Knicks’ trade for Anthony official (AP)

Knicks’ trade for Anthony official (AP)
Players like Carmelo Anthony don’t come cheap
and many times they don’t come around at all. So even though it cost much of their core
the New York Knicks couldn’t pass up a chance to pair him with Amare Stoudemire. “I think this puts us in a way ahead of everything
because these are the kind of guys that are really hard to get
” Knicks president Donnie Walsh said.
Create-a-Caption: LeBron James
All-Star game ninja
C’mon
LeBron James. Fight fair. Anyone can record the second triple-double in All-Star game history if they deploy mad smoke bombs to confuse and disorient the defense. (Also
don’t be surprised if LeBron has a little bit of a cough this week.)Best caption wins good rocking tonight
courtesy of Deep Purple. Good luck.In our last adventure: Jolly Giraffe was always Chris Bosh’s favorite Pillow Pet.Winner
patrick craft: “Ain’t no rule that says a giraffe can’t replace Joel Anthony.”Runner-up
Mark M.: Chris Bosh introduces a giraffe to the nba lifestyle
where people feed you by hand and tell you that you are the greatest.Second runner-up
r: “You know
if you want to get some dress shirts with extended necks
I know a guy …”A Special Commendation in Ruling
Clever Girl Division
goes to gordonyu1 for a well-met nature video joke: The raptor enjoys playing with its food before eating it.
Thunder spoil Griffin’s Oklahoma return (AP)
Blake Griffin’s return home featured a rousing start and a forgettable finish. Jeff Green scored 22 points
Kevin Durant added 21 and the Oklahoma City Thunder spoiled Griffin’s return to his hometown by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 111-88 on Tuesday night. Griffin made a run at his first career triple-double but came up two assists shy.