Recent content by Tenspro2002

Yeah, that's fair. His minutes were actually all over the place a bit. I just think it was less a "couldn't handle the Big East" cliche and more a "wasn't a good fit for how we play."

I don't entirely buy the "couldn't handle the physicality of the BE" narrative, at least as far as explaining Mahaney's minutes. Against real competition, Mahaney played 24 minutes against Memphis, but then only 6 and 8 minutes against Colorado and Dayton. The coaches were already phasing him...

To play angel's advocate(?), the archetype that Demary is trying to replicate -- transfer multi-year starter 6'5 PG who is triple-double threat and plays stout defense -- has already found success here. If Hurley thinks this guy can do what Tristen Newton did, he's got a pretty good track record...

I don't think you can go wrong with Clingan, Okafor, or any of the point guards. I picked Napier, not only for his moxie, leadership, and ability to create for himself and others when the play breaks down -- something Hurley admits we weren't able to do enough last year -- but for his defense...

Seriously. Karaban played center against Zach ___ing Edey in the championship game before we went to a 3rd center. Come on, people lol

Nobody except Edey (and Smith for a spurt in the first half) looked like they belonged on the same court as us. They hit one 3 all game. The gameplan -- Edey got his, got exhausted in the process, and nobody else did anything -- was brilliant.

Completely agree. As a casual football fan, Pasqualoni was the ultimate small-time Hathaway hire at a time when we needed to show we were exciting and could draw eyeballs, not try to rest on our meager laurels with a safe, boring, retread.

Awesome story, but what the hell was Rick Fox doing at a Mass Pike rest stop Sbarro's?

Actually, the interesting thing is that with Silas, we do actually have the Tristen Newton archetype who can run the 2024 offense, which we basically didn't have last year.

I was thinking the same. I'd expect Saturday afternoon cupcake games in between those high-profile weekday games. And maybe one more after Texas before BE play starts (not sure about total # of games though).

The Knicks don't want Malone, or Malone doesn't want in the circus?

This actually undersells it. He stepped into the closer role in late June, and allowed two (2) earned runs in the entirety of July, August, September, and October. He had hitters absolutely bamboozled with basically two pitches -- a 90 mph fastball, and a splitter that fell off the table. And...

Ehh, I'm not quite feeling this one. Yes, he came out of nowhere to hit 30+ home runs and have an MVP-caliber season in 2011, but he also had very good years in 2009 and 2013 around being hurt. He wasn't a flash in the pan. He's mostly vilified because the Yankees were stupid enough to give...

As a Red Sox fan, it has been infurating to watch the Yankees turn these nobodies into (brief) stars. Here's another: Aaron Small. Replacement level pitcher for a decade. Goes to the Yankees and becomes Cy Young worthy for 3 months.

This whole clip is one of the best crowd reaction shots of all time.