WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE MIKE JAMES MOMENT? --- This one's easy. Had to be his first radio interview, with Hartman, when James basically made it sound as if a combination of Jason Kidd, Magic Johnson and Steve Nash was coming to Minnesota to rescue Kevin Garnett. From a journeyman guy who had basically had one good season, the bombast was as pathetic as it was stunning.
"What do I do bad?'' James asked. Well, Mike, you're bad at running an offense, your defense is mediocre, you don't make teammates better and your shooting is streaky. Other than that, you do nothing bad at all.
Don't blame James so much as the Ostrich & Co., for overrating, and overpaying for, yet another Bill Duffy player, who had inflated numbers on a 27-55 team. You'll notice that the Raptors were so devastated by the loss of James that they won an extra 20 games.
Blame Wolves coaches, and even Kevin Garnett, from not accepting that if you are going to bring in James, you have to let him dominate the ball and score. Otherwise, it's a waste of time signing him.
In Houston, the Rockets will have to convince him to be what he is: a backup player. Juwan Howard is strictly a complementary player now, but at least he's a forward, which helps to better balance the roster, he's a good chemistry guy and he has one less year on his contract.
