i loved the Knicks victory. After 53 years scine Red Holtsman teams sat atop the mountain, Mike Bronn joined him. Jalen Brunson, the fire plug point gurard will join Walt Frazier as one of the Knicks two best guards ever. And, what can I say about the excellent and consistent performance of OG Annoby? It's you and Dave Debushere. The '26 Knicks will still have to wind one more championship to tie the '70d Knicks teams of Willis Reed and Bill Bradly and Earl the Pear, and Dr. Dick Barnett.
Then came the '26 draft, a favorite TV performance of ming, loving the whole family experience and fan excitingment as the future NBA players are chosen, one, two, three, and in this year's draft, four, As Caleb ____could easily have been in the top three picks. I have no quarell that the Wiz selected AJ Dybansa numero uno, but I would have selected Cam Boozer if it had been up to me. Cam Boozer is instant help, no breakning in period, not much learning curve for the big stretch two way four. Skip to my two teams, Warriors first. Hurrah for their choice of Yaxel Longenberg, another player like Boozer who'll step right in and help from the get go at the stretch four position. Warriors got a break, and this time didn't get suduced by young age upside nonesense. Yaxel, at 23, is a grown man.
What to say about the Kings, Sacramento's team. It's the city in which I live, so I support, but it's tough to suport them when they've made so many bad decisions. Not since _______teams have the Kings been able to put together much in the way of a sustained competive season. Coach Mike Brown's first season, then they fire Mile Brown. Go figure. It serves owner Vivak Ranadive right that he had to watch Coach Mike lift the O'brian Trophy over his head. At draft choice 6, the Kings selected Akuff, one hell of a shooter, I've heard. But my research of him is that he has real fifficulty playing defense. I mean huge negative stats. So, will this work for the Kings?
Antetocoupo Trade: The Heat and the Buucks worked out a deat that make sense for both teams. Heat get the Greek super star and Bobby Portis, one of my favorite uder the radar plaers. The Bucks get Ware with lots of upside in the middle, Hero and _____ and a bunch of draft choices. I'm not as certain the Antetcoumpo is qutie a game chnnger that Pat Riely believes. First, comes health. He's had injuries these last two years. Second, I think teams have figured out better ways to guard that slash down the paint that makee Antetecoupo so feared. No, he can't really be stopped at full speed, but if can get him to miss a few more shot, you've created an advantage. And I'm not sure about the Abedayo fit. But we'll see.
Randle goes to the Nets and Claxton goes to the Timberwolves. Shaz Reed goes the the Hornets, Lonzo Ball goes to the TWolves. Are we having fun yet? I say, super move for the Hornets. Decent shore-up at the post for the TWolves. But, they overpaid Dosumo, a guard, and now must deal with a heafty Ball contract. They'll miss the hell out of Shaz, another one of my favorite sort of under the radar players. The Wolves have lost two of their best stretch 4s. They need to do something there. Meanwhile the Hornets, with the addition of Reed have really helped themselves.
Isaihh Joe to th Piston for Stewart makes sense for both teams. Joe can shoot threes of the bounce. So now they have Robinson and Joe to spred the court.
Thinking of Wembanyama, here's a haiku about the young giant.
Think of a giraffe
How long-egged and long neck it lopes
To the basket
