December 11, 2002
FLIP-FLOP OVER FRIEDMAN - BUSH BACKPEDALS OVER ECON PICK'S TAX STANCE
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amStephen Friedman's nomination to become the chief economic adviser to the White House is in big trouble, and President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are considering other...
PLANS FOR SPENDING LIFT MARTS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amStocks rallied on the news that companies plan to do a lot more spending next year. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 100.85 to 8,574.26. The technology-packed Nasdaq composite gained...
BYE, BYE BARRY? - DILLER MIGHT GET DUMPED AFTER VUE IPO ; VIVENDI MAY LOOK TO DUMP DILLER AFTER IPO
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amVivendi is imagining a future without Barry Diller. As Vivendi eyes a Diller-led initial public offering for the entertainment assets sometime next year, officials inside have become convinced that Diller...
FORMER CROSSING SPOT MAY GET FOODIE STUDIO
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amTHE Global Crossing outpost at 636 Eleventh Ave. may finally have a buyer - and he wasn't one of the usual suspects. Real estate investor Jacob Frydman swooped in with...
ECHOSTAR NIXES DEAL FOR HUGHES DIRECTV
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amSatellite broadcaster Charlie Ergen has folded his hand in his biggest gamble ever, losing $600 million up front. The EchoStar chief decided yesterday to walk away from his lengthy quest...
WALL ST. REPRIEVE - EXECS SAY DONALDSON WON'T BE TOO TOUGH
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amWall Street is breathing a little easier. William Donaldson, President Bush's choice to take over as chairman at the embattled Securities and Exchange Commission, is expected to be long on...
TROUBLED CHARTER TO CUT COSTS, JOBS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amBillionaire Paul Allen's great cable TV dream at Charter Communications is becoming an even bigger nightmare. Not only is the FBI probing the company for allegedly fudging its subscriber rolls,...
PARSONS: DEAL ON HOLD
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amForget about a merger between CNN and ABC News. At least for now. That was the word from AOL Time Warner chief executive officer Dick Parsons yesterday. "We've hit the...
VIVENDI TRIED DREAMWORKS END-RUN
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amAs early as this past summer, Vivendi Universal tried to distance itself from Barry Diller, the co-CEO of its entertainment unit, The Post has learned. Vivendi officials, working through back...
SNOW HAD A GRAVY TRAIN AS CSX BOSS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amPresident Bush's pick for Treasury Secretary, John Snow, lined his own pockets with millions while the company he ran, CSX, underperformed competitors and the Standard & Poor's 500. Snow, soon...
KASPER CEO UPS HIS BUYOUT BID
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amKasper ASL CEO John Idol has upped his group's offer to buy the company, parent to Anne Klein and Albert Nipon branded products, The Post has learned. Instead of the...
STARR REPORT
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amTyler visit leaves Disney's 'Lizzy' dizzy Maybe Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has found a new career for when his rockin' days are over. Tyler, who guest-starred as Santa Claus on...
ISLEYS GET THE KISS-OFF
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amR&B JAM ----- THE Isley Brothers - who've made us wanna shout for nearly 50 years - were given a KISS of a diss at the radio station's R&B Jam...
AIX MARKS THE SPOT
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amAIX [] 2398 BROADWAY AT 88TH STREET (212) 674-7400 ------- AS a souvenir of my visits to sizzling new Aix, I've kept a half-inch crisp of caramelized fennel. Served with...
RIGHT ON THE NOSE - 'MAKEOVER' PUTS ON A HAPPY FACE
December 11, 2002 | 5:00am"Extreme Makeover" [ ] (but not if you're a guy) Tonight at 9 on Ch. 7 ------ ONCE, in a previous life, I was a beauty editor - first at...
SOTTHA KEEP ON COOKIN'
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amTHERE'S more news on Sottha Khunn's next venture. The former Le Cirque chef, who recently signed a lease at 135 E. 65th St., will feature Italian cuisine at his new...
'SOPRANOS' FINALE PACKS PUNCH
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amSUNDAY'S fourth-season finale of "The Sopranos" netted nearly 12.5 million viewers - remarkably, beating the competition on the broadcast networks. The 75-minute episode focused on the Sopranos' crumbling marriage, as...
NO RUSH TO REPLACE MILLER AT '20/20'
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amABC officials have given up on finding a new partner for Barbara Walters now that John Miller is quitting "20/20" to become a police official in Los Angeles. At least...
