Edwin Jackson to Mets..."No Chance"

That was the response from a 'Mets Official' today about the prospects of the Mets acquiring the next Pedro...."No Chance"

I hate to say it but 2010 is already seeming like a lost season for Mets fans. Omar and Jerry are not capable. They just aren't.

"answer" me this.

Reading my internet news postings today I came across the following post on rotoworld:

"Allen Iverson's people and the Sixers brass (GM Ed Stefanski, coach Eddie Jordan) met in Dallas on Monday. Iverson is not a Sixer as of "this moment," but that's all we know from Kate Fagan thus far. This should be considered good news if you're holding onto Iverson, and while there's no guarantee he ends up signing with Philly, it is still a real possibility."

A short time later, rotoworld updated with this:

"Sixers' GM Ed Stefanski released a statement about Monday's meeting with Allen Iverson, although it's clear that an agreement has yet to be reached."At this time, both parties remain non-committal regarding a final decision and we will continue to discuss internally whether or not to pursue this course," Stefanski said. A decision isn't expected before Monday's game, but we are also hearing reports that owner Ed Snider has given Stefanski the OK on the deal, meaning it's now simply a 'basketball decision.'"

What is my point you ask? Well, my point is this: What the fuck is so bad about Allen Iverson?

Why does every team seem to be giving this guy the Jose Canseco treatment? Because he doesn't like to practice?

Every media nut hugger and their mother points to Allen Iverson's off the court "issues" as the reason to stay away but what are the horrible things that Allen Iverson has done that could possibly justify him not being signed by a single NBA team? Throw his psycho wife out of the house? Smoke a blunt? Carry a gun? Recorded a rap song? Criticize referees?

I won't forget to mention that Tim Donaghy basically justified Iverson's hatred of NBA officiating:

"Allen Iverson provides a good example of a player who generated strong reaction, both positive and negative, within the corps of NBA referees. For instance, veteran referee Steve Javie hated Allen Iverson and was loathe [sic] to give him a favorable call. If Javie was on the court when Iverson was playing, I would always bet on the other team to win or at least cover the spread. No matter how many times Iverson hit the floor, he rarely saw the foul line."

On the court, the dude never gave anything less than 100% (yes, one. hundred. because it is physically impossible to give anymore...anyone who tells you different never gave 100% on anything...I digress..post for another day). No one can question that.

Allen Iverson has not acted any differently than 95% of all professional athletes today. We are talking about a league that let a man play the game with AIDs, reinstated a player that went into the crowd to fight a fan, hid the fact that it's biggest star gambled by forcing him to retire, and had a former referee openly admit that the whole thing is a crooked fix...yet Allen Iverson is too much trouble to be employed. I mean...even Marbury got another chance last year and that dude cried about how orgasmic it was to kiss his sister and created a 24 hour live channel to chronicle his crazy.

It's all shit. Fuck Stern. Fuck the NBA.

donnie walsh era: drafts

So I am back...go ahead and jerk off. Will I be back with a vengeance or will I disappear into obscurity? Does anyone even look at this site besides me and AMF? Ahh... who cares.

In today's piece I will be piggybacking off of AMF's last paragraph - How badly has Donnie fucked up the draft?

On April 2, 2008 the Knicks announced that they had hired Donnie Walsh to run shit. While I generally agree with his philosophy of getting under the cap by any means necessary (for more reasons than the ra-tarded "Summer of LeBron"); I truly believe that he royally fucked up the one area where they needed to succeed the most - the draft.

In 2008, as AMF pointed out, the Knicks used the sixth overall pick to take Danilo Gallinari aka The Rooster. In doing so the Knicks passed on the likes of:

- Eric Gordon

- D.J. Augustine

- Brook Lopez

among others (Anthony Randolph, Hibbert, Courtney Lee, etc.)

Why did they do this? Because as AMF pointed out The Rooster is the offspring of Mike 'Antoni's (D doesn't exist in Mike's world) overseas boyfriend. In his short time with the Knicks, the 6-10 beanpole has crowed to the tune of an average of 20 minutes; 8.7 points; 2.8 rebounds; 0.3 blocks; and 0.8 assists. "BuT HE's a GrEaT ShoOtEr!11!" - 44.8% from the field and 43.9% from the line, averaging 1.8 3 pointers per game...killer. I guess if you want to look at the bright side, Gallo is leading the league in major back surgeries at the ripe age of 21. (HE CAN'T EVEN SIT ON THE FUCKING BENCH BUT RATHER NEEDS TO BE STRETCHED ON THE SIDELINES WHEN HE ISN'T ON THE COURT- COME ON..........)

