As I’m writing this, Ray Allen is coasting in for a wide-open finger-roll that somehow isn’t going in. It’s a perfect background to a new Rotowhine installment, “How to still be miserable on a night when you have Gerald Wallace’s 40 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes, 2 steals and 2 blocks.”

Let’s start with Allen. He is horrible. I am giving him another chance this week and am running out of patience fast. The thing is: I DIDN’T WANT HIM THIS YEAR. But he fell to the sixth damn round! I had to do it.

Next, let’s move on the Nazr Mohammed. I didn’t start Mr. Mohammed last week when he went off in four games to average 18.8 points, 10.5 rebounds and a block. Why would I? I started him the week before and he averaged about 5 and 4. Needless to say, when I put him back in my lineup this week, he was back to doing nothing - 10 and 5.

Speaking of things that happen perfectly around the Monday weekly lineup change, Brandon Roy entered last week with a bad tailbone injury. With the Blazers having only two games, I decided to bench him. Of course he played against Golden State and Toronto (who else would they face?) and lit up the Raptors on Sunday for a career-high 33 points. So of course when I finally put him back in my lineup, he reverts to 16-3-3 against the Nets.

So I’m sorry, Gerald Wallace. There is just too much going on. If you do what you did tonight for the rest of the year I won’t get over tonight.

That’s just the way it is. Some things will never change.