Latrell Sprewell is Still Not in a Rockets Uniform (Day 124)

We had a fever... and the only cure was Latrell Sprewell. And then we picked this up offa Lil Dice at I Heart KG, who picked it up offa Marc Stein's Daily Dime:

Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy acknowledged Tuesday night that he has reached out to Latrell Sprewell to see if he could tempt his old Knicks favorite into a comeback with a team that has no salary-cap means to offer more than minimum wage.

It's an offensively-challenged team that could arguably have used Sprewell as a No. 3 option when Tracy McGrady was healthy . . . and thus a squad that, if it's still clinging to playoff fantasies, could certainly find some shots for him now with McGrady lost for the season and the No. 8 spot in the West 5 1/2 games out of reach.

"I did call," Van Gundy said.

Without getting a return call.

"Which means," Van Gundy quickly added, "that he's not interested."

Jeffy knew what was right all along. But he knew it was a delicate sitcho. He played it soft... laid back in the cut... until the shit was too thick. He always had Spree's number... it was on his speed dial... he dialed it. And Spree never dialed back. It was the kind of shunning Jeffy'd dealt with well. With the ladies... that's one thing. Skirts were always the wrong turn in the wrong alley on the wrong side of town to Jeffy. But this was too much. Shunned by a friend... and left to the lonely, smog-filled nights of Houston. Spree would not be.

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