'MEDEA' PLAYED FOR LAUGHS & TEARS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amMEDEA []The Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 W. 47th St., (212) 719-4099. ---- MOURNING becomes Electra, but do sunglasses become Medea? The answer is a slightly guarded yes. Euripides' play is...
MORNING SHOWS FEUD OVER SURVIVOR
December 11, 2002 | 5:00am'GOOD Morning America" and "Today" were engaged in a battle royale yesterday to land an exclusive interview with the West Virginia man who was trapped in his car for nearly...
TALKIN' TONY - WHAT'S A MUSICAL, A REVIVAL?
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amTHE Tony Award eligibility committee - an august body, to be sure - will have plenty to hash out at its meeting next month.Up for discussion will be the following:...
JACK LEADS THE PACK - AND THE RACE IS ON FOR OSCAR NOMS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amNICHOLSON, Caine, Kidman, Streep.A lot of familiar names are circulating - often in more than one category - in this year's Oscar acting races, which are a lot less murky...
SUCKING IT ALL IN - LIQUID DESSERTS DELIGHT DINERS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amTHE liquid lunch may have seen its day, but the liquid dessert is showing up on menus all over town - and diners are lapping them up. Michael Waterhouse, co-owner...
OSCAR THE GREEK - IN A CRAZY RACE, THIS LITTLE FLICK COULD TAKE HOME GOLDEN GUY
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amMY Big Fat Greek Oscars? One of the most wide-open Academy Awards races in decades makes it increasing possible that there will be dancing in the aisles of the Kodak...
THE SEPT. 11 HIJACKERS USED MACE OR SOME OTHER SPRAY TO PARALYZE PASSENGERS AND CREW
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 hijackers used Mace or some other spray to paralyze passengers and crew on the first plane to hit the World Trade Center, an FBI agent...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amMike Samples doesn't like the new dress code at his government job - so he wore a dress to work. Instead of his usual jeans, cap and T-shirt, Samples, a...
CLAUS ENCOUNTER WITH BONO
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amBono played Santa at JFK Airport yesterday as he helped ship off 83,000 Christmas gifts to kids stricken with AIDS in Uganda and Sudan. The U2 star joined Sen. Bill...
BX. PERV JAILED FOR PREYING ON INTERNET KIDS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA city school safety officer is going to spend six months in prison and the rest of his life telling other cops he's a sexual predator after trying to seduce...
CRASH LANDING - CAR SMASHES INTO 2ND-FLOOR BEDROOM AS FAMILY SLEEPS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA flying sports car came crashing into a second-floor bedroom - giving an astonished Long Island couple the most dramatic wake-up call of their lives. It happened just before midnight...
A DEVELOPER HAS REQUESTED $43 MILLION IN TAX-FREE LIBERTY BONDS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA developer has requested $43 million in tax-free Liberty Bonds to create 91 new apartments downtown. The project involves the renovation of 13 loft buildings and the construction of three...
MIKE THE BIKE NEEDS TO STOP BACKPEDALING
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amTHIS was Rudy Giuliani to city transit workers threatening an illegal strike in 1999: "You're going to pay for it." This was Mike Bloomberg on Monday, when asked if he'd...
PATAKI IMPASSES THE BUCK TO MTA - WON'T ENTER TRANSIT-STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - With a possible transit strike just days away, Gov. Pataki said yesterday that he was staying miles away from the contract talks. "I'm not going to undercut this...
MISTRESS' SOUR LETTER TO 'DIRTY' SUGAR DADDY'S WIFE
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amThe mistress of a deadbeat sugar daddy under investigation for a massive health-care kickback scheme warned the man's wife her hubby was involved in "dirty business," court papers show. The...
N.Y. CIG SALES COULD BE STUBBED OUT
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - The state is warning there could be a "period of time" next year when no cigarettes are available for sale in New York, The Post has learned. The...
CITY'S $25M IS A BUST
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA computerized timekeeping system that was supposed to save the city's social-service agency millions of dollars ended up costing twice as much as planned and saved no money, City Comptroller...
CATHOLICS VENT MANGER ANGER
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amAngry Catholics say they're suing New York because the city discriminates against them by allowing schools to display the Jewish menorah and the Islamic star and crescent - but not...
BLOOMBERG REVEALS $1B HOUSING BOOST
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is putting his entrepreneurial skills to work for the city, announcing yesterday that he's come up with an extra $1 billion to help create 65,000 homes over the...
