The 2012 Dallas Cowboys will have $12.6 million in Salary Cap room. This cap figure does not take into account the fact that the team can create additional salary cap relief, thus increasing their cap room up to roughly $20 or so million. By increasing their cap room, the Cowboys front office would have the flexibility needed to re-sign two of their own unrestricted free agents, as well as sign a few impact players available in the market, and sign their rookies.

After the jump, I will discuss the current salary cap dilemma and how the Cowboys front office should be able work with the salary cap in order to sign players via free agency.

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Since the season ended unceremoniously to the New York Giants back on New Year's Day, it's been reasonably expected that once the front office and coaching staff begins to evaluate the depth chart for the 2012 season, Doug Free and Tyron Smith will switch positions. During the past month, I've read comments every now and then suggesting Jerry and Stephen Jones overpaid Doug Free last summer. Without knowing the salaries for the rest of the starting left tackles, this is more of an assumption. In actuality, his contract is both reasonable in dollar amount and in length. His contract placed him in the middle of the pack for starting left tackles in 2011.

After the jump, we'll have a look at the salaries, most of which came from rotoworld.

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On Monday morning, one of the front page writers of Mocking The Draft published a six round mock draft. He had the Cowboys taking the following players: Janoris Jenkins (CB), Kelechi Osemele (G), Phillip Blake (C), Kendall Reyes (DE), Eddy Whitley (S), and Tanner Brock (ILB). It was a nice effort, however, better players were left on the table each time he had the Dallas Cowboys making their selection.

Blogging The Boys own front page writer, One.Cool.Customer, aka OCC saw the mock draft, and put his spin on it. His method was simple, "[w]hat I like to do when I browse through these mocks is to look at which player I would have chosen for the Cowboys instead of the player proposed in the original mock...[and]...the player I choose instead of the pick proposed by MTD must be ranked lower in their mock draft than where the Cowboys are picking." If you haven't read his article detailing his alternate selections, click on the link provided. After the jump, I'm going to take my shot at a six round mock draft following OCC's guideline, and using CBS's current prospect rankings to measure the value.

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On Tuesday at the Senior Bowl, Jerry Jones took a 10-15 minute respite from watching the action on the field with his scouts and coaches. He stopped by NFL Network's make shift set to chat with host Paul Bermeister, as well as analysts Charles Davis and Mike Mayock.

Among the topics they discussed: the evaluation of 2011 rookies DeMarco Murray and Bruce Carter; how the Cowboys organization goes about evaluating players; Jerry's opinion of Eli Manning. Below, I will discuss in detail each of these topics.

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Early Sunday morning, O.C.C published a front-page post about Jason Garrett's comments to the media, during the draft, about drafting the "right kind of guys, and finishing plays." After reading that post, I decided to make a long comment which was my interpretation of the message the current Head Coach was sending to his team, as a group, and to certain individual players. I'd like to thank everyone who rec'd my comment, and I've decided to follow the suggestion to make my comment a fan post. This way, people who previously didn't get a chance to read what I wrote can do so here.

After the jump, you'll see my comment in it's entirety.

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I was reading the Knicks message board over at realgm.com. Someone put up a poll asking if Melo's debut was their greatest night as a Knicks fan. 76% voted No. I too voted No.

My reason for voting no was simple, I became a Knicks fan during the 1992-1993 season. And so,the greatest night as a Knicks fan hasn't happened yet. I haven't seen them win a title in my lifetime. After the jump, I'll share with you a trip down memory lane, which is list of nights where I was proud to be a Knicks fan, a list which I shared at the other forum, but wanted to share with you guys at Poastin and Toasting.

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Jason Garrett and the underachieving 2010 Dallas Cowboys will be putting the past eight weeks of futility behind them while going forward and  focusing on being great day in and day out each and every day. Their aim is to stack each great day on top of the previous ones so the team can ultimately see their efforts translate into improved play during the second half of the season. Regardless of the result, the roster of the 2010 Dallas Cowboys will not return 20/22 starters in 2011 like they did between 2009 and this season. The offensive line, the front seven, and the secondary need an extreme makeover.

