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"Isiah Thomas has just signed Gus Johnson to a 4 album, 8 million dollar deal"

When we first came across this clip of Gus Johnson showing off his vocal stylings, we closed our eyes and could have sworn it was Carlton Banks letting rip. But once we opened them and realized it wasn’t a lip synching performance, we were taken back by the high octaves he could reach. Surely, somewhere there was a dog howling and an American Idol judge making a comment about his singing being just a bit too pitchy (dawg).

We thought those notes were reserved for Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera, but it’s amazing how the body will react to watching the Knicks play. For us, it results in dry heaves and cold sweats, but to each is own.

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[EBSports.com]: Gus Johnson to star on American Idol

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Where Isiah happens

This year, the NBA is where a whole lot of stuff happens. It’s where 22-game winning streaks happen and where 52-point blowouts happen. It’s where Miami collapses happen and also where referee scandals happen. But perhaps most infamously, it’s where Isiah Thomas happens.

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You better be able to move like a cat if you wanna rob Eddy Curry’s crib


Eddy Curry was robbed at gunpoint in his Chicago home back in July and he hasn’t been back yet. However, with the Knicks paying a visit to the Windy City for a game against his former squad, Curry has decided to revisit the scene of the scary crime.

It’s not too often that you see a 6-11, 285-pounder with more tattoos than a lifer in the penitentiary tuck tail and run, but nobody is blaming Curry for doing exactly that. Immediately following the holdup, Curry moved everything out of the house with no plans of every returning. But in the months following, his stance has softened and he now plans to keep the house and even has plans to move his family back into the home during the upcoming offseason. Of course, it’s not going to be the exact same home as before.

Curry plans a massive security overhaul when his family moves their stuff back in this offseason.

“We’ll be better prepared with safe rooms, alarms, spotlights,” said Curry, the Chicago native who spent the rest of the offseason in New York. “We’ll go over the top with the security.”

Curry was robbed of money and jewels. Though two perpetrators were arrested, Curry said, “I haven’t got any of my stuff back.” Curry said Burr Ridge is a ritzy neighborhood.

“Not a house over there under $5 million,” Curry said.

Now, we don’t know a whole lot about home security, but if you’ve ever seen Entrapment then we’re guessing his system is going to be somewhere along those lines.

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[NYPost.com]: Curry Plans To Revisit Scene of `Nightmare’

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Sing along as Isiah Thomas is loathed in song

Humongous props to Ryan Parker Songs for putting together this awesome ditty about Isiah Thomas’ ineptitude. If you ask us, this song has everything necessary to become the next big sensation to sweep the nation, taking over radio stations from coast to coast. Now, we’re no music critics, but we have to admit we have an ear for these types of things. After all, we were listening to “Who Let The Dogs Out?” and “Mambo No. 5” for months before they became favorites in the hearts of all Americans. So, without further ado, we give to you “The Isiah Thomas 25 Year Rebuilding Plan”:

I used to think Isiah was just lazy,
Or just a guy who’s had some rotten luck,
But now it’s clear he’s clinically crazy,
So I can say it’s obvious he sucks,

Cause he says the Knicks are going to win a title,
And he’s going to leave a lasting legacy,
But he’s missing some components that are vital,
Like players who will play for more than me,

Isiah must be suffering from some form of dyslexia,
That’s causing him to read the scoreboard wrong,
He must think New York is winning while they’re always getting crushed,
And his championship plan is going strong,
Spike Lee and Chris Rock can afford to waste their money,
But what about the average New York fan,
Everybody but James Dolan seems to think it isn’t funny,
While they’re watching the Isiah Thomas 25 year rebuilding plan,

Isiah says he wants to leave a blueprint,
To show teams in the future how to play,
But one day our kids will ask us where the Knicks went,
And we’ll say Isiah took the team away,

Now I won’t question who is on the court or starting,
Cause I’m quite sure I’ve already said enough,
To merit an ejection from the Garden,
Where free speech is all that’s getting stuffed,

Isiah must be suffering from some form of dyslexia,
That’s causing him to read the scoreboard wrong,
He must think New York is winning while they’re always getting crushed,
And his championship plan is going strong,
Spike Lee and Chris Rock can afford to waste their money,
But what about the average New York fan,
Everybody but James Dolan seems to think it isn’t funny,
While they’re watching the Isiah Thomas 25 year rebuilding plan …

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[Ryan Parker Songs]: The Isiah Thomas 25 Year Rebuilding Plan

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Around the Rim: Somebody must pay with their head!



One of these people just doesn’t
belong here.

