SB Nation User Blog: stingy d

gotta respect my man with the inlay pic.

stingy d — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:02:11 -0000

gotta respect my man with the inlay pic.

another reason to hate the bobcats. via http://goldtoofmonsta.com/

stingy d — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:21:19 -0000

another reason to hate the bobcats.

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the larry hughes conundrum

stingy d — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:55:40 -0000

larry hughes playing efficient basketball doesn't exactly make sense. he came into the league in 1998 and has played for six different teams, and has not lasted longer than three years anywhere. he has always had low shooting percentages, and high shooting volume. shooting roughly once every two minutes is major. he has shot 31% from beyond the arc for his career and in two games this year is right on target shooting 33%. despite the none too pretty shooting from distance, he is still shooting 62% overall.

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yes jared, larry has the flattest shot on the team. and he turns the ball over some. and he doesn't get huge assist numbers (too busy shooting). but he is in control with the rock, and never seems flustered by pressure defense. on the other side, larry consistently makes very nice, clean swipes, and he does it at a pretty high clip. in his best year, statistically, larry was scoring 22 a game, getting 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 2.5 turnovers while getting to the line 7 times in 38 minutes a game. that is rather exceptional (except for the shooting %'s) i know it's only been two games so far, but it's impossible to ignore larry's production, and with nate out for two weeks, we (as fanatics) have to consider what to expect from larry hughes.

last year, we saw larry for 25 games. he started right away and we were impressed. shortly after that, the luster wore off, and we headed into this season praying larry would not make the rotation. we got our wish, and then suddenly things got going and we really needed a win, and larry came into the picture and helped us out with a steady hand and calming presence. he made decisive passes, and a bevy of step up jumpers from 16-18 feet. it was undoubtedly a sight to behold.

he got the start in our only win. and was more or less the fifth option on offense. i say that because clearly duhon and lee in the pick and roll, is option number one. option number two is proving itself to be the GODllinari option. we usually try to get wilson chandler going early. and that's four players and that makes hughes the fifth option. i like having hughes as a fifth option. plus when harrington comes in, he usurps hughes shot-control even more. the only thing that scares me is when those two are on the same side of the court. 7 seconds or less is definitely about to happen when they are paired. also one pass or less is about to happen.

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the only thing that i ever thought about when considering larry hughes, for years, was injury prone. it seems like he has gotten past that. he did come in to the league rail-thin and teen-aged, so perhaps it should not come as a surprise. nevertheless larry's 80% two-point shooting, is not likely to keep up. we can hope he steps up and makes the mid range jumpers, and we can hope he goes to the hoop aggressively and gets to the line. but it's tough to tell what could happen. over the course of his career larry just never had the chops to be a good scorer. he has averaged over 20 points twice in his career and both of those years he was getting to line about 7 times a game, and the low shooting percentages were constant. every other year his scoring goes up and down, and mostly it goes down. pause.

so, what? go back to benching larry when he falls back to earth? make a website that makes fun of the website that makes fun of larry hughes? showcase him, then pair him with jeffries and ship them to the wizards? shove him back to the end of the bench? buy him out? we gotta have the discussion. here's a few talking points:

larry hughes is from st. louis. david lee is from st. louis.

larry hughes is good friends with lebron james. lebron james is good friends with lebron james.

his contract is expiring. everyone's contract is expiring.

he takes so many bad shots. you're taking a cheap shot.

discuss?

love woody allen, and got much respect for the pearl. saw it shared it.

stingy d — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:56:15 -0000

love woody allen, and got much respect for the pearl. saw it shared it.

STEPH LIVE FOR 24 HOURS

stingy d — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:27:15 -0000

STEPH LIVE FOR 24 HOURS

he has a facial vibrator! don't front!

You Know What Would Be Nice?

stingy d — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:24:46 -0000

It would be nice to sign David Lee. I think it would also be very nice to sign Nate Robinson. I like those two and I want them on the team, and they deserve to be on the team. Apart from any bartering and argument, they have paid their dues to the franchise. Furthermore, it would be nice to sign Ramon Sessions.

Another nice thing would be to trade Eddy Curry to a slower paced environment. A town without all the rush and the hustle and the expectations. A new home where he could re-focus himself and clear out his mind, start fresh. He needs the open space, and he deserves it. With all Eddy has gone through, it would be nice to see him land on his feet. He had a harder year than most of us can even possibly imagine. After those nice things, i'd love to ship Jared Jeffries and one year of on-call-anytime hand jobs to Siberia for a conditional second round pick, a carton of cigarettes, and money for cheap whiskey. Yeeaaap... That would be nice!