KILLER PIT BULLS RIP GRANNY TO SHREDS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amTwo bloodthirsty pit bulls mauled an 80-year-old New Jersey grandmother to death this week, leaving 80 percent of her body covered with teeth and claw marks, authorities said yesterday. Investigators...
SAMARITAN SLAYERS GET 25 TO LIFE
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA judge yesterday sentenced a man and woman to 25 years to life in prison for killing a good Samaritan who gave them a lift on the Belt Parkway after...
$2M WRIGHT LAMP HAS CHRISTIE'S BEAMING
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA rare, leaded-glass lamp designed by Frank Lloyd Wright - and that sheds light on the legendary architect's design ideas - set a record auction price yesterday of nearly $2...
NEW YORKERS ARE GETTING THEIR WHEELS IN ORDER.
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amNew Yorkers are getting their wheels in order. Manhattan bike-shop workers yesterday said customers are preparing themselves in case they have no other way to get around. "Lots of people...
PATAKI SAYS: BURN OFF DEFICIT WITH TOBACCO $$
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday proposed a massive $4 billion bonding scheme to close this year's $2 billion state budget gap and reduce the even larger deficit looming for next...
'DAPPER' CHAUFFEUR DRIVING HARD TO TAKE OVER GAMBINO EMPIRE
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amOnly in America does the chauffeur become the boss. Joseph "Jo Jo" Corozzo, the former driver and boyhood pal of the late John Gotti, is believed to be the next...
FOES EXCHANGE FRIENDLY WORDS - MTA AND UNION BOSS 'HOPEFUL' AGREEMENT WILL BE REACHED
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amThe men who hold the possibility of a transit strike in their hands - MTA honcho Peter Kalikow and Transport Workers Union boss Roger Toussaint - had an impromptu face-to-face...
STATE DOING HIGHER ED ON THE CHEAP: BIZ PANEL
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amBig-spending New York is a real cheapskate when it comes to financing higher education - ranking dead last in the country, a state business group said yesterday. The report from...
SECOND BET-FIXER 'FESSES UP
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA second of three fraternity brothers will plead guilty to rigging bets in the Breeders' Cup Pick Six scandal today, the man's lawyer said yesterday. Glen DaSilva, 29, will appear...
PIZZA MAN'S KILLER: IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA teenage girl accused of killing a pizza delivery boy with her friends during a robbery last year said they all agreed "no one gets hurt" before setting out to...
9/11 THUGS MACED CREW, PASSENGERS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 hijackers used Mace or some other spray to paralyze passengers and crew on the first plane to hit the World Trade Center, an FBI agent...
SCHOOL-TRANSFER FEARS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein's plan to dramatically increase the number of students transferring from low-performing schools to better ones could cause racial and class tensions throughout the city, it was...
NEW MISSILE THREAT - N. KOREAN SCUDS FOUND HEADED FOR GULF
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amU.S. forces last night boarded a mysterious ship carrying Scud missiles that was intercepted in the Arabian Sea as it sailed from North Korea to Yemen, officials said. The discovery...
U.S. WARNS: WE'LL NUKE YOU - BUSH: USE WMD AT YOUR PERIL; BUSH'S CHILLING WARNING: WE'LL NUKE YOU
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday warned Saddam Hussein and the world that America is ready to go nuclear if the United States or its allies are attacked with weapons of...
STOOLIE RATS OUT COP
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA detective tipped off his mobster cousin that the cousin and his pals were suspects in a drug dealer's murder, a mob turncoat testified yesterday. And Detective Michael Silvestri -...
WINONA'S PILL-PUSHIN' DOCTOR SUPPLIED COURTNEY
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Winona Ryder's embattled, pill-dishing doctor also served raunchy rocker Courtney Love with a cabinet full of prescription drugs, according to a source and state medical records. The...
TRUTH BE TOLD, AZIZ LOOKS LIKE LIAR
December 11, 2002 | 5:00am"Nightline"Why is Tariq Aziz, Iraq's deputy foreign minister, twitching in these photos? Body-language experts say the diplomat's recent nose-pulling, chin-scratching performance on ABC's "Nightline" is clear evidence of deception. John...
$500,000 BULL'S-EYE - JURY'S AWARD TO SACKED COP IN SEX-HARASS SUIT
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA female ex-cop bagged a nearly $500,000 jury award yesterday after suing the NYPD for alleged sex harassment - just two years after one of her co-workers at the 50th...
