• Ben Q. Rock

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  That was a spectacular display of incompetence  

  The New York Knicks: Where poor shot selection happens.

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• chone

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  That is a DISGRACE to the crossover and to the great game of basketball! - Bill Walton

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Zach Randolph and the worst possession I have ever seen
Basketbawful — I already touched on Zach Randolph's pooptastic game against the Raptor's in Worst of the Weekend, but this video - provided by Basketbawful reader Charles - is the dollop of creamy turd pudding on top of the crap cake that Z-Bo served up last night: Worst. Possession. Ever. Let me recap it for you: 1. Randolph, a (nearly) seven-footer, receives the ball outside of the three-point line. 2. He attempts to break down his defender by dribbling the hell out of the ball, sort of like Isiah Thomas circa 1989, only without the mad handles. 3. ...

Zach Randolph thinks he's a guard
Ball Don't Lie — I'll agree with Basketbawful while channeling Bill Walton: This Zach Randolph um ... thing ... has to be the worst basketball possession in the history of Western civilization. I'd slap a NSFW tag on it, but well, you really shouldn't be watching this gong show anywhere. Please proceed with caution: I was at this game yesterday, and honestly, I couldn't even bring myself to heckle the poor guy. It’s not even worth the energy anymore.

Why No One Would Trade for Zach Randolph
FanHouse — Filed under: Knicks, NBA Gossip, NBA Videos As the trade deadline approached, the Knicks were said to be in discussions to move, among other people, Zach Randolph. In case you were wondering why the team was having trouble moving someone who averages 17 and 10, here's a video example of why Z-Bo isn't a desirable addition to your team. Yes, in case you don't believe your eyes, you just witnessed a 6'9" power forward dribbling down the shot clock behind the three-point line, and then launching an air-ball. And you thought that ...

Z-Bo Being Z-Bo
Posting and Toasting — Huge hat tip to Basketbawful, who located the video of Zach Randolph's miserable possession last night. For mature audiences only: Knicks basketball: Where...that happens.

Zach Randolph Will Break Yo Ankles, Son
The Sporting Blog — By Chris Mottram Knicks' Randolph demonstrates how to properly break your man down with the dribble and create space for yourself to launch up a wide-open, uncontested, silky-smooth three: Why would Randolph take that shot, you ask? Because there are no fours ...

Zach Randolph playing around: The Latest from the 3 ring circus aka the New York Knicks [Video]
Hail Mary Jane — It’s official, the Knicks are the laughing stock of the league.  Isiah Thomas has just completely lost control of them and there is no unity.  Last night in their loss against the Raptors Zach Randolph just decided he wanted to try out of the Harlem Globe trotters but hes not really a good ball handler.   Zeke just looked on with a look of disgust.  It’s gonna be a long season in NY. Tags: new york knicks, isiah thomas, zach randolph, raptors, ...

On To the News...
K luvs this game — What's more embarassing than the Suns getting beat by 30 to the Pistons? Zach Randolph Monta Ellis is not only a great NBA player/actor, but a superstitious one as well. That's all. I love this game

Zach Randolph Now Eligible at PG in Fantasy Hoops!
Sportable.com — I’m not going to beat around the bush. I love the Knicks. I love what they’ve become and I love that every single game they play, there’s a good chance something funny will happen. What you see below is fatass Zach Randolph forgetting he’s not a point guard. During a recent loss to Toronto, Z-Bo took it upon himself to try and dribble between his legs. After the ball bounces off his foot, he picks it up and proceeds to launch an airball. It’s like a car wreck you can’t turn away from; that’s what the Knicks have become. Kudos to Basketbawful for catching this gem. ...

Isiah Thomas' Knicks Legacy, Summed Up In One Possession [Gripping NBA Action]
Deadspin — You might have seen this already, but honestly: We've yet to see one play encapsulate a team's season more accurately than this Zach Randolph "possession" right here. We've actually watched this a few times and find it mesmerizing. Knicks basketball: Destined to be like this for the next five years ... at least! Never, ever fire Isiah. We beg of you. Z-Bo Being Z-Bo [Posting And Toasting] ...

More General Insanity
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans — Here are few things living on that series of tubes we call “the Internet”… while we anxiously wait to see if a 38 year-old point guard with an injured wrist will be released so we can snap him up. (Doesn’t sound so good when we put it this way, huh?) By the way…. this is a YouTube only version of the ...

