The Mingless Rockets strolled into MSG and were surprised to see the new Knicks bring their A game. They also brought their D game, defense baby. The Knicks played great D against a team that’s known for being one of the best in the league in that department.They also knew their ABC’s, Always Be Closing, and hit all the big shots and free throws down the stretch. One game out of the 8 spot.
Good to see Ron Artest back and playing hard. I will never be able to get over him not being a Knick. Take a trip down memory lane and check his stats back when he was housing kids in the big east. Much better to remember him for that than his rapping skills and trips into the stands to smack up unruly fans.
Knicks WIn 104-98
Play of the game: Wilson Chandler giving a facial to to Luis Scola aka Balky Bartakamoos.
Posted on January 27th, 2009 by Jimmy Mootzarella
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I don’t get the whole million dollar squabble between Steph and the Knicks. Steph doesnt want to take anything less then a one million dollar salary cut from the Knicks if they agree to release him. Donnie wants to shave 3 milli to let him go. But wont he get paid by another team if he signs with them? Gotta think the Celtics, or wherever he end up, will atleast give him the difference if they sign him.
NY POST confirming the inevitable. God i hope this happens, until he’s gone this is the last post about this topic.
Posted on January 26th, 2009 by Jimmy Mootzarella
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Ok i may be a little late to have found out about this little morsel of info, but….Apparantly Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson have their kicks and streetwear line called Protege. I Got the flyer coming out of the Garden after last weeks PHX game and just peeped their site. Honestly, the kicks aren’t that bad for a small start up considering they are doing it all by themselves. We all know this can turn out real bad and maybe even cause a company to go bankrupt.
But yeah, back to topic, some of this stuff is actually wearable. Decent marketing strategy in that they’re trying to make them affordable in the $45-70 price range as well. Can check out the site here, but be warned it is extremely hard to navigate and the design is more out of control then some of Al’s behind the back dribbling drives to the basket. Their web/ graphic guy is definitely on good crack to come up with a military-spy-tech-thuglife-1001 typeface-cia design style. If the Somali pirates have a secret website to trade info and plot their next heist, it probably looks exactly like this.
Posted on January 25th, 2009 by Jimmy Mootzarella
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Those were the words used by all star hopeful D Lee to describe last’s nights bench play. The bench racked up 50+(59 last night) points for the second night in a row. Topped off with Lee’s 31st double of the year the Knicks, just another day at the office, the Knicks were looking sharp.
They beat the team they were suppose to beat, and covered. A great home stand as the boys go 3-1 with the only loss to a resurgent Sixers team.They will look for payback tonight in Philly as the Sixers welcome back Elton Brand. If he gets substantial minutes it could work in the Knicks favor and slow them down.
On another note Mike Dantoni commented on David Lee’s strong first half performance and his opinion on getting an all star nod. Before the game he said “Coaches shouldn’t vote for someone because they owe me a favor, so I don’t do it” and i agree with him. You just gotta hope that the rest of the league is taking notes and coaches are paying attention. Look for him to get a big push from the NY media and fans to head out to Phoenix.
Posted on January 24th, 2009 by Jimmy Mootzarella
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All Stars were announced yesterday. The only possible shocker is old man AI still making the cut. Let’s see who will make this years cheesy youtube self promo to get named to the reserve spot.
Props to Dwight Howard for getting the highest amount of votes in NBA all star voting history with over 3 million votes.
Posted on January 23rd, 2009 by Jimmy Mootzarella
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The above is how you how you say you suck in Greek.
In case their are any other crazy European teams that have the need to destroy any team chemistry then check below on how to say you suck in your language.
Russian: Natasha
German: Sie saugen
Uzbekastan: Very Nice!
Italian: succhiate
Please. Please. Please take him.
Posted on January 22nd, 2009 by Jimmy Mootzarella
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I learned a long time ago that when someone pushes you, you punch them right in the mouth, you can ask Shaved Head Schaffer. Dont push back, just snuff em. Boom. The goal is to get it on fast and keep them off guard.
