This Week on the Blog

The Knicks just came from 16 back to beat the Bucks in OT, in a thriller.  And Kevin Knox broke out of his early season blews with 26! Mudiay had 28! And Dot - who should be playing more - had 21 including 5/5 from 3. He did that in 33 minutes. Hardaway also had 21, but he played 47 minutes. But this is not exclusively a Knicks post.  The Rangers are down 3-0 after one in Montreal, the Yanks are sitting on their hands, and the Giants still want to play Eli. Let's take a look at what might be coming.

Yankees: The Yanks are said to want to get their starting pitching figured out before the Winter Meetings start. And those start on December 9th.  So that leaves this week to, hopefully, wrap up Corbin or sing up, or trade for, a plan B. Also, over the past couple of days, some pretty plugged in guys in the media are saying the sense around baseball is that the Yanks will end up with Bryce Harper. I think we'd all prefer that, if only a little bit, to getting Manny, though he's also a great player and the Yanks would be improved by having either. If they get Bryce, you have to wonder if they will also trade Giancarlo Stanton. It will be a crowded OF/DH if they don't. Having brought back Gardy shouldn't stop them from doing it.  But he really might not play much.

Giants: The Giants insist on playing Eli Manning, and even made noise this week about possibly having him next year.  Better not be at the current cap number.  That's about all there is to stay about them.

Knicks: The Knicks are a young, inonsistent fun to watch team.  So it's important not to get down when they get down by 16.  They've shown a knack for coming back.  Frank didn't play tonight, but other guys like Dot and Burke have come back strong from scratches, and here's hoping Frank will, too.  Meanwhile, here's hoping the Knicks can trade Hardaway.  He plays hard, if not brilliantly, but they should really be able to cover the 2 comfortably and cheaply with Dot and Trier. I think the fans on Twitter might have needed this Knox game more than the kid did.  He's still got all the talent in the world to become a start and is also one of the two youngest players in the league.  He'll get there. But if he can build off tonight, he'll get there faster.  Big win.

Rangers: The Rangers look like they're going to be 1 and 4 since Thanksgiving. That's hideous. On the streak that had them in first, they were never out of games and winning the battle of wills on a nightly basis. They're currently down 4-1 in the second with a goal from Vesey, his 9th. We have to remember, though that, just like the Knicks, the Rangers  are YOUNG, and that can leads to inconsistency.  They have more talent in the system, and the assets to keep adding. They should still be sellers at the deadline, thoough.  Now it's 4-2, Strome with his 3rd.  So maybe....

So there it is.  Two young teams, one bad team, and the Yanks still need help.  Have a great one.