Then we could watch Larry Hughes disappear, and Al Harrington's contract would evaporate. Chris Duhon will move on. Cuttino Mobley will come off the cap. Oh it would be nice! Perhaps Toney Douglas matures quickly into a force. Jordan Hill figures out a thing or two, and makes some real progress each day. Darko Milicic becomes the man he was expected to be when he was just a boy. So many nice things!

I like nice things! I really do. You know, though, what would be really nice, and absolutely attainable... how about some new uniforms for whoever the bunch of clowns we got is. I'm sayin: could i get a mufuckin cursive new york jersey out this bitch somewheres in here or what? yo. for real, can we rock a new logo, or like a updated one or somehting? i mean, the whole style we got is kinda chump. i can dig the color scheme. mattera fact. keep that. for definite. but i'm saying....

just cursive my new york across the cest, and rock some cursive last names on the back. you could cursive up the numbers a little somethin, and we're good. just like that. boom! cursive.

Poll

so what's up, we should be more cursive or what?

Yea we need to stop printing, and be cursive.

3 votes

Cursive would be very nice.

10 votes

What do you mean "cursive"

4 votes

Nah man, that's out, i'm saying what can we the knicks do with a cursive jersey like that?

15 votes

32 votes | Poll has closed

oh man did i have one hell of a dream

stingy d — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:35:53 -0000

It started out simple enough. There i was in the city council meeting with all the other people who just like to see a shit-show. the crowd is the usual new york crowd: insatiably unimpressed. Every now and then a comment gets a rise out of a few muttering clusters. Work it up enough and a few people can make a decent wisecrack to temporarily shatter the council's dominance. But all in all, the council goes from old business to new business and not much changes.

That's when the Hassidic contingent from South WIlliamsburg bumrushed the stage and took the microphone's hostage.

Either side of the podium was being held by rabbinical thugs. The crowd went haywire, everyone was yelling and shoving one another closer to the front. Some people leaped over the barrier onto the council floor and started pacing like savages, hulking and salivating. Wild eyes everywhere. I noticed a few italians holding their brains on their laps, some smiling and all looking around like nothing was happening. The one with the biggest brain darted his beady eyes with no expression on his face and his head locked comfortably in place. he had both hands on his brain like a science project.

Meanwhile, the leader of the Hassidic takeover was trying to restore some sense of order. Eventually the roar of the crowd lessened to a buzz and rumble. I looked on, not fearful, more dissatisfied that this little man could garner so much attention just by his sheer presence. Smug fuck he was. pause.

The rabbinical one began to speak. The crowd was getting upset and that made them louder. Perpetual disagreement with the speaker. He kept on though and sparks flew in both directions. from the podium to the floor and back. Violent lashings of words. I was starting to feel nervous that a huge fight might break out at any moment.

Then, like a shot in the dark a taller brolic man entered stage left, and grabbed every microphone on the stage. Some of the council members started yelling, which drew more insistence from the crowd! It was pure insanity now. The man who took all the microphones brought them to the far right of the stage and put them down on the open space at the table. He held one and began to speak. The crowd instantly was silent. I could no longer see the italians. The jews were all queasy. Some were hopping from foot to foot like children that drastically needed to urinate. Some wet themselves. Others wriggled their hands together, anxious.

At this moment i realized the man with the microphones was Donnie Walsh. His shining gray suit and furious red hair were unmistakable behind his glasses, his fingers flaying out in all directions, connecting dots in some mysterious dimension we can't touch. Suddenly though i was falling behind on what he was saying! i marveled too long on my recognizing him. He kept mentioning "hibidity", and how the world functions on hibidity. Not only from an emotional standpoint, but also in a very material sense the world at large is regulated by hibidity. Finally it all made sense. Donnie Walsh had set everything straight.

I woke up.

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hungry is the new early.

stingy d — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:19:55 -0000

hungry is the new early.

wilson "the description" chandler.

i don't think we're funny. too many years of debauchery. i get sad because of the knicks.

stingy d — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:20:42 -0000

i don't think we're funny. too many years of debauchery. i get sad because of the knicks.

i'm so depressed

stingy d — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:27:52 -0000

i'm so depressed

when will it end? the misery! the pain! the shocking agony! the infinite horror! the corruption! the apathy. this team has wound me and wound me up for so many years. the bright side is so dim and i see a tunnel at the end of the light.

i feel sad