The Knicks began to revamp their roster, trading guard Jamal Crawford to the Golden State Warriors for Al Harrington on Friday.
The Knicks also made another major deal Friday, sending Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins to the Los Angeles Clippers for Paterson, N.J. native Tim Thomas (pictured) and Cuttino Mobley, according to a report on the [...]
For a brief moment there, it appeared basketball fans might see two legendary Lincoln High School players from different generations pair up in the backcourt.
Stephon Marbury and Lance Stephenson — “Starbury and “Born Ready” — together for the first time? At least for a quick minute in practice.
Seriously, Marbury said he might go back [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – A suburban police chief likened the conflicting accounts of an accidental overdose at Isiah Thomas‘ home to a “cover-up” and rebuked the former New York Knicks coach Saturday for saying it was his teenage daughter who required treatment.
“It wasn’t his daughter,” Harrison Police Chief David Hall told The Associated Press. “And [...]
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Embattled former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas was at the center of reports about a drug overdose at his $4 million suburban New York home early Friday morning.
Police said a 47-year-old man was taken to the hospital and treated for an accidental overdose of sleeping pills at Thomas’ home.
Harrison Police Chief David Hall [...]
Stephon Marbury will be at Knicks training camp next week, and Allan Houston will join him.
Houston, 37, spent one week and one game with the Knicks during last year’s preseason, but told reporters he planned to try again this year. Rich Zuckerman of SNY.tv has this story on the Website.
Meantime, Marbury told the New [...]
Despite a report yesterday in Newsday that Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury would be waived by the end of this week, Knicks president Donnie Walsh says Starbury will be around for at least another week.
“He’s coming to training camp,” Walsh told The New York Times.
Newsday cited anonymous sources to report that the Knicks would try [...]
I spent the day at the Sports Museum of America in lower Manhattan working on a few stories. Giants DE Justin Tuck was there for an event promoting literacy and my SNY story on him touches on everything from DeSean Jackson’s blown TD last night to Leon Lett to Charlie Weis’ unfortunate weekend sideline accident.
After [...]
ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla knows foreign basketball players about as well as anyone. I caught up with Fran at the recent Steve Nash Nike Skills Academy and he spoke very highly of Knicks draft pick Danilo Gallinari, saying Knicks fans have a lot to look forward to.
“The thing about this kid is, first of all, [...]
Steve Nash held his annual Nike Skills Academy for college and prep point guards last week at Kean University and I took the opportunity to ask the two-time NBA MVP his thoughts on new Knicks head coach Mike D’Antoni and current point guard Stephon Marbury.
“I think Mike’s going to be great for New York,” said Nash, [...]
Tough night for Danilo Gallinari and Donnie Walsh at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
No doubt recalling the ill-fated Frederic Weis pick at No. 15 in 1999, Gallinari was booed so loudly after the Knicks chose him at No. 6 in the NBA Draft that his interview with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith was basically [...]