kobe has no need to apologize to shaq. first of all, i wouldnt be the least bit surprised if its true that shaq did sleep with other women and paid them not to tell. and its not like kobe ratted him out to the national media. he was just saying it to the investigators who were interrogating him. he was probably trying to prove that if he really raped the girl, he would have just paid her off to keep her mouth shut, but that since he was innocent and sure of it, he wasn't going to pay the girl anything. he wasnt saying: "please tell the whole world that shaq sleeps with other women". i dunno why everyone got on kobe for that one. i think everyone takes it easy on shaq and gives kober a hard time. hes a superstar, id trade anybody on the entire knicks roster for him in a heart beat. the lakers made the right move in keeping kobe; shaq is aging and past his prime. kobe can still get better. no brainer.
the knicks suck. if we get jalen rose, we will have not one, not two, but THREE ball hogs and bad shot takers who arent good shooters in our starting 5 in marbury, crawford and rose. we will be one of the worst teams in the league with no chemistry whatsoever. i guarantee it. rose is a cancer. DO NOT GET HIM. id trade marshall for kurt thomas straight up though. kurt is getting old. marshall has great energy. and, marshall can play the 3, so we could actually have a starting 5 of:
Marbury, Houston, Marshall, Sweetney and Mohammad.
Personally, i KNOW that this team is going nowhere. I'd completely unload every contract on the team and just start fresh.
Trade Marbury, Houston, Hardaway for Rahim, Stoudamire, Patterson, Telfair and Outlaw
Trade Crawford, Sundov, Baker for Nene, Nikiloz Tsikivitisisiii (whatever his last name is)
Trade K. Thomas and T. THomas for Spreewell (and let him go after the season) and Olowokandi
Isiah could easily make the payroll go from 100 million to 15 million this season. Then, sign free agents or do sign and trades or whatever, and get Curry (possibly Shaq Jr.), K. Brown (possibly ben wallace Jr.), S. Swift (possibly K. Mart Jr.), and any other talented free agents with 3-4 yrs of experience in the league, and build around them. I bet we can go from losers to winners in TWO YEARS. all isiah needs to do is have the BALLS to unload contracts and accept defeat this year. phoenix turned around in ONE year. we are the knicks, we will have no problem getting people to come here. we arent the utah jazz. but isiah's ego is too big - he'll never do it. thats why we will suck not just this year, but in the comming years as well. i think i might convert and become a charlotte bobcat fan before the knicks actually become a good team.