Garden Hijinx

This week was bittersweet for the Madison Square Garden brass. I will start with the sweet part, though. It was nice to have Zach Randolph come in for a press conference, and he had the decency to change his clothes after the club last night/this morning. Also, aliens came to the Garden and inhabited the body of Glen Sather. The alien Sather then signed Chris Drury, and Scott Gomez, to long term deals, and voila! The Rangers are now serious Cup contenders. So my winter teams are getting stronger, and they are making moves that make too much sense. Something bad has to happen. Right?

So, Anucha Browne Sanders, former Knicks executive, had new allegations released in her sexual harassment suit, against Isaiah, James Dolan, and the Knicks. She said that she was fired because the Knicks knew that she was filing a suit against the Knicks, last year, and she claims that Isaiah was the one who sexually harassed her. The first new allegation is that Stephon Marbury coerced a front office employee (who was female) to have sex with him. The other is the Isaiah told one of the Knick City Dancers to go into the referees locker room, and be extra nice to the officials (a.k.a. give Knick Bavetta a hummer, not the H2 type either). I think that she was fired for an unfair reason, but its tough for a woman to be in the buisness shes in. In sports, locker room talk goes all the way to the top of the front office, because these guy's have been in locker rooms all their lives. She overheard the wrong things, and has a case of paranoia. It sounds like the Knicks had no real reason to fire her, but she has to realize that most broads who hang out with NBA ballers get screwed by that player (unless it's A.C. Green or John Amechi). So the Marbury accusation is ridiculous. The second thing is Isaiah was probably kidding about the cheerleader going into the refs' locker room. And if he wasn't, it's a good idea anyways (they're on the payroll, and I can name some centers on the roster who suck dick. Ahem, jeromejames, ahem.) I also think that this is the case of a woman thinking she is hotter than she really is (there should be a 1 through 10 scale of hotness, that every woman should have branded on their licences. Any woman 6 and lower would be incapable of being a victim of sexual harassment). I mean, c'mon:


she ain't no Milano (any excuse to publish A.M. pics will be used, thank you)

A New Day, A New Era - Curse of the Celtics - Darko to Celts

As you could probably tell from my pick by pick draft blog, I am estatic about the Knicks landing Z-Bo (Zach Randolph). The Knicks traded Channing Frye and Stevie Franchise for him, which equates to nothing. The offensive low post is dominant, and Isaiah gets an A for his draft day dealings. The Knicks have a young nucleus now, with Crawford, Curry, Randolph, Lee, etc. (average age 25.9 years old). And a roster that can grow together. So enough gushing about Isaiah, and let's start piling on the GM's who have no balls.

There are three GMs who are former Celtics that I want to go after. Danny Ainge, Kevin McHale, and Larry Bird. The reason I do this is because some writers, commentators, etc. do not go after these guys for the crap that they put together year after year. First up, Danny Ainge. Out of the three GMs, he is the one that is in a big market, and he's heard the critics. The only thing I can say about Ainge is that there is something about his personality that players don't like. Robert Horry threw a towel in his face, when Ainge was coaching the Suns. Shawn Marion doesn't want to play for Ainge (nobody in the league wants to goto Boston). Garnett vetoed his trade to Boston. Ainge reminds me of Bobby Valentine. He's got a great mind for his sport, but the other intangibles that he lacks make players not want to play for him. That will be the reason why Ainge leaves this job, or any other jobs he may have. (I do like the Allen trade, only if he gets a power forward/center thats established, without giving up Al Jefferson...otherwise, I hate it).

P.S. - It is becoming more evident that Darko Milicic is going to command 7+ million dollars a year. He shouldn't get it, but will...Ainge will explore a sign and trade for Darko, in a gamble. I don't think is worth it, but this has Danny Ainge written all over it.

Next on the chopping block, Kevin McHale. There was recently a poll, or some statistical bullshit, that said McHale one of the best GMs in sports. He is the worst, period. I was a big supporter of what he was doing when he had Garnett and Marbury. He made two (easy) decisions to draft them, and then Stephon asked for a trade. McHale had his hand forced, and proved he wasn't shrewd with handling trades, signings, etc. He now needs to trade his all world power forward to make things right. But, this is a guy who gets pennies on the dollar for his trades. Then there is the Joe Smith debacle, where the Wolves lost a bunch of picks, for making an illegal agreement. So here is my statistical bullshit to prove my point:

Picks since 98:
1998 Radoslav Neseterovic (17th Pick)
1999 Wally Szczerbiak (6th Pick)
2005 Rashad McCants (14th Pick)
2006 Randy Foye (7th Pick)
2007 Corey Brewer (7th Pick)

I don't like the Brewer pick, because Joakim Noah would have a bigger impact, and is more unique, as a player.

Signings by McHale
-2002: Wally Szczerbiak gets 6 years and $63 million
-2003: Michael Olowokandi gets 3 years and $16.2 million
-2004: Troy Hudson gets 6 years and $37 million
-2004: Trenton Hassell gets 6 years and $26.1 million
-2005: Mark Madsen gets 5 years and $10 million

Gross. Nuff Said.

Next. Larry Legend.

I know he had to trade Ron Artest, for Peja Stojakavic, who left as a free agent. I know the city of Indianapolis, didn't like Jax, but to trade a guy like Al Harrington with Stephen Jackson is ludicrous (he traded a draft pick to get Al Harrington). These two moves have totally removed the legitimacy from the Pacers franchise. He basically traded Ron Artest, Al Harrington, a lottery pick, Sarunas Jasikeivicius, and Stephen Jackson for Troy Murphy, Ike Diogu, and Mike Dunleavy Jr. As Bill Walton would say, "That is HOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRIBLE." I like the fact the Pacers are down on their luck, and thats probably why I wrote this article.

Now to the GM's that rolled aces on Thursday:

Michael Jordan (Bobcats) - Got Jason Richardson and Jared Dudley
Kevin PritchaRd (Blazers) - Got the 2006 McDonalds All-American Team
Isaiah Thomas (Knicks) - Ensured an eastern conference crown for the next 4 years.

Enough N.B.A., for now.

Greg Oden touching the white stuff

I hope that Oden learns from Len Bias, and doesn't inhale too much white stuff.

NUMBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAA!!!!! TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wilson Chandler...I'm happy...KNICKS ARE BACK!!!! WHERE'S VEGAS?!?!?!?!!??!?!?!!!?!!!!?!?

THE STEAL OF THE DRAFT

Jared Dudley at 22 - Charlotte A+ Draft Grade

Kobe steals the show again...pick 20

Didn't he interrupt his free agent year? I love Kobe, just like my boy Joe, he must interrupt this draft to displease his pleasure of the franchise, and use Jim Gray as the facilitator...if this season proved anything, it proved the GM is your best player, the GM is the guy who is the P.R. for the player, and Kupchak plays the part...I like players who do this, because they put the pressure on some of these lazy G.M.'s...Knicks coming up next...Zach Randolph, WHUTWHUT!!!!!!!!

Knicks get Zach Randolph

Great trade...our low post is sick...I'm calling people, drunk, telling them to suck my dick...hahahahahahahhhaahah- Knicks just added a guy whos 23.6ppg and 10 boards...i like 20 and 10 guys, and I LIKE BEER!!! Another Fat Tire!!!!!