I'm curious as to what blog Peter Vecsey is referring to here - Dime perhaps?
New York Post Online Edition: sports
No wonder more and more people don't believe what they read in the sports pages.In the last few days, multiple media outlets have reported the Knicks have discussed or are discussing trades involving Malik Rose, Danny Fortson, Reggie Evans, Steve Francis, Kenyon Martin, Earl Watson, Theo Ratliff, Ruben Patterson, Lamar Odom, Trevor Ariza, Nate Robinson, Davis Lee, Clyde Lee and Butch Lee.
The bulk of the info is completely bogus, the remainder practically prehistoric.
Before commencing the debunking, it's imperative to get one thing seamlessly straight so you can refer back to it the next time a newspaper, or a clueless, talking headache, or a four-letter Internet outlaw — infamous for routinely rustling any and all material, inaccurate or otherwise, and branding it as its own — claims it has inside info about a Knick trade:
Isiah Thomas has one exceptionally coveted asset, Channing Frye, a major asset in Eddy Curry that very few teams, if any, would take a chance on because of his uninsured heart, and an alluring asset in David Lee.
Vecsey may not always have a direct line on the truth, but I always enjoy his beat-downs, especially televised ones. Last week, NBA-TV paired him with some talking-head pretty boy, new to me, and Vecsey could barely disguise his disdain. Funny stuff.
...In other words, the Sonics and Knicks have very little to talk about and, consequently, despite what has been written, have talked very little.For argument sake, let's say the two teams are close to some kind of an arrangement. How emotionally rescued should Knick fans feel? A 14-37 subterranean squad after last night's loss in Dallas, losers of 10 in a row and 16 of 17 doing business with a 20-31 outfit of misfits, losers in five of their last six.
Yeah, that ought to turn around both teams.
So, this is what we've degenerated into; cartoonists enrage us with their insensitivity toward religious icons, sports writers enrage us just being religiously ignorant.
I'll admit that I've watched, with glee, many of the Knicks games this year, rooting for whomever they play against. I think it was nigh time for Larry Brown to get his comeuppance. James Dolan too, especially since Marv Albert got fired for having the temerity to notice how terrible the Knicks were. Breen and Clyde wouldn't have much to say during the broadcasts if they didn't notice the ineptness of the Knicks.
