Just one day after aquiring the most highly sought after free agent Quentin Richardson, the Knickerbockers stunned the world and signed.....yes you heard it, The Earl Barron. The Knicks are now going into the playoffs as the clear favorite to come out of the Eastern Conference. Some criticize the Knicks for assembling too many stars as Magic Johnson and Charles " I clearly know nothing about College Basketball" Barkley would say "we'd never do that".
Miami fans seem to be the most pissed and the consensus is that they discovered the "sign the world" method before them. James Dolan was asked to comment and refused. When i told him I was The Zombie Boeheim from The Syracuse Basketball Nation, he quickly let me break the story. His response: "We are trying to do something special here in NY, and it starts with signing our own big 3, Carmelo, Quintin Richardson, and now Earl Barron".
Rasheed Wallace, who announced his retirement earlier today, was shocked at the signing. SBN caught up with Sheed for an interview but every question we asked him he just replied "Ball Don't Lie" over and over. He was rushing to his limo while I snuck in a rather touchy question about the mysterious gray spot on the back of his head. Sheed stopped and looked as if he was gonna kill me. I proceded to give him a technical foul, and his response "Ball don't lie".
Who knows where Amare Stoudamire will land in the rotation, if at all. With a dominate Big Man like Barron its hard to find the minutes. Its rumored Amare has fired his agent and hired Jay Z. Talks between Dolan and Jay Z could spell trouble for Knicks coach Mike Woodson, as Jay Z is trying to persuade Dolan into trading Woodson to LA for the rights to Mike Dantoni. Doing so would clearly make Amare the most important player on the Knicks.
The only thing holding up the deal is Kupcheck. He would love Woodson, but Dantoni said he won't go anywhere without Steve Nash, and with Nash's no trade clause I doubt he will want to share minutes with Jason Kidd. However, you might get more shots up playing on the Knicks bench than a starter on the Lakers not named Kobe. In the works is a device that will allow Bryant to play thru his achilles injury. Kobe doesn't want to ruin his 40 shot a night streak.
Its the only thing that beats out Cal Ripkins consecutive game streak and Favre's consecutive starts streak. None the less, tally this years champions to the Knicks. James Dolan, you're the man. #KnicksNation let me here you!!!!!!
Earl Barron's Career NBA stats (7 years):
4.9 PPG
3.6 RPG
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