIlvane we get an insurance settlement (who cares) and a league salary cap exemption if he retires (best case scenario).

i know it is just plain wrong to actively wish for an injury to a player, to a Knicks’ player no less, but still. I’m trying to get my mindset in a Marxist/Socialist frame of mind BEFORE Barack Hussein Obama becomes CIC, and a James injury would best serve the collective.

- “Honour and respect cannot be established except on a foundation of cripples and corpses.”
Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, taken from ‘Martyrs: The Building Blocks of Nations’, http://www.azzam.com

By PaulNoize on Mar 14, 2008 at 5:06 pm

@Harlem MD & STEADY,

I read ABS’S comments in the New York Times, New York Post, Foxsports, and the AP,and it reminded how the Men Who make the Rules and the Surreal Script Writers, use imagery and pinpoint timing to revise a common theme universally. Help me out here, tell me you GUYS are reading Elle Magazine, and very few sports enthusiast do read that Mag…except WOMEN

Sort of Reminds me of the 3am Ad which was racial and not about nat’l security (where were the men in the ad; when was the last time a terriost attacked the US at night, and the White House with a pciket fence represented the WHITE HOUSE …Duh) to appeal to working class caucasians and southerners in Ole Miss, and the recent spat concerning Obama’s retired pastor Jeremiah Wright’s Radical comments (If you Know Pastor right, he didn’t say anything other men of conscious haven’t said like Mr. Mandela. Many of these commentswhich were made in 2001, 2004, 2006, and some recent; Prime Examples of MSM’S basic Tit for Tat reporting in resposne to the Ferraro’s comments, and the coverage of ABS’S comments from an article in a Girlie Magazine to denounce, reject, and repudiate one Isiah ‘Monty’ Thomas for his abysmal track record and her resounding endorsement of John Paxson the Personification of White Integrity and Sound Franchise Sports Management…

Read the Tea Leaves…this is foolishness…SPEAK TRUTH TO WISDOM! I hope ALL OF YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO America the Beautiful…

Keep it POPPIN!

By Cooleyhigh on Mar 14, 2008 at 6:14 pm

KD Jakes Cooleyhigh,
Preach and touch their souls bruh. You’re back with GUSTO! While you’re there, what about that IDIOT out of Harlem who is TANKING the Black people of America with a bad case of Clintonitis. His filth is so wretched that the words reject, denounce, repudiate, DISAVOW would suffice for distancing. America is being Clintoned and Monty riding on that same bandwagon. I just want to see the summary of accounts statement from the ABS trial. That’s one favor/interview Mills will forever remember and REGRET.

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 14, 2008 at 6:42 pm

@Steady,

Trying to get my sea legs but the Flu is a Bytche…At least the version I’ve got…LOL Maybe I got tyhe Brazilian Strain…You know how I love my Boricqua”s or is Moreno’s…LOL

My good Bruh, there is a very insidious unilateral campaign underway to frame Men of color in a very 1940’s Wellian way…Peep the wire, radio, pubs, and even the Zidiot Box…As It Goes you know I try to absorb Data like a sponge, then manipulate that data and complete the conversion process into INTELLIGENCE…Much different from being KNOWLEDGEABLE.
THE FEAR OF THE MOVEMENT…

Keep it Poppin!

By Cooleyhigh on Mar 14, 2008 at 7:01 pm

Guys whats up with the NCAA Bracket? either your in or out but we will know the bracket sunday night1
holla back asap…..i’ve won a few in my time, but could always use another sleeper team or
weakness match up team. 1

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 7:32 pm

Spot on Cooleyhigh and keep it poppin. Keep tellin’ it and to hell with being herd. Lead righteously and the righteous will follow.

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 14, 2008 at 7:33 pm

Good evening defenders.

