It’s time for a new edition of Just Being Frank! Frank Isola provides an update on his bracket, discusses Nets-Knicks, the Rockets and a proposal for the NBA.
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>> Bob: IT IS TIME FOR “JUST BEING FRANK.” AND IT’S A GOOD TIME TO CHECK FRANK’S NCAA BRACKETS. BY THE WAY, OAKLAND SMACKED EVERYBODY UP SIDE THE HEAD WHEN THEY BEAT KENTUCKY. HOW ARE YOU LOOKING? >> Frank: STILL OKAY BECAUSE OF UCONN. UCONN JUST DOESN’T BEAT THEIR OPPONENT, THEY TRAMPLE THEM.
THEY’LL GET NORTHWESTERN IN THE NEXT GAME, SO YOU HAVE DANNY HARLEYY WHO IS DAD WAS BOB HURLY, THEN CHRIS COLLINS OF NORTHWESTERN WHOSE FATHER WAS DOUG COLLINS, BOTH ARE FIERY SO THE SIDELINE BATTLE SHOULD BE INTERESTING. ITCH A BIT OF A VESTED INTEREST IN SOME OF MY TUITION MONEY WENT TO NORTHWESTERN,
IT’S GOING TO GOOD USE TO IMPROVE THE TEAM. >> Bob: YESTERDAY UCONN UP BY 30, DANNY HURLEY WAS UPSET THE TEAM TOOK THE FOOT OFF THE GAS. THAT HELPS YOU WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THAT MIND SET. >> Frank: ANOTHER TEAM IN CONNECTICUT, YALE, COACHED BY JAMES JONES, WHEN I WAS A KID
I PLAYED YOUTH BASKETBALL WITH JAMES AND HIS BROTHER JOE JONES, WHO IS AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY. IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL ADVANCE BECAUSE THOSE POOR KIDS, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO ONCE THEY GET DONE PLAYING BASKETBALL AT YALE? THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GET A JOB
IN THE WORK FORCE AT THE BOTTOM. JAMES, I’M HAPPY FOR HIM, A BIG WIN OVER AUBURN, A BIG SEC TEAM GOING DOWN. >> Bob: THE NETS AND KNICKS, A LOT OF PLAYERS, 65 IN FACT, PLAYED FOR BOTH TEAMS F. YOU LOOK AT CERTAIN PLAYERS THAT PLAYED FOR BOTH THE NETS AND
KNICKS, IT’S A LONG LIST. GO OVER EACH OF THOSE NAMES, WOULD YOU? RECITE THE STATS. >> Frank: GOOD, I’LL START FROM THE BOTTOM UP. NO, IT’S INTERESTING. A COUPLE OF PLAYERS STICK OUT THAT I GOT TO COVER BOTH OF THEM, OBVIOUSLY STEPHON MARBURY FOR THE NETS AND THE KNICKS. JASON KIDD IS INTERESTING
BECAUSE JASON KIDD’S CAREER IN BROOKLYN, — IN NEW JERSEY WAS UNBELIEVABLE, HELPING THEM BET TO TWO FINALS, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN MVP ONE OF THOSE YEARS AT THE END OF HIS CAREER HE GOES TO THE KNICKS, MOSTLY OFF THE BENCH, BUT HE DID THE SAME THING IN NEW YORK THAT HE DID
WITH THE NETS, RIG A GREAT — REALLY A GREAT JOB BRINGING THEM TOGETHER, CARMELO FINISHED IN THE TOP FIVE MVP VOTING, JASON KIDD HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT. THE KNICKS WON A PLAYOFF ROUND THAT YEAR, LOSE THE NECK ROUND TO INDIANA BUT JASON KIDD, THE LAST GAME HE PLAYED, THEN
COACHED THE NETS RIGHT AWAY. HE MISSED, HARD TO BELIEVE, MISSED HIS FINAL 18 SHOTS IN A KNICKS UNIFORM. SO THE BRILLIANT JASON KIDD, WHO WE KNOW WAS A GREAT PASSER, GREAT FORWARD LEADER, FLOOR LEADER, LOCKER ROOM GUY, MISSED HIS LAST 18 THOUGHTS AS A PRO IN A KNICK UNIFORM.
>> Bob: A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO YOU MARVELED AT THE FACT THAT HOUSTON REELED OFF SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS, AND SUDDENLY NOW, GOLDEN STATE AND THE LAKERS ARE LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER BECAUSE HOUSTON IS COMING ON STRONG, SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS. >> Frank: IT’S AMAZING. IME UDOKA IS SUCH A GOOD COACH.
HAYES THAT TEAM PLAYING DEFENSE AND THEY’VE DONE A GOOD JOB GETTING PLAYERS, ESPECIALLY FRED VanVLEET AND SANGUN. THEY HAVE A LOT OF DRAFT PICKS THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS BUT THEY COULD CATCH GOLDEN STATE. GOLDEN STATE’S SCHEDULE IS NOT THAT EASY. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE ROCKETS GOING FROM WHERE THEY WERE
LAST YEAR TO MAYBE BEING A PLAY-IN TEAM, MAYBE PLAYING THE LAKERS? YOU YO WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN? BROOKS AGAINST LeBRON JAMES ONE MORE TIME, MAYBE SHANNON SHARP WILL SIT IN THE FRONT ROW. >> Bob: THIS HAS BEEN A RATHER UPBEAT “JUST BEING FRANK.” >> Frank: I’LL BE MISERABLE, LET’S GO.
>> Bob: IF YOU WANT TO RANT WE CAN GIVE YOU A 24-SECOND CLOCK. >> Frank: I KNOW WE COMPLAIN ALL THE TIME THAT PLAYERS REST TOO MUCH BUT I THINK THE NBA SHOULD BUILD IN TWO DAYS OF REST FOR THE NBA. HOW ABOUT THE THURSDAY OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AND THE FRIDAY
OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT, NO NBA GAMES. >> Bob: SMART. >> Frank: EVERYONE THAT DAY IS SO FIXATED ON THEIR BRACKET, GAMES GOING ON LEFT AND RIGHT. SO MAYBE TWO DAYS BEFORE, TWO DAYS LESS AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK AND ADD THOSE DAYS ON TO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. YOU KNOW WHO’S GOING TO AGREE
WITH ME? NBA PLAYERS. >> Bob: I TOTALLY AGREE. THEY WANT TO WATCH THE GAMES TOO, SEE HOW THEIR ALMA MATTER, ARE DOING. >> Frank: RIP HAMILTON GOT KICKED OUT OF A KNICKS-DETROIT GAME SO THEY COULD WATCH NORTH