The Knicks Bloopers Continue
Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball — We all know the Knicks are a laughingstock that can’t be saved, but this pretty much sums up their season, their teamwork, their offense, their coach — their everything. I’m sure Portland really misses this guy.

Legacy
Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back — (H/t Deadspin.) With each passing day, more of your brain -- and the brains of younger people -- knows Isiah Thomas for one thing, and one thing alone: he coaches this team. At some point, if you are him, don't you just want to, you know, get as far away from this as possible, and have any sense of decency? ...

The Ugliest Eight Seconds In NBA History
MVN Outsider — As a fan of the Minnesota Timberwolves, I’ve seen quite a bit of bad basketball this season. At many times during the year, “painful” has been the best way to describe the experience of heading to downtown Minneapolis and watching the hometown team in action. But “painful” doesn’t even begin to describe what you’re about to witness. The Knicks have been an easy target this season, and today, we’ll continue the New York bashing…this time, by commemorating the worst offensive possession in NBA history — a feat that was accomplished Sunday evening by Zach Randolph. ...

“I Don’t Even Know What He’s Doing, Leo”
Dime Magazine — 2 Responses to ““I Don’t Even Know What He’s Doing, Leo”” February 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pm control says: HAHAHAHAH. I was watching that game on League Pass, and I laughed so hard at that I had tears in my eyes. It was so bad my wife had to come over and see if I was being murdered or something. ZBo is probably one of the worst players in the nba. That possession is the perfect highlight of his career. February 27th, 2008 at 12:24 pm control says: Watching that over and over, it looks like that fumble is almost his way of getting open. Except his facial expression indicates it wasn’t intentional…would have given him some props if it were ...

The Worst NBA Possession Ever
TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles — Worst. Possession. Ever. Recap: 1. Randolph, a (nearly) seven-footer, receives the ball outside of the three-point line. 2. He attempts to break down his defender by dribbling the hell out of the ball, sort of like Isiah Thomas circa 1989, only without the mad handles. 3. He totally loses the rock like somebody abusing the freestyle control on NBA Live and has to run almost out to halfcourt to retrieve it. 4. Then, instead of passing the ball to a teammate, he runs it to the arc and launches an airball...with 7 seconds left on the shot clock! (Thanks, herman). The announcer even says:"I don't even know what he's doing." Disclaimer - All videos ...

Passing Fancy
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans — KG is getting closer to 100%.  I think that was made clear after last night.  What we saw out west was him shaking off a lot of rust.  Looking back at it… those first two losses may have been wins if we had last night’s Garnett out there. And maybe the most underrated aspect of Garnett’s game is his passing.  That, more ...

Busy Night!
Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville — How are we ever going to accomplish all the objectives for this evening? Objectives for my Thursday: • Attend the Dallas debut of Brad Richards as the Stars take ice against the Blackhawks. • View the Mavericks big road test at San Antonio • Watch with total attention the new episode of Lost There is no way these can all be accomplished, but it will be fun trying. Meanwhile, the media likes covering some stories. Others, like Steve Nash being owned by CP3 does not get the headlines unless you go looking for them. Here are the 4 meetings between the Suns and the Hornets: Game 1 – Dec 15. NO 101, Ph ...

Jamal Crawford: More Knicks Ball Hogging Hilarity
FanIQ Blog — You really have to give the New York Knicks a lot of credit. Most professional sports teams that suck aren't entertaining to watch whatsoever. The Knicks on the other hand, have not lost sight of they're ultimate purpose: to entertain. You've probably already seen the debacle of a possession that was Zach Randolph earlier this week (video below), fully demonstrating why no one wants to trade for him and why he's stuck in New York. Well Jamal Crawford felt left out and wanted to show why he too, is forever unwanted by NBA GM's with a desire to win. See above. WTF. ...

Friday Video Blowout
SimonOnSports — Everyone needs something to keep them occupied on Friday afternoons so the Friday Video Blowout was born. Spend your next few minutes, laughing, crying of laughter, pissing your self, whatever, but mostly wasting your companies time. ...