Apparently Tim Thomas never got the message. He prefers to get bitched up. Even worse he prefers to get bitched on his own homecourt and then smile and try laugh it off like its all good. He could’ve done alot to make him respected around here once again by tapping Shaq’s jaw after he got mooshed and humilated late in 4th quarter. But instead he got shook and tried to play buddy buddy and Shaq was having none of it. Standing on the three point line and begging for the ball only to shoot one for 20 from downtown is not going to make people like you. Snuffing Shaq could have made you legendary in this town, now your a legendary sucka.
Posted on January 22nd, 2009 by Jimmy Mootzarella
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I apologize for the lack of posts lately, as you may or may not know this is a labor of love and I have been really really busy with my social life. I’ll try harder.
Last night i was in the house to see the Knicks play one of the best games they have played this year. They looked really good last night, things are starting to click. The bench came up big courtesy of Nate’s agressiveness to go to the hoop and strong shooting (20 points, 4 assists, 1 screaming chest pound) as well as Al “out of control” Harrington’s 17 points and 8 rebounds. But the night belonged to David Lee. He had 25 and 16 and is clearly becoming the teams most consistent player. I say sign the guy ASAP and cut back in other areas for the 2010 shopping spree. He has turned it up a notch lately and it’s becasue he’s a team guy and to boost his free agent status. Let’s give him his 10 million and make a New Yorker for years to come.
Now back to the game. It’s no secret that i am a big Shaq fan. The diesel has changed the modern game and forced teams to change their strategy, you have to respect that. And last night made happy he was still around because he was to slow to keep up with the fast paced offense and was caught several times not able to make it down court and by the give and go of Duhon to Lee. But he did’nt bitch out. He did keep going in strong and toward the end of the game brought it right to Tim Thomas with a moosh to the face (more on that later). But it wasn’t enough. Strong shooting and clutch foul shots down the stretch sealed the deal.
Knicks 114- Suns 109
Extra shout out to some of friends Tony Flip, Keri and Beardo who out of the blue had the seats down the aisle from me. Always makes New York feel like a small town when things like that happen.
Posted on January 22nd, 2009 by Jimmy Mootzarella
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What do David Lee and Chris Duhon have in common with great duo from Utah? If you said no championship rings then pat yourself on the back, your right. But last night Duhon to Lee had the pick in roll working to perfection just like Stockton to Malone did back in the 90’s.
These two clearly like playing together. With 6:35 left in the fourth D Lee kicked it out to Chris for a jumper that made it a 6 point lead and the Knicks kept the lead and was a role reversal for the duo. Jared Jeffries then added a couple of free throws to make it 108- 102. No looking back from there.
A back to back win for our boys – I’ll take it. Play of the game was Nate’s monster block. It actually made the ESPN top plays this morning which probably hasn’t happened in a while.
Next up we head to DC for the back end of a home and home with the Wiz kids this Friday.
Posted on January 14th, 2009 by Jimmy Mootzarella
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It’s been about 36 hours since the news of the Eddie Curry lawsuit has broke and I’m already ready to move on. It is funny, and we will definitely clown him from time to time, but there are just too many issues with the team to worry about Eddie Curry’s sexual preferences. Like D’Antoni (he needs a nickname) said, “The distraction is wer’e 14-22″.
He got that right and straight to the point. The team shouldn’t have to take questions about lawsuits during practice, let’s get some talk about what they plan on doing to get better on D, what’s going on with getting some guard help and can they add to their last W on NO? Tonight we’ll find out, and im excited to see how we play tonight. Who knows maybe this lawsuit bullshit will help pull the boys come together, so far they are showing solidarity with their teammate and that’s a good sign. They could have easily thrown this guy under a bus, actually that would probably do more damage to the bus and they would need 3-4 players to push his fat ass, but they didn’t and you get my point.
Tonight prediction: Knicks 111 Wiz 96
Posted on January 14th, 2009 by Jimmy Mootzarella
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