I heard a conversation on ESPN regarding the 20 game winning streak the Rockets managed to amass. The interview was with an NBA analyst who cited to the words of the Rockets Coach Rick Adelman, who basically talked about the importance of staying the course and not panicking, like they were early in the season, when they were barely above the mendoza line. The analyst also went on to note the difference in coach styles between Van Gundy, and Adelman, might have been conducive to the Rockets surge by pointing out that Van Gundy’s grind it out style wore down on players, while Adelman’s more personable approach set in better with the players, and resulted in a fresher team that was willing and wanting to play for each others and the coach.

Interesting, sounds like what Isiah claims to have tried to do with the Knicks as head coach.

I think the trouble is that the current Roster of Knicks never got that nasty pill of a slavedriver through their veins to realize and come to appreciate a laid back coaching approach. Larry Brown was in and out, and no coach during the Isiah Regime either cracked the whip or got an opportunity to crack the whip, and that was followed by Monty the lovable coach. Go figure you need to shear the steel under the heat of a task master before the temper that blade with the mellow approach of a players coach.

That never really happend for the Knicks.

What a shame.

By Orange and Blue on Mar 14, 2008 at 7:44 pm

Jimmy D, you want to be a true contrarian?Hire the Big O for anything!Lift the NBA blackball,Free Oscar,save the Knicks and shock the world!!!LGK

By Tman on Mar 14, 2008 at 8:12 pm

tman,
more often that not, the best players make the worst coaches.
This does not apply to Zeke. he was good, but the big O was maybe
the best to ever play the game!

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 8:25 pm

For sakes alive what did the O ever do? Could not have been worst than Stackhouse who messed up his lines and soliloquied with the mics on. Harewood, General, Tman, Cooleyhigh–what’s good with the intel?

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 14, 2008 at 8:27 pm

The Mock draft is a joke. Look who they have us taking???? http://www.realgm.com/src_feature/1158/20080227/2008_mock_draft_version_50_(early_march_edition)/

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 8:38 pm

@ steady

we are talking Coach not spokesman!

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 8:42 pm

Dx Draft Express is a little better,
I tell you what. Beasley may go third
E 2008 1st Round Mock - Full Mock
# Team Player
1 Heat Michael Beasley
PF, 19 years old, 6′9″, 220 lbs.
Kansas State, Freshman
2 Timberwolves Derrick Rose
PG, 19 years old, 6′4″, 180 lbs.
Memphis, Freshman
3 Grizzlies Jerryd Bayless
PG/SG, 19 years old, 6′3″, 199 lbs.
Arizona, Freshman
4 Knicks Brook Lopez
C, 19 years old, 7′0″, 260 lbs.
Stanford, Sophomore
5 SuperSonics O.J. Mayo
PG/SG, 20 years old, 6′5″, 195 lbs.
USC, Freshman
6 Bobcats Danilo Gallinari
SF, 19 years old, 6′9″, 209 lbs.
Armani Jeans Milano, International
7 Clippers Eric Gordon
SG, 19 years old, 6′3″, 215 lbs.
Indiana, Freshman
8 Bucks DeAndre Jordan
C, 19 years old, 7′0″, 260 lbs.
Texas A&M, Freshman
9 Bulls D.J. Augustin
PG, 20 years old, 5′11″, 175 lbs.
Texas, Sophomore
10 Kings Chase Budinger
SG/SF, 20 years old, 6′7″, 190 lbs.

VEYONE KNOWS RILEY LOVES BIG MEN AND Deandre Jordan is my bet if the Heat pick first!

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 8:49 pm

I left the big “E” out of the last sentence…kinda like the Knicks will next year!

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 8:52 pm

@ Peace, post #22…

I agree, that mock draft is a joke…Mareese Speights??? WTF…

Speaking of the draft, did anyone see the GTown/WVa game? Roy Hibbert has really increased his stock with his performance tonight.

I used to think he was a big dufus, but this kid showed me something against a really good squad tonight. One example was after a defensive rebound, he was sprinting back down court and you could see him telling the guard to get him the rock in the post. He promptly set up, got a wide base and put his arm up (us point guards love when our “bigs” present a big target on the post), got the rock, dropped-stepped and turned scored, plus got fouled. But the best part was that after he scored, he started bangin’ his chest and talkin’ to the Gtown faithful!! I was floored!! He always seemed so stoic, almost Herman Munster-like. In addition, he scored on an assortment of hook shots (with both hands) and put-backs, and his defensive instincts are the best this side of Ewing and Matumbo.