The Knicks Remain Awesome As Always: Stephon Marbury Banned From The Garden
FanIQ Blog — The circus that is the New York Knicks just took a new awesome turn. Starbury has now officially been banned from MSG by Isiah Thomas. Hell, I'm surprised it took this long. Well, I'm not sure it's 100% official, but since it's being reported by the always trustworthy NY Post, I'm inclined to believe it. By the way, apparently Starbury is a team captain, I wish I'd known that before, because that is awesome. Anyway, according to a Marbury confidant, the point guard is also under a gag order by Knicks management, forbidding him from speaking to the media. Marbury has not commented since his Jan. 22 ankle surgery. ...

Nightly Q: Can We Make Sure We Never Have To Go Through Another February Again?
FanIQ Blog — Although the schedule is packed tonight, there's nothing really amazing on. Frankly, the best thing on is the Utah/New Orleans game. It gives us the chance to watch two of the premier young guards in the game, Deron Williams and Chris Paul. ...

Tonight's Game: Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks
Third Quarter Collapse — vs. 37-23 18-40 Amway Arena 7:00 PM FSN Florida Probable ...

The New York Knicks
Hoffman's blog listings. — The 2007-2008 New York Knicks summed up in two videos: 8 Comments

If You Want To Come Up With Reasons Why the Lakers Aren’t the Front-Runner Right Now, You Have To Get Creative. Really, Really, Really Creative.
SportsHubLA — It’s been mentioned once or twice that the NBA West is pretty good this year. All nine potential playoff teams have at least some chance to win the whole thing, but almost all of them have some flaw that makes their defeat possible, even in the first round. San Antonio? Too old. New Orleans? Too young. Utah? No bona-fide stars. Houston? Um, their best player is out for the year, maybe more when he plays on that foot in the Olympics. (If you think Yao won’t play if he’s still hurt, you’re wrong. He doesn’t have much of a choice here-would you rather let down the Houston Rockets or the Chinese Government? We need David Stern to step in on this one - he might ...

13 games
Uwe Blog — Just after the Jason Kidd trade, I predicted the Dallas Mavericks would miss the playoffs. Unfortunately, my prediction is perilously close to being true. Currently, they are a mere full game from the eighth seed. I stand by my prediction, but missing the playoffs would be painful. If Kidd is worth all this trouble, I'd at least want to see what the guy can do in the Western Conference playoffs. Thus, the next 13 games are the most important 13 regular season games of the past decade for this franchise. Certain domination in these 13 games through end of March would essentially lock up a playoff spot. With ...

The Knicks Continue To Entertain Us, Night After Night
Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball — Even when the Knicks aren’t being blown out, and Zach Randolph isn’t dribbling through his legs and trying to juke a guard at the three point line, they still seem to entertain. Stephon Marbury, who’s out the rest of the season and has received much criticism from Isiah, says he wants to be a Knick for the long haul. “I pray to God that’s what happens. I love New York. This is the only place that I want to be in,” Marbury said before New York played Cleveland. “This is it. Like I said, there’s not too many players that ...

Losing My Religion, and Lots of Basketball Games
City Pages - Balls! Sports Blog — Previous Post | Main Losing My Religion, and Lots of Basketball Games There are lots of ways of being bad in the NBA, and in the last week, which featured back-to-back home Wolves losses to powers like Charlotte and Seattle (that’s 130 losses between the three of them—this season!), I got a pretty close look at many of them. In Seattle we have the “bewilderingly constructed” bad team (the Knicks are the prime example of this). The Sonics are partially designed around a 19-year-old phenom and partially around semi-good holdovers from their last good Ray Allen-led squad. They manage to synthesize two lethal NBA archetypes: the disillusioned ...

Wolves Updates 3/7
TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles — That brings us to our Timberwolves, the classic talented-but-inexperienced bad team. Such teams often play well in some stretches and then appallingly badly in others. They often seem to be equally competitive against good teams and bad. They have a poor feel for the rhythm of the game, often missing opportunities and suddenly becoming listless and ragged at the most inopportune moments (like, say, the last five minutes of the game). I ve defended the Wolves honor once or twice based on the fact that they are a likeable, generally entertaining team with a ton of upside. And while I d gladly take this team over a few others with more wins (those ...

Get Ur Knick On
The Shamrock Headband — Not sure if people have had the chance to read Jeff Coplon's masterful take on the Knickerbocker Fiasco, but it manages to eclipse Ben McGrath's recent Lenny Dykstra profile in the New Yorker as the most ceaselessly entertaining piece of sportswriting I've read this year. I actually went scouring YouTube looking for a clip of the Randolph-Troy Murphy incident that Coplon describes but couldn't find one. I did, however, stumble upon this, which is quite honestly even better: Note that the shot clock has a solid 7 seconds on it when he lets it fly, and it's a ...