After the jump I will share my thoughts on who this team should pursue in free agency as well as providing you with some of my preferred draft choices for the first and second round.

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Well folks, Sunday's game just about sucked. Boy am I glad I was unable to watch the game live. However, I did have updates of the game on my phone through out the morning; additionally, my friend Mike, who get this, covers the 49ers and is a die hard Eagles fan kept updating me his enthusiasm for what transpired at Jerry World. I had to hear it from every non-Cowboys fan I ran into on Sunday, making jokes about Roy Williams' comments regarding Kitna being just as good as Romo since they both have a propensity for turning the ball over. Hilarious, I say.

Despite the fact I had to watch the game late Sunday night after already knowing what happened, I sucked it up and watched that game in it's entirety. After the jump, I'll tell you my random thoughts regarding this game.

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Click here if you want a detailed read up on the 2010 NFL Draft Prospects. The link is to NFP (National Football Post), the have scouting reports for practically every player drafted or signed; as well as assigning grades to those players.

Click here if you want to see an explanation of their grading system; on a scale from 4.0 (Undraftable)-8.0 (Instantly the best player at his position in the NFL). The highest grade given out this year was 7.5

Here are NFP's grade for our 2010 Rookies

1) Dez Bryant: Listed as the top wide receiver in this year's draft. Grade: 7.0, this means he is projected to start his in the first game he plays since he has the physical attributes to create mismatches vs most opponents and thus become a featured player. 

2) Sean Lee: Listed as the 3rd best inside linebacker in this year's draft. Grade: 6.2, this means that despite the fact he has one deficient area of his physical attributes that he can never overcome, he has still been enough of a productive player with the potential to become a starter at his position. In Lee's case, I think he was given a 6.2 only because of concerns about his knee injury from 2008.

3) Akwasi Owusu-Ansah: Listed as the 10th best CB prospect in this year's draft. Grade: 6.1, this means he is a clean prospect who will need time and developement in order to contribute; physically, this player has all the tools to be an NFL starter, but has yet to develope them due to level of competition (in AOA's case). They project him to be a starter at either safety or corner.

4) Sam Young: Listed as the 19th best O-Tackle prospect in this year's draft. Grade: 5.7, this means he fits the category of a backup caliber prospect. A player with this grade is viewed as nothing more than a backup player with "spot' contribution due to physical deficiencies that cannot be overcome, but still taking into consideration that they were productive.

5) Jamar Wall: Listed as the 50th best CB prospect in this year's draft. Grade: 5.5, this means he's viewed as a free agent type player who brings athletic ability, character, and competitiveness.

6) Sean Lissenmore: Listed as the 26th best DT prospect in this year's draft. Grade: 5.6, this means he's viewed as a free agent type player who brings speed, character, and competitiveness. They have no information on him other than the grade he was assigned because he wasn't heavily scouted.

7) Matt Nichols: Listed as the 26th best QB prospect. Grade: 5.5 (see Jamar Wall).

8) Alfonso Greer was not scouted by NFP.

9) Terrell Hudgins: Listed as the 63rd best WR prospect. Grade: 5.4,  Free agent with size, character, and competitiveness. They have no scouting report on him.

10) Verran Tucker: Listed as the 37th best WR prospect. Grade: 5.6 (See Sean Lissenmore). The scouting report they have on him is as follows: Struggles to consistently catch the ball; Is not physical and can be knocked around and battered by any kind of bump off the line; has some intriguing upside, as he gets up to speed quickly and eats up the cushion well off the line, gets on top of corners quickly, has straighline speed to threaten the field vertically, does a nice job getting out of his breaks and exhibits balance as a route runner. Aside from his hands, concentration seems to be an issue as well.

