The Basement View

 Whatever happened to try to win with the players you have right now? Not all the Jet players on the roster will be here for what the Gang Green faithful hope is the next team that a run at contending, but some of them should be. One of those players is Sam Darnold. Darnold has never gotten a true shake at being the Jets franchise guy. Darnold had a cup of coffee as the Jets guy behind center, even though he’s been “their guy” since he was drafted third overall in 2018. His first year he had no offensive line and created plays out of his rear end and tried to win, in his second and third seasons he had the offensive genus Adam Gase. With that he had no weapons while trying to navigate Gase’s miserable offense. This offseason instead of trying to replace Darnold in the draft or trying to trade for Watson—giving Watson or the new guy the same situation that Darnold is in, try to put actual talent around Darnold so he could succeed. Plus, if you trade for Watson, the situation he ...

 James Harden is the MVP of the NBA so far. It’s not LeBron or Embiid, it’s Harden. I know I have said otherwise on various podcasts , but after thinking, and watching… and watching and thinking I’ve determined to go with Harden. As the All-Star Break approaches, the collective pans their focus to the second half of the season which means all anybody will care about is MVP and the playoffs. From the day after the All-Star Break there will be columns, podcasts, and videos trying to determine who the MVP is, what the All-NBA teams will look like, and who will be the last team standing at the end of June. Myself included. However, having a Midseason MVP is important for some years. This year it is because of the bizarre ending to last year, I think it’s important to grab the casual fan back into the swing of the season and give a “tangible” topic to bring people back to normalcy. The person that is doing that is James Harden. The season that Harden has had up to this point is ever...