Last Friday, the Knicks were down to eight healthy bodies and chronic pouter Stephon Marbury refused to play. Later, the team suspended him and Starbury probably will be sent home permanently this week, where he can wipe his ass with hundred dollar bills.

A week later, Plaxico Burress of the New York Giants, a man who has been fined an obscene amount of dollars in recent years by the Super Bowl champs accidentally shot himself in the thigh while fumbling a gun in a nightclub.

After moving to a secluded area with a guard, he allegedly took the gun out and started to unload the bullets while drinking a glass of wine. But the sure-handed wideout began to bobble the firearm, accidentally firing a shot that ripped through his leg but missed the bone. A source said a guard came over in the aftermath, emptied the gun’s chamber and then gave it back to Burress.

When you purchase a weapon, there are a few hard and fast rules, and never operate a gun while drinking is right there at the top (see Williams, Jayson). This is also probably why the NY Post went with phrases like “Giant Jerk” and “Giant Idiot” to describe one of the best receivers in the NFL.

Been looking for something to derail the Giants’ quest to repeat? Look no further than Plaxico Burress.