More Awesome Knicks News: According To Scouts, They Haven't Been Running Plays For A Month
FanIQ Blog — I think it's definitely common knowledge that the Knicks quit on Isiah Thomas a long time ago - and rightfully so - but this is opening up a whole new can of worms. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports seems to have managed to dig up some of the ridiculous stuff that was going on - or more appropriately, wasn't going on - at Knicks practices and games. Here's the first snippet: ...

Goodbye, Isiah. We Shall Never Meet Another Like You [The End Of An Era]
Deadspin — The NBA Playoffs schedule is all set, and we'll certainly be overflowing with coverage and discussion and all you might expect from your sports blog, but we really need to start today off with a eulogy. At some point today, if it hasn't happened already (and the ESPNews crawl seems to think so), Isiah Thomas is going to be fired as head coach of the New York Knicks, and we all must make our peace with it. We will never see his likes again. We saw the complete decimation of one of sports' most proud institutions under Thomas, and it's going to take years for the Knicks to dig themselves out. (And by years, we mean "probably ...

Assorted Terrible Plays For No Real Reason
ShamSports.com: NBA News That Doesn't Really Matter — This play is currently doing the rounds: It provides a somewhat fitting conclusion to the Timberwolves dire season, and particularly that of Corey Brewer, who fouled and clanked his way to a 5.8 PPG, 3.7 RPG and 2.4 FPG rookie season, on 38% shooting. All a bit shite, really. Still, for the hell of it, here are 5 other "Really Stupid Plays", in no particular order. 1: J.J. Redick in garbage time 2: David Wesley is garbage all the ...

A Tribute To The Great Isiah Thomas
FanIQ Blog — It's a particularly sad day folks. Isiah has been canned. We all knew it was coming, but now that it's actually happened, I'm truly in shock. Who will I turn to for hilarious NBA hijinks on a daily basis? Who will I mock consistently for being the worst coach/GM in sports history? Frankly, I don't know. But to help us all heal, here's a look back at the hilarious moments that defined Isiah's tenure as Knicks coach/GM/franchise killer. It all started out so well. Here Starbury is incredibly psyched about Isiah having gotten Zach Randolph. The Starbury/Isiah love affair ...

30 Teams, 30 Stats
Recliner GM — When I started writing on this blog, it was largely because I would spend a great deal of time coming up with random sports stats and had no one to share them with. This article is exactly the type of crap I would do in my free time, but now all you wonderful people get to read it as well. This article consists of 30 originally researched stats, one for each team, for the 2007-08 NBA season. Some were easy, most are positive, some are negative, some aren’t that good. Here they are, in alphabetical order. Atlanta Hawks - SF/PF Josh Smith joined Hall of Fame Centers Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing ...

30 Teams, 30 Stats
Hoops State of Mind — When I started writing on this blog, it was largely because I would spend a great deal of time coming up with random sports stats and had no one to share them with. This article is exactly the type of crap I would do in my free time, but now all you wonderful people get to read it as well. This article consists of 30 originally researched stats, one for each team, for the 2007-08 NBA season. Some were easy, most are positive, some are negative, some aren’t that good. Here they are, in alphabetical order. Atlanta Hawks - SF/PF Josh Smith joined Hall of Fame Centers Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing ...

A Day in the Life of Isiah
SimonOnSports — 8:00 I show up to Madison Square Garden and someone's in my parking spot. Boo. 8:01 I drive to the next parking spot and see a sign that says "Parking for anyone Who Isn't Named Isiah Thomas". I am sad. Tears almost shed. 8:02 Every parking space seems to have the same sign. They also have pictures of my face with a big red circle around it and a dash through the center. I don't quite understand what that means. 8:05 I search for a parking space on the street no luck. 8:15 I finally find a parking space 5 blocks away. I get out of my car. And begin walking down the street. 8:20 Man ...

Mike D’Antoni, Say Hello To Your New York Knicks
Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball — From one of the best teams to one of the worst, Mike D’Antoni will now coach the New York Knicks. In lieu of the move, I’ve attached a video of just what D’Antoni can expect to get out of his team. It’s one of my favorite clips. Enjoy, Mike.

