From an article by Frank Isola in today’s Daily News, here is Eddy Curry talking about how non-assertive he is, as compared to Shaquille O’Neal: Thomas yearns for the day when Curry develops O’Neal’s mentality and exudes his confidence. That day, however, may never come. Even Curry acknowledged a major difference between himself and O’Neal [...]

If only every game could be like this past one, where the Knicks were clicking on both offense AND defense, and just dismantled the Washington Wizards, 102-82. Outside of the sparkling play of David Lee (which we have come to expect), Renaldo Balkman was the clear story, scoring 18 points to go along with seven [...]

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The 2007 early season addition.

Hey folks, I totally missed last night’s game, so all I have to go on it is the recap and the box score, so how about you folks fill me in on the particulars? Why did Isiah not go to Kelvin Cato or Malik Rose on Yao? Did he try them for a little bit [...]

I’ll have you know that that play happened just as Isiah diagrammed. It was the ol’ “Throw an insanely stupid cross court pass, then block the pass from the guy who stole the ball from you then recover the ball then take a crazy-looking 30-foot three pointer” play. I think Thomas learned that play when [...]

Not a good sign. Especially as .500 makes it long trip away from the team’s sight. Still, watching the team close within one was totally awesome to see. Just that the rest of the game was a blight upon my eyes. Please someone tell me that it is just, as John Hollinger said in his [...]