Feeding The Post: Shaun Livingston To Feel The Heat

* I am a Shaun Livingston fan. No, never a Los Angeles Clippers fan, the team Livingston used to play for, as all of the regular readers know I am a New York Knicks fan. But, maybe I should reconsider now that Baron Davis and Marcus Camby are in the Clip Joint now. Nah, it's all about sticktoitiveness! And that's why I am happy to hear that the Miami Heat have signed Livingston to a two-year contract. Livingston will jump into the Heat point guard battle, but realistically, he'll mostly be hanging back with the cavalry waiting for the prime opportunity to take over. Trust me, folks, it will happen.

* This on-again, off-again Jamaal Tinsley trade from the Indiana Pacers to the Denver Nuggets seems to be back on as Tinsley is expected to be Rocky Mountain-bound on Monday. While the trade makes sense, talent-wise, for all involved, why is there so much denial? Tinsley, while a problem off the court (whether he finds trouble or trouble finds him), he does have an ability to produce as a point guard in the Association and playing in an up-and-down offense such as Denver's with Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony ready to receive Tinsley's pass to score... man! Who could ask for more?

* Amare Stoudemire will be out for two weeks thanks to an eye poke. Didn't Stoudemire ever watch The Three Stooges and learn the eye poke block by forming a wall along the bridge of your nose? Youngsters... don't appreciate good television anymore.

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