Where Are They Now - 2001 NBA Draft Edition
Gilbertology — Everyone knows that Gilbert famously was famously drafted in the second round of the draft in 2001 and became the first player from the draft class to make an All-Star team, becoming one of the better players to come from the second round in any NBA draft. But how about those 29 players that went ahead of him? Let’s check in (click on the player name for career stats): Kwame Brown: Here’s basically all you need to know about the top pick from the draft. Tyson Chandler: He might not have lived up to the potential that comes with being the second pick, and the Clippers got the better end ...

76ers Rumors: Cheeks Might Campaign for Zach Randolph
Recliner GM — Huh!, you say. Well according to Peter Vecsy Cheeks and Randolph didn’t have the horrible relationship it was made out to be in Portland. And if that is the case Randolph does kind of, sort of fill the low post scoring need for the Sixers. “If Cheeks stays put, look for him to pester Philly’s president to acquire Zach Randolph Zach Randolph , who has the goods to provide everything the ahead-of-schedule Sixers are offensively lacking in the low docks. Contrary to common belief, Cheeks and Randolph had great respect for each other in Portland.” - New York Post But I hate the idea of ...

STF NBA Draft Preview - Second-tier Seniors
Storming the Floor — STF Draft Correspondent Kevin Dwire returns today with a look at the second group of four-year players going into the NBA draft. Last week it was the elite names, this week he'll look at those who don't exactly scream out "lottery pick". For some people (aged 5-20), summer means fun, ice cream and running from the cops (sometimes all in the same night. I’m watching you 5-year-old readers). For college basketball fans, it means nothing but off-season blues. A few are distracted by the NBA Finals finally arriving after the 11-month playoff. As for me, I’ve had my fill of Kevin Garnett’s left boob, thank you very ...

Where does Lou Williams stack up against this year’s draft?
Philadelphia 76ers — Welcome back to Passion and Pride, my friends. This is a BIG week for us in that the NBA Draft is on Thursday. The Sixers have the 16th selection and a boat load of cap space this summer. As I was watching YouTube videos of the top guards in this draft class, I couldn’t help but think to myself that fan favorite Lou Williams was right on par with these guys. The talent is there. Decide for yourself! DERRICK ROSE & JERRYD BAYLESS O.J. MAYO ERIC GORDON JR. Those are all high school videos. After one year of college, all four are looking to take ...

Zach Randolph to the Clippers?
SLAM Online — by Marcel Mutoni The most important piece of Knicks-related news, no doubt, was Stephon Marbury’s visit to the Mike Tyson school of self-branding. (By the way, I’m perfectly prepared for when he takes a bite out of Allen Iverson’s ear next season.) Not far behind the import of Starbury’s latest piece of body art, though, was the rumor that the Knicks and Clippers were discussing a trade involving salary-cap destroying big man Zach Randolph. Newsday’s Alan Hahn has the details. Stephon Marbury’s future remains unresolved, but the Knicks are on the ...

2007-08 NBA Worsties: Part 4
Basketbawful — Donyell Marshall's wardrobe malfunction: Marshall amused his teammates and horrified fans in attendance when he took off both his warm-up shirt and jersey while subbing into a game. Good times. Now watch Lebron go absolutely bonkers over it. I mean, sweet breakdancing Jesus, he was laughing so hard you'd think that Marshall had just gotten a pie in the face and then slipped comically on a banana peel. Reggie Miller invents a word: On January 31, 2008, Miller coined a term during the third quarter of the Suns' ...

Brog: NYK Owner Advertises Band With Google Ad
SPORTSbyBROOKS — Employee harrassment? Irresponsible spending? Laughably delusion behavior? Yep, that’s James Dolan for you. New York Knicks owner Certifiable insane band member. I was unable to sleep Monday night, so, like all of you every night I’m sure, I just sat on SbB, refreshing over & over & over - until this ad came up (728X90 banner below): “JD & The Straight Shot - Click here to listen now!” JD & The Straight Shot ...

