So I’m sitting here in my den with nothing to watch on TV – the Yankees already played earlier in the day and I’m not a big college football fan – and I happen to land on VH1.

The first thing I see is the very end of Basketball Wives LA. A big brouhaha looks like it’s about to happen and then nothing. Even the coming attractions for next week’s show look, well, not so exciting.

Guess what came on next? Yep, you guessed it, Lala’s Full Court Press.

Yes, I’m doing what I said I wouldn’t do less than 24 hours ago. (Sue me.) I’m writing about Lala Anthony.

Full disclosure: I’m not some TV snob who doesn’t watch any reality shows. In fact, I watch a lot of reality shows. I tune into most of the Housewives franchises, The Millionaire Matchmaker, The Rachel Zoe Project, Flipping Out – actually I watch nearly everything on Bravo. I was even suckered into watching Jersey Shore every week.

But there are some shows that I refuse to watch for whatever reason, such as anything Kardashian – I’d rather poke my eyes out than watch that dreck – The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Big Brother, Survivor etc.

Anyway, I attempted to watch Lala’s show and I’m not kidding, I only lasted seven minutes. I couldn’t do it. I was bored out of my mind and I just didn’t care about anything she was talking about.

The big dilemma in tonight’s riveting episode was finding out where Melo was headed during the trade deadline drama. Well, we already know how that story ends don’t we Knicks fans? Yeah.

So now I feel like a total hypocrite. But hey, if I were a total hypocrite I’d've watched the whole show and then ended up watching it and recapping it every week, right?

(That’s just what I’ll tell myself to make myself feel better…)

This damn lockout needs to end soon.

The Knicks are getting ready for their showdown with the New Jersey Nets tonight. Okay, so showdown is a bit of an exaggeration but the all time head to head record is 82-81 Knicks. The Nets could tie things up in Newark.

Here are some Knicks related links for you to peruse.

• Knicks/Nets Preview – NetsDaily
• Dear Lala Anthony, Please Keep Kim Kardashian out of New York. Do not encourage her, Thanks. Love, Everyone – DailyNewsGossip
• Melo Starring as “The Iso King” – ESPNNY

• Oh did you know that Andy Rautins and Landry Fields have a show? Yeah! You can watch episodes you may have missed! – MSG.com

So many things to talk about today. Let’s start off with something that’s been bothering me of late: When did people start finding it necessary to ask player’s wives about how players are feeling? Today on ESPN New York’s Knicks Page, Ian Begley has a piece called, “Melo isn’t losing faith, La La says” No, really, can someone tell me when this phenomenon began? I just find it odd. I don’t know. I’m used to the player’s wives being supportively silent and just cheering their men on from the sidelines. Is it because Lala is moderately famous in her own right so writers think she should be interviewed?

Speaking of writers and Lala, the Daily News’s Frank Isola really needs to calm down a bit with his Lala fixation. It’s borderline creepy. He tweets so much about her; where she’s sitting at games, how she looks, etc. It’s actually a bit disrespectful. How would Frank like it if some guy was trailing his wife’s every move? I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t appreciate it at all.

The Knicks are 7-10 since the trade for Carmelo Anthony. I personally don’t think this is the end of the world. It takes a while for teams to jell (or is it gel?) and to play cohesively. The reason fans and members of the media are not so happy right now is because we live in a very different world now. Everything is instantaneous. Not helping matters is the fact that the Knicks have not made the playoffs in a decade. People are hungry for it and some foolishly thought that the Knicks would win every game the rest of the season. Okay, that’s an exaggeration but some fans are very knee-jerky in their reactions to the Knicks recent struggles. I have a sneaking suspicion that this Knicks team may shock a few people in the opening round of the playoffs.

Of course before getting into the playoffs the Knicks have eleven more regular season games to go. Tonight’s game is against the Milwaukee Bucks who beat the Knicks this past Sunday in Milwaukee 100-95. The Knicks have lost seven of the last eight games (four in a row) and are now 35-36 on the season.
One positive is they’re still over .500 at home (19-16). Maybe they’ll play the way they’re supposed to against the 28-42 Bucks and win tonight!

One final thing: To Lady Knicks fans, when the Knicks do make the playoffs, go here to buy some cute Knicks gear designed by Alyssa Milano to wear at MSG! Show off your Knicks love proudly.