11) Lonyae Miller: Listed as the 30th best RB prospect. Grade: 5.5 (See Jamar Wall). Essentially the scouting report views him as a 3rd running back on the depth chart AT BEST.

12) Will Barker: LISTED AS THE 10TH BEST O-TACKLE PROSPECT. GRADE: 6.2 The reason he went under the radar is because a) he's a RT only prospect who b) happend to play for UVA which wasn't that great of an offense this past season. Here's the linkt to NFP's 2010 Draft Stock Watch. He's considered to be a starting RT.

13) Mike Tepper: Listed as the 16th best O-Tackle prospect. Grade: 5.8, to make a long story short, he's viewed as a backup for now, but the NFP scouting report thinks he can develop into a starting right tackle.

14) Chet Teofilo was not scouted by NFP.

15) Phil Costa: Listed as the 44th best Guard prospect. Grade: 5.1, a free agent with character and competitiveness. Translation, he's slightly better than a "CAMP BODY."

16) Nick Tow-Arnett: I couldn't find information on this guy.

17) Chris Gronkowski: Listed as the 10th best FB prospect. Grade: 5.4 to make a long story short, at best he's described as receiving full back who lacks strength, explosiveness, while possessing average first step.

18) Junior Aumavae: I found nothing on this guy.

19) Barry Church: Listed as the 28th best SS prospect. Grade: 5.4. Click on his name to read his profile. I can't put it nicely.

20)  Bryan McCann: Listed as the 31st best CB prospect. Grade: 5.7 Although he's viewed as a backup prospect they feel he's got a chance to make an NFL roster because of his bump and run coverage, he's not comfortable playing off a receiver.

21) Danny McCray, I found nothing on this guy.

22) Lorenzo Washington: Listed as the 27th best DE prospect. Grade 5.5 (See Jamar Wall). According to his scouting profile, he's considered to be a 3-4 defensive end. While he is athletic enough at 6-4 288 to line up all over the defensive line and drop into coverage, he's also got great length and closing speed. Negatives, he can't shed blocks regularly, he can be easily turned away from the ball and can be slow off the snap.

My Prediction: Bryant, Lee, AOA, Lissenmore, Wall, McCann, and Barker will all definately be on the 53 man roster. I think either Tepper or Young will be assigned to the practice squad along with Tucker, Nichols, Miller, Church, and Washington. I think Gronkowski has a chance to be an H-back but I don't know one way or another from the info about him to make a prediction about him making the roster or practice squad. Depending on the status of Crayton and Hurd, I think Manuel Johnson and Jesse Holley will earn a spot on the roster for special teams purposes as well as depth.

Editor's Note: I'm working on the ticket winners. In the meantime, here's Rohpuri' recap of last night.

In case you missed it, the final score was 113-93 in favor of the Nets.You can thank fellow P&T'er "Serious Garbage Time" for the headline. Tonight the Knicks got slapped around like the 1970's diva. This was the analogy that NBA TV was hinting at in their post game show. However, I don't like it, although it was the first one that came to mind. I feel the comparison below to be more appropriate.

If you are like me, you've probably listened to Jim Rome a few times over the past few years, especially when he goes on long winded tangents that sometimes involve him replaying funny 9-1-1 phone calls. I equate tonight's loss to the 9-1-1 call Tanya Harding made after punching her boyfriend and throwing him to the ground. Only the Knicks were the boyfriend from the end of the call who screams "I've got nothing to hide, so come on over officers." From midway through the second quarter til the final buzzer, it was brutal. Sadly enough, the Knicks gave 110% effort out there and still got taken to the woodshed, by a team that entered tonight's contest with a world beating 6-55 record. Indeed, the Knicks had nothing to hide. They left their sucktitude out on the hardwood for all the world to see. The Knicks could have used a "COPS" intervention to put an end to the domestic assault they received at the hands of their little step brother from across the Hudson River.

