Checked out the Knicks/Clippers match on monday. I’m not an NBA analyst, so here’s my playground perspective of what I saw, just random notes steez:

Jamal Crawford was cash money in the 4th, but doo doo in the first 36 minutes. If he can score double figures in one crunchtime quarter, why can’t he do that all game and average 30+ on the season! He is hood certified from Seattle to Harlem. He dropped 40 at EBC America in ‘06 and didn’t even play the whole game. Anyone remember when he was with the Bulls and dribbled through his defenders legs out a corner trap? He is the closest thing to watching an outdoor game on the Garden floor. And he’s dum cool, showed me more love than any Knick player when I did halftime reports last season . . .

For those out there that have only heard about Corey “Homicide” Williams but have never seen him play, just watch Corey Maggette to get an idea of an NBA equivalent. Maggette dropped 19 points effortlessly just by takin’ to the baja everytime, and basically always going right. As predictable as his one move is, he’s so strong no one could stop him, or he got the foul and didn’t miss free cheese. Homicide can go left or right, hits his freebie frisbees, too. I’d say the main difference is Maggette has deep range and good form so he’s able to pull defenders far from their comfort zone. Hom doesn’t pump fake from 20′ out. He just blows past you . . .

I’d love to see Sam Cassell play Uptown. Duke got a lot of moves with him. Just when you thought it was safe, bong he’s tucking it off the fingerprints. He went between his legs and spun in one motion just as fast as “Skip” used to in ‘99. The Russell Simmons look-a-like is no joke on the rhyme I wrote . . .

Back in ‘02 or ‘03, Cuttino Mobley went to Dyckman right after an EBC @ Rucker Park game. He got out the gates slow, and the Washington Heights faithful started booing him! Crazy, but real talk it happened. They didn’t care that he was tired, they wanted to see an NBA dude up there get buckets! His game is smooth, looked good at the Garden. So long as he’s hitting the geyser, he’ll have a long NBA career.

The Clipper I was most impressed with was Al Thornton–money is nice! During warm-ups all he did was practice hezzy hezzy dribbles and head fakes. He got the pull-up rotation, plus the bungees, could be a star in three years I predict. Would love to see him in the ‘hood. He’d go nuts.

Brevin Knight is still rockin’ out there. I got a chance to play against him in the mid ’90s out at the East Orange Pro-Am. I remember catching him with a behind the back full speed, but the by the time i’d gotten to halfcourt he was right back in front of me whoosh! Jeewizard homeboy was fast! His pops played in the Rucker Pro heyday of the late ’60s-early ’70s and supposedly was no slouch either . . .

In ‘06, David Lee came up to Foster and played in Kingdome. He needs to get more clock for the Knicks. And the next time he rolls to Harlem, he should bring Jeffries and Collins. Those dudes can obviously play, they just looked scared on the court like they don’t want to make any mistakes. A little up and down in the Ghetto would actually do wonders for their confidence . . .

Just my playground perspective . . .