Writing the Pine

Great Expectations for Holmes, Jets?

So you’ve all heard by now that Santonio Holmes has been traded to the New York Jets. On paper, it’s a great trade.  Combined with all the other moves the team has made in the offseason, it makes the Jets the favorite in the AFC East and maybe in the entire conference.  Holmes takes [...]

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This is….MSG IDOL

As the trade deadline approaches and the Knicks are considering a trade for Tracy McGrady, which would provide significant cap relief for this summer, The FinalWord and Pinesol started thinking about the future. One of the trade rumors floating around includes acquiring T-Mac, Brian Cook, and Joey Dorsey for Jared Jeffries, Larry Hughes, and Jordan [...]

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SHAQ JOINS KING JAMES IN CLEVELAND

Wow.  After months of speculation that Shaquille O’Neal would be headed to Cleveland, it’s now finally official.  The Diesel, the Big Aristotle, the big Shaqtus, is actually joining LeBron James and his kingdom.  Phoenix got Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic back in return (so pretty much nobody).  You know, a few years back it seemed [...]

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