1. 45-point blowout!?
Does the NBA need to start investigating players for being involved with fixing games? Sounds stupid, but how else do you explain a 45-point victory? Well, coach? Explain your team’s performance.

I don’t know where this game came from. I thought we played extremely selfish tonight … Definitely didn’t see this type of game coming after the last two games we played. This was just not a good night.

Not a good night? Try the third-worst beating in the storied franchise’s history and the second-lowest offensive production since the shot-clock went into effect! Oh, and if Nate Robinson didn’t get lucky and nail a half court, desperation heave at the end of regulation to make the score 104-59 then it would have been the lowest output EVER. That a getting-caned kinda night, Zeke.

2. 45-point swing

The Lakers fell down by 17 points early to the Denver Nuggets, but by the time the final buzzer sounded, Kobe Bryant was chillin’ on the bench and the Lakers had a 28-point victory, 127-99. Bryant had 24 points and Andrew Bynum had a nice double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Even Sasha Vujacic got into the act and scored 22 off the bench. But the real news out of Los Angeles has to do with the Zen Master signing on for another two years of drama, which begs the question: Does this move effect whether Kobe is in or out of L.A.? $24 million says Phil Jackson really doesn’t care.

3. Back to their old Mavericks-beating form
After starting the season off by dropping their first six games, the Warriors coasted to an 8-7 record by beating the Rockets 113-94. Since Stephen Jackson returned from his suspension, Golden State is 7-1. And while some of those wins are coming against creampuffs, they have quality Ws over Toronto, Phoenix and now Houston. Al Harrington deserves an expensive steak dinner from his coach after manning up big time against Yao Ming on Thursday. Harrington (6-9, 245) limited Ming (7-6, 310) to 4-of-12 shooting for 10 points and seven rebounds while scoring 18 points on the offensive end.

Thursday’s Player of the Day: Baron Davis vs. Houston 40 min, 27 pts (FG: 9-14, 3FG: 1-3, FT: 8-11), 5 reb, 8 ast, 5 stl

Friday’s Game to Watch: Orlando (14-3) @ Phoenix (11-4)
Remember the good old days when you anticipated big-man match-ups like Charles Barkley vs. Karl Malone or Hakeem Olajuwon vs. David Robinson? Well, in 10 or 20 years, you might be reminiscing in the same way about Amare Stoudemire vs. Dwight Howard. These are two of the most blinding young stars working the post today and both of their teams are continually improving. Unfortunately, since these two studs are running in different conferences, this individual battle doesn’t come along all that often. In fact, the only way this becomes a truly intense 1-on-1 rivalry is for the Suns and Magic to square off in the Finals. Fortunately, that’s not an impossibility.

Buzzer Beater: Nicknames are some of the coolest things in the world. The great ones just naturally fit with the person and no explanation is needed, like “Magic.” Then you’ve got nicknames that just seem uncreative and forced, like “Youngrich.”

Nuggets guard J.R. Smith is nicknamed “Youngrich.” It’s even written on his shoes. So why the nickname? “Because I’m young and I’m rich,” the New Jersey native said.

What? Was “Denvernugget” taken by a teammate already?

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Stephon Marbury starts flopping like a fish outta water


Apparently Stephon Marbury is somewhat tapped into reality because after having a few days to soak up all of America’s outrage and hate towards him, he’s rethought his comments about Michael Vick’s situation and is currently in damage control mode.

What Michael Vick did was wrong, and he has admitted his guilt,” Marbury said in a statement released by the Knicks to New York newspapers. “He should be punished. However, he should be given a second chance, as others have received for more serious crimes.

And as far as his statements about how “we don’t say anything about people who shoot deer or shoot other animals,” well, he’s backing away from that bomb as well.

There is no list for which animals should be killed and which shouldn’t. I love animals and none of them should be harmed However, we don’t react the same when other animals are being killed for sport or the sake of human pleasure.

We’ve said it before and we’re certain that we’ll be saying it again, but everyone is getting pretty damn sick of athletes (and coaches, that means you Billy Donovan) like Marbury, Kobe Bryant and Clinton Portis making outlandish statements and then expecting that the world is completely gullible when they recant and brush some dirt over their mess. It’s not that hard guys, first you think about the matter at hand, you form an opinion and THEN you speak with the media and intelligently defend your point of view.

Look, if Marbury truly believes that dogfighting is a sport (as outlandish and ridiculous as that concept is) then he should probably just keep it to himself. But he told the world and that’s fine because, after all, we are allowed to think whatever we want in this country. Just don’t expect everyone to forget about your “shoot from the hip” comments because your publicist constructed a phony apology and gave you a sound byte for the media.

