A view from D.C.
Posted April 30th, 2008 by Pat McManamon
Tom Knott of the Washington Times started his column today this way:
"So Brendan Haywood has joined the trash-talking fun by calling LeBron James a crybaby, which is an accurate enough description of someone who believes the Wizards are torturing him with all kinds of medieval devices.
'The delusion of James is encouraged by Mike Brown, who coaches under another delusion, namely that James is destined to be the best basketball player there ever was."
The column, headlined Sweet Crybaby James, also has this:
"(James') pass to Delonte West in the final seconds of Game 4 — the object of so much gushing — was hardly awe-inspiring. It was a play that as many as three-quarters of the players in the NBA could have made. It merely required James to spot the second defender drifting toward him and dump the ball to the open teammate on the baseline.
"It did not send chills down the back of anyone, excluding the LeBrohava Witnesses of Cleveland, so psychologically crippled by the John Elway Drive, the Earnest Byner Fumble and the Jordan Shot over Craig Ehlo that it indulges anyone it believes could end the championship curse."
Read the entire column here.
April 30th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
I remember from last year, despite getting swept, Tom Knott thinks the Wizards are a way better team than the Cavs… But when you read his comments, you realize the only reason he thinks that is because he is from Washington. His actual basketball knowledge is so limited I don't know why he has the balls to write to pontifically. I might agree that Lebron's pass was not an awe-inspirer. Just a super solid basketball play. But three-quarters could have made in THAT situation???. Three-quarters wouldn't even be trusted with the ball in that situation. And among those that would, Gilbert Arenas for example, how more common is a forced shot than a solid pass to the open man (Gilbert Arenas). It's really best to ignore Tom Knott.