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On a night when Chris Bosh did not play, the Knicks couldn't capitalize on the early Easter gift. They blew a great opportunity to beat a Toronto team in the midst of a four game losing streak and without their best player.

Tonight's win for the Raptors, their third against the Knicks this season, improved them to 22-9 at Air Canada Centre. They currently are a fifth seed in the East despite having a record of just 32-28. As fellow P&T'er "The Rooster" put it, "That's the Eastern Conference for you."

If you're a Raptors fan reading this and you live in the greater Toronto area, start ordering your playoff tickets.

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Before I begin my tirade about a pathetic excuse of an NBA team known as the New York Knicks (as presently constructed), let me start off by introducing myself to those of you who haven't had the pleasure of commenting back and forth with me in the game threads for the past two weeks. My name is Rohit (Row-hit). I am 28 (almost) and have been a huge Knicks fan since I attended my very first Knicks game at MSG back on January 18th 1993. On that day, they played the Phoenix Suns (the eventual Western Conference Champs) and beat them 106-103. I believe that was the first game which began the long sell out streak at MSG.

The things I always remember about that game are:

1) The amount of electricity that was in the air at the Garden. It felt as though the crowd and the players fed off each other's passion and emotion.

2) The amount effort and passion those Knicks played the game with. They hustled for loose balls; they got back on defense, took a charge, committed a hard foul to prevent an easy basket, and got in each other's face when one of their own might have been doing something to hurt the team's chance of winning. On offense they set hard screens, shared the basketball, attacked the basket, hit the boards, and made their jump shots when they had to. The players all looked as though they genuinely loved playing together and for each other. They were A TEAM.

3) Patrick Ewing, John Starks, and Charles Oakley. I don't remember their box scores from that game but I just remember those three being the trusted leaders of the team as it showed in their play on the court and how they carried themselves when they sat on the bench.

4) My very first Knicks hat, an adjustable orange and blue cap with the modified KNICKS on top of a Basketball logo inside the silver triangle, made by starter. It was my favorite cap and was top 3 in my rotation of caps for the next 8 years.

5) Charles Barkley's post game MELTDOWN where he jumped over the scorer's table and chased down one of the referees after the game had ended.

6) I remember before the game started some knowledgeable basketball fans who sat next my dad (RIP) and I were talking about how the Suns had the best record in the league at the time. They also explained how the Knicks had not been playing lights out (the Knicks were 21-14). By game's end everyone in the Garden felt as though the team could be special. That Knick team ultimately finished the 1992-1993 season with a record of 60-22 and although they lost in 6 to the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals, every Knicks fan felt as though that team was going to be a contender for the foreseeable future. Oh how I long for that feeling once again.

Flash forward 17 years later to 7:30pm Pacific Time on Monday, March 1st 2010. If I was that same young 10 1/2 year old kid that I was back then, and my first introduction to the NBA was yesterday's 123-94 ass whooping at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, I would spit in the face of the person who was trying to convince me that the NBA is awesome, that basketball is fun, and that the New York Knicks are a team that you can root for. That Knicks hat  my dad purchased for me at MSG 17 years ago is lucky it is sitting in storage somewhere because if it was given to me today I would take a dump on it and throw it back at the clerk. Hell, the Knicks gear that I have in my apartment, up hear in San Francisco, had better be thanking each and every piece of fabric they are made of that I don't have a fire place, because they would be tossed in there.

Here's how bad this Cavs game was. Last night, New York was out rebounded 60-31, and on the offensive glass 14-2. We allowed Anderson Varejao and Delonte West to go a combined 13-19 (3-5 from 3pt range) for 29 points, mostly uncontested. Mo Williams who shot poorly from the field (7 pts on 2-8) was still an astounding +31 thanks to his 10 assists, 3 rebounds, and 1 blocked shot. They made the Cavs, who are mostly known for a predictable offense, look like the Showtime Lakers. HWSNBN (LeBron James) was like a vintage Magic Johnson with a line of 22 pts, 7 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and +39. Jamison had double double (17 points, 11 rebounds) +38, JJ Hickson went 17 and 9 with a +28. Anthony Parker was like Michael Cooper with his 8 points (2-3 3pt) , 5 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal , 1 block and +35.

