A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Carmelo Anthony has a huge (ugly) picture of himself hanging in his lounge room.
* Check out this Larry Sanders brain snap in Indiana.
* The boys over at Hardwood Paroxysm have an interesting take on the World Peace elbow. If you haven’t [...]

As co-editor of NBAMate I spend an inordinate amount of time searching Google Images to try and find the perfect picture for the perfect post. In the process I occasionally stumble across some, shall we say, interesting photos.
So I’ve collected them, naturally, and will now serve them up for your enjoyment. There’s some flat-out [...]

“Now that it’s over, the doggone thing didn’t work. We didnt get a (center) and it didn’t work. We’ve heard for a long time that you can’t play with two small guards. Well, we’ve now opened up some playing time for somebody at (shooting guard) that’s not a small guard. We’re going to be a [...]

Some random observations from the previous month’s action:
* It’s pretty clear by now that Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire are not a good match and will likely never form the core of a championship team. I can’t think of any examples in the NBA where a team won a championship when their two best players [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* I’ve linked to these guys before, but this one’s unreal. A Taiwanese animation recaps the Monta Ellis sexting scandal.
* The Miami Heat have released a 2011-2012 introduction video set to the tune of Kanye West’s “All of the Lights”. If you want a [...]

Without further ado, here’s the best and worst quotes of the offseason thus far.
I am confident, check that, I am certain more doozies will be forthcoming so look for Part 2 at the conclusion of the lockout. Let’s hope there’s no need for a Part 3 or 4.
“Talk to the owner. He gave me the [...]

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3 votes – Carmelo Anthony. Mark it down in history folks. The first time a losing player has ever scored the 3 votes here at our Playoff Diary. But Melo’s effort against the Knicks today was too irresistible to ignore. Apart from, you know, the fact he didn’t take [...]

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March Record 7-11
April Record 7-2
Overall Record 42-40
6th in the Eastern Conference
Finally!
Welcome fellow Knick fans (Sup Ankush? Glad you’re still a fan!) and the haters who love to hate (I’m looking at your Charles Barkely and C Webb)… it’s PLAYOFF TIME! And for the first time since the 2000-01 season, New [...]

It’s that time again folks, when I chime in with 10 observations from the previous month’s NBA action. Let’s get straight into it.
1.         Melo Did Good For Melo
He’s a one-trick pony and a very VERY bad liar, but you have to hand it to the guy. Through all this mess (that he created) [...]

It finally happened. So we think. On the eve of a pending blockbuster trade that will send Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks, we sit down with some of the NBAMate crew to make sense of it all. Q&A stylez.
1. What was your first reaction to hearing the trade?
Ant: Thank Jebus it’s over.
Tizzle: My wife messaged [...]