On NBAPlaybook.com, Sebastian Pruiti writes and diagrams how The Knicks Use Defense To Get A Win:
The title of this post isn’t a joke, as one would assume. The Knicks were up by 1 with the ball and about 20 seconds left, but they turned it over. The Hawks were now breaking down the court with the chance for a win. How did the Knicks stop them? Let’s look:
Wilson Chandler meets Josh Smith at the top of his dunk attempt and gets the block. Now, his physical ability is what allowed him to get the block, [...]

This year the Atlanta Hawks picked up former Knick Jamal Crawford, who is second on the team in scoring and is the likely winner of the Sixth Man Of The Year Award for the most valuable player off the bench.  In addition, their should-be-All-Star power forward, Josh Smith, aka JSmoove, has taken his game to the next level by no longer settling for hoisting up three-pointers, thus greatly improving his field goal percentage (& shot selection).  As a result, the Hawks have taken that next step to where they’re almost up there with the big boys in the league.  No [...]

Maybe all the cold weather in New York this year has made the Knicks think it’s still Christmas, ‘cuz they’ve been non-stop giving out the gift of victories to any team that comes near them.  The New Jersey Nets, who had won only 6 our of 61 games, were on a path to be the team with the worst record in NBA history.  The previous record low is only 9 games (out of an 82 game season) held by Washington in like 1982 or something (their leading scorer was Fred Carter).  If the Nets kept at that 6 of [...]

Okay, I’mna write about the Knicks’ disastrous weekend tomorrow, and yes, the Academy Awards ain’t got nuthin’ to do with bball (particularly since the doc about LeBron didn’t even get nominated).  However, I figured I’d quickly post my Oscar picks before the big event so that they’re etched in stone.  Or html code.  Note that these are not what I WANT to win, but what I think WILL win.
Best Picture – actually the toughest of the “Big Eight” and while many are going with The Hurt Locker, I think the new voting system for best picture will result in a [...]

In Part I of this, I looked at what each team (that will have $) has to offer to this summer’s free agent crop.  In this section, I’mna go from the team to the player and try to understand a bit more what they want.  You may think, “Duh, what they want is to win and make buckets o’ money.”  However, the truth is that, while none of theses guys are selfish, a lot of the determination comes down to ego.  I’d initially assumed that if the Knicks could free up enough cap space (which they now have) that they’d [...]

Wow, the Pistons came out last night with less energy than a tortoise high on Madame Mary Jane.  I was offended ‘cuz I thought they were mimicking & mocking us.  Until I realized that they possess that wondrous ability to play basketball while half-asleep, which I thought was a unique New York talent.  Okay, okay, we actually won, so I probably shouldn’t use this as a chance to give the Knicks a front-handed insult.  So let’s accentuate the positive, ‘cuz the Boys In Blue (& Orange) did have moments where they played really well.
Wilson Chandler missed his second game, er [...]

These are not good times to be a former Knick.  In less than a month, we lose our third old-timer.  From the New York Times, here’s some of the obituary on Hank Rosenstein:
[...] played in what is considered the National Basketball Association’s first game, in 1946, as an original member of the New York Knicks, died on Saturday in Boca Raton, Fla., where he lived. He was 89.
[...] He was a member of the newly christened Knickerbockers when they faced the Toronto Huskies before an estimated crowd of 8,000 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on Nov. 1, 1946. At [...]

First, considering the amount of effort the Knicks put into last night’s game, I’m not gonna put much effort into talking about it.  After all, my Momma always taught me that two wrongs make a right.  Or was it that when the going gets tough, just pretend it never happened?  I forget, but it was an important lesson.

For those who don’t know, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ center, a large man by the name of Shaquille O’Neal, had surgery on his finger which is causing him to miss the next month or so.  In addition they traded away their back-up 7+ footer, [...]

The Knicks did a really odd thing on Friday night: they won.  I know, I know, I wasn’t sure what it was at first ‘cuz it’d been so long since I’d last seen it happen.  But then I realized the happy looks on their faces looked awful similar to how our opponents tend to appear after they play us.  We beat the Washington Wizards in overtime (oddly, that night four different games went into overtime).  While the Wizards have sucked most of the season (I believe the last game we won, 10 games ago, was against them), they actually have [...]