Once again, it was all giggles for the LeBrons. I bet his puppet could have gotten in on the act if given a chance. The worst part about all this was that none of the Knicks demonstrated an ounce of self-pride as the Cavs extended the lead to 40. There was no hard fouling. They let the Cavs waltz all over them. The Knicks under Riley and Van Gundy had a saying, "we were either going to win the game, or win the fight, take your pick." Those Knicks teams had guys who would brawl if you pissed them off, and at times for no rime or reason but just cause it was something to do; see Greg Anthony vs Kevin Johnson, or the Derrick Harper fight in Chicago. Unfortunately, this Knicks team packs as mighty a punch as Peter McNeeley did in Mike Tyson's first fight after being released from prison. Anyway, if you want to know how I really feel about each player and Coach MDA, keep reading at your own risk.

1) Wilson Chandler: DNP-Personal Reasons: Sorry to hear about the death in your family. As someone who lost his dad (nearly two years ago), I can speak from experience that I did not want to be around the grieving because every time you try to take your mind off it, someone else in your family may still want to cry on your shoulder and you inadvertently start grieving again. I remember when it happened I wanted to get the hell out of dodge after 10 hours and go back to SF and be with my law school friends studying for our last exam. However, in your case, I think staying away from the team as long as possible may be a wise decision on your part. I fear that team might start mailing it in as our schedule does not get any easier the rest of the way. Selfishly, I'd like to see you with the team asap so I can see the continued development you, Gallo, Sergio, and Bill Walker receive. I just hope that when you do come back you are blessed from above in your continued efforts at becoming a better player, who is fun to watch.

2) Chris Duhon: DNP-Coach's Decision: Lets all hope it stays that way. Lets face it, you suck. You had your chance to run this train wreck of a team, but you failed miserably with your poor shooting, lack of quickness, and lack of athleticism. Really, how the hell did your crappy ass every get to start at pg for Duke? Where you the only one who knew how to dribble in high school? Did the other high school teams you played against consist of kids eligible for the Special Olympics? I hope you didn't blow through all the paychecks you've stolen from dumb NBA teams who thought they were getting a "Dookie" who knew how to win games, because honestly, you don't belong anywhere near an NBA court, unless of course you're merely a front row spectator or making the transition to sports broadcasting. However, I'd settle for towel boy, floor sweeper, or lame male cheerleader who fires the air cannon stuffed with t-shirts into the crowd during time outs. 

3) J.R. Giddens: DNP-Left Knee Injury: I hope rehab is going well and that you eagerly can't wait to get on the court and show this crappy team just how much you love playing basketball. However, I think you must really hate life right about now. Three years after you "mutually agreed" with head coach Bill Self to leave Kansas after a stabbing incident, Kansas goes on to win the National Championship. In 2005-2006 you sat out of College Bball after transfering to New Mexico, and in 2006-2007 you were suspended for being a bad teammate. That same year your former school wins the National Title (in 2007-2008), you are named Co-Player of the Year in the Mountain West Conference averaging 16 points and 8.8 rebounds a game for the New Mexico Lobos; sadly, you could only lead Steve Alford's team to a first round appearance in the NIT. Now two year's later the Lobos are ranked in the top 10 Nationally, and look to be an #3 seed in this year's NCAA Tournament. But all is not lost, after your senior season at UNM, the defending NBA Champs Boston Celtics drafted you #30 overall and it looked like you'd get to develop as a player while collecting multiple rings for the C's. That is until KG blows out his knee midway through your rookie season, and now a year later you find yourself rehabbing and no longer on a playoff contender. All ask of you is that if you make any positive contribution to this team, at the very least please punch Al "Bricks" Harrington in the face for me. That's not too much to ask is it?

