New Year's Resolutions,New Year's Resolutions
their entire NBA existence. In fact, this trade may prove to be the single most important move the franchise ever made, if you consider the importance of a franchise’s perceived value when attempting to get a new arena built. It’s no coincidence that the new Beasts of the East and their proposed stadium deal in Newark have been getting so much ink of late (nor is their threat to move out of New Jersey and back to New York City to be taken lightly by the powers that be). Although Jason Kidd is older and arguably less talented than Stephon Marbury, he is a leader and he plays with intelligence and maturity. He makes every one of his teammates better. Perhaps now, players won’t cry when, for whatever reason, they end up in the Swamp.
4. To watch more Nets Games, part 2 Not that I’m a fair weather fan but I feel at least half as sick-and-tired of the Knicks as ex-Coach Jeff Van Gundy must have. I’ve got a hundred bucks that says the next time we see JVG in public, he looks more like George Hamilton than the ghastly version of Mr. Magoo we’re all used to. I am officially swearing off the Knicks – at least until they’re under the salary cap again, somewhere around 2004. Before I sign off on the Knicks, I do want to say that watching the Miami Heat tank this year has been especially rewarding. The Other Side is humbling as hell, isn't it Riles?
5. To order more icepacks for all of Boxing’s black eyes You’ve got the Harlem Hammer in the slammer for a post-fight cheap shot he threw on a “Night of Thanksgiving” in front of 500 NYPD and NYFD. Then there’s the blood of Beethaven Scottland on the Commission’s hands after a fight aboard the Intrepid. Don’t forget Zab Judah and Bernard Hopkins disrespecting a referee and Puerto Rico respectively. And, of course, Mike Tyson wants to eat all of your unborn children.
6. To try out for the Rolando Paulino All-stars Eligibility shmeligibility. It took a couple of near-perfect games and several strikeouts on the national stage for the Press to start digging for dirt on 14 I-mean-12-year-old Danny Almonte. I should have known when he agreed to be interviewed only after both McGuyver and Murder She Wrote had ended. Now if only I could throw a curve as nasty as Danny’s…
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