I know hindsight is 20/20 but in Knick land, the foresight seems to be 20/200. Coming into the 2009/2010 season, the Knicks were in DESPERATE need of a (point) guard and a big man. (I loved watching Lee guard Bynum and Chandler on Pau the other night - it really put things in perspective for me). So armed with the knowledge that the biggest needs were at the 1, 2 and 5...the Knicks attacked the 2009 draft with reckless abandon.

With the 8th pick overall, the hype was on one of the 2898 point guards entering the draft. After Minny and Don Nelson seemingly went on a mission solely to fuck the Knicks (Flynn, Rubio, Curry) it seemed like Grandpa Donnie was put on full tilt. Bypassing Brandon Jennings and Ty Lawson, Donnie and Co. decided on ANOTHER PF in Jordan Hill. Straight from the Eddie Curry mold of out of shape and lazy, the Knicks ripped surplus from the hands of desperate need.

Hill has barely cracked the rotation and is extremely raw. I won't even bother with his stats because the sample size is meaninglessly small. In a pure stroke of genius, the Knicks then bought the 29th pick from LA and took Toney Douglas. Don't get me wrong, I like Toney Tone's style - defense first, think later; but if the Knicks were hellbent on buffering against the inevitable loss of David Lee; how would DeJuan Blair have looked with that 29th pick (especially if the Knicks had taken Jennings with the 8th pick). On the season, Blair is averaging 27.3 minutes, 15.7 points, 12.3 rebounds, 1.5 steals and a block per game. And that is with the big fundamental patrolling the paint.

In short, the Knicks' team is riddled with players who know they won't be here next year and bad draft picks. From that comes a team that heaves the ball up from anywhere on the court at any time. Like the paint doesn't even exist, the Knicks get to the basketball like a French solider gets into battle. What is the payoff? Pray, hope and pray some more that someone wants to play in the "mecca." Until then, take solace in knowing that at the very least, the Knicks don't have a draft pick to fuck up this year. (THANKS ISIAH).

What is Donnie doing?

"In the beginning I didn't think it fit," Walsh said. "Then I started thinking about it, and it's enticing to think that you can get a guy that can score the ball that way. But as I went on, I started to think that he's going to take time from some of the players that we want to develop, he's probably not going to be there when the team is at its full strength down the road, and so we're better off sticking with what we've got."

...So you're saying that you couldn't find 30-40 minutes a night for Allen Iverson out of this mess of players who are not going to be with the Knicks when they are good either?

- Chris Duhon - 34.1

- Larry Hughes- 31.9

- Nate Robinson- 23.0

Lets see. Take 10 from Robinson; 15 from Hughes; and 10 from Duhon, and you have yourself 35 minutes of penetrating (editors note - HA!) and scoring OR dishing for open 3's (like the Knicks love to take). That is not even counting the 31.2 minutes for the the fake forward, Al Harrington; or the 19.4 minutes for the unbelievably worthless Jared Jeffries.

To top it all off, the Knicks winning more games (which they presumably could have done with AI), would not even hurt their draft position for next season; since, you know, they don't have a 1st round pick... (Thanks Marbury).

It just doesn't make any sense. What is Walsh doing? - Oh thats right he's drafting a SF named Jordan Hill, who nobody ever heard of before the draft over the 400 point guards that were available, ie Jennings, Lawson, Holiday, etc. And the year before that he passes on Eric Gordon, Brook Lopez, etc for the coach's best friends son from Europe. Not exactly making the right calls leading up to the summer of 2010.

A team of Lopez, Jennings/Lawson, Joe Johnson, Chandler and Amare could actually be an excellent team, which, even without getting Lebron/Wade/Bosh/Dirk would still have been possible had Donnie been drafting well the past two years. But as is, the Knicks are still going to need serious help, even after bringing in 2 stars next year. Thanks Donnie, and so far thats thanks for nothing.

Bill Madden

Hey, remember this...

...when you wanted the Yanks to release Arod? Now, after you have been proven to be a complete joke; we get this from you.

Why didn't you write an article about how much of a fraud this championship was because the Yanks had that joke on their team? We all know thats how you really feel about it....

No. Hypocrites don't do that. They just change their tune to try and not look like complete assholes. Too bad you missed the boat there. You should be fired, and the News should be embarrassed they ever thought you were competent enough to write an editorial on sports.

an exercise in futility:

Fatcessa endorses cheaters

Straight from rotoworld, because I'm lazy and the Mets suck...

Bronson Arroyo has denied cheating allegations brought by Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa.

St. Louis pitching coach Dave Duncan also pointed a finger at Arroyo, saying that he pitched so effectively against the Redbirds by using pine tar on his cap to get a grip on the ball. The opposing pitcher, John Smoltz, was complaining all game long about the balls being too slick. Arroyo said the stain on his cap is from mud used to rub baseballs at other stadiums.

Nice try Bronson. Now we know how you've thrown 11 straight quality starts or whatever the hell it is.