4) Danilo Gallinari: played 35 min, 17 points (5-13 fa, 2-5 3pt, 5-5 ft), 4 boards, 1 assist, 2 turnovers, 2 steals, -21. I'll get this out of the way, I haven't always liked you. I thought when we drafted you it was an act of nepotism. I really wanted Eric Gordon or Brook Lopez. However, the more I watch you play this season, the more you grow on me. It looks as though with time, you will be nice player for us. My only wish is that you develop a mean streak. I thought you'd be the one player who wouldn't let the LeBrons have a jolly good time against us. I thought because of your connection to Coach Pringles you'd be the one guy on this team who cared enough to make a statement and commit a hard foul on Mr. Puppet himself or one of Cleveland's collection of Tito Jacksons. Unfortunately, you haven't been around players who carry an old school approach to the NBA and thus you've picked up some of their bad habits such as accepting embarrassment and futility. It's ok, it's not your fault, since a) you came from a region of the basketball world that emphasizes skill and finesse; and b) when you got here, none of your teammates give a rat's ass themselves. With time I hope this will change.

5) Al "Bricks" Harrington: played 31 min, 18 points (7-15, 3-8 3pt, 1-2 ft), 3 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 steal, 0 turnovers, -38.  I Despise you. I can't believe some dumb ass gm thought it would be wise enough to draft you out of high school. Oh wait a minute, that gm was none other than our own genius, Donnie Walsh, when he ran those hated Pacers teams. Let's play SAT word association. Al Harrington is to the Knicks what Richard Jefferson is to the Spurs; YOU ARE A PARIAH! My friend who is a Spurs fan aptly named RJ "Dick Jeff." Mr. Harrington, I wish your name allowed me to make fun of you. You Remind me of Stacey Patton from "Eddie". I'm sure all of us have seen this movie. The one where the Knicks suck, and have gotten so bad that they create a marketing campaign aimed at drawing fans to the games by announcing that a lucky ticket holder would be able to coach the Knicks for a day, and Whoopie Goldberg ultimately becomes the coach for the rest of the season, and some how some way they rally to become a playoff team and stop the owner from selling the team to a group located in Oklahoma City. How this relates to Harrington, is that the Knicks in that movie had Stacey Patton, a player who never met a shot he didn't like, he was the Al Harrington of that team. To borrow a phrase from my friend, Al Harrington has the I.Q. of a Duck's left testicle. Moreover, Harrington's bright shiny orange headband makes him look like some moronic division 1 small school crowd pleaser who plays on a team that would be lucky to qualify for the NIT; and the team happily lets him jack up 3 after 3 and when on the bench always waves his towel to the crowd. Oh wait a minute, he practically starred in that role for the Warriors. I'm convinced that a) he does not know a single offensive or defensive play in our playbook; b) most of the time he probably has no idea who we are playing; c) he might just be dumb enough to think he still plays for Don Nelson, although the way Coach Pringles is headed, he may soon be labeled as a poor man's Nellie.

