Friday is trash day in our neighborhood. It's so routine that usually we don't notice until we go to throw more garbage in the big can in the driveway and presto! it's empty.
This is almost exactly how we feel about a report that we completely missed via the Wall Street Journal a few days ago. On Friday, trash day, it was reported that the Knicks made the grossest of garbage offers for Kevin Love:
The Knicks recently attempted to make a trade for Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love, offering forward Amar'e Stoudemire and his enormous expiring contract, second-year guard Tim Hardaway, Jr. and swingman Iman Shumpert, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
But the long-shot offer, made in the past week, was declined and never stood much of a chance, particularly because the Timberwolves could potentially strike a richer deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers involving No. 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins.
It also never stood a chance because it is about the worst, most laughable offer imaginable. If it really is true, we feel bad for the level of delusion pervading Knicks President Phil Jackson and we feel sorry that Flip Saunders even had to field the phone call.
Stoudemire does nothing for anyone. Shumpert averaged 6.7 ppg last year and is a restricted free agent in a year. Hardaway averaged 10 points last season.
If it was some sort of elaborate ruse or prank, then maybe we could understand. If the offer was for J.J. Barea and a $100 gift card to Hubert's, we could understand. If that story ran in The Onion instead of the WSJ, we could understand.
But as a legitimate trade offer? No, we cannot understand.
