And although JesseDark beat me to it, WP76:
Thank you, seriously, for serving, Sir. I don't take lightly the privileges (least of which are things like following the Knicks) you have helped to provide.
A Program to Tell the Players apart: (obviously, all game pieces are free to move about the cabin)
Nalod - the Centrist; a voice of reason who balances Knicklove with love of all things grown originally in Long Island. Ask him about his Dr. J wristbands, it's a true panic button. Doesn't believe in labeling people. Has more copyrighted material on this site than anyone other than martin and Andrew.
BasketBallJones - only here for the RickRolling, and possibly the Alba threads.
93Buick - Light years ahead of our current owner as a musician. Only a passing interest in posting here, but worth the read. Provided you don't mind hunting through thousands of threads to find his posts.
NardDogNation - Engages the Sombers with almost a gleeful abandon, while maintaining a mild level of Knickloyalty. Even sticks up for JR Smith over the dearly departed Jesus Lin. Possible homer tendencies, but hasn't declared completely yet.
The Sombers:
tkf - will explain NBA reality to you, according to someone who knows, namely, himself. Try not to overreact to the barrage of posts which are usually posted concurrently (opening multiple reply windows can be a terrible thing). He is a formidable anti-homer, enjoying possibly the greatest stretch of self-actualization possible right now. (Note: don't mention Melo in a positive way anywhere within 5 miles of one of his posts)
Bonn - The ordained minister of statistical validation. Don't tangle with him over numbers. He will one-line you to death. Nod approvingly and move on. Also serves as the defacto Attorney General/Defense Council of the Somber/Anti-Homers league.
dktf - see tkf, only not as much on the Melo hate. Melo apparently only killed his cat, not his dog (see tkf again).
gunsewing - would deport this entire squad (minus Shump) to a workcamp in the Ukraine to compete in curling. If you forget when we last won a chip, he will remind you.
IronWillGiroud - aka as the orangeblobman (or something to that effect) all about white Euro power forwards (no matter who they play for), deep squats, ingestion of lard/heavy cream. This is all you need know.
djunyc - Your Toronto Raptors, all day, every day. And all that that implies.
BRIGGS - a relative necomer to the fold of Somber negativity. Has realistic thread authorship, will travel. Currently a charter member on the tkf A-list (despite a nagging belief that Melo might actually be worth more in the NBA than infected toe warts from the 12th century, AD).
The Homers (or what's left of them during this stretch of mayhem/many of them will probably deny belonging to this club):
misterearl (AnswerMan) - An original. His insights will prop up your hope in humanity (should you actually need that type of thing). Although the homerism has been flagging lately, always an excellent read, in a NY Times/Wall Street Journal type of storytelling way.
PapaBear - you have to have someone on every board who refers to themselves in third person singular. Possibly the most "vicious" homer on the board, will fight you to the death for the orange and blue. Will question your negativity and fandom for food, fun, or both. Harmless, though, despite the fangs and blood.
GustavBahler - Nalod without either the Nets connections or fond memories of the ABA. Fair and balanced posting, with a bent towards homerism.
CrushAlot - neck in neck with PapaBear. Would rather die than switch. Fighting for the blue and orange is a given.
JohnStarksFan - wrote the definitive post on the current overwhelming "mitching" response to losing basketball games the wrong way with the wrong players with the wrong management and the wrong owner. And the wrong coach. Then promptly decided that he'd rather leave the board than start mitching about the team himself.
Apologies and/or congratulations to those not noted.
