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Chandler, Melo Make All-NBA 3rd Team
Posted on May 24, 2012 by Zack Berg
NBAPA Attempting to Gain ‘Bird Rights’ for Lin & Novak
Posted on May 15, 2012 by Zack Berg
From the New York Times:
The N.B.A. players union is asking an arbitrator to clarify certain free-agent rights in a case that could immeasurably benefit theKnicks this summer, according to several people involved in the process.
The case concerns what are known as Bird rights, which allow a player to re-sign with his team without regard to the salary cap. The league contends those rights are lost when a player changes teams through waivers. The union is challenging that interpretation.
If the union prevails, the Knicks would be able to re-sign both Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak, their top free agents, despite cap constraints. They would also retain a $5 million salary slot — known as the midlevel exception — for use on another player, possibly J. R. Smith, who can opt out of his deal.
But if the union’s challenge fails, the Knicks will probably lose Novak and possibly Smith when free agency opens in July. And they will have little ability to sign a significant free agent like point guard Steve Nash once they re-sign Lin.
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Kyrie Wins Rookie of the Year; Shumpert 5th
Posted on May 15, 2012 by Zack Berg
Irving received 117 of 120 possible first-place votes from a nationwide media panel of 120 writers and broadcasters. Irving finished with 592 points, way ahead of Minnesota’s Ricky Rubio (170) and Denver’s Kenneth Faried (129), who was third.
Faried, San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard and New York’s Iman Shumpert received the other first-place votes, denying Irving’s bid to become the fourth player to win the award unanimously.
TOP 5 ROY
1. Kyrie Irving
2. Ricky Rubio
3. Kenneth Faried
4. Kawhi Leonard
5. Iman Shumpert
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Knicks Lose Game 5 & Series to Heat
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Zack Berg
Knicks Lay an Egg, Go Down 3-0
Posted on May 4, 2012 by Zack Berg
‘When you can’t score the basketball, that makes the game extremely hard, no matter how much defense we go down there and play,” Anthony said.
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”It’s a tough one. It’s an uphill battle, but it’s one we have to go through,” center Tyson Chandler said. ”Obviously no one wants to be in a hole 0-3, you know in the playoffs especially against a tough team like (Miami), but that’s the way it is and we’ve got to keep fighting.”
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”Offensively we just didn’t have it,” Knicks interim coach Mike Woodson said. ”We were so stagnant and I got to take the heat for that.”
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Chandler Wins Defensive Player of the Year
Posted on May 2, 2012 by Zack Berg
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Amar’e Attempts to Clarify Incident; Apologizes to Teammates
Posted on May 2, 2012 by Zack Berg
Amar’e attempted to clarify the incident on Wednesday:
“I was more frustrated the fact that we were down 0-2,” Stoudemire said. “It wasn’t as if I was really trying to take out the fire extinguisher door. I wanted to make some noise and let out some frustration. Unfortunately I cut my hand by accident. I’ll be back soon.”
“I didn’t even realize I was cut at all until Josh Harrellson told me I was cut and I saw the cut,” Stoudemire said. “Unfortunately after the game when it’s very passionate things happen, you don’t expect to injure yourself or anything like that. You just got to deal with it.”
The Knicks were in the gym practicing and preparing for Game 3 while Stoudemire addressed the media. He said he already spoke to his teammates about what happened.
“They all understand, they all know the situation,” Stoudemire said. “They know I didn’t physically ball my fist up and punch through a glass door. They know it happens all the time. Most of those guys have been in that situation before where they would kick over a chair or table. You know what I mean? It happens all the time. It’s just the fact that with me I cut my hand this time.”
“I think the fans are thinking I actually had a closed fist and I punched through a glass door,” Stoudemire said. “I think they have a wrong perception of what actually happened. I walked by and swung my arm backwards and hit the fire extinguisher door and sliced my hand a little bit by accident. I can understand their frustrations. I’m frustrated myself as well for not being available for Game 3. Not trying to make light of the situation but it happens all the time.
“Bad timing, knowing it’s the playoffs and how important it is for us to try and win every game. But I’ll be back soon.”
For the full Newsday story click here.
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Amar’e Officially Out for Game 3
Posted on May 1, 2012 by Zack Berg
Shumper Tears ACL in Loss
Posted on April 28, 2012 by Zack Berg
Brutal news:
| @WojYahooNBA New York’s Iman Shumpert has suffered a torn ACL in his left knee, league source tells Y! Sports. 4/28/12 8:42 PM |
| @I_Am_Iman (Iman Shumpert) It’s part of the game…torn AcL; 6-8 months…I’ll be bak soon! Thanks for all the texts n concerns. #NYKAllday it’s still the #Knickstape 4/28/12 9:34 PM |
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Knicks Get Blown Out by Heat in Game 1
Posted on April 28, 2012 by Zack Berg
If you didn’t see it, you don’t want to read about it.
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