Inauspicious Schedule Highlights v2.0
CelticsBlog — A Daily Babble Production A year ago at this time, we were celebrating the introduction of Kevin Garnett to the Boston faithful and a newfound wealth of upcoming national television appearances for the Celts after quite a round number the season before. It's hard to believe it has all come full circle, that a full year later with the 2008-09 schedule upon us, the Celtics are defending champions looking at some 25 (!!!) already scheduled national broadcast appearances -- and that's without counting NBA TV games. We certainly don't need to add any more hype to the highest-profile events on the schedule -- opening night versus Cleveland, Christmas in Los ...

Deadspin HOF Nominee: Isiah Thomas [Deadspin Hall Of Fame]
Deadspin — It's worth noting that no SHOTY winner has ever made the Deadspin Hall of Fame. Barbaro might be up for nomination again this year. Amazingly, this is Isiah's first ever nomination. So much to choose from, Isiah-wise, though I'll always be partial to "Isiah Thomas' Knicks Legacy, Summed Up In One Possession." So great: And that doesn't even take that sexual harassment case, Stephon Marbury's mystery dirt and, of course, "Sunt." There's just so much to choose from. We still miss him, even if he's not really gone But is ...

Dude. It's Zach Randolph.
ShamSports.com: NBA News That Doesn't Really Matter — ESPN: Knicks suggest dealing Randolph to Memphis The Knicks have a trade proposal on the table with the Memphis Grizzlies that would see Darko Milicic and Marko Jaric dealt to New York in exchange for Zach Randolph. OK, I get it. I do. I really do. "Here, take Zach Randolph! Take this extremely talented player who just so happens to play at your weakest position! Nooooooo, we don't want anything back! You just take him!" I get that. When your job is to improve your team, and you are offered a highly talented basketball player for essentially free, it's a tough one to turn down. ...

DeceptivelyQuick to NY
Deceptively Quick — No, not to cover the seemingly imminent Z-Bo trade (assist to Slam), although maybe I should. It is pretty amazing that someone will still trade for Zach Randolph given everything we know, right? But hey, you get 20ish and 10! And this is what else you get!* Micro-fracture knee surgery A few run-ins with the law A few gangster friends A very slow, sometimes horrific, offensive style And locker room poison! Sounds great! See you Monday. *Defense, passing, and winning not included.

Be Careful What You Wish For
3 Shades of Blue — It seems that New York Knicks President Donnie Walsh has thrown some cold water on the hot trade rumor sending Zach Randolph to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for the Serbian duo Darko Milicic and Marko Jaric. There have been some strong opinions on this deal within the Grizzlies fanbase and on the Internet in general. The ...

Season Preview - New York Knicks
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Game Notes: Sixers at Knicks
SLAM Online — by Sherman Johnson Whoever coined the phrase “It’s not whether you win or lose but how you play the game” must’ve been talking about the preseason. The Knicks blew it down the stretch but they looked good against the Sixers and seem to be improving under D’Antoni’s up-tempo scheme. They’re a long way from the seven seconds or less run and shoot style that was in vogue in Phoenix but they’re definitely getting there by leaps and bounds. In a nutshell, it was a high-scoring affair from the outset with the Knicks staying within striking distance a making a run down the stretch only to capitulate in the end. The ...

30 Previews In 30 Days: The New York Knicks [NBA Season Previews]
Deadspin — NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that last season surpassed the Clippers as the punch line team of the NBA. They are: The New York Knicks. When last we saw them: Finished 23-59, fifth in the Atlantic Division, and next to last in the East. But to be fair, they were first in "number of 'Fire Isiah' chants generated." Welcome to the nuthouse: Anthony Roberson, Chris Duhon, Danilo Gallinari Free at least, thank the Lord, free at ...

2008-09 NBA Preview: New York Knicks
Recliner GM — See all 2009 NBA team previews New York Knicks 2007-08 Record: 23-59 Cool 2007 Stat: As a team, they were last in the NBA in assists. Probably because of plays like this. Anticipated Starting Five PG- Chris Duhon SG- Jamal Crawford SF- Danilo Gallinari PF- Zach Randolph C- Eddy Curry Bench: Stephon Marbury, David Lee, Jared Jeffries, Nate Robinson, Quentin Richardson Biggest Strength - Talent Jamal Crawford has a filthy handle and can get by anyone, score ...

