Monday Red-Billed Queleas

Good afternoon! We'll get into pre-game stuff for Knicks-Celtics (created by Joe!) in a little while. First, we must link.

- Our friend UK Knick suggested today's bird. I don't usually take requests, but Mr. Knick taught me that red-billed qualeas are believed to be the planet's most abundant bird. They much pretty blanket Africa.

- Carmelo Anthony was Eastern Conference Player of the Week this past week. Cool week, Melo.

- Pretty cool story about how Jay Larranaga-- current Celtics assistant, former BayHawks head coach-- was one of the driving forces behind Chris Copeland getting a shot in the NBA.

- Been sitting for a couple days on this bit from Al Iannazzone about the Knicks arguing about the best linebackers ever after the win on Saturday. Which Knick asked about Deion Sanders?

- Speaking of football, I would not be opposed to Iman Shumpert having a comeback similar to Adrian Peterson's.

- Our friend Jared Dubin wrote up a lovely profile of the Knicks bench after the win over the Spurs.

- Did the NBA Power Rankings again this week. Ranked some stuff.

- I hadn't noticed it recently, but I read in two separate places today that Carmelo Anthony's turnover rate is significantly down this season. One of several cool things about the fine two months he's had.

- (Also from the "places" link, Rob Mahoney makes note of Amar'e Stoudemire's penchant for saying "phenomenal".)

- From a few days ago, this analysis of Amar'e's value (by certain metrics) over the years is worth a look.

- Sad Josh Harrellson lost his job. Sadder he's not allowed to come home to the Knicks until mid-July.

- Finally, SB Nation was kind enough to share some community numbers for 2012. Check 'em out:

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  bucketsncents                      37        

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  China  Joe                         27        

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  DangerZone                         13        

  the word                           12        

Most FanShots

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  wwert                              37        

  chrive                             27        

  eomede07                           13        

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  Simon Says Jets                    11        

  B.Rush                             8         

  Chairman Meow                      7         

  New Newb                           7         

  tkow                               6         

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  $100M Contract                     7510      

  GAx                                7055      

  lololol                            6177      

  Russ                               5198      

  BJabs                              5087      

  Lord Smackington                   5050      

  chrive                             4849      

  wwert                              4834      

Thanks for the contributions, friends. Enjoy the rest of the afternoon!