He’s no Ewing, but he’s definitely an upgrade offensively over Dikembe.

He’ll be around when we pick. Should we take him or pass?

We should be able to get a serviceable pg in the second round, if we have a second round pick, or through free-agency.

Someone mentioned Duhon? He’s definitely serviceable.

By Bronxboy in Md on Mar 14, 2008 at 9:09 pm

@Peaceman,

I told you a couple of days ago I’m in. What do I have to do to sign on and get the money to you before Thursday? I’ll be happy to take your Mulla and your boys too…Oh, why in the hell would the Knicks take Lopez especially if ‘The Love Man’ is available (he’s got game like his name sake Wes Unseld (Wes is his middle name; his dad Stan Love played with Unseld)…Just wondering!

@Steady

The Big O has been a real man’s MAN from his Player of the Year days at Cincinati, and throughout his STELLAR PRO career…Mr. Triple Double Himself. I remember when he popped Jerry Sloan for kicking his teammate in Milwaukee in the head during a televised game, then punked Tom Boerwinkle with a bow to the throat…Bob Love nor Chet Walker moved a muscle…They knew what was good…He was outspoken on issues of race and Money (He filed suit against the NBA regarding their anti-trust laws, It was called the Robertson Suit I beleive in 69 or 70, and claimed the system was like slavery, and Free Agency was changed and the flow of dough trickled down just a little; he like Spencer Haywood challenged the status quo…Unlike his Boy Wayne Embry, he was not and still is not willing to play the game…The Big O is a regular in town during Bobby Mitchell’s HOF’S Golf Tournament out at Lansdowne in Northern Virginia…Harewood or General, please correct me if I’m wrong…

@Bronx

GEORGETOWN IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hibbert could be a serviceable 2nd team center, but the Knicks need a game Changer and a Lifer…BTW Bronx, sorry about MD…

Keep it POPPIN!

By Cooleyhigh on Mar 14, 2008 at 9:29 pm

@ Cooley,

Yeah, looks like MD is gonna be on the “outside lookin’ in” during the NCAAs this year….oh well…lol

Regarding your comment about a “game changer”, is there one in this year’s draft class at the center position? Who’s the best center coming out in your opinion? The mock drafts have us selecting either Brook Lopez or Eric Gordon. Who would you select?

Everyone’s opinions are welcomed, BTW.

By Bronxboy in Md on Mar 14, 2008 at 9:40 pm

@ Cooley,

I just re-read your last post to Peace about that kid Love…..man, that dude shows opponents NO LOVE…he tough as nails, and can step out on the perimeter and hit the trey!! His b-ball IQ is as high as any I’ve seen in the college ranks this year.

I completely forgot all about him. Is he projected to go in the first round? You know what they say bruh..when you’re hungry, everything looks good, but this kid addresses a big-time need for us.

His acquisition would make DLee expendable. Perhaps we could package him with some of our “garbage” (French pronounciation) for a legit pg??

I ain’t just bloggin….

By Bronxboy in Md on Mar 14, 2008 at 9:56 pm

COOLEY, NO MONEY INVOLVED….THIS IS YAHOO’S FREE $500,000,000.00 Bracket!
I wany to join forces as a group and kick the resy the of the called BALLERS AZZ!
Let me give you the LINK http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/

You must read and slow down Cooley….I have my own brackets..I just wanted to join you
and Bronxboy and Harlem to Brainstrom on a few selections! We are parteners here Bruh!
Read MoFO…you take 2 hours to watch 60 minutes!!!! Damn…I still want you to be a part of the FORCE MD GROUP!!
AND IT’S FREE…so our combind Knowledge is strong … Speaking of BRAINSTORM….
Check this Brainstorm Classic out.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1A4_jYE9v0
If you want to email me off line Knicksdefense has my permission to give you that info…
but hurry the hell up! The Brackets start to come out Sunday Night!

