Last week’s winner was Brendan Hoover, who correctly identified The Bernucca List as “active second-round picks who have made an All-Star team.” Brendan answered correctly within 10 minutes of the post in the middle of a weekday morning, which makes one wonder what his PER is at his job. That can be explored at another time. We have a new list below, which has three common denominators. First entirely correct answer gets a mention next week. You can answer
In our Trade Spin, it doesn’t matter which NBA team wins or loses a deal, it’s about taking advantage either way in your league(s). The usual format, with info and opinions on each game before (and after) they are played, is on hold for a couple of days. Klay Thompson is already on fire as the new SG for the Warriors, with three triples and 26 points in over 40 minutes last night. Monta Ellis should maintain his fantasy value with
And now, in the act Knicks fans have waited all season for…. Phil Jackson to the rescue! Imagine that, another Knick dream, shot to hell. It’s not happening. Friends say Jackson is still happy as a clam in retirement, living on the water in Playa Del Rey, about to undergo knee surgery, in a continuing effort to put his body back together and do things like bicycle though Europe. The Knicks are nowhere in his thoughts, at present. Since he does have a New York thing,
NEW YORK — Just a few short hours after Carmelo Anthony publicly denied having requested a trade, news broke Wednesday afternoon that Mike D’Antoni has resigned as the head coach of the New York Knicks. After being denied a contract extension by Knicks owner James Dolan last offseason, this news should not come as a surprise. D’Antoni was hired in May 2008 by then team president and general manager Donnie Walsh. He came to New York with the hopes of luring LeBron
Carmelo Anthony got his wish. Make no mistake, this was a case of the player prevailing over the coach as Mike D’Antoni “resigned” today in a mutual decision made with owner Jim Dolan, according to the breaking news story by Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, who scooped everyone. But there clearly had been a developing conflict between Anthony and D’Antoni over offensive philosophy, and Dolan had to choose sides with the team on a six-game losing streak heading into tonight’s game against
The Bulls and the Knicks have something in common: They’ve both won a lot of games when the stars of their teams were out with injuries. The difference? Chicago kept winning when Derrick Rose came back while New York unraveled when Carmelo Anthony returned. The New York Knicks (18-23) look to find answers to snap a five-game losing streak against the league-best Chicago Bulls (34-9) in Monday night’s best game. The teams met back on February 2 — two games before the beginning
Unless you caught the second-game of the day-night doubleheader at the Staples Center, you might not be aware that a second masked man is playing there, a masked man named Chris Paul whose Los Angeles Clippers just dropped into second place in the Pacific Division. Yes, Paul, Blake Griffin and Lob City are no longer perched atop Tinseltown. First place in the division is now back in the hands of Kobe Bryant, the guy who called the game-clinching play in the huddle Sunday
This is all on Carmelo Anthony. Enough excuses have been made for a so-called superstar whose one-dimensional game arrived in New York over a year ago. There has been an initial acclimation period, an abbreviated training camp, a hole at point guard, an injury and another acclimation period due to a revamped roster. In and of themselves, those excuses had some legitimacy when they arose. But there has been one consistent thread through Anthony’s tenure with the New York Knicks: When he