6) David Lee: 33 mins, 10 points (4-12, 2-3 ft), 10 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, 3 turnovers, -37. As one of the people in the game thread said, we see your true worth when you play in big games. That is to say, and it pains me to say this, but you come up small. Sure, you just made the all-star team this year. Sure, you've been a double double machine these past few seasons. Sure, you were also named to the list of 27 invited to tryout for 2010-2012 Team USA. However, you are nothing more than some efficient stat accumulator who cannot effect the outcome of game with any emotion, or ability that you might have. All you do for us is score enough points and get enough rebounds to average close to a double double and play just well enough so John Hollinger's stupid PER stat says you are our best player. However, you don't throw your body around on defense, you never take a charge, you make half-assed attempts to contest a shot, essentially you are an albatross on defense. What's more, you look as though you don't give a damn. Why can't you show some freaking emotion out there. Aren't you tired of getting your head kicked in night in and night out? Are you not embarrassed by anything you've seen from your teammates the past four seasons? Did you even bother to pick the brains of LeBron, KG, Joe Johnson, Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, and Dwight Howard during All-Star Weekend about leadership, or were you too busy helping our former midget circus act, Nate Robinson with his Slam Dunk routine? You are one of the few players I expect to get pissed off during games like this. I thought you and Joakim Noah were buddies at Florida, I thought his intensity might have rubbed off on you. I guess I was wrong about you. Looking back on this season, it seems as though I made the mistake of proclaiming you as my favorite Knick of the past 4 years. I thought you would be a nice role player on the Redemption Knicks, now I just hope we don't bring you back.

7) Tracy McGrady: 24 mins, 6 points (3-7, 0-2 3pt), 2 boards, 5 assists, 3 turnovers -31. Watching you on this team has cemented every reason why I never liked you even when you used to be an all-star. What's the matter with you? You barely guard anyone, you settle for way too many jump shots (as always), you listlessly jog from one end of the court to the other while holding your dick in one hand and putting your free thumb up your ass unless you happen to have the ball in your hands, in which case, all you do is one of the following: a) hoist an immediate 3 because you secretly wish you were either Antoine Walker or Al Harrington; b) milk the clock and take forever to assess the defense (to the point the defense knows what you will do); c) and then you either gingerly go to the rim or do some crappy fall away jumper like you've always done throughout your overrated career. I know we traded for you because your contract comes off the books this summer. However, does that mean we really have to play you? Why? Why? Why? There is no possible way DWTDD (Toney Douglas) could play worse than you right now if we consistently gave him 20 minutes a game. You are lucky to play on a team that currently features Al Harrington, still has Eddy Curry on its roster, and used to employ the likes of Steve Francis and Stephon Marbury. Thus, this fake superstar gets a free pass from the fans realizing what a washed up-has been-overrated-loser that he his. Seriously, outside of your emotionally charged first game with us, you have done nothing except make a few nice passes. Apparently after the game you texted HWSNBN "See you in NY" to which His Puppetness replied "LOL." Thank you. Being a shell of yourself isn't enough, now you have to act like our "Black Cat" as well. Will this season end already?

8) Sergio Rodriguez: 22 mins, 9 points(3-9, 1-2 3pt, 2-3 ft), 5 assits, 1 steal, 1 turnover, -9. I love you. I love your game. I love you the way a fat kid loves chocolate. You are a "tremendously tremendous" upgrade over that poor excuse of a Duke Blue Devil who shall not be named again. I love the way you wheel and deal with the ball in your hands. You have impeccable vision out there. I just wish you were our pg from the start, that way you'd have more continuity with the rest of the team. My other wish for you is that you still have enough development in you to work on your shot. Other than that I have no complaints. I look forward to watching you throwing alley oops to Bill Walker and dropping dimes to Wilson Chandler for many years to come (hopefully).

9) Bill Walker: 35 mins, 21 points(9-14, 2-5 3pt, 1-2 ft), 5 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block, 0 turnovers, -12. You sir could be the sole reason our trades at the deadline could be considered a success, outside of landing HWSNBN this summer. It looks as though your knee/acl is healthy again and that you are starting to regain some your athleticism prior to the injuries. You get an A- tonight, because you were one of the few players out there who looked like he was trying to earn a long term spot on this team. I hope you continue to get more playing time as the season progresses.