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 10:40 pm

@Bronx

If I had my druthers, we would pick the most prolific PG available. Looking for a Chris Paul or Baron Davis type player. Rose is truly in that league and I think Augustin has the chops but his body type disturbs me a bit. It does not appear he can add the necessary weight. Of the 2 guards, Mayo would be my choice because of his multiple skills (rebounding, and passing, and his Defensive ability is much better than Gordon right now). The kid Harden at Arizona State is not bad either. BUT ‘MR. LOVE’ IS THE SURE ENOUGH TRUTH!

BRONX, What is up with MD’S recruiting the last couple of years? Not a Blue Chip in the Stash…You always have to get at least one…Wait until you see this KID Greg Monroe that GTOWN signed. 6′10, 235, left-handed, great handled, great passer, good rebounder, and a nice touch and feel for the game. He’ll start as soon as he drops off his luggage in the his Suite on Campus. The question is will he stay? And, based on how JT3 is recruiting for 09, the probability is 2 to 3 years maximum.

Keep it POPPIN!

By Cooleyhigh on Mar 14, 2008 at 10:53 pm

@Cooleyhigh,
I knew you would have the intel. That lawsuit would definitely qualify him for the Lil’ General S-List. When you look @ guys like Embry and the Clippers’ mascot, you can see what it takes to stay in the man’s good graces. If you live righteously, your life will be righteous. Every person has their price. Contrarian that JD may be, I still foresee him doing a “known quantity” because the flagship sails with known/true/bleed-proof colors.

@ Bronx MD,
I know the Force was wit ya when you typed Hubert as a DUPHUS. He lumbers and labors down the court. He will need to show some consitency in the tourney to further raise his stocks because on some nights he does not show-up. He needs to do many “oblong ball” drills. He’s got Lee handles: SUSPECT. I hear ya ’bout how we PGs like a commanding Big Fella who squares up nicely with the D on his wallet pocket. The few times I saw him with my own pink eyes, he was cockeyed off the right hash mark. I’d prefer to see him slightly off the window on the right side of the bubble. He gets pushed almost to the baseline thereby killing his angle. You can coach to fix that. Still, that makes him a plodding Big maybe suitable/salvaged for late 1st or maybe 2nd round. Just bloggin’ unless I’m right.

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 14, 2008 at 10:54 pm

Hibbert is Curry 2 in waiting!!!!!! Hell he may even be Jerome James 2!!!Lets get real!

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:05 pm

@Peaceman,

My Bag Homie! Got the Flu, the Meds are slowing me down, but no excuses…Tell me what you need? My number 1’s NC-Southeast; Memphis-Midwest; UCLA-West; Tenn-East; 2’s GTWON-Southeast; Kansas-West; Duke-East; Texas-Midwest. is this the type of info you need Dawg? If I can help you know I will…HIT ME

KD has my contact info hit me quick and I’ll be home tomorrow cause this Dawg is down for the count…

Keep it POPPIN!

By Cooleyhigh on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:12 pm

@ Cooley,

I got a little intel on that kid Monroe, and you confirmed what the report stated….that this kid had the “goods”….that he was all that and that bag of Doritos Curry was eatin’ when Zeke sat him in the fourth quarter…lol.

PG is our most glaring need for now. Don’t think Rose or Mayo will be available when our number is called, but I’d take Augustine in a skinny min. There’s something about that kid….and as a pg myself, I know it when i see it. This kid is a leader of men!!

@ Steady,

Man, you’re hilarious!! Why don’t you tell us how you really feel about “Hibbert the Duphus”!!! Actually, your assessment is spot on about the kid….he never really impressed me one iota till tonite. Like I stated previously, when you’re hungry, everything looks good. He had me thinkin’ he was prime rib when in all actuality he was spiced ham!!

By Bronxboy in Md on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:14 pm

@ Peace,

Noted @ post 33…see my post #35 to Cooley….

