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Hollinger's Insider Gems: Feb. 5, 2009

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Thursday, February 5, 2009

1. In all the mania over what Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have done at Madison Square Garden the past three days, the one thing few are discussing is how awful the Knicks' perimeter D is. Let's face it, there's a reason this happened against the Knicks and not, say, San Antonio, and it had nothing to do with the players showing up in the hallowed grounds of MSG. New York ranks 25th in defensive efficiency this season, and one can see how high-scoring wing players have little to fear against ...

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