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Greetings, comrades. It's a lovely Sunday morning and we've got a few links worth mentioning today.

- Ken Berger is of the opinion that James Dolan's open house for Knick investors doesn't mean he's going to be out of the picture anytime soon.

Dolan's gesture to investors - allowing them to voice concerns during a "listening tour" last week - seems to have been little more than a head fake. People knowledgeable about MSG in particular, and the sale of sports franchises in general, tell Newsday that it's premature to run out onto Seventh Avenue traffic and celebrate Dolan's departure from the Garden of Ills.

"I would say the most likely buyer is probably some group headed by Jim Dolan, personally, because Jim seems to get a lot of pleasure out of those particular assets," an expert in the field of sports and media transactions told Newsday.

Me, I'm a dreamer. What if Dolan's surrender of the media policy was the first step towards leaving the team completely? Dolan stewing on the baseline with his head in his hands has never struck me as "pleasure", and I wouldn't be surprised if he's ready to get his name out of the mix and avoid the headache. Then again, I'm no expert in the field of sports and media transactions.

- Barnesgasm catches up with Renaldo Balkman on his way to Denver. Let's just say you won't see him in a Nuggets jersey for a few months.

- The deal is finalized. The Knicks are coming to my school for training camp in the first week of October. Brace yourselves.

- I love him, but I don't see Ben Gordon working as a Knick. Especially not while Jamal Crawford's in town.

- A couple days old, but Knickerblogger found some video from Donnie Walsh's town hall meeting with season ticket holders.

- Countless P&T citizens over the years have pestered me with emails asking if I had any evidence of John Starks eating out of a gigantic bowl made of lettuce. Well, friends, ask and ye shall receive.

That's all for now, pipsqueaks. Enjoy the rest of your weekends. Coming soon, the next installment of the Scrubdown, featuring Arichmix and Chris Dudley.

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I think Gordon and Crawford are a nice mix. Gordon covers points, Crawford 2’s. Crawford needs the ball in his hands most of the time, Gordon likes to come off screens and catch and shoot a good deal of the time, though he does like to face up and go at someone some time.
I would trade Zach for him in a second.
Trading Balkman was such a shame. I certainly think that he could have gotten minutes at the 4 this year off the bench. (I view Randolph and Curry as 5’s in D’Antoni’s offense) We all know he has little offensive game, though I’ve been hoping he could pic up something, but he can play, and I think he will do well somewhere, possible in Denver. But I guess we need to audition Jefferies hoping to dump his contract in the next 2 years.

by PDN on Aug 18, 2008 10:16 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

jeffries is so bad

you can’t showcase him – and you also can’t dump him. the options out there are buying out the contract or waiting for the contract to expire or hope that he has a career ending injury and we can collect on the insurance money.

balkman can’t stretch the d at the 4. so he doesn’t actually frighten anyone in the d’antoni system.

by stingy d on Aug 18, 2008 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

also

i can dig the maned wolf. very nice!

by stingy d on Aug 18, 2008 1:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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