By Bronxboy in Md on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:22 pm

@ Peace..

Correction…….see my post #35 to Steady…

By Bronxboy in Md on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:23 pm

@Bronx MD,
LMAOOOOOOO!

Spiced ham you say? Then he needs a full summer of iso time pickin’ cloves out da roast in order to improve his handles (hand-eye coordination). I watched the Louisville game while I was on the treadmill (at the gym) and almost split my wig on account of Roy’s play. Recall when that full court press almost caused G’Town the game? Guys couldn’t even get the ball inbound for play. Remember how Taz made his name in the NIT Tournament? Roy Hibbert is of pedigree or from a school with lineage so he’ll be OK. I mean seriously, Othella Harrington is still in the league and so is Sweetney (I think). Roy D Hibbert will be ago and with many coins to have much spiced hams and glazed donuts.

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:25 pm

I don’t care how we do it, we better get this kid Beasley. He is a beast.

By HarleminMD on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:31 pm

@BRONX & STEADY,

Don’t sleep on Hibbert! His skill level is much better than you think! During the Summer when he’s balling against the Ole Crew he holds his own. His foot speed is questionable, but he will be a decent back-up center in the NBA.

Now Augustin is a true baller and an excellent leader, plus a sharp kid. You don’t survive Katrina, have you life turned upside and have the understanding Freshman year he had last year. The kid is a baller, but I am just not sure he can add the strength necessary to play his game which is rough and tumble, along with his sweeet J on the next level. Can he take the hit going to the hoop, and can guard at the next level.

After what happened at the GA Dome, I know my Partner Khalil is working through the night.
His building his blowing apart…Holy Shyte! He’s a true professional he’ll figure it out…

Keep it POPPIN

By Cooleyhigh on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:38 pm

@ Steady,

Tru dat about the G’town bloodlines…with his physical assets and teachable flaws, I’m sure he’ll land on his feet in the league, albeit awkwardly, probably as a career backup.

@ Harlem,

I don’t know if we have the chips or leverage to move up high enough in the draft to garner Mr. Beasley’s services, but anything is possible, I guess.

By Bronxboy in Md on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:43 pm

@Harlem MD, stopping showing geographical favoritism for Beasley…LOL LOL The boy got skills, but a Boat Load of issues too…Talk about a tease…He’ll break our hearts.

I love the way you’re holding it down FORCE MD’S/DC’S

Keep it POPPIN!

By Cooleyhigh on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:44 pm

Cooley…no dawg…I need to
know the skinny on CLEMSON..and Austin peay, the “Wintropes,
Butlers, and the sleepers!….CLEMSON…right now is the biggest sleeper I know!

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:46 pm

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/601523/mens_college_basketball_sleeper_teams.html?page=2

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:46 pm

Miami should suffer some type of penalty for what they are doing down there. I say resort to illegal tactics: kidnap somebody for ransom, steal the ping-pong balls, put magnets on the knicks balls, something.

By HarleminMD on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:46 pm

@ Cooley..

One of my best friends from McKinley Projects in the BX lives in ATL….gotta call and check on him.

Like you mentioned, this kid is a warrior….I’m sure he’s fine, I just gotta hear his voice for myself.

By Bronxboy in Md on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:46 pm

Advice to Khalil: Let wild boys run wild ON CAMERA ’til they get plum-tuckered-out. THEN send in the litter brigade. I know he knows what’s good.

Harlem: Still too early to covet Old Soul–you may end up with the inc. to TANK. Reject, Renounce and Repudiate the TANK. (LOL)

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:49 pm

Beasley = Ed Obanion 2….a bust waiting to happen worst that BO KIMBLE~!
NO D MIKE B.

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:49 pm

Yeah Cooley, he’s a head case. He’ll fit in well in Knickland. I like Augustin, but he is a little small.

By HarleminMD on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:49 pm

Kimble was a tweener, O’Bannon had no true jumpshot and no NBA body.