10) Eddie House: 20 mins, 2 points(1-8, 0-4 3pt), 2 boards, 3 assists, 1 turnover, -21. I am done with you. You sir are fools gold. I am starting to see why Boston got rid of you. On the nights when all is going well, even if it's just you, you can be entertaining to watch while you jack up "prayer in hell" threes. However, when your shot is off, even if the team looks good, you are nothing more than a team's achilies heel because of your poor shot selection. You, like Al "Bricks", are nothing more than a glorified team mascot with your tattoos and neat looking orange head bands. I seriously get the feeling the two of you would have been rock stars on a college team like Pepperdine, San Jose State, Sienna or Binghampton, while amidst a fury of NCAA investigations, leading a team of circus acts on a postseason run as either a 16 seed in the NCAA or 1 and done NIT Team. In the NBA the two of you should be made to only play for teams like the Warriors, Clippers and Grizzlies. All kidding aside, you were fortunate enough to play for a championship team in Boston, and play in back to back playoffs. Would it kill you to be some kind of a leader amongst this group of crap and give them some direction? Did you not learn anything about teamwork, defense, hustle, etc while playing in Boston? I fear you haven't, and I also fear that because you have a positive relationship with Coach Pringles we are going to be stuck with your act for the foreseeable future.

11) Jonathan Bender: 16 mins, 4 points(2-4, 0-1 3pt, ), 2 boards, 1 steal, 1 turnover, 2 blocked shots, +15. You are lucky that you had a positive impact on tonight's game, because I was ready to rip you. But I really can't rip someone who has had a career of being irrelevant. So kudos to you, jackass.

12) Toney Douglas, better known as Do What Toney Douglas Do (DWTDD): 21 minutes, 6 points(2-6, 1-3 3pt, 1-2 ft), 3 boards, 6 assists, -1. Can we just give you all of T-Mac's minutes? I absolutely like seeing you play since your FSU days last year. You look like you give a damn out there. I believe in time you could develop into a pretty good guard for us. However, because you haven't been given consistent minutes on a team that in all honesty had no legitimate chance at the post season, I want to crawl up into the fetal position and cry about why we've essentially let you waste away on the bench for most of the season.

13) Coach MDA, better known as "Pringles": I used to like you in Phoenix. I thought you were a coach who was just unlucky in running up against Coach Popovich and his Spurs. However, the more I see of you, the more I think you're just a rat faced son of a bitch (excuse my French) who has no idea about coaching or line up setting. This is evident by a) your inability to consistently dial up an in bounds play in crucial situations where the game still hangs in the balance; and b) your recent admission that you wished you had given DWTDD and former Knick, Jordan Hill more playing time earlier in the season. Great, thanks for nothing. Seriously, this team is no better under you than when it was being coached by the likes of Isiah Thomas, Larry Brown, Lenny Wilkens, Herb Williams, and Don Chenney. I know your an offense minded coach, but seriously, tonight would have been the perfect night for your whinny hands in the air ass to get ejected in order to accomplish a goal of lighting a fire under this bunch of paycheck collecting bums. In my books, once we upgrade the talent level, you better get this team to the Eastern Conference Finals within 2 years or else you deserve to be fired.

One last note on Coach Pringles, he's lucky I am not a member of the media because I would have egged him constantly until he gave a Rick Pitino meltdown along the lines of "Patrick Ewing aint walking through that door, John Starks and Charles Oakley are not walking through that door."

I am not lying when I say this team makes me feel like Randy Quaid from Major League II. Please, spare me the "look on the bright side routine". I know this is a team in transition, as most of these guys won't be back next season. I also know that we have money to blow on free agents, even if we are unable to land HWSNBN, Wade, or Bosh. The way this team has been poorly run since Sott Layden, can I honestly feel as though this team won't find a way to shoot themselves in the foot this summer? However, that's for another day. The fact that this team is in flux is still no excuse for these players to display how little they care, and how epic their lack of desire, heart, and passion was last night. Though, they were mostly ineffective against Cleveland, this team was still effective at doing something; they achieved what no other team I root for could do. They made me regret taking time away from a busy law school life to follow them. Would I do it all over again if I had to? Sadly, yes, because I love to torture myself. Now excuse me while I go cry myself back to sleep.