Le Basketbawl

Before we get on the highway; please allow New York Vinnie to make a little detour first if you catch my drift. When you call yourself “The World Wide Leader In Sports” would it not make sense to have a Frickin headline writer on your Frickin website that knows anything at all about what they are Frickin writing about? New York Vinnie is not asking for the Frickin world just some Frickin accuracy.

Every Frickin time some news item crosses the wire about the New Jersey Nets the Frickin headline writers over at “ESPN.com” put “JAY-Z’s” name in the headline. When you read the article the rapper is never brought up; so why does the headline writer make the Frickin reference? 

New York Vinnie is going to send a Frickin bulletin to those headline writers; “JAY-Z” has nothing at all to do with the day to day operations of the New Jersey Nets. He is a minority owner he owns a small Frickin share. He is not sitting down with Team President Rod Thorn and discussing deals. Beyonce is not doing the choreography for the Nets dancers either. So headline writers get a Frickin clue; alright?

Now the reason that New York Vinnie is writing about the Nets is that the “Death Watch” has begun on the coaching tenure of New Jersey bench boss Lawrence Frank. The Nets have started out season with an 0-13 record and now head out west for the next four games.

They will face the Nuggets in Denver Tuesday and head up to the Great Northwest to take on the Trail Blazers in Portland on Wednesday. The most realistic chance for a win would be on Friday as they will be in Sacramento playing the Kings however the Kings are 4-2 at home. They will end the trip with a game against the Lakers on Sunday night.

So right now there is a good possibility that the team could come back to New Jersey on December 2,  still without a win, an 0-17 record and according to the “The Record“  possibly a new head coach. Frank told reporters “I know I’ve got to produce. I take full responsibility. I’m not hiding anywhere. I say bring it on. Put it on me. We’re here to serve our guys. They’re working their tails off. We just need to continue to get better. I’m not absolving myself from anything. Right now that record is indicative of where we’re at and how I’m coaching. We need to do better!”

Okay first of all New York Vinnie went through three different “Death Watches” over the last few years before “MY BOYS” finally pulled the plug on Isiah Thomas’ reign of destruction. The media loves this kind of speculation Crapolla; they start to salivate when they Frickin smell blood.

Right now New Jersey does not have a boatload of talent and what they do have is mostly inured right now. That is not Frank’s fault. New York Vinnie has never really been that impressed with Lawrence Frank during his stint with the Nets. He was brought in as an interim coach after New Jersey fired Byron Scott and won his first 13 straight games. The interim was soon removed from his title and has been on the bench since 2004.

When Frank had talent he did well; now that he has little he is no longer doing as well. It is a very simple formula that has been around since they started playing sports. You have guys who can play you will win, and if they can’t then you won’t and that is the Frickin Bottom Line!