Monday's Musings
Bend It Like Bennett — Since Mr. Monday has been granted unfettered access to BiLB without having every article/blog/opinion critiqued first by the Oklahoman management, Mr. Monday would like to take advantage of this opportunity and introduce a new weekly segment called ‘Monday’s Musing.’ Essentially, all you Okies now have unfiltered wisdom to take with you to the water-cooler. You’re welcome, squares. Where o' Where is our Dunleavy Jr? Larry Legend’s “professional imprisonment” of Jamaal ‘Dust-Pan’ Tinsley shows why he’s without question the greatest GM in NBA history. He continues to gut the once thuggish-ruggish Pacers, ...

The way too late, but all too crucial NBA Season Preview: East
The Other World Wide Leader in Sports — This probably should have done a week ago and I acknowledge the laziness on my part but whatever lol. Here is your primer for the 2008-09 NBA basketball season. Let's get to it. Atlantic Division ...

The way too late, but all too crucial NBA Season Preview: The East
The Other World Wide Leader in Sports — This probably should have done a week ago and I acknowledge the laziness on my part but whatever lol. Here is your primer for the 2008-09 NBA basketball season. Let's get to it. Atlantic Division ...

In honor of Zach Randolph's Recent Comments Tuesday Night...
I *Heart* Celtics — A REPRISE OF THE PLAY THAT CEMENTED ZACH RANDOLPH AS A GUY THAT CAN TALK THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK Tuesday night: “Some guys I’ve never heard a word, but all of a sudden they won a championship and now they’re doing a lot of talking,” said Knick Zach Randolph.

I Spoke Too Soon
The Undrafted Free Agent — Well, I was right that the Crawford/Harrington trade could set in motion more trades. No way did I think that those trades would start happening within hours. Apparently Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins have been shipped (pun intended) to the Clippers for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas. I assumed that Chicago would be the team to make a play for Randolph, but I was right that it would be in exchange for an over-paid shooting guard and a useless forward. These two moves put New York in a much better financial position. And even in the short term, I'm not sure that New York won't be better. David Lee gets to play a larger role (which should have ...

Doing Lines: Zach Randolph Busts Moves, Grizzlies
FanHouse — ... , and pulled down 10 rebounds. As many laugh riots as the Worst Possession in the History of Western Civilization caused, Randolph actually has a bit of a deep deep stroke: he hit four of five threes for the Clips. ...

And the 4th Member of the GEICO Tournament is…
Hardwood Paroxysm — Someone with so much imagination that, much like KG claims, anything is possible. A man with such an alarmingly brilliant stroke, supreme creativity and the gusto to try shots that mere mortals like Durant, Johnson or Mayo could even comtemplate. A man with ethereal hints of beauty even in the formative designs of his attempts. A man, who has literally, had the Worst Possession Ever.   How in the world can the other 3 compete with this. Game Over. There is no way they can duplicate such brave feats, such marvelous execution, such specific failure. It is a suck ...

The Ewing Curse
Life of a Knicks Fan — As any NBA fan can attest, since Patrick Ewing left the Garden, being a Knick fan hasn’t been easy. Since the big man was traded away in 2000 to the Sonics in a three-way trade with the Lakers, the Knicks have been cursed with bad karma. Destined to be the butt of bad and all-too-easy jokes, to be on the receiving end of bad trades, bad ...

Good To See Zach Randolph Adjusting Nicely With His New Team
Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball — Would you expect anything else? I guess punching someone looks a lot cooler than the time he did this:

Sacramento 98, Clippers 86
ClipperBlog.com Blog for the Los Angeles NBA Clippers Fans — Posting an 87.7 offensive efficiency number against the league’s most porous defense requires a special level of bad execution and indifference.  The best illustration of this comes at the conclusion of the first quarter, when the Clippers watch a one-point lead evaporate, leaving them with a nine-point deficit at the quarter break.  They fail to score on 10 straight possessions. Sacramento establishes a double-digit lead fewer than three minutes into the second quarter and never relinquishes it. The loss is particularly dispiriting because the Clippers, by their standards, have been playing fairly well since Zach Randolph rejoined the ...

Number Crunchin’ - Don’t call it a Comeback
Heels on Hardwood — Every year around this time in the NBA, people start talking about the yearly awards - MVP, MIP, ROY, COY and 6th Man. Year after year there are the usual suspects who are talked about for Coach of the Year and Jerry Sloan is mentioned almost every time but has come up empty when time comes to tally up the ...

