If you thought you’d be lighting a candle for the Knicks this year, don’t bother wasting your match.
However, there is one player who can always light up the game: Renaldo Balkman.
Many confuse him with the popular 1980’s Maverick, Ronaldo Blackman. This Balkman is more like the stoner cousin 2000 version. Laid back, long hair, and shows up late to every game.

His nickname is Kool. No really, it is.
So who is this guy? What else is in Balkman’s closet besides a 5.6 ppg and 4.2 rebound average?
For one thing, he might be the most recognizable player in the league compliments of his overgrown hair, which he vows to never cut again.
I am angered by that statement. He should shave that if the Knicks make the playoffs this year.
His lucky number is 34, which he may someday regain with Eddie Curry only making cameo appearances nowadays. Eddie is pretty much dancing his way out the door.
Besides his hunger for the basketball, Balkman also has an appetite for food, as his college major was restaurant management.
Can you imagine asking for the manager at a restaurant to pronounce your dissatisfaction, and then Balkman comes out?
I know I would quickly change my tune.
When asked what food he would choose to live on forever if deserted, he chose patti melts.
But since he doesn’t cook, he likes to munch on pizza and peach soda. Never heard of peach soda before, but being raised in Florida they probably put peaches in everything.
Pizza in Florida is skeptical at best, so being drafted by New York must be a pizza prayer answered for this guy.
That is pretty much all we could find on Renaldo. The guy is a mystery only Robert Stack could handle.
But hey, this is more than we knew before. And who knows, maybe we’ll all be eating at his restaurant one day . . . Balks Famous Melts. Just check your food for hair first.