And A Trade for Frédéric Weis Might Be Imminent

The Jets and Giants both won key games this past Sunday, sparking hopes for an unprecedented New York versus New York Super Bowl, but I'd actually like to highlight the new coach of the Washington Wizards, Ed Tapscott, who took over after Eddie Jordan was fired today.

Although he's anonymous to everyone except the most fervent sports fans, Knicks fans remember Ed Tapscott as the genius who, after raving about his Weis' workouts in Europe, drafted him 15th in the NBA draft over such talents as Ron Artest and James Posey.  Weis' biggest sports moment was being on the receiving end of a highlight reel dunk by Vince Carter in the Olympics, which allegedly scarred him to the point of absolutely ruling out coming to the NBA to play ball.  I remember Ed Tapscott in an inteview after the draft, smugly talking about how the Knicks now had a talent who could take over the reins from Patrick Ewing in the middle. Contrary to some reports, Tapscott did not do a secondment this past year at Lehman Brothers.

Good pick, Ed.  If you needed to pick a European, Andrei Kirilenko was available about ten picks later.  That would've been nice. Even Wang Zhi-Zhi would've been a more serviceable stiff.