Some technical difficulties last night so apologies for the delay to this morning and the non-fancily-formatted nature of the below post. Max Fisher-Cohen and I split the duties tonight; initials indicate who wrote what: STARTERS Amar’e Stoudemire (B-): Pretty shooting and scoring numbers for Amar’e in his first preseason game. When in the 4th quarter Stoudemire finally got [...]
[New York Newsday] Amar'e Stoudemire shows flash and rust in return (Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:41:04 EDT) The first time Amar'e Stoudemire got the ball in the post, he spun quickly on Andrea Bargnani and scored on a short turnaround jumper from the baseline. [New York Daily News] Melo drops 24 in 19-point loss to [...]
[New York Post] Amar’e set to return to Knicks lineup; time to mesh with Melo (Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:58:45 -0500) MONTREAL â?? Carmelo Anthony has been razor-sharp in the Knicks’ first two preseason games â?? lithe, quick, effortless. Now let’s see if Anthony can continue his groove Friday night with Amar’e Stoudemire by his [...]
[New York Post] Knicks’ Camby vows to be ready next week (Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:52:00 -0500) Marcus Camby is on the way back. Next week. In his first comments since going down on the third day of training camp with a calf strain, Camby Wednesday said he believes he will be back to practice [...]
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[New York Daily News] Calf keeps Camby out longer (Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:00:22 GMT) Mike Woodson’s goal of getting his rotation in place by next week is being put to the test, as the Knicks aren’t even giving out a new timetable for Marcus Camby’s return from what was originally thought to be a [...]
From the gods: NEW YORK, October 16, 2012 – New York Knickerbockers Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations and General Manager Glen Grunwald announced today that the team has exercised its third-year option on guard Iman Shumpert. Shumpert, 6-5, 220-pounds, averaged 9.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.71 steals (seventh in NBA) over 28.9 minutes [...]
