LeBron Plays The Garden

There was a lot of hype surrounding last night’s game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks. It was LeBron’s first game in the Garden since dropping “fiddy” on the Knicks last year and all of the talk lately has centered around his impending free agency and the possibilty he could come to [...]

Eddie Jordan & PJ Carlesimo – CANNED!

The Washington Wizards fired head coach Eddie Jordan after the teamĀ started the season 1-10. They seem to be following the Oklahoma City Thunder who fired PJ Carlesimo after the team started 1-12. I’ve never understood why when teams get off to bad starts, the coach is always the ones who are the first to go. [...]

Stephon Marbury – Refuses To Play, And I Don’t Blame Him

So Friday when the Knicks traded away Jamal Crawford, Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins the move left them short handed for their game in Milwaukee against the Bucks. League rules state that a team must have 8 active players in order to prevent a forfeit. Coach Mike D’Antoni asked Marbury to dress, and he did. [...]

The Knicks Wheeling And Dealing

The New York KnicksĀ have been very busy today. First they agreed in principle to trade Jamal Crawford to the Golden State Warriors for Al Harrington straight up. This move will certainly help the Warriors as they’re in desperate need of a scoring guard while awaiting the return of Monta “Moped” Ellis. Jamal Crawford was the [...]

Al Ford – Mississippi Delta’s Finest

When I moved from Chicago to Jackson, MS in the mid 90’s I came in with the attitude that Chicago in particular and the state of Illinois in general produced the best basketball players by far of any place else. But after spending almost 10 years of my life down there I came to realize [...]