Draft!

Dear Carolina Panthers,
Don’t take Cam Newton. You aren’t going to the playoffs whether you draft him or not. And you have much larger needs, especially on defense. When Jon Gruden asked him to randomly name a play set they ran at Auburn, he froze. It was Palin-esque. Steve Smith is out the door and drafting Cam won’t raise his spirits. Go for a free agent QB (eventually) and start rebuilding. Or draft Mallet, Dalton or Kaepernick in the second and develop them.
Bye!!!
Schportz

P.S. Draft!!!

Knicks/Celts Game 2

Carmelo Anthony closed last night with 42 points and 17 rebounds. The last Knick to have 40 points in the playoffs? Ewing in 1990. Last night underscores why the Knicks gave up so much to get ‘Melo. Not because he can score, but because you can’t win without multiple stars. If either Billups or Stoudemire were available, the end of that game would have looked very different. The Celtics wouldn’t have been able to double ‘Melo thirty feet from the basket and you wouldn’t have to rely on Jared Jeffries for two late buckets.

Knicks/Celts Game 1

Even with a loss, Knicks fans should be pleased with what they saw in Boston last night. New York hasn’t won a playoff game since 2001 and they were a couple calls a three from ‘Melo away from stealing a win on the road against the superior Celtics. What you saw last night was a competitive game and the Knicks playing actual defense, a concept that is foreign to D’Antoni teams. That being said, Billups is “very doubtful” for Game 2, and going down two games to a team that’s experienced in the playoffs isn’t the best position to be in.