"Feistiness"

That's what Isiah called it. Some words were exchanged. Zach threw some water at Nate. Who, then, threw a towel back at Zach. It looked like bickering and childishness. But, I guess it could be called feistiness. What do you think?



You watch this and you just roll your eyes. Jokes are made. Or, rather, old jokes are re-made. This fits right into the season's story line. Except for the fact that it happened right smack in the middle of a great run of play in which the team stormed back to tie a game late and then broke the franchise record for most points (23) scored in an overtime period.

Usually, you watch a team over the course of a season, and, if you're really, really watching (meaning, you have little social life and spend too much time on the couch. Check. And Check.) then you get a handle for what a team is like. For how they interact. For who gets along. For who is in the doghouse. In other words, you know what to make of something like this little spat between Nate and Zach.

But, I must admit that on a fundamental level I still don't really know this team. From Isiah's maniacally wavering proclamations to the closed-mouth media policy that keeps the players from saying too much this is really an inscrutable group. I guess I have vague impressions of a few players that I feel are pretty accurate. I think I have a handle on Crawford, Lee, Rose, Richardson, Nate, Eddy and Zach. But, I have no idea how they really feel about each other. How they fit together. I'm at a loss as to how these guys really feel about this team. About staying in New York. About winning games. I'm sure some of them would like to get on the first train out. I think some of them could go either way. And, I'm sure other want to stay, provided they get to choose who is on the first train out.

I guess it's for the best that I don't know them because then I won't be too upset when this team looks radically different on Friday morning.