Jerome James: A New York Nightmare
By Daniel Sandker on January 26th, 2009 12:22 AM |
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Over the past 7 years, the New York Knicks have been a model for futility and bad management. From horrible trades and overpriced free agents, to the occasional foreign center who got a facial from Vince Carter is scared of the United States, the Knicks have gone from being THE most feared team in the NBA to a perennial laughing stock. Nobody on the current Knicks roster exemplifies our inability to make good decisions than the one and only Jerome “Two Games” James. For those not familiar with our versatile big man, see video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibu3floKhn4 .
I’ll agree, that’s a damn good looking steak. Let’s take a look at Jerome’s contributions to the Knicks organization. He had his best season with the Knicks in 05-06 while averaging an extremely rare single-triple, that is less than one (1.0) steal, block, or assist per game. He did manage to record 2.4 personal fouls a game in just over nine minutes of playing time. Once asked if he was worried about former coach Nate McMillan’s accusations that he is a selfish basketball player, James responded “I don’t know what he’s talking about. I just worry about Jerome.”
So, how did the Knicks get stuck with this guy? After averaging a beastly 5 points and 4 rebounds per game for the Sonics from 2002-2005, Jerome put down the three cheese, two meat spaghetti for 11 playoffs games averaging about 12 points and 6 rebounds per. Knicks Management firmly believed that James was the next great big man. 5 years/$30 million dollars. Then again, we thought the same thing about Jackie Butler, Bruno Sundov, Vin Baker, Michael Doleac, Nazr Mohammed, and of course Eddy “Touch It Dave” Curry . I won’t even mention any people from France. So what is he doing now? Nothing, actually. He’s out for the season again. That’s 4 games in 2 years. For a discounted price of $12.5 million dollars over those two years. That’s about 3 million dollars a game. Not bad, Jerome. We’re paying a guy all this money to sit on the bench, and even when he does get into the game, it’s usually just a spectacle. The Knicks bench yells at him to shoot, Jerome tries to do crossovers and spin moves, throwing the ball out of bounds while the crowd goes wild.
Jerome, we’re laughing AT YOU. You don’t deserve to wear the Blue and Orange that I bleed for every night while you sit there eating cheesesteaks before every game because they make you feel good. It’s amazing to believe that Stephon Marbury gets banned from Madison Square Garden but they still let Jerome James in. I think the people of New York should raise money to buy Jerome James out of his contract so we can send this clown packing. Enough is enough New York.
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Absolutely hilarious. I don’t even want to address his contract, but this guy HAS to be the worst player in the league. I bet 60 year old Kareem has more game than Jerome. A freakin’ Philly cheesesteak before he plays?!?! what a waste…
Keep up the good work, you guys rock.
Yes, he is the worst player in the NBA which is why I love him so much.