NASH’S FUTURE WITH NETS, NEW YORK’S QB ISSUES & LET THE KIDS PLAY AT WIMBLEDON...
One more thing: You know how long Steve Nash will coach the Nets?
Until Kyrie and Kevin get tired of him.
The Giants and Jets both had great nights on Thursday night, first night of the draft.
The Giants had actually had a good night before anybody made a pick, just because Dave Gettleman was no longer making their picks.
Early on I thought Joe Schoen might have won the night, but then Gang Green came on strong right behind him.
And once more we wonder if this all might be a new beginning for both of our teams.
Except for this one tiny detail:
Neither team from MetLife is sure they have the right quarterback.
The All-England Club should take a step back, because there’s still time, and understand that they don’t change anything in Ukraine, or save the world, by not allowing players from Russia and Belarus to come play in the biggest tennis tournament in the world.
Daniil Medvedev is a tennis player, one of the best in the world, one good enough to stop Novak Djokovic from winning the Grand Slam last September at the U.S. Open. He’s not the war criminal. Nor is a terrific young player named Andrey Rublev.
Nor is Aryna Sabalalenka. Like they say in baseball.
Let the kids play.
My pal Barry Stanton says he was always hopeful that Giannis would have the kind of run in Milwaukee that Tim Duncan had in San Antonio, and so far, so good.
Why did the Cardinals first base coach — Stubby Clapp, whoever he is — not get suspended for jumping Pete Alonso the way he did in last Wednesday afternoon’s brawl?
And I love the Cardinals manager, Oliver Marmol, wringing his hands because the Mets threw up and in on Nolan Arenado.
Marmol must have thought the pitch that hit Alonso in the helmet earlier in the series threw itself.
I will say this again, with respect: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, writing when he does at Substack, is one of the best sports columnists in America.
You know what I was doing on Thursday night?
Rooting hard for James Harden.
Balls that get into the Monster Seats at Fenway Park are no less silly than the pop flies that become home runs at Yankee Stadium.
No one would have believed you five years ago if you told them Serena would never get to 24 majors.
No Giants fan that I know would have picked up Daniel Jones’ fifth-year option.
Jones still may turn into something, though it rarely happens at this stage of a quarterback’s career.
But for now, he is merely the best Duke quarterback the Giants have had since Dave
Brown.
The late George Young fell in love with Brown the way Gettleman fell in love with Jones. It happens.
But when it does, and you’re wrong, it sets your program back five years.
The Packers just aren’t going to ever take a wide receiver in the first round, are they?
If I were the Browns, I’d sort of hang on to Baker Mayfield until I find out whether Deshaun Watson gets to play football next season.
Will Smith hits harder than the Red Sox do.