New York Knicker-Losers

 


  With the holidays here, there is the usual Christmas Day basketball games. The first game was the Knicks vs. the Wizards, and the Knicks(not shockingly) lost. That is what we are here to talk about. My first question is what the hell is happening in New York sports this year? It looks like the Yankees(to normal standards) and the Islanders are the only ones that are having decent seasons. The real question is who is having a worst season, the Jets or Knicks? You have to weigh the fact that football is a shorter season than basketball.

   If you look at all the stats, the Knicks are at the bottom or near the bottom of almost every category. They are the worst in defense, 3 point defense, and getting to the free throw line just to name a few things. The fact that they are considering shutting down Carmelo Anthony for the season shows their vulnerability. Yes I know he is hurting, but it shows the Knicks do not really have any hope for an already lost hope for their season.

    With a big free agency summer coming up, this season will showcase whether or not certain free agents want to come play for the Knicks. In 2015-2016 offseason, Marc Gasol and Rajon Rando are the 2 biggest free agents. In 2016, reigning MVP Kevin Durant is a free agent. Winning is really a key to many players choosing to sign with a certain team. With the exception of Kobe(who went with the money) and Melo(who went with money and Phil Jackson), we see it is like that with many players.

    The one good thing that will come out of this horrible season is that the Knicks will have a high  first round draft pick. They can take someone who has potential and build around him and Carmelo. Phil Jackson just said that better days are ahead in 2015, but what does he really mean? Does he know something that we do not? Only he really knows. Hopefully he is right. The Knicks, like the Jets, need to show that they can build a winner with the right pieces starting from the top.

    If all the top executives from each New York sports team met and discussed how to make New York sports relevant again, that would be great. Can you imagine Brian Cashman saying, "Let's bring Jeter and Yogi out of retirement?", or Jerry Reese saying, "Let's just play the Patriots and make believe it's the Super Bowl." Phil Jackson was a great coach, but is a rookie executive. He should certainly speak to his contemporaries and get some piece of advice.

Knocking on Beckham's Door

           

    Before we start of, I would just like to say that my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy this past week. Now back to business!! We all know that the New York Football Giants had one frustrating season this past season. Their defense was not great(even though it slightly improved). JPP was the highlight of the defense. They suffered a season ending injury to star wideout Victor Cruz against Philadelphia. The team, as a whole, did not click. The biggest positive that came out of this season for the G-Men was Odell Beckham, Jr. He is really knocking on heaven's door!

   The Giants had the 12th overall pick in last years draft. With all the offensive lines problems last year, a lot of us figured they would address that with the draft. Instead, the picked Beckham with that pick. They picked someone to take over for the departed Hakeem Nicks. At first, it was figured that he would  be, at best, a number 3 receiver behind Cruz and Ruben Randle. NFL experts knew he could be special, but did not know how special.

  Coming to camp, Beckham got injured. He missed preseason games and the first 4 games of the regular season. There was said to be some kind comments made by Tom Coughlin that being injured is not an excuse to not attempt to practice or play. Odell had to go and talk to him because he was frustrated he could not help the team.

   Once he got back on the field, he slowly started to progress with stardom. He made one of the best catches I've ever seen against Dallas a few weeks ago. He has 79 receptions in first 11 games of his career, which is the most in NFL history. While catching is 10th and 11th TD passes today, he set a franchise rookie record. He has also gone over 1000 receiving yards. There has been talk of possible tying Hall of Famer Michael Irvin's record of 9 straight 90 yard games next week.

   We see how much flash and potential he has in him. The fact the Beckham has been mentioned in the same breath as a hall of famer shows what the Giants knew they were doing. Even though there were some people thought it would be a miracle, Odel has the start of something special. He will become a top 3 wide receiver in the NFL in the next 2-3 years. Mark my Word!!!

Alex Rodri-DUMB

     Happy Belated Thanksgiving All!!! I hope you are all enjoyed your turkey, gravy, and stuffing! With that said, I am here with my(late) Holiday Special blog. As a New York Yankee fan, there is certainly a lot of things to be thankful for. The owners like to spend in order to contend, they have won 27 World Series, and the Yankees play in the greatest city in the world. There is one thing that I am not thankful for and that is Alex Rodriguez. We all know that how he was suspended for the season, but he lied about everything.

    There is a two part question I really have:A) How dumb is Alex Rodriguez? and B) How dumb does Alex Rodriguez think we are? Honestly, these are two really valid questions that all Yankees fans and personnel should be thinking. As everyone knows, A-Rod was suspended for the full season last year. His original suspension was for 211 games, but got it reduced to 162 games. None the less, through the whole appeals process he kept denying how he had any involvement with everything in BioGenesis.

     Alex did not want to go on the stand, instead he insisted that Bud Selig("a key witness") should have testified. Is it because he knew if he lied to a judge he'll be brought up on more charges? It does not seem as if A-Rod actually thought any of this through. On top of everything, he decided to sue the Yankees medical staff and the Players Union. What good would suing any of this groups do for him? It shows that he was trying to cause a distraction for the trial. He was not playing smart at all.
 
   It recently came out that he "paid off" his cousin Yuri to keep quiet for him. After that happened, Yuri's wife, Carmen, came out with a letter denying that Alex ever gave them money to keep quiet with everything. What people do for money sometimes, I usually would not believe her, but after everything A-Rod did, I don't believe him at all. If you already lied about so many other things, how can you just come out and say you paid people off. As much bad as someone like Anthony Bosch did, I believed his 60 minutes story more than I ever believed Alex.

   He smartly stayed out of the public for most of this past baseball season. If he does well in 2015, a lot of the fans will "forget" what happened with everything. Personally, I will never forget, nor will I forgive. Let's just hope this distraction does not distract the Yankees this year. As long as he is getting paid by the Yankees, I do want him to help the team, but by no means is he Derek Jeter.