Buckets Over Broadway » Olympics http://bucketsoverbroadway.com A New York Knicks Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 25 May 2013 16:46:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Kind-Hearted Knicks Help Nets Try To Avoid Historical Badness, Plus Attempt To Help Toronto Raptors Regain Their Mojo http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/2010/03/08/kind-hearted-knicks-help-nets-try-to-avoid-historical-badness-plus-attempt-to-help-toronto-raptors-regain-their-mojo/ http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/2010/03/08/kind-hearted-knicks-help-nets-try-to-avoid-historical-badness-plus-attempt-to-help-toronto-raptors-regain-their-mojo/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:03:22 +0000 Alex David, aka Short White Boy http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/?p=656 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 [...]

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Sadly, Big Al goes in for the layup even if it means shoving others aside. (Source: Yardbarker)

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 61 pace, they not only would’ve been unable to win more than those 9 games, they wouldn’t have even won 9.  Now though at 7 of 62 after we let them whup us on Saturday, suddenly they’re on pace to out-do those 9 games.  Not a bad gift from their cross-river rivals?  This is one mark in the record book for which ya don’t wanna become famous.

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]]> http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/2010/03/08/kind-hearted-knicks-help-nets-try-to-avoid-historical-badness-plus-attempt-to-help-toronto-raptors-regain-their-mojo/feed/ 0 What Free Agents Could Realistically Come To NYC This Summer? Part II http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/2010/03/05/what-free-agents-could-realistically-come-to-nyc-this-summer-part-ii/ http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/2010/03/05/what-free-agents-could-realistically-come-to-nyc-this-summer-part-ii/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:51:59 +0000 Alex David, aka Short White Boy http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/?p=647 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 [...]

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]]> 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 have a shot at getting any two big names, like LeBron James and Chris Bosh.  Then I read this article in mid-February on ESPN.com about interviewing Bosh:

Bosh revealed that he’s not necessarily interested in playing anywhere that he’s not the clear-cut franchise player.

“That’s a good question,” Bosh said when asked by ESPN The Magazine’s Ric Bucher if he’s bothered by the widespread perception that he’s determined to follow either LeBron James or Dwyane Wade by signing on with one of the teams they choose starting July 1.

“It’s funny you say that, because I was thinking about it. I was just looking at what people say and it’s like, ‘Chris is going to go here and play with him or this, this and that.’ I’m like, ‘Wait a minute.’ I feel like I should be built around. And maybe that’s just my ego talking, but I feel that I’m a very good player in this league and I’m only going to get better. So … maybe we should be getting somebody [in Toronto].”

Bosh would probably be outta Toronto in a sec if one of the three teams in home state Texas were in the running

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