Friday, June 26, 2009
Knicks Punk'd You!
In what could only be an early April Fool's joke or a possible prank from Punk'd, the New York Knicks traded Quentin "Roundface" Richardson to the Grizzlies for Darko Milicic. Despite being a non-playing member of the under-20 Championships team, Darko's stock rose when, at age 16, he joined Yugoslavia's top club team and proceeded to put up quite earthly numbers against middle-aged men and 7 year old boys. His competition most likely resembled the crowd at my local Turkish family-style restaurant. Drafted as the number 2 pick in the 2003 NBA ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, Shaq, Michael Jordan, the 1st round pick in the 2004 thru 2009 drafts and you, he has so far not lived up to expectations. All that is reckoned to change under Mike D'Antoni's "pretend you're European" offense, which either makes this a shrewd move by Donnie Walsh, or he really is a mole man like I suspected and living underground since 2002, when Milicic was an intriguing prospect. Oh Knicks, you got me again!
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The Knicks MUST get Ricky Rubio! Rubio and Darko! They can go to Jonas Brothers concerts together and pick up 14 year old girls.
Also, don't blame Darko for not being any good. They have totally different rules in Eastern European basketball.
1. Dribbling is optional
2. Everyone gets a 15 minute time out in the third quarter to get their tips re-frosted
3. No Gatorade. Only wine.
4. They use the metric scoring system, where 3 pointers are worth 5 points and hitting the backboard is just as good as putting it in the basket.
5. Win or lose, everyone goes out for Pizza Hut after the game.
The Pistons knew what they were getting. They have no regrets, I assure you.
Damn, I can't believe I forgot about the metric system. I always blame the metric system for everything, including how numbers in Europe are different. Like the #6 bus is actually written 2378AHGb**6. Or something.
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