Beasley is a contemporary PF (long range jumpshooter) with strong rebounding skills. Despite mentality, a lock at #1.

By HarleminMD on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:52 pm

Cooleyhigh,
We heard our boy was down for da count (virtual house arrest) so we stepped up at Blogzilla surrogate home to just talk smack and keep ‘em company. If we wuz real playas, we’d be on da strip and passing Henny shots or da Courvoisier. Dr. Bronx has been blockin’ da pot roast, the PG that he is. (LOL)

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:54 pm

Steady, I don’t want us to tank, but we are headed downstream. We could barely beat Miami.

By HarleminMD on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:54 pm

The Miami Heats selects wit the #1 pick in the nation DEADRE JORDAN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN2RoJD3dx8&feature=related

By Peaceman on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:58 pm

Peaceman,

Davidson is the biggest sleeper out there right now (Curry’s son is the truth and this team has beaten some really good teams….Butler is legit too, extremely disciplined and tough as nails. Their backcourt of Graves and Green is underrated, and in the tourney backcourts RULE. Winthrop, George Mason, Western Kentucky,and Siena are no jokes either. All of these teams are deep and full of 4 year starters and bench players. Each of them could beat a higher seed! Drake and Oral Roberts have a shot too…They are my sleepers…

San Diego, American, Austin Peay, Mount St. Mary’s, and Belmont are one and done…I hope that helps…

Keep it POPPIN

By Cooleyhigh on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:58 pm

I’m out like Curry chicken liver.

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:11 am

Beasley…against the pearl Monroe’s JR College…Winston Salem….Kudos!!!!!! Thsi Kid is seriously overated!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbqbxPW6A0&feature=related

By Peaceman on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:24 am

You want intel?Here you go!

“He will be 70 years old this November, but time and age haven’t made the Big O any smaller.

At the height of his career, he became president of the NBA Players Union and sued for the right to free agency. It was this action, along with what Robertson believes to have been endemic racism in sports, that cost him his career. Forced into retirement at 34, he was never offered the management or coaching positions routinely given to players of his caliber.

The only player in the history of the NBA to average a triple-double an entire season reflects on the game that made him famous. Over his first five years, the 6-5, 210-pound Robertson cumulatively averaged a triple-double: 30.3 points per game, 10.6 assists per game and 10.4 rebounds per game. Over six years: 30.4 ppg, 10.7 apg, 9.95 rpg. Seven years: 30.4 ppg, 10.7 apg, 9.4 rpg.

Oscar Robertson served as President of the NBA Players Association from 1966-74. Putting his own career on the line, he filed suit on behalf of the NBAPA in 1970 to halt a merger of the NBA with the American Basketball Association until free agency issues could be resolved. The “Oscar Robertson Rule,” enacted six years later via a legal settlement between the NBAPA and the NBA, paved the way for free agency and the lucrative salaries enjoyed by many of today’s players. The Big O was also one of five founders of the National Basketball Retired Players Association and served as its president for many years.
He is asked to go more places these days, certainly more than he was in the years immediately following the NBA players’ union victory over the owners in 1976. That was a lawsuit, Oscar Robertson vs. the NBA, that won for NBA players the right of free agency. It changed the game forever.

Robertson’s name, and part of his legacy, was on the suit because he was the players’ representative for the union, and worked closely with the late attorney Larry Fleisher, even in the two years after he retired, to take on the league.

“I took the job because I was one of the few players who couldn’t be intimidated,” he says. “Lots of guys worried they’d be cut if they were player reps. Some of them were.”

He tells stories of $8 per diems, beds too short for players to sleep in, players knowing all the $2 steakhouses in NBA cities. Stories of injured players, drugged up in their hospital beds, being asked to sign release papers by the team before the drugs wore off.

Oscar Robertson is generally considered the greatest all-around player in the history of basketball. In 2000 he was named “Player of the Century” by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Today Mr. Robertson is one of the nation’s leading small business owners, with interests in document management services, banking, chemicals, processed foods, construction, and media.”

