David Lee posted his 10th consecutive double-double Saturday night against the Indiana Pacers, with 23 points and 17 rebounds, on the way to a 122-113 victory. Lee is now tied with Dwight Howard for the lead in double-doubles with 35 this year.

Lee posted one of his best lines of the year two days after not being announced as a reserve in this year's all-star game. Part of me is not surprised at how good Lee has been this year, but I also wonder why D'Antoni felt he could not play in his system back when he was coaching Phoenix. With all the hoopla this year about how D'Antoni was going to limit Lee's playing time, I'm really glad Lee is flourishing.

I just wonder if he's still going to be with the Knicks after the trade deadline.

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Oliver Perez will stay with the New York Mets after signing a 3 year deal worth $36 million. The deal is a pretty fair one considering Perez was looking for 5 years and $70 million last offseason.

Perez might not ever pitch like a $12 mil. pitcher, but I'd rather see Perez every fifth day than a guy like Randy Wolf. The Mets now can let Tim Redding battle out for the fifth rotation spot.

I'm glad the Mets were able to agree to just three years for Perez. After what Barry Zito got in the free agent market two years ago, I was really nervous the Mets were going to overpay.

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According to the New York Daily News, a drunk fan tried cut in front of New England Patriots QB Matt Cassel in the bathroon. After Cassel refused to let the man cut in front, the man barged into the bathroon and purposely peed on Cassel's leg.

Naturally, security led the drunk out of the stadium with Cassel's leg soiled for the rest of the evening. Rotoworld.com had the best quote with, "Cassel was forced to return to his seats with smelly wet pants. He'll surely be able to replace them with what's set up to be an exceptionally lucrative offseason."

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According to the New York Daily News, a drunk fan tried cut in front of New England Patriots QB Matt Cassel in the bathroon. After Cassel refused to let the man cut in front, the man barged into the bathroon and purposely peed on Cassel's leg.

Naturally, security led the drunk out of the stadium with Cassel's leg soiled for the rest of the evening. Rotoworld.com had the best quote with, "Cassel was forced to return to his seats with smelly wet pants. He'll surely be able to replace them with what's set up to be an exceptionally lucrative offseason."

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Earlier today, the Lakers learned that starting center Andrew Bynum would be out for eight to 12 weeks with a knee injury. All Kobe did tonight was set the record for most points at Madison Square Garden with 61 points to beat the Knicks.

Kobe's scoring prowess tonight was uncanny. He was hitting shots from all over the floor and even nailed all 20 of his free throw attempts. How did Kobe get loose? Well D'Antoni's strategy was to let Kobe score 34 points in the first half in hopes that he would wear down. Only he was just warming up...

For the Knicks, David Lee recorded another double-double with 24 points and 12 rebounds. It is his 36th double-double this season.

So who's up next for the Knicks? Lebron James and the Cavaliers. Lets hope the matador defense doesn't show up Wednesday night, or else Lebron could score 62.

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This offseason has not been kind to the Wilpons. First was the Madoff scandal, which cost the Wilpons personally. Now news broke earlier today that Citigroup might have to pull out of their naming rights for the Mets new stadium.

Congress has blasted Citigroup for entering into a $500 million naming rights deal with the Mets in the current economic climate, which has cost thousands of jobs at the company. Citigroup has argued that none of the federal bailout money will go towards the naming rights deal.

U.S. Reps. Dennis Kucinich, (D-Ohio), and Ted Poe, (R-Tex.) led the barrage against Citigroup. Although I am a bit biased as a Mets fan, I can agree that a pricey naming rights deal does send the wrong message, when a company like Citigroup is cutting 50,000 jobs and receiving federal aide. Citigroup is nowhere near the trouble that Enron was when their naming rights deal with the Astros ended, but in this economic climate, every big corporation receiving a slice of the stimulus plan is under a microscope.

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Manny Ramirez turned down the Dodgers 1 year-$25 million contract today. $25 million would have made Manny the second highest player this year. Can you guess who would be the highest? Maybe the third baseman for the New York Yankees?

Turning down a $25 million deal is just absurd. For one, it's not like Manny has any other numbers out there, and at a one year deal, Manny could have definitely shopped that around for a bigger number. Countless number of teams would definitely be interested in Manny for just one year. Teams are certaintly balking at giving Manny two years.

Perhaps Manny is trying to follow in the path of former NBA player Latrell Sprewell, who turned down a lucrative contract from the Timberwolves. For your information, Sprewell has been out of the NBA.

Manny should just take the one year deal and spend the 2009 season complaining and refusing to play.

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