U.S. SEIZES MISSILE SHIP - HIDDEN SCUDS BOUND TO YEMEN FROM N. KOREA
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amU.S. forces last night boarded a mystery ship that was intercepted in the Arabian Sea as it sailed from North Korea to Yemen - with a hidden cargo of Scud...
CITY MAY GIVE PRINCIPALS 25G INCENTIVE TO GO TO BAD SCHOOLS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg and schools boss Joel Klein are considering offering their best principals $25,000 bonuses to take over some of the city's worst schools, sources said yesterday. And if the...
CITY SEES SUDDEN DROP IN GUNPLAY
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA sharp turnaround in gun violence in the Big Apple in recent weeks will keep the total number of city shootings this year close to where they were in 2001...
YOU MAY HAVE HAIL OF A TIME WITH CABS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA group representing some city cabbies is encouraging hacks to stay off the roads if there's a transit strike - as a show of solidarity and because its drivers would...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * The charred body of a man was found in the back of a burning car yesterday in Inwood. Firefighters discovered the body in a gray 1996 Honda at...
GOTTI 'SON' BURNED - MOB THUGS FORCED HIM OUT OF BUSINESS: FEDS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amJohn Gotti's self-described adopted son gets no respect in the underworld. Lewis Kasman was bleeding so much cash from a Long Island surf and turf eatery in which he invested...
LOVESICK STALKER TERROR
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA romantic burglar tried to steal his victim's heart with champagne and roses - but resorted to breaking into the single mom's home and molesting her after she repeatedly spurned...
U.N. CHIEF WEAPONS INSPECTOR HANS BLIX YESTERDAY SAID HE'LL OFFER A "PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT"
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix yesterday said he'll offer a "preliminary assessment" of Iraq's weapons declaration on Dec. 19 - and U.S. officials promptly hinted they intend...
POPE GAVE HIS BLESSING - POLICY ALLOWED PERVS TO WORK WITH KIDS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amBoston's Bernard Cardinal Law was just following orders from his boss - Pope John Paul II - when he sent suspected pedophile priests back to work in parishes with kids,...
LIBERTY BOND REQUEST FOR SEAPORT HOUSING
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA developer has requested $43 million in tax-free Liberty Bonds to create 91 new apartments near the South Street Seaport. The project involves the renovation of 13 loft buildings and...
MORAL WIN FOR PAM, TOMMY
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - A federal judge ordered an Internet porn pusher to pay Pamela Anderson and ex-husband Tommy Lee $741,000 for marketing the couple's famous sex video without their permission,...
CHIEF FOES EXCHANGE FRIENDLY WORDS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amThe men who hold the possibility of a transit strike in their hands - MTA honcho Peter Kalikow and Transport Workers Union boss Roger Toussaint - had an impromptu face-to-face...
TIGER TO TAME THE WHITE STUFF
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amTiger Woods is used to raking in the green, but soon he may be shoveling the white stuff. The golf great - who has never seen snow fall - plans...
MURDERS IN APPLE LOWEST IN 40 YRS.
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amA sharp turnaround in gun violence in the Big Apple in recent weeks has helped drive down the city's murder toll to its lowest level in four decades, police statistics...
TIME HAS COME TO LET ROSE BACK IN
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amPete Rose gambled. You know he did. I know he did. He bet on the ponies. Lost a pile or 10 playing blackjack. He bet on football, bet on the...
PUGS USING THEIR HEADS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amWho says that boxers have the brain capacity of a ball of yarn? Whoever it was, they didn't consider DaVarryl Williamson and Aneudi Santos. The two, who were on hand...
EARLY WINNER IS VERMONT
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amVERMONT ski areas have the most early season skiing and riding available in recent memory. Early season snow-making temperatures, combined with a steady diet of natural snowfall in the mountains,...
HERM KEPT JETS ON COURSE - POSTSEASON BERTH WOULD BE HISTORIC
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amIF THE Jets are to complete this potentially historic run to the unlikeliest of all playoff berths, remember who kept breathing life into their downtrodden locker room and allowed the...
BOSS: YANKEES ON RIGHT TRACK
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amWhen it comes to listening to his inner circle George Steinbrenner says he can't win. "Everybody was always on my [butt] for not paying attention to my baseball people," The...
METS ARE STILL NO. 2, BY GEORGE
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amGeorge Steinbrenner agrees with everybody when it comes to the Mets signing Tom Glavine. However, The Boss isn't ready to turn New York over to his Queens rival. "Fred [Wilpon]...
