Saturday, July 01, 2006

Sad KniBilNats

New York Knicks
Last year's rookies are the brightest light in the Knicks future. Nate Robinson, Channing Frye, and David Lee hustled as best they could. With experience, Robinson and Frye can lead the Knicks to glory (with a lot of help) and Lee can be an important role player.

Jamal Crawford and Eddy Curry have shown flashes of absolute greatness. But it's far too infrequent.

The overpaid players signed to long contracts are just weighing the Knicks down. Isiah Thomas has kept bringing losing players with long contracts instead of starting over. The Knicks are stuck for a few years now. Thomas is now going to coach this team. If Larry Brown couldn't turn them around, there's little hope for Thomas, who I really liked before he joined the Knicks front office. Besides his inept job as general manager, there is an allegation of sexual harassment.

Balkman and Collins, the two recent draftees, better work their asses off next season. We need it.

Buffalo Bills
Marv Levy has come back to the Bills in a front office capacity. I love Marv, but some have already questioned his first two picks in this year's draft. The Bills have a loser quarterback, J.P. Losman (pronounced Loss man). Running back Willis McGahee needs to reach superstar status for us to be any good. Losing Eric Moulds hurts our receiving core. We should have a solid defense and Levy will make sure the Bills have a great special teams. But the team's fortunes rest with the questionable offense.

Washington Nats
I'm most excited about the Nats, but probably because this is only their second year in DC. I love manager Frank Robinson, who probably won't be back next year. Much of the Nats success over the next ten years must be given to Frank Robinson for his job during this tough transition period. Hopefully, the Nats can keep Alphonso Soriano (So So Good). Ryan Zimmerman (Zee) probably won't be the best player on a winning team, but he very well could be the star sidekick in a couple of years. I really like Jose Guillen, but all accounts have him on his way out.

The Nats have had two major problems in their time in DC thus far. Far too many pitchers have succumbed to injury over the last two seasons. Most teams need about 6 solid starters to keep winning. The Nats have needed a minimum of nine this season. The Nats have had a bunch of good hitters, but several always struggle at the same time. Last year B-dub and Vinny hit poorly all year long (and of course Guzman). Also, I didn't realize a team could have that many sub .250 hitters on their roster at one time.

By the way, I love Marlon Byrd, but no one cheers for him at the game. True, he should be the 4th outfielder if we could have our way, but he always gives his best and is playing a great centerfield lately. Cheer for Marlon Byrd!

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