Behind the Box Score, where LeBron had it the whole time
Ball Don't Lie — Cleveland 87, Los Angeles Clippers 83  We'll get to LeBron's night in a little bit. To begin, though, we need to get up on the wrong side of bed, if you know what I mean. Somehow, this game made me dislike the Los Angeles Clippers even more. That's not a bias. The dial gets sent back to zero starting every game, and I'm allowed to finish every game fully hating or loving a particular team, or leaving the dial set closer to the middle. And I can't stand the Clippers. They're the laziest sods in the NBA, and this close loss pushed even closer to the edge. Why? Because the Clippers ...

General Management
ClipperBlog.com Blog for the Los Angeles NBA Clippers Fans — If you care to subject yourself to another viewing of the final set, here’s the video [go to 2:00 mark]: Here’s Mike Dunleavy’s explanation of what he designed in the huddle: We ran a side out-of-bounds play, trying to get the ball into Baron to set up our last play of the game.  We didn’t do a good job of setting screens there.  We came to the ball with our safety valve on the play, which was good.  We had six seconds. We had plenty of time to run our normal safety play, to be able to go and attack the basket.  I guess Zach didn’t ...

Zach Randolph: SWAC...or quantum superhero?
Basketbawful — By now, you've probably heard all about Zach Randolph's latest bastardization of basketball. (For further reading, go to ClipperBlog or see Bill Simmons' A dumbfounding night in the 'Dumbleavy Era'.) It boggles the mind and bends the imagination. So what's the deal? Is Randolph selfish, stupid, or just a wildly overconfident SWAC? Or...could it be that we're looking at this whole situation the wrong way? Maybe Z-Bo perceives the world in a way we can't comprehend. Perhaps Zach got caught in an Intrinsic Field Subtractor -- ala Dr. Manhatten from The Watchmen -- and became a kind of a quantum NBA player, and ...

It's Been an Interesting Couple of Days in Clipper Nation
Clips Nation — I don't always have the best instincts when it comes to this blogging thing.  Sometimes I write too often.  Sometimes I write too infrquently.  (And when I write, I almost always write too much, lacking much of an edit function.)  But at the conclusion of the Cleveland game Tuesday night, I had a feeling that I didn't need to rush into a 4000 word post, suggesting in my (relatively) brief recap that we all take the three days between games to "brood and stew and analyze to our hearts content."  And it looks like my instinct was right. There's been an avalanche of Clippers-related output since that game, while I've ...

Knicks, Clippers Full of Lowlights
HalfCourtHeave » Page not found — Now don’t let the title fool you, this was an exciting game as the Clippers beat the Knicks in overtime 140-135.  However, this game had some stuff happen in it that you would just call…interesting… First, you got Zach Randolph returning to his old stomping grounds (where he use to dominate, and when I say dominate, I mean he did stuff like this), so I guess it could be a little hard to figure out what team to score for: To his credit though, that happened early in the game, and he didn’t cost his team the game.  No, that’s Al Harrington’s ...

DUI: Zach Randolph Can’t Drive Drunk Very Well
SPORTSbyBROOKS — It’s pretty much a given fact of life that Zach Randolph is bad at things. We mean everything. If Zach were tasked to build a car out of Legos, he would end up handing you a dead fish covered in asbestos and lead paint. So when he decided to get sensationally drunk (on a Sunday night - that’s a school night, pal!) and get behind the wheel of his Bentley, well, you probably already know how that ended up. DUI stop ...

GameThread: @ LA Clippers
Canis Hoopus — Schadenfreude -- delight in another person's misfortune. Poor Zach Randolph, dude just can't seem to catch a break, right? From the AP: Two California Highway Patrol officers saw a white Rolls-Royce weaving on Interstate 405 around 2:25 a.m., Officer Tony Garrett said. The car was traveling south in the Culver City area near west Los Angeles. The officers pulled the car over and identified Randolph as the driver. Garrett said alcohol could be smelled inside the car. After conducting a field sobriety test, the officers ...

Isiah Thomas Is Living the American Dream (The One Where Your Team Dies)
The Sporting Blog — I'm not the resident basketball correspondent here -- that would be Shoals, who is brilliant and knows far more about the game than I'll ever know. I am, however, a connoisseur of failure; an expert in it, I dare say, and a gourmand of spectacular idiocy and abject disaster. (Yes, I grew up watching Vanderbilt football. Why do you ask?) ...