KNICKS STILL NBA’S MOST VALUABLE TEAM

December 3rd, 2008 No Comments »

For the fourth straight year, and despite front office and player turmoil, the Knicks are the NBA’s most valuable team. The Knicks are worth $613 million, according to Forbes’ latest rankings, an increase of 1 percent over their 2007 value…

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WALSH & CO. STUCK ON ‘10

December 3rd, 2008 No Comments »

DONNIE Walsh is still at that cozy, comfortable place in his New York timeline when he is a magnet for the people with the autograph books, the truest of the true believers who have invested themselves fully in his resume, his reputation and his…

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WEARY KNICKS FALL FLAT IN 4TH

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The Knicks’ decimated state going on two weeks finally reared its exhausted head last night. Trades, injuries, a player with a bad heart and a banned player whose heart is elsewhere have left the Knicks bare-bones. The Trail Blazers feasted on…

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MARBURY, BANNED FROM FACILITY, WORKS OUT ALONE

December 3rd, 2008 No Comments »

On the one-year anniversary of his father’s death from a heart attack at the Garden, Stephon Marbury - as his sneakers once read - was “All Alone.” All alone from his Knicks teammates after being banished indefinitely from the team’s Westchester…

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Don says move just business

December 3rd, 2008 No Comments »

Donnie Walsh says that Stephon Marbury wasn’t banished for disciplinary reasons, but once they began discussing a buyout with the disgruntled point guard, the Knicks decided it was best to keep him away from the team.

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Lawrence: Oden’s future is a slam dunk

December 3rd, 2008 No Comments »

Greg Oden is expected to be much, much more than two missed dunks, and if he stays healthy, he probably will be a defensive terror, at the very least.

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Post-Marbury era starts with Knicks’ 104-97 Garden flop againt Trail Blazers

December 3rd, 2008 No Comments »

In the Knicks first game without Stephon Marbury, Mike D’Antoni’s team went into the tank offensively in the fourth as a better, bigger and deeper Portland Trail Blazer team overcame a 10-point deficit to defeat the Knicks, 104-97.

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Blazers 104, Knicks 97: Worn-Out Knicks Let the Blazers Pull Away

December 2nd, 2008 No Comments »

Brandon Roy was dominant in spurts and in control during crunch time, leading the Portland Trail Blazers to a victory over the Knicks.

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STEPH BANNED FROM PREMISES AS EXIT SETTLEMENT STALLS

December 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
In another circus-like day in the Knicks’ world, Stephon Marbury was told by team president Donnie Walsh to stay away from practices and games after buyout talks hit a brick wall yesterday. Marbury and Walsh failed to come close to reaching an…

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TEAMMATES SOUND OFF ON MARBURY

December 2nd, 2008 No Comments »

Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni said he can understand Stephon Marbury’s scathing criticism of him in yesterday’s Post. But D’Antoni denied Marbury’s accusation that he never planned to play the point guard and treated him disrespectfully. “Well…

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