“The time
I haven't wasted watching the NBA has allowed me to start taking piano lessons
and to polish off the first volume of Shelby Foote’s epic ‘The Civil War.’ I am
already up to Antietam and pretty much in control of the A major chord. I know
that Robert E. Lee wasn’t much of a strategist, that McClellan was a little old
scaredy-cat and that everybody persistently underestimated Honest Abe. What’s
more, I can now play ‘Shall We Gather by the River?’"—Humor columnist Joe Queenan, “Moving Targets: The Joy of My Team Missing the NBA Playoffs,” The
Wall Street Journal, Apr. 26-27, 2025
Houston
Rocket fans will undoubtedly want to employ the same strategy—and, unless a
huge upset is pulled off in this coming round against the Boston Celtics, so
will the Knick faithful like myself.
