Al Harrington will have season-ending shoulder surgery.

you weren’t the most talented player, but i salute your unbridled (and at times, inexplicable) self-confidence.

You’re one of the few Knicks this decade who actually came here wanting to win. Despite your at times frustrating play, I salute you.

and despite your rim-hanging antics (twice), and even despite the fact that you are a silky-shooting bigger dude who excels at getting to the basket,

Thank you for showing up every night in a Knicks uniform and competing.
There is no reason not to give Al a standing ovation every time he plays in the Garden in the future. You didn’t fit (by Susan Musgrave), but you defied the 2000-era Knicks by playing with fire.

Good luck.

as i was reading the article they were talkin about the exact same thing on the pregame show…i think there biting ur shit…they wer sayin pretty much the same shit line for line

I’ll kinda miss your wacky ways. Hope you go to some team that let’s you do you.

Now that your gone who am I going to get mad at on this team? J.R. Giddens?!?

Actually, to do just that.

I do admire Al for being so enthusiastic about playing in New York, but let’s not forget Evil Al. Check out this from John Hollinger’s PER Diem list of the league’s biggest gunners (which also included Larry Hughes of course):

Just call him Seven Milliseconds or Less — Harrington is shooting off the catch unless there’s a darned good reason not to. Like if he’s on his own side of half court, for instance, or if he’s trapped under something heavy. Otherwise, it’s time to hit the boards.
 
While Harrington’s decent percentages make him one of the more innocuous gunners, his tunnel vision (7.8 assist ratio) is shocking. Only two players with a usage rate higher than 24 have a worse assist ratio, and those two (Amare Stoudemire and Chris Kaman) are interior players; Harrington is doing this from the perimeter.