It’s been such a long time! I’ve got another edition of Playbook Pilfering for everyone, although I feel obligated to give a disclaimer: I have not pilfered this play, in the traditional sense of the word, for it is from Mike D’Antoni’s playbook! I was watching the first half of the Knicks-Grizz game last night and the end of the first quarter featured a play that tickled me to the point of physical reaction. The play, which prominently features Wilson Chandler, David Lee and, to a lesser extent, Eddie House, is the first and only time I’ve ever seen a player post his defender by sealing him in front 20 feet from the basket. This is difficult to describe, but imagine a player fronting another player in the post for ball-denial, then getting burned. Now take that situation, move it out 15 feet, make the posting player a small-forward, and you have what I like to call the "Streaking Wilson Pause."

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Well, that was really something.

What’s up guys, haven’t posted any PPs for awhile because of the whole trade deadline ruckus; I wanted to wait until the smoke cleared a little before I started posting silly shit about things that hardly matter (basketball games). But the deadline has come and gone, and I’m back on my grizzy, so let’s analyze the last two games!

What’s that you say? The Knicks only actually played one opponent in the past week? Well then, don’t mind if I only analyze one play from the two-game collective ungulate rape that was this past week.

Let’s get into it.

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Yo yo. Yomega.

I'm here to feed you guys part two of "Playbook Pilfering," so you'd better be hungry. For this edition, I scoured the Knicks most recent travesty of a dingleberry overtime loss to take a play out of Paul Westphal's book. Man, when I was looking through that book, I seen some shit! But what I found out will shock and amaze; it'll astound and compound everything you already assumed to be true. For the secret of all secrets, jump!

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Hey what’s up guys?
Starting now, I’ll be a new author for Posting & Toasting, which brings the grand total to two. I have been following both the Knicks and P&T since 1914 and consider myself fortunate for the opportunity to share my thoughts on everything from Knickerbockers to farts with all my fellow fanatics. A lot of you ladies are probably familiar with my writing style and mock analysis from my former nickname "solanumbrella," and I’ll continue the trend without fail, hopefully to everyone’s delight. I plan to write stuff up relatively frequently, so it’s up to you to let me know if you want any topics covered or if you have any suggestions for me. Like I said before, I’m pretty pumped for this opportunity and to have a forum for talking shit, and thanks in advance to everybody for reading.

A couple things about myself:
I am 20 years old and I currently attend The University of Scranton in Scranton, PA. I major in public relations and frequently dream of running the PR department for Madison Square Garden. I hate snow. My favorite sports teams are The Knicks, The Yankees and The Giants in that order. I watch and play entirely too much basketball, but I am far better at watching than I am at playing pause. I have a blog called Big Giant Orange; it sucks compared to this one. My favorite food is anything with a spicy sauce. I listen to a lot of different music, but my favorite is rap and hardcore, as well as any love song. My favorite current athlete is Renaldo Balkman, but the all-time honor goes to Lawrence Taylor. I desperately want the Knicks to get better and will throw a huge party when they do. You’re all invited.

Now, let’s get into it!

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