New York Welcomes Stackhouse, Giant Matzo Ball
by Seth on Aug 6, 2009 9:10 AM EDT
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First of all, the next available member of the NBA's 32+ club will meet with the Knicks today. Jerry Stackhouse is 34 and was recently traded to the Grizzlies only to be subsequently waived. Just as you'd expect, Donnie Walsh came calling. Marc Berman of the Post has the report:
Stackhouse, 34, played just 10 games last season with Dallas because of injuries. Coach Mike D'Antoni appears to have no use for Larry Hughes, and the starting shooting guard position is in the hands of Wilson Chandler.
The Knicks need backcourt depth, and they still seem to be looking for cheaper options beyond unsigned Nate Robinson, whom the Knicks consider a shooting guard.
Stackhouse, available for a one-year deal at the veteran's minimum, was once a glorious outside shooter, with a career average at 18.4 ppg. D'Antoni said he feels the Knicks need more size in the backcourt. They're also considering Von Wafer, the young Rockets' shooting guard.
I have no feeling about this. At some point I'll probably just write up a Mad-Lib called "The Knicks Work Out a Veteran Free Agent!", and just leave blanks for AGE, NAME OF 1990'S STAR, and EXPLETIVE. Anyway, I agree that the Knicks need backcourt depth, but I'd offer that Morris Almond and Joe Crawford are my two leading candidates to provide said depth. They're just as low risk, but have significantly higher ceilings. Picture a dollhouse sitting in the Sistine Chapel. Li'l ceiling visual for y'all. Anyway, on to bigger things.
What bigger things, you ask? How about 200 pounds of pure deliciousness!? From the same article:
To promote the Knicks-Maccabi Tel Aviv exhibition, a Guinness-record-setting 200-pound, 3-foot high matzoh ball will be wheeled to a Lower East Side deli this morning. The ball contains 1,000 eggs, 80 pounds of margarine and will be available for serving at 10 a.m. at Noah's Ark Deli on Grand Street.
Now THAT's news. Somebody who lives in the city should definitely get over there, snap some pictures, and grab some of that monolithic matzo ball. Email me a piece, too. Don't ask how. Just figure it out.
P.S. Anybody else suspect that Donnie Walsh engineered a plan to unveil the secretly-signed Ramon Sessions from inside the matzo ball? I picture Knicks fans digging in until Sessions finally jumps out wearing a Knicks jersey and holding a basketball. It's like one of those big stripper cakes, only for the Semitic Knick-fan crowd. I hope they cooked the matzo ball before they dropped Ramon in there.
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must be a reason.
Why the Knicks keep making offers and showing interests in veterans on the downside… They must have identified a really urgent need to have a stable respected veteran on the team. Maybe there are a few young players that they feel need to be shown how to be a professional? I think there must be some kind of locker room problem they’re trying to fix.
doubtful
Some of the vets they are talking to would not be good locker room presences…could even be a bad influence on practice/training habits. I think the Knicks are talking to the reclamation projects because (outside of Sessions) they only want to sign guys to 1 year contracts to fill out their roster. I believe they are hoping to add guys who will be productive this year, but they also need to focus on developing their young guys so that they can market a young core to next year’s FA class.
true
but the knicks have some decent young talent. they have no need for stack, kidd, or hill. sign sessions and jason williams already. thatll give the depth at guard needed while giving them leverage with nate in the contract negotiations. a young core of sessions, chandler, gallo, d.lee douglas and hill will make a solid team to build around. let stack go to…i dunno boston or san antonio
mo nuts is making this team
donnie walsh admitted that he tried to trade for him last year, and as long as he doesn’t lay an egg in camp i think he has a good chance to make the last roster spot
"if it aint broke, dont break it"
exactly
there’s a rolled-up point guard in there.
Posting and Toasting: "Say yo Oak, what's the dish tonight? A couple steaks on the grill and we season it right."
seriously?
did you just compare the upsides of mo nuts and j-craw to a doll in the sistine chapel?
And here it is
Looking vaginal but, sadly, sans point guard.
"Ariza on Mobley, trying to put some chillin on his thrillin"
"Vexing D, makes you hurry, makes you worry"
by Serious Garbage Time on Aug 6, 2009 6:34 PM EDT reply actions
Just sign Iverson and Morris almond. That will give them a starting pg and a backup at the 2 behind Chandler.
dont be surprised if chandler is going start at the 3, probably hughes at the 2
"if it aint broke, dont break it"
sign wafer!
wafer would be a good player off the bench. he already can’t play D, loves too shoot, so he already fits the bill of a D’Antoni player. Morris is also a very good shooter but less proven. i cant see larry being cut out of the rotation in NY
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