Now, I don’t follow the NBA half as much as I used to, and I’ve never been a Latrell Sprewell fan, but trading him for Keith Van Horn seems like . . . well, it seems like exactly the same sort of mistake the Mets would make, the same sort the Knicks as well have been making for a decade, always bringing in forwards who are injured, past their prime, unathletic, overpaid, or some combination of the four. Van Horn has missed 20 or more games 3 times in 5 years; his numbers tell you how infrequently he gets physical (he averaged fewer than 3 trips to the line per game the last two years), he’s shot above 45% only once in his career, averaged 1.38 turnovers/asssist for his career (he’s no Larry Bird), and he’s not even a guy who compensates by being a prime time 3-point shooter. Unless I’m missing something, neither is he a guy who does a lot that doesn’t show up in the box scores. And he’s got 3 years and $43 million left on his contract, an extra year and extra $17 million above Sprewell’s deal.