Okay I realize that this is going to come as a shock to you however New York Vinnie is not a professional writer! Yes I realize you thought I was taught by the late great Ring Lardner and Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune or Dick Young from the New York Daily News but I gotta admit it just ain’t true. Through a strange set of circumstances though I now find myself running an Internet Sports Website. America is truly a hell of a country!
New York Vinnie is not a BLOGGER! I happen to be a huge Sports Fan who was fortunate enough to have gotten involved in a situation where I work for three men. Two of the three are longtime respected members of the media between them they have over 30 years covering Pro Sports. They have covered NBA Finals, World Series games and one of the two covered his first Super Bowl earlier this year. These guys have resumes longer than New York Vinnie’s frickin arm!
The way that New York Vinnie was fortunate to get involved with them was through another Sports Internet Website that will remain nameless. However the people on the site will recognize who they are if they decide to read this. This was New York Vinnie’s first experience with BLOGGERS and for the most part it was not a very pleasant experience! Don’t get me wrong there were some quality people that New York Vinnie met there but unfortunately they were the minority.
One of the gentlemen I worked for made the statement that the greatest thing about the Internet is everybody has a voice. The worst thing he said about the Internet is everybody has a voice. We live in an age where all you need is a computer and you can set yourself up as an expert on anything. As the same gentleman said to me “Why do you think that we who have done sports reporting for an extended period of time have no respect for them? Most of them have never been near a professional locker room not to mention they have never interviewed somebody in Sports. Yet they behave as if they have inside information.” That statement comes from a man who has interviewed every big named athlete over the past decade.
What New York Vinnie saw over there were a bunch of over grown children who most likely do not have jobs or if they do they must perform very badly at them for they are always on the website. New York Vinnie is not about to reveal on the Blogosphere how he has made a living. However at 42 years of age I have gotten to the point of being comfortable financially and I am at a stage of life that I now have the flexibility to pursue this venture. Maybe all the rest of these folks are as blessed as New York Vinnie is? You be the judge!
I will no longer be spending any time over at that website it is not worth my time or my trouble. Any of the quality people who New York Vinnie met at that site are now welcome to join him for some hard hitting NBA Talk on Le Basketbawl. New York Vinnie will still post his articles on that site but he will no longer engage in childish games with a bunch of sad and desperate people!
The only thing that New York Vinnie loves more than the New York Knicks is drop-dead gorgeous Babes. Now when New York Vinnie can combine the two together this must be pretty frickin close to Paradise. And now you can take your own journey to a little slice of heaven courtesy of The Knicks City Dancers! The Knicks may not have a lot of talent on the hardwood in the upcoming season but as you can plainly see there will be plenty of talent on the side-lines!
You can check out The Knicks City Dancers and see pictures of the Top 30 Finalists. You truly have to see these delectable dolls up close and personal! There may not be a lot of excitement at MSG during the games. However during the time outs HOO-HAA!
They are partying at the Palace as well as in Motown as the Detroit Pistons finally did something right after a lost season. According to the Associated Pressthe Detroit Pistons have just done the old addition by subtraction routine. The Pistons announced Tuesday that they have relieved rookie head coach Michael Curry of his head coaching duties. Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars told reporters that he is looking for a more experienced head coach as Detroit tries to bounce back from their worst season of the decade.
Curry was brought into replace former head coach Flip Saunders who had kept the team from Motown near the top during his reign but never could capture an NBA Championship. Curry with a roster in flux as Detroit traded Chauncey Billups for Allen Iverson just were able to get into the NBA post-season as the team got the final seed in the East with a record below .500. The Pistons made an extremely early exit as they were trampled by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a four game first round sweep.
Detroit is looking to a very active participant in the Free Agent market this Summer and reports out of the Motor City was Dumars did not think that he could attract quality players with Curry at the end of the bench. Iverson and Rasheed Wallace are both free agents which gives Detroit lots of room under the NBA salary cap.
So far two possible coaching choices have been mentioned former Bulls and Wizards head coach Doug Collins and Avery Johnson who was fired after last season as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. Collins is now a TV Analyst for TNT while Johnson has the same job for ESPN. Last Summer there were reports of a deal almost happening between Collins and the Bulls but in the eleventh hour Collins withdrew his name from consideration.