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[MSN.FoxSports.com]: Report: Marbury backs off Vick comments

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Stephon Marbury just can’t shut up


So, we were sitting there watching SportsCenter as they ran a package of reactions from the sports world on the Michael Vick guilty plea when suddenly Stephon Marbury popped up on the screen. Immediately our ears perked up and we inched to the edge of our seats to make sure we were ready for the next Marbury verbal A-Bomb to be dropped. We weren’t disappointed.

We don’t say anything about people shooting deers and shooting other animals, you know what I mean?” Marbury said in an interview that was aired by Capital 9 News in Albany. “From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors and I think it’s tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down … I think he fell into a bad situation.

Marbury has become a walking, talking punch line and it’s getting really hard to determine if this is a gimmick or if he’s actually devolved into a complete idiot. Perhaps he’s been spending too much time around all the cheap glue used to slap his ugly shoes together or maybe he’s been throwing away his hard earned jack to the Clinton Portis School of Public Speaking. Either way, to casually refer to dogfighting as a “sport” is really pretty sick. Then again, this is the guy who told his gun toting cousin, Sebastian Telfair, to “be careful around Kevin McHale.” McHale might be a horrible GM, but nobody in Minnesota had to wear Kevlar vests before Sea Bass came to town.

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[NewsDay.com]: Marbury defends Vick calling him a “good human being”

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Stephon Marbury opens his yapper again


Kevin Garnett getting dealt to the Boston Celtics is the biggest trade, both literally (7-for-1 deal) and figuratively, to go down in a long, long time. And most people tend to believe that the deal is a positive for everyone involved, including the Eastern Conference and NBA as a whole. Well, everyone except for Stephon Marbury of course.

Marbury recently opened his mouth and, as usual, a whole bunch of smack talk came gushing out of his pie-hole; mostly dogging Minnesota GM Kevin McHale. Apparently, Starbury has unpleasant memories of McHale and he’s not too happy that his equally mentally unstable cousin, Sebastian Telfair, ended up with the Timberwolves as a result of the blockbuster trade.

When I do speak to (Sebastian) I’ll wish him good luck and tell him to be careful around Kevin McHale,” Marbury said.

“As far as my little cousin, I wish him all the best because he’s got to deal with Kevin McHale,” Marbury said. “I wouldn’t want to play for Kevin McHale. When I left, all of a sudden I became a bad person from his standpoint. I became selfish and jealous of Kevin.

We really can’t blame Marbury for not liking McHale; after all, he is possibly the worst GM in the history of GMs, but we don’t see where he’s coming from when he starts blabbering about how his Knicks have a leg up on the new look Celtics. Yeah, ok.

On paper, they’re a really good team with guys who can really play, but they still have to get on the court and do it,” Marbury said. “Chemistry is everything. We look good on paper, too, and we have a year under our belts.

“I’m not thinking about Boston,” Marbury added. “I’m only thinking about the New York Knicks. Our new nickname is nice and nasty. That’s how we’re coming.

“Nice and nasty”???? Considering the rap sheets and erratic behavior of the Knicks club, we think that “drunk and high” is a much more appropriate moniker.

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[NYPost.com]: Steph says don’t fear KG, Celts

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Stephon Marbury is planning on taking the Italian basketball world by storm



Hey, Italy, he’s all yours!

If you’ve been keeping up with the life and times of Stephon Marbury then you know that he’s been seemingly going insane of late. Maybe it’s from an overexposure to cheap sneaker materials or maybe it’s a crack addiction, but something is causing Starbury to say some pretty strange things. The latest head scratcher came when Marbury told the New York Post that when his contract with the Knicks expires in two years, he was going to leave the NBA and play in Italy!

I’m not just thinking of doing it, I’m going to do it,” Marbury vowed yesterday. “My wife loved it there. It’s like a [David] Beckham thing.

Oh, but the insanity doesn’t stop there for Steph; he really went nuts when asked if he’d be able to bring a championship to NY before heading overseas.

We’re on the verge right now in my mind.

In reality, we all know that the Knicks need a lot more than Zach Randolph to become a title contender, but we believe Marbury when he says they’re on the verge. After all, he did qualify the statement by saying that it was “in my mind” and we all know that his mind can be an odd, odd wonderland.

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[NYPost.com]: Marbury Shocker: I’ll Play In Italy

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Stephon Marbury makes no sense

This is a train wreck of a television interview with Stephon Marbury where he seems like he might be drunk or high.  At around the 8 minute mark, his phone rings and he says, “I’m sorry about that… that was my better ho.”