I love getting email! —–Original Message—–From: David Crockett Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:35 AMTo: KnickerBlogger@kurylo.comSubject: frank williams and other knicks thoughts hey, i just came across your blog for the first time this past week. i wanted to comment on something you wrote at the end of the nets series regarding frank. i’ve been [...]

Early in the series, I wrote what the Lakers and the Pistons each needed to do to win. I think since we’re half way through the series I should revisit what I wrote: For Detroit to win, they should: 1. They can’t fall too far behind, which breaks up into: 1a. Score. They need efficient [...]

In my recap of game 1, I wrote: The Pistons only sent three Lakers to the foul line: Shaq, Kobe, and Medvedenko. That was expected by the stat-heads, but I’m sure that Phil Jackson will point this out to the media sometime in this series try to get some calls go his way. I wonder [...]

I haven’t been able to write much recently, and I missed game 3 due to an important family matter. This brings the number of bloggers I know that are going through family tragedies to 2. Luckily there has been some good writing out there recently, especially if you’re a stathead like me. Page23′s Kevin Pelton [...]

I don’t know what I can say about Rasheed Wallace’s “foul” against Shaq late in game 2 that someone else hasn’t already said. So, instead I’ll talk about the Knicks. I think it’s been long enough. According to Knicks Clicks (and the NY Daily News), Kurt Thomas may be traded. I’ve like Kurt since his [...]

Just about a few hours ago, I wrote a not-so-little preview of the Finals. In it I said: “Detroit needs to stop the rest of the gang, especially Kobe…The key for Detroit is to keep the games close. They can do that by keeping the non-Shaq Lakers from scoring, and getting good production out of [...]

Predicting sports events is a losing endeavor. There is a reason that gambling is a such a lucrative business, for the bookmaker that is. Professional gamblers, like “psychics”, want to sell you their “knowledge”. Even wonder why don’t they use their “gifts” to make themselves rich without your money? Nobody can see into the future, [...]