Surely they joke

As fantasy fans, sometimes you see a guy for what they really are… terrible NBA players. While fans of actual franchises might whittle of stories about why player x is indespencible because of their incredible ‘court vision’ or ‘chemistry’, you know the truth. The player stinks. They have been suiting up for your team for the past 2 months and have contributed a total of 62 points, have shot 23 from 152 over that period and turn the ball over at least 3 times a game.

That player is Chris Duhon. As a newly minted Knick fan, him not coming back was nearly more awesome than adding Amar’e (I stress the nearly part). This is why the following paragraph, from an actual journalist, made me laugh while reading the Saturday morning news.  From Boston.com

But whenever he (Paul Pierce) checked on the NBA’s free agent circus, all he saw was Eastern Conference teams adding on. Miami made the biggest splash by bringing in Chris Bosh and LeBron James to join Dwyane Wade. The Chicago Bulls improved, adding Carlos Boozer and Kyle Korver, and making an offer to Orlando’s J.J. Redick. The Knicks added Amar’e Stoudemire. The Magic added Chris Duhon. And while watching it all, a part of Pierce wondered why the Celtics weren’t in the mix.

Surely this is a massive inside joke? Or perhaps the writer was about 5 words under his minimum required to fill a story? Whatever the case, this kind of half-arsed crap makes my blood boil. The Magic have gone backwards. Jason Williams played solid ball last season backing up the very fragile Jameer Nelson. Chris Duhon would struggle to find Dwight Howard in a summer league game, let alone against the cream of the crop in the East. And don’t even get me started on his field goal percentage or his ability to hit wide open three pointers.

Enough already. Some teams get better, some don’t. The Magic, now with a $93m payroll, didn’t. But that’s OK because they are still kinda good.

(h/t Ball Don’t Lie)