Okay if you expect that just because New York Vinnie has his own website now that he is gonna pull his punches you are dead wrong. When you come to Le Basketbawl you are gonna read the truth not just what the frickin suits in the NBA want you to hear. Everything is not nicey-nicey and all peaches and cream in the world of sports today you know that and I know that. So New York Vinnie is not about to pretend that it is it just is not right.
Even though New York Vinnie’s team the Knicks are in the toilet and have been for years it does not change my love for the NBA. The NBA truly is “The Greatest Game On Earth!” And right now we are living in what is truly a Golden Age for the NBA. Think of the five guys who led the MVP race this past season; LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard and Chris Paul. That is just the tip of the iceberg as right now the NBA is loaded with talented players who are for the most part good guys.
However there are exceptions the guys that New York Vinnie refers to as Puds. There are two ways that you can be designated a Pud in New York Vinnie’s book. The first way is to have talent but a lousy attitude, the second way is that you are just a stiff. So New York Vinnie would like to know who do you think the biggest PUD is playing today in the NBA?
Here are some choices: First we have the Thug Kenyon Martin. Martin has been called a thug more times than John Gotti has. The man has talent but he always looks like he is ready to get that advantage whether it is in the rules or not. This in New York Vinnie’s eyes qualify Kenyon Martin as a PUD.
Here is another guy high on New York Vinnie’s list of PUDS Stephen Jackson. New York Vinnie could never quite understand why Captain Jack got suspended for less time than Ron Artest did after the Brawl in the Palace. At least Artest was provoked what was Jackson’s reason? New York Vinnie will tell you why because he is a PUD!
As we reach the No-Talent part of our presentation nobody could represent it better than the PUD-master himself Kwame Brown. If his Royal Highness Commissioner David Frickin Stern ever needs to validate why there is an age restriction now in the NBA this PUD is the proof.
So is New York Vinnie being too harsh on these guys? Or do you agree that all three qualify as PUDS? Do you have any nominees for our PUD Hall of Shame? Then share them with New York Vinnie and the World Wide Web on Le Basketbawl!
They used to call the old Yankee Stadium the “House That Ruth Built.” Hopefully in short order they will start to call Le Basketbawl the “House That New York Vinnie Built!” Welcome to Le Basketbawl, the new home of New York Vinnie! Now I am sure you are saying to yourself right about now “Who is this Frickin Pud New York Vinnie? And Furthermore why should I give a rats patootie about what he has to say?” That is a very fair question and hopefully in the next few minutes I will be able to answer that for you!
If you had asked me a month ago if I ever pictured myself being a writer or a blogger New York Vinnie would have thought you were Frickin Nuts! I have been crazy about sports in general and New York sports in particular ever since I can remember! New York Vinnie loves baseball and football but most of all I am passionate about the NBA! To me it is the world’s greatest sport even though my team the New York Knicks have been in the toilet for years and do not look like they will escape anytime soon..
Life truly works in strange and mysterious ways you never know what will be coming around the corner! That was certainly the way that New York Vinnie became connected with Le Basketbawl. Around the middle of the month I came across a sports website and decided to check it out. New York Vinnie saw a writer getting attacked unjustly and went and stuck up for the guy. Nothing in this world bothers New York Vinnie more than bullies and Haters so I went on the attack. Apparently some good deeds are rewarded as New York Vinnie found out via e-mail the next morning. The guy that I defended along with his two partners own a network of Blog Sites and they asked me if I would be interested in taking one over!
Now New York Vinnie is not going to be someone that everybody automatically likes! I have a lot of very strong opinions some you will agree with and others you will think are pure crappola. But I make you one promise up front you may walk away angry but you will never walk away bored from Le Basketbawl!
However this site will be nothing at all if you do not participate! The greatest thing about the World Wide Web is that it is interactive and New York Vinnie wants to know what You want to discuss as far as issues in the NBA. How did your team do in the Draft? Who is the biggest pud currently playing in the NBA? Should David Stern be the NBA Commissioner? New York Vinnie wants and needs your input. Without you are readers we are nothing, but with your help we can have all sorts of fun.
So Today Is The First Day Of The Rest of Your Life! How about sharing some of that time with New York Vinnie at his new home Le Basketbawl?
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