Archive for February 2nd, 2010

Tellum On The Association’s Hate For N8

Player agent Arn Tellum takes issue in Tuesday’s Huffington Post with the NBA’s decision to dock Nate Robinson $25,000 for trade demands made by the diminutive Knicks PG’s agent, Aaron Goodwin, “marking the first time that an athlete has been disciplined for a statement by an agent — in pro basketball, or possibly any other

Larry Hughes Is Attempting To Use His Beard To Force The Knicks’ Hand

There are a couple of things that are a given with the modern day New York Knicks. Let's make a list of them. 1) They're gonna suck

Larry Hughes Is Attempting To Use His Beard To Force The Knicks’ Hand

There are a couple of things that are a given with the modern day New York Knicks. Let's make a list of them.

Herbert Warren Wind on Red Holzman, Phil Jackson and the Early ’70s Knicks

A little bit random today, but… while researching a couple things about the fabled early '70s New York Knicks teams for a project I'm working on, I somehow stumbled onto a story from the April 7, 1975 issue of The New Yorker called "The Right Men in the Right Place" (available only to New Yorker magazine subscribers), by the gloriously named Herbert Warren Wind.

Larry Hughes and His Beard: Still Mad

In case anyone was still keeping track, or cared in the least: “Apparently, the veteran guard has no plans of trimming his facial hair until he is traded, released or is playing regularly again for the Knicks, the latter of which Hughes is convinced will never happen. ‘I’m not going to play,’ he said in a whisper

Gallinari Guarantees 3-Point Contest Victory

Here’s Gallo — AKA, the Greatest Shooter Mike D’Antoni has ever seen — getting his Larry Bird on: “Danilo Gallinari has yet to be informed that he will participate in the 3-point contest at All-Star Weekend in Dallas but word around the league is that the second-year forward will be invited to the event. Reports out of Phoenix claim that former Knicks lottery pick Channing Frye is a participant in the 3-point contest

Hughes will not shave until he is traded…

NY Daily News Knicks guard Larry Hughes has grown a beard and doesn't plan to shave it until he's traded, released or becomes a part of the team's…

Repeating The Same Mistakes

Maybe it is me but I always thought the idea behind a trade was to try to improve your team. When I look at all the stuff being said about the Ales Kotalik for Ollie Jokinen; it makes me wonder why anyone would feel good about giving Glen Sather another chance to spend money

Scouts?…

Being an NHL scout has to be one of the easier jobs in the world. I admit, a minor league hockey scout probably has a tough job - traveling to obscure cities in Oklahoma, Alberta, Vancouver, Nova Scotia, and Texas; low pay; lots of hours; writing reports on people that no one knows. But a pro scout?