Something in the back of my mind

Chris Duhon, Larry Hughes, Wilson Chandler, Al Harrington, David Lee

Toney Douglas, Danilo Gallinari, Jared Jeffries, Jordan Hill, Darko Milicic

The Knicks have too many players. Not exactly what you'd consider good depth but those are the ten that I expect to get some burn next season. Throw in Eddy Curry and whatever happens with Nate Robinson and you have all twelve eligible players looking for minutes. That's at least four too many for Mike D'Antoni.

After three quarters of a season filled with injuries, blatant benchings and obesity, the Knicks suddenly had too many players down the stretch last year. It created some funky rotations that simply threw everything off. In the end, Chris Wilcox drew the short straw and got less minutes than I would have liked to see. My guess is that Curry and Milicic will have a lot of time to get to know one another but after that, D'Antoni has some decisions to make.

But, hey, competition's a good thing, right?

Writers Wanted for 7SoM

Things are changing a bit for 7SoM next season and I'm looking for two people to join the team. Because I restrict myself to multimedia, I'm only able to cover a small percentage of games so I need help rounding out the blog.

I'm looking for a writer to recap every Knick game of the season. You'll also have the freedom to write articles about anything Knicks/NBA related, of course. I don't need you to be John Hollinger but I do need you to be keen on using advanced stats in your writing, as well. I won't filter your shine so come with it.

I also need a second person who's all over the internetz and up on all the stories and articles throughout the day. Even though my hands are glued to a keyboard at the office, I don't get to open my Reader until I get home. I can only catch whatever's tweeted during the day so I need someone to post all the relevant links when stories break and post a daily link dump. Certainly there's an opportunity for you to write, as well, but your main responsibility is linkage.

"But then what will you do?" =/

If you're interested, I'll need to see writing samples so send me an email at SevenSecondsOrMess@gmail.com. Tell me which position you're eyeing and I'll answer any questions you may have.

Learning to Scratch - Week 2

So I've been learning how to DJ for the last couple of weeks and I've decided to make videos to track my progress. This is week two.

I've settled on a name. You can call me DJ Mbenga.

7SoM Lakers vs Magic NBA Finals Game 1

There's not much to say about such thorough dominance. You know the Lakers went away from the triangle and Kobe Bryant pulled up for jumpers with Dwight Howard playing the drive. You know the Magic missed shot after shot, open and contested. You know that the Magic are much better than their performance last night.

So I give you a couple of defensive possessions showing how the Lakers protected the inside and defended the three. And I show a couple of instances where I would have liked Rashard Lewis to be more aggressive going to the basket.



Dwight Howard's got your back with the tip dunk, Rashard. Go back to what was working for you against Boston and Cleveland.

Nate Robinson at Comix Comedy Club May 20th

Nate seems like a pretty funny guy and it looks like he's going to try and prove it on stage Wednesday night.  He'll be at Comix Comedy Club on the 20th for a special appearance on 12 Angry Mascots.

Nate 'The Great' Robinson will be making a special guest star appearance at the next 12 ANGRY MASCOTS show at Comix Comedy Club, May 20th at 10 PM.

12 Angry Mascots is NYC's only sports-themed comedy variety show, featuring sports-related stand-up, sketch, and a guest interview with an athlete. Nate will be our interview guest for this show. Giants all-pro left tackle Dave Diehl will also be taking the stage as a sketch actor. Everyone's excited about, especially Nate who apparently has become good friends with Will Ferrel in the past year, and is looking to break into the entertainment/comedy world.

It looks like Seth and Tommy are going, as will I, so your Knicks blog hosts will be well represented. You can grab your tickets here so hurry up and do that. Come out and show Nate some love!