Maybe it’s an effort to get more “regular” fans at the games, or maybe the team feels it’s attendance is softening. Either way, the New York Knicks are offering season tickets starting at $25 a game.
Not a bad deal, even if Isiah Thomas is still running things.
In a surprising revelation, Stephon Marbury has said that he plans to play in Italy once his contract with the Knicks is up in two years.
“I’m not just thinking of doing it, I’m going to do it,” Marbury vowed yesterday. “My wife loved it there. It’s like a [David] Beckham thing.”
Marbury has told friends that he wants to take his affordable (cheap) sneakers global. Playing in Italy is certainly one way to do it.
I love the fact that Marbury compared himself to David Beckham. Only in his world does he mean the same thing to basketball as Beckham does to soccer. I wonder what color the sky is there…
Apparently, the FBI (that’s the real FBI, not the “Federal Body Inspectors”) is investigating an NBA referee for possible involvement in point shaving activities during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons. The bets involved thousands of dollars. It seems the official in question had a gambling problem and was entangled with organized crime.
If these serious allegations turn out to be true, it will be yet another black eye for NBA officials, who have been under increased scrutiny and pressure over the past few years. At the very least, it might start to explain some of the crazy calls we’ve been seeing.
It might just be agent-speak in order to drive the Bucks’ price up, but Mo Williams is apparently considering taking less money to play with Shaq and Dwyane Wade instead of re-signing with the Bucks. The Heat are over the cap, so all they can offer is their mid-level exception, which works out to about $30 million over five years. The Bucks have reportedly offered $40 million over the same span.
So will Williams turn down $10 million in guaranteed money to play for a “contender”? Usually, players talk about wanting to play for a good team, but it’s mainly the grizzled vets like Karl Malone and Gary Payton who become underpaid mercenaries in their quest for a ring, not 24 year-olds who are signing their first big contract. That said, the money the Bucks are offering isn’t that much more than the Heat, so Williams could very well bolt.
I wonder how a Wade/Williams backcourt will work. Both players dominate the ball, but Wade is more of a slasher, while Williams is a better outside shooter.
The Bucks are an up-and-coming team, and if they can re-sign Williams and get Yi Jianlian on board, they would be poised for a big leap in the East this season and could become a consistent power in the conference. If they lose Williams, they’re going to have a big hole at PG with no real backup plan.
I think Williams will take the money and re-sign, but as a Bucks fan, I’m a little worried.
It’s generally understood that just about every red-blooded sports fan hates Barry Bonds. So why, then, is Bonds the starting left fielder in next week’s All Star Game? In my latest column for Bullz-Eye.com, I say it’s time to fess up: sports fans love villains, whether it’s Bonds, the Yankees or even Tom Brady’s Patriots.
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