"The mind boggles and the mouse Googles:

A comedic acquaintance, poetically licensed to twist the truth, finds it incredulous the Knicks supposedly would consider swapping essentially Al Harrington for Tyrus Thomas.

"The Bulls knew Eddy Curry was a bum. They knew Tyson Chandler was a high-energy, injury-prone bum. Why would anyone want Tyrus? The Bulls may not be good at drafting players, but, for the most part, they have a pretty good bum detector."

Knowing Donnie Walsh's soft spot for Harrington almost matches his weakness for butter (this is their third nuptial), I can't fathom there being any truth whatsoever to the report.

In fact, there's absolutely no truth to it. The Bulls may want to go that route, but Walsh has not had a single conversation with them regarding such a swap.

That brings us to Wesley Matthews, son of former professional gunslinger, Wes. The undrafted rookie, who plays like he was born in the basket, is averaging 7.9 points (35 in the last two) in 23.3 minutes and is shooting 51 percent for the Jazz in 18 games, 10 as a starter.

In other words, 30 teams basically blew two gimmes each to choose the 6-foot-5 muscular, ultra agile, ambidextrous guard.

If I'm an NBA owner, I demand to know how it's possible that to happen. If I'm the one signing the checks, I demand to know how kid out of Marquette can go unnoticed by my talent scouts for two rounds, and I want to know it now . . . in writing, on tape and on video so I can use it against them when I sue for the return of stolen wages."