NEW YORK -- If Sacramento Kings president Geoff Petrie, a two-time NBA Executive-of-the-Year winner, wants to earn permanent Petey Props, he will apply for the NBA's first legal exception.
You know, just in case those nasty federal perjury charges force C-Note Webber to vacate the monarchy for minimum security. Should the league inexplicably frown on Sacramento's petition, I understand ex-Michigan booster Ed Martin is prepared to underwrite the $4.5 million exception from his petty cash drawer.
Since Don Chaney took over the sidelines, the Knicks have played like they're a Spike Lee movie. If I'm Chaney, I play Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston together in the backyard until they drop; 90 percent of the time they would have a favorable post-up mismatch . . . By my count, Patrick Ewing will become one of the elite players in the league when his number is retired by two clubs -- the Knicks and Gold (strip bar in Atlanta).