Oh man, they seriously had to fire a ref because he made a burner Twitter account to defend himself against criticism. What a loooooooooser.

I’ve seen lots of great performances at MSG but the only other guy I can remember giving me something close to that kind of feeling of witnessing can’t miss greatness was Steph Curry when he went for 54. It’s rare that someone looks just so much better than everyone else and not just because he’s having a great night. The only player in a Knicks uniform that ever made me feel that way was Bernard.

Also, love the bodysuit

And while I agree that the Bulls always took the regular season seriously, I very much disagree that they felt that it mattered all that much once the playoffs started, i.e. they knew they had another level to go to. Many a member of dynastic teams has commented on how hard it is to get excited about the regular season after winning multiple championships….that the real season started in April. And it was PARTICULARLY true about Michael Jordan. I know that there were lots of reasons why Jordan quit after 1993, but if he had lost to the Knicks or the Suns that year, do you really think he would have quit? I highly doubt it.

That’s not to say that they were just going through the motions…only that it becomes increasingly more difficult to get emotionally amped up to the degree necessary to win when you have already been there done that and know that the endless regular season is just a stepping stone. Even in the playoffs, it took a 2-game wake-up call for the Bulls to get amped up enough to win four straight against a formidable but inferior Knicks team. Four straight. Against a team that was as hungry and desperate as any team ever. There’s no getting around that.

And let’s not pin it all on Charles Smith either. The Knicks were losing when that happened. At home. And had he converted, the game wasn’t over. The Bulls would have had the ball with around 7 seconds left and down one. Anyone think MJ might have figured out a way to hit a game-winner or get fouled in that spot? Like we’ve never seen that movie before…

Let’s also not forget that Smith had the ball because Ewing, who should have taken the last shot, drove left, tripped and fell down, and made a desperation push pass to Smith because there was nothing else he could do with the ball. Smith actually shot pretty well that series (.607 TS%, second only to Mase, on a 21% usage). Smith fucked up on that pivotal play somewhat, but he was not the reason that game was lost, certainly not the biggest reason. Starks went 3-11 (2-5 on FTs) for 8 points with 3 turnovers. Oak went 2-6 and had 4 fucking rebounds in a game where we were outrebounded by 48-37. Ewing, as heroic as he was, went 8-14 from the FT line. It was a team loss.

fingers crossed austin wells learns how to throw out base runners…

donaldson got cut, still owe him like 2 years though I think…

Hader got waived…

it’s the errors and imperfections which help make us unique and special…

I have a feeling Clyde is pretty okay with not getting all the names right…

no doubt the production staff there long ago told him to just go with what feels good…

and Clyde seems to be keeping the rest of us feeling good while doing it…

and, I like the fact you feel compelled to tidy up stuff…

Also it might be time to seriously discuss extending Gleyber.

The Yankees calling up Dominguez and Wells is pretty fun. It definitely feels aggressive, but the Yankees have been comparatively cautious in this respect for a while. It’s not unusual around the league for a team’s top prospects to skip AAA altogether if they’ve excelled at the lower levels. I’m sure there will be an adjustment period, but better to try to get that out of the way in this lost season than 2024.