Dear Iman Shumpert, First of all, let me congratulate you on being drafted in the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft. Prior to your stellar performances – both at the draft combine and during individual team workouts – no one could have predicted your meteoric rise up draft boards,... Read More →
Ahh, the NBA draft. A place where soon-to-be millionaires wear gaudy suits and hilarity ensues. We’re live-blogging the first round (at least until the Knicks pick at 17), so sit back, relax, and enjoy the show! 7:32pm – David Stern takes to the podium amidst a chorus of boos from… Read More →
Just when it seemed like there couldn’t possibly be any more reasons to justify a man-crush on Patrick Ewing, I stumbled across this poster. Really, does it get any better than this? There’s more visible thigh here than when Sharon Stone was being interrogated in Basic Instinct. Seriously, Big Pat… Read More →
Just in case you hadn’t heard, today and tomorrow Sprite’s Slam Dunk Showdown is taking place down at the South Street Seaport in New York City. Sprite and the NBA are looking for the best amateur dunker in the country, and fortunately for the other competitors, my back is out…. Read More →
With just one week remaining until the 2011 NBA Draft, who better to talk to things over with than the man behind ProBasketballDraft.com, NBA Agent and draft-guru, Joe Kotoch. Joe, a Cleveland native and former Cavaliers season ticket holder, is also the Principal and Founder of Triton Elite Sports Management…. Read More →
Shiver me timbers (it’s approximately 146º in the NYC right now, so please forgive me), but might Steve Nash actually be a viable target for the Knicks? No, not after the 2011-12 season – if there is one – but right now. Yesterday, an unsubstantiated rumor made the rounds over… Read More →
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been watching these NBA Playoffs hoping to witness the Miami Heat come up short in their quest to win it all. It’s part LeBron-scorn for the “Decision” not to come to New York, part disgust/jealousy toward the way Miami’s Big-2.5 – led by a… Read More →
To say that I was surprised by today’s news about former Knick President and GM Donnie Walsh would be inaccurate, to say the least. Speculation of late was that the NYC-born architect of the franchise’s recent return to glory marginal relevance was committed to seeing this thing all the way… Read More →