REVELING IN RIVALRY - GIANTS' FANS ENJOY SWEEP DREAMS VS. 'SKINS, COWBOYS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amFANS can be realists. Mostly, they understand what the Giants are all about this season, meaning they know the playoffs are not going to happen. But fans care about certain...
DEVILS' WHITE GOAL-ORIENTED
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amThe meltdown of the Devils' offense didn't start with a very big snowball. Lately, their defensemen have scored more than their forwards, but that doesn't have to be much. As...
NETS SEE BIG-SHOT IN HARRIS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amLucious Harris has never been a typical shooting guard. While others in his position launch shot after shot, Harris remains patient. "My job is to take shots when they come...
LEETCH'S ANKLE STILL THROBBING
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amBryan Trottier doesn't believe in making crutches available for his team. It's only unfortunate that Brian Leetch still needed crutches to get around the Tarrytown practice facility yesterday, a week...
WILLINGHAM PROVED HE'S A WINNER
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amBeing Notre Dame's first black head coach in any sport would be daunting enough, but when Tyrone Willingham took the helm at the nation's most revered football program, he was...
AMAZIN'S ERRED ON FONZIE VALUE
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amWHILE checking into a Tucson hotel last month for the GM meetings, Oakland's Billy Beane quizzed an acquaintance on whom he thought was the best free agent available. The acquaintance,...
NAKAMURA MUNCHES WITH METS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amThe Mets have a leg up on the U.S. competition to land free agent Japanese third baseman Norihiro Nakamura. They were the only major-league team to meet with Nakamura, who...
I DESERVED BETTER FROM METS: FONZ
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amEdgardo Alfonzo wanted to be a Mets lifer - but wasn't going to take a pay cut to do it. "They wanted to cut [my salary] to $5 million [per...
SVELTER GLOVER STORMING BACK
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amThe folks at Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kreme aren't going to be thrilled by Anthony Glover. "A donut's a donut," said the St. John's power forward. "They're junk food." Donuts...
WARD'S CONTRACT POINTING WAY OUT
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amThe Knicks have a big decision to make with Charlie Ward after the season because of a buy-out clause in the point guard's contract. If team brass believes its second-round...
MCDYESS SET TO BREAK SILENCE
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The Knicks will let Antonio McDyess speak to reporters for the first time since the club declared him out for the season after he underwent left kneecap surgery...
THEO HAS LAST LAUGH ON ISLES
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amHawks 3 - Isles 2 The boos were for the Islanders - not Theo Fleury - as time expired and No. 14 in a red Blackhawk jersey waved good-bye to...
FOR FLEURY, THE BATTLE WITH HIMSELF NEVER ENDS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amWE'RE live at Nassau Coliseum for the renewal of one of hockey's greatest rivalries - Theo Fleury against himself. Come on now, 'fess up, watching Fleury against the Islanders is...
KNICKS LOWER BOOM - END 3-GAME SKID BY STIFLING SONICS
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amKnicks 97 - Sonics 80 The buzzer had sounded, the Knicks' win over the Sonics was neatly tucked away, but Kurt Thomas wasn't finished with Seattle just yet. Feeling he...
GARDEN HEX STILL HAUNTS PAYTON & CO.
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amHe chomped on his gum and shook his head in the locker room. Gary Payton still doesn't understand it. "Can't shake this thing," the Sonics star said after last night's...
DEVILS MIGHT DEAL ELIAS TO COLORADO
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amDevils 2 - Blues 0 This word in the wind would be just as shocking as the trades of Patrik Elias' former A Linemates. While Martin Brodeur was posting his...
SIDELINED MCDYESS SET TO GO ON RECORD TODAY
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES For the first time since he fractured his left kneecap Oct. 12 in a preseason game vs. the Suns, Antonio McDyess will be made available to the media...
KENNY: N.Y. NO BIGGIE
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amThe rumors have been there ever since he was a skinny college freshman: at some point, Kenny Anderson would return home to play in New York. Well, after this season,...
TIME MAY BE UP FOR KVASHA
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amMattias Weinhandl has been skating on his own for two days, which stands to reason that the clock on Oleg Kvasha is ticking like a time bomb. It may not...
IS CHARLIE 'POINT' OF NO RETURN?
December 11, 2002 | 5:00amThe Knicks have a big decision to make with Charlie Ward after the season because of a buyout clause in his contract. If brass believes its second-round draft pick, point-guard...