Well, it's New York, and it's Derrick Rose. Mo' drama! After attending shootaround and everything seeming about status quo, Rose just flat out didn't show up for last night's game against the Pelicans. Didn't tell anyone, didn't shoot someone a text... He had no problem sending all sorts of horrible texts to that ex-girlfriend... The AWOL was so abrupt, that apparently the Knicks sent team representatives to his apartment and his teammates were praying for him! Yikes. According to reports, he's fine and it was a "family issue" in Chicago, but this is redonk! I can't remember a starting player just "not showing up" for a game, much less a former MVP! Things have gotten super sour in NY... Then the actual game last night happened! ...which was an absolute shitshow. At least Brandon Jennings played well, as he's been given a golden opportunity to start and show what he can do again (20/5/4/2/0 with 4 treys and 2 TO in 29 minutes - I would probably give him a spec add in 12ers based on this drama). But nothing but downhill from there. Carmelo Anthony got ejected for arguing, probably because the Knicks were down 20 and his knees hurt. "My fingers hurt!" "Well now your back is gonna hurt, because you just pulled landscaping duty!" Then our favorite Irishman Kyle O'Quinn apparently hit the Jameson too hard on the bench watching the Knicks implode, and fouled the crap outta Anthony Davis, causing the brittle 7 footer to fly into the stands and exit with a hip injury.
I'm sure that's exactly what all Brow owners wanted to see, in a game with NO up 22 in the late 3rd... See, calling him KOQ makes all sorts of sense now! We call that defensive play a "KOQ block". The Knicks ended up losing at home to the Pelicans, have lost 8 of 9, and have fallen to 17-21 (I erroneously on the Podcast thought there were still .500, man this fell apart quick!). Yup. The Poppycockers ladies and gents! Here's what else went down last night in fantasy basketball action:
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