You’re probably right!This guy doesn’t have the business smarts, experience, people skills or NBA experience to handle a team as talented as our Knicks.He sure doesn’t have the business acumen or inte”grit”ty of a J. Dolan,or S. Mills.Yeah, we don’t want him around our young guys.You know, spoiling them!

Good lookin’ out Cooley!

By Tman on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:39 am

America likes its hero’s dead, or as close as possible.

By Tman on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:43 am

America likes its hero’s dead, or as close as possible.

Comment by Tman — March 15, 2008 @ 12:43 am

Yet it walks on their shoulders and trample/buldozer over their graves (to build luxury condos).

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 15, 2008 at 8:19 am

Good AM Defenders.
God’s continued blessings.

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 15, 2008 at 8:47 am

Steady and Tman @ 58-59

My wholehearted concurrence on those ops!

I don’t know if it’s me but every time I play the ESPN mock draft, the Knicks fall into either the 1st or 2nd spot every fourth or second turn. I might go to the draft if I have such a good luck effect.

Also in that mock draft ESPN has us picking Rose when we’re at the 1st or 2nd slot.

Hope it happens we need a floor general.

Good convos Defenders’ your historical acumen of those who came before is 2nd to none!

By Orange and Blue on Mar 15, 2008 at 9:00 am

If I can revive the troops again and go Full Force–If we go by our Definsider (Peaceman) then the intel is the NYK will have the real McCoy come next summer. Don’t know if you would agree Ole Soul but my pink eye sees Beasley as Artest 2.0 or Baby Artest–as opposed to Artest lite. So if you’re gettin’ Artest (a known quantity) then why roll them bones. You got Chandler with some similar acumen/aplomb/ability (after you send him to the shooting range for summer school–2K shots/day from all over the gym). Monty is flashing a PG card so maybe he goes Chicago Combo.

Defenders, since they’re reading us, I say we start doing some Op Sec (Operation Security). In my line of work, you gotta be stealth and hold all the cards to the vest. Don’t get like Monty and flashing them all over the place, Clintoning with 3 Kings–Lies, Fool, and Pain. Still, I know it is SOO cool to be the one to drop it here to the community. That’s why we’re all here I suppose. Just bloggin’.

KFLL

By Steady on Mar 15, 2008 at 9:02 am

For those who refuse to quit on these knicks,
last night the 26-39 bulls lost, the 25-40 pacers lost, the 26-39 B0bcats lost!

TONIGHT….The NETS@ JAZZ = L
The Celtics @ Bucks= L
The Pacers @ Magic= L
The SPurs @ 76ERS= L

he Good news is the Knicks next 6 games
1. Host ATL
2.@ Pacers
3.Host Memphis
4.@ WolfS
5.Host Nets
6.Host Heat> =first 7 game win streak in 4 years! We would be 26-46.

Should we TCB and win these games..we have an excellent chance to finish out our next 11
games which we can go 9-2, 10-1 or 11-0 depending if teams are resting the starters for the playoffs,
we play onlt three teams in the last 11 games that are over.500. while the teams above us
will catch up in the L column!
Our Final 11 games:
1. Raptors= MUST W After 7 game win streak!
2. ATL= W
3.Bucks = easy W “TANKERS”
4.Memphis+ easy W “Tankers”
5.NOH =W we are on a roll
6.Magic+ W they have a lock on the 2 seed they will rest their Stars!
7.Detroit W ..Same as above! They won’t risk hurting a starter with the playoffs locked
8.Bobcats W “Tankers”
9.ATL- W in the most intense game either team has played this year!!!!!
10.Boston W…we will play their bench, they won’t risk injury @ the #1 seed in the NBA!
11.Pacers-W last game of the regular season….this game may be a make or break playoff game!

Margin of error is -2…we can finish @ 37-46, 36-47, 35-48, 34-49
but any of the above puts us in the playoffs!
REMEMBER HOW WE FELL APART THIS TIME LAST YEAR? LETS REVERSE IT THIS YEAR!
LETS GO KNICKS!

9.

PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR……NO TANKING…Tanking = Drafting A BUST!!!!!!

By Peaceman on Mar 15, 2008 at 11:23 am

LETS GO KNICKS
LETS GO KNICS
LETS GO KNICKS
LETS GO KNICKS
LETS GO KNICKS!
LETS GO KNICKS
LETS GO KNICKS
LETS GO KNICKS
LETS GO KNICKS
LETS GO KNICS
LETS GO KNICKS
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LETS GO KNICKS!
LETS GO KNICKS
LETS GO KNICKS
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By Peaceman on Mar 15, 2008 at 11:31 am

Yo defenders an implied schism appears to exist in the Knicks lockeroom.

In an article by Steve “Old Man” Ademack of the Bergen Record regarding the playing time and development of the rookie Wilson Chandler, Ademack cites to a statement by Malik, the Rose with bitter thorns, about his opinion of the rookie. But the answer suggest his or perhaps the teams mindset towards the rest of the regular season.

‘”He’s kind of, not lost out there, but unsure of himself,” Rose said. “So I tell him, especially this point of the year, we’re not really playing for playoff seeding or anything, just go out and just play aggressive and confident. … Just do what you did at DePaul.”‘

But Ademack also cites Thomas on the following matter.

“Chandler hasn’t exactly lit it up offensively as a starter, shooting 7-for-23 (30.4 percent) and averaging four points, and Thomas admits walking a fine line trying to get him experience while attempting to win games.”

This suggest to me that while Thomas is playing the rookie while still balancing/flopping on his objective of reaching the playoffs, the statements of at least one player in the lockeroom suggest that some may have given up on any postseason dreaming.

Then again Rose’s statements were more about “playoff seeding” and not a playoff spot, which if the Knicks were to sneak in would likely only be an 8th seed.

So go figure.

I will say that at least old man Ademack writes about items other than the “circus atmosphere” at MSG.

By Orange and Blue on Mar 15, 2008 at 11:45 am

Here it is defenders, I’m still waiting on an answer from all who would like to match our
Hoop knowledge against the rest of the Country, The brackets will be ready to go tomorrow night!

http://msn.foxsports.com/id/3461072_37_92.pdf

By Peaceman on Mar 15, 2008 at 11:50 am

I don’t follow college basketball as much, so I probrably wouldn’t be of any help.

Sure I watch March Madness but not much college hoops prior to that event.

But I’m with you and the Force MD’s and all defenders who join the fray in full spirit.

By Orange and Blue on Mar 15, 2008 at 11:55 am

O&B,
With the Arrival of Artest next year Chandler will be else where!
I hate to agree with Folly, but we cut the wrong rookie! Nichols should have stayed!

Chandler hasn’t exactly lit it up offensively as a starter, shooting 7-for-23 (30.4 percent) and averaging four points, and Thomas admits walking a fine line trying to get him experience while attempting to win games.

Sorry he’s a Mike Sweeny 2! Of course that’s just my opinion!

By Peaceman on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Check it out Peaceman and Defenders.

The Chicago Bulls wouldn’t touch ABS with a 10 foot weasal proof pole.

No new hire:

A story in Friday’s New York Post stated that former Knicks community relations director Anucha Browne Sanders had an “exploratory conversation with the Bulls regarding an NBA return.”

A jury awarded Sanders $11.6 million in her sexual harassment lawsuit against the Knicks and team president Isiah Thomas in October. She is now working as an associate athletic director at the University of Buffalo.

Bulls vice president of marketing Steve Schanwald said the team has great respect for Sanders, but no conversations have taken place regarding employment with the Bulls and there are no positions available.

By Orange and Blue on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:12 pm

The ABS. She should be kept away from kids in sports. She’s best suited for appraising real estate.

By Steady on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:28 pm

Go forth Peaceman as the Force is with you. There is b/w proof here that you will share any winnings with the 49ers at KnicksDefense. The Ol’ Soul of the Force MDs will be sure to collect. (LOL)

Good luck!
KFLL

By Steady on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:33 pm