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We've Moved!
July 23, 2009 by
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Newsday.com has been re-designed. As a result, the Knicks Fix can be found here.
Loyal Fixers, update your bookmarks!
http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/the-knicks-fix-1.812055
See you there. A new blog has already been posted.
Mid-Level Crisis
July 22, 2009 by
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The later we go, the more the tables start to turn.
Once the dust settles after the first two weeks of free agency, you see what's left and watch as the second wave begins. There are very few teams with money left to spend -- or willing to spend -- this summer, which turns Donnie...
Postcard from Vacation 2.0
July 21, 2009 by
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I'm out of it for a little while, and everybody gets delusions of grandeur -- Han Solo
You knew once I punched out the time clock all hell would break loose...
According to Frankie Ice, the Knicks had Andre Miller in for a quiet visit to the MSG Training Center on Monday. There...
Postcard from Vacation
July 19, 2009 by
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Time to load up the family truckster and get some family time. There is still some Knicks news to be made -- mainly on the David Lee/Nate Robinson fronts -- and I'll have my Blackberry along for the ride and promise to update when appropriate.
Until then, here are some recent...
A modest proposal to resolve the Lee/Knicks situation
July 17, 2009 by
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We reported today that among the concepts discussed with Donnie Walsh, David Lee's agent, Mark Bartelstein, has offered a deal in which Lee would take a salary reduction in 2010-11 to save the Knicks some money against the salary cap for that very important summer of free agency...
Live chat with Alan Hahn
July 16, 2009 by
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Alan Hahn talks Knicks and answers your questions today in a live chat at 1 p.m.
Live chat with Alan Hahn
Live chat with Alan Hahn
July 16, 2009 by
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Alan Hahn talks Knicks and answers your questions today in a live chat at 1 p.m.
Live chat with Alan Hahn
Hill needs to join Eddy in the gym
July 14, 2009 by
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Jordan Hill's summer league debut resulted in the admission from the Knicks lottery pick that he needs to get himself in better shape.
“I could definitely be in more shape, I could get on that this summer," he said. "Practice has been pretty tough. I should just eat...
N8 the Greek?
July 13, 2009 by
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Apparently Olympiakos is targeting Nate Robinson with a boatload of cash (use your Google translator to read it). As they did a season ago with Josh Childress, the Greek team is hoping to sign Robinson as another ticket-seller, who would easily be a bigger star there.
More soon...
Game time
July 13, 2009 by
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It's like the Knicks have had a mini training camp for a five-game summer league. We've been here since Friday night, the Knicks had two-a-day practices over the weekend and one more today. Finally this roster of busts and bloomers will take the court tomorrow (Tuesday) at...
Curry: 'I'll be ready'
July 12, 2009 by
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He ran hard, he spun, he bounced and he dunked. In fact, he dunked with ease, which is not something you could say a few months ago.
Eddy Curry looked himself again. Yes, still big, but nimble and explosive. And six weeks into his strict offseason regimen, he went as far as saying...
Jordan Hill will be developed as a center
July 12, 2009 by
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One immediate thought when you watch Jordan Hill is how ferociously he gets after the ball. Rebounds, challenging shots and even loose balls, Hill is active.
Now, in three summer league practices so far, it's obvious his legs aren't quite under him so the explosion isn'...
Ewing Jr. out for summer league
July 11, 2009 by
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Patrick Ewing Jr. wasn't on the court this morning with the Knicks summer league team and is not expected to play at all in the five-game schedule. The Knick legacy is out with what the team is calling "a medical issue", but we can surmize from that it likely involves...
Waking up in Vegas
July 11, 2009 by
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Took a late-night cross-country flight out here and my body clock is tickin-like-this...
The Knicks just got here yesterday, as well, and it seems they're already with a hangover. Grant Hill took less money to stay in Phoenix....did that really happen?
The Knicks' summer...
Hill passed on the full MLE from Knicks
July 10, 2009 by
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Grant Hill's agent Lon Babby said on a conference call today that Hill turned down a one-year offer from the Knicks for the full mid-level exception of $5.8M.
Instead he chose to stay in Phoenix for one year at $3M and a player option year in 2010-11 for $3.24M.
The Knicks also...
Knicks brass want a look at Eddy's progress
July 10, 2009 by
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Had this story in today's Newsday that says the Knicks have ordered Eddy Curry to come to Las Vegas to practice with the summer league team on Sunday. According to Jerry Powell, one of the trainers that was hired to get Curry back in shape this offseason, Donnie Walsh and Mike...
The 2010 Outlook
July 08, 2009 by
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This is going to be a topic of conversation for another 365 days so let's get the facts straight here and use this as a foundation of all future discussions involving the Knicks salary cap situation for next summer.
The current contracts on the payroll for 2010-11:
Eddy Curry...
Grant Finale
July 08, 2009 by
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Don't expect the Knicks to have any more red-carpet recruiting visits this summer. After Grant GHill, expect the rest of the offseason will mainly involve trade talks and leftovers. Improving the roster was clearly the effort in talking to Hill and Jason Kidd, but cap limitations...
NBA salary cap decreases
July 07, 2009 by
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From the NBA:
NBA SALARY CAP FOR 2009-10 SEASON SET AT $57.7 MILLION
NEW YORK, July 7, 2009 – The National Basketball Association today
announced that the Salary Cap for the 2009-10 season will be $57.7 million.
The tax level for the 2009-10 season has been set at $69.92 million...
Game on!
July 07, 2009 by
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The WWL now denies its own story with sources:
LeBron James did not tell Trevor Ariza he would stay in Cleveland past 2010, according to sources close to the Cavaliers' superstar -- contradicting what a person close to Ariza said Monday night.
That source said that James told...
LeBron's recruiting pitch to Ariza
July 07, 2009 by
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By now most of the early risers have see this one from the Worldwide Leader:
In a last-ditch effort to recruit Trevor Ariza away from the Houston Rockets, LeBron James told Ariza he would remain with the Cavaliers past 2010, according to a person close to Ariza.
"Trevor asked...
They <3 NY, and the threat of 2010
July 06, 2009 by
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Don't wanna play the field 'cause I get lovin' at home base
Don't gimme no long face just exit with a grace
You and I are the past; c'est la vie, much respect girl
But now you're my ex-girl 'cause I'm on with the next girl....
So Dwyane Wade comes out...
Kidd takes the money
July 05, 2009 by
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So the Knicks top free agent target decided to stay with his current team. It's a tough, but somewhat expected defeat for the Knicks.
But this'd hurt more if it were next summer.
The Knicks really aren't players in free agency this year, not with a skeleton roster and...
No fireworks yet
July 03, 2009 by
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Suddenly got quiet on the Knick front. The team doesn't expect to know of Jason Kidd's decision until after the holiday weekend. The deals are there to mull -- 3x$24M from DAL and 3x$18M from the Knicks -- and Kidd has to decide whether it's about the loot or the location...
Live chat with Alan Hahn
July 02, 2009 by
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Alan Hahn talks Knicks, NBA free agency and the draft today in a live chat at 11 a.m.
Live chat with Alan Hahn
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