His coach is Cameron Dollar from the O’Bannon brothers national champion UCLA team?

Bosh has denied that he will follow LeBron to Chicago whereas the exec. in the Times article said LeBron AND Bosh to Chicago was the “done deal.” I know I’m nitpicking when Brian has already said it all: “I also have no doubt that those rumblings are mostly due to other executives’ best guesses.”

Also, the Clips are not only incompetent; Sterling has gotten a reputation for being UNWILLING to build a winner if it means cutting into his profits. The Knicks can still hang their blame on Isiah and Layden to some extent and make the case that things will be better now that they’re gone.

Everything negative Ford says about the Knicks is annoying. The only thing that is going to shut the media up is wins. Look at the Celtics. From 2007 to the end of this playoff run. They’ve been the most unlucky and poorly run franchise, the best team in the NBA, too old and unable to get along, one of the best teams again.

Seewhydee, Kings signed Thompson’s brother to their summer league squad, so I’m not sure he’s going anywhere. (Ryan Thompson is a legit summer league guy who will play professionally in Europe if he wants, but that’s still a jesture to Jason.)

Jaycee Carroll is another very good play. Guy lit up the Spanish ACB last season. Straight gunner who can put points on the board in a hurry. Also 27 years old, so might have a shot to make the roster and contribute. Could be direct competition for Rautins in a way, though the Knicks probably have enough roster spots to keep both.

Michael Washington had a much better junior season than senior season, I would call him a good gamble. Can be a very good rebounder AND loves to shoot 3pters at about 6’8.5″ without shoes… so D’Antoni is going to love this kid.

Would have liked to see the Knicks dominate some of the top undrafted guys a little more. I like their guys, but with all the roster spots I would have liked to see at least a couple of these guys: Jeremy Lin on the Mavs summer league roster, they have tons of guards already. Wiz got Scheyer despite already having Wall, Arenas, AND Hinrich on their roster… plus Nick Young. Kings got both Sylven Landesberg and Wayne Chism. Omar Samhan on the Hawks or Mavs. Bulls got Bouldin. Clipps got Marqus Blakely. Of the 5-10 most heralded undrafted guys, Knicks got maybe one. That’s good in a normal year, but I thought the Knicks could really dominate this season by dangling all those open roster spots.

Anyone know if Zoubek has signed or whether Foote will participate (given his having signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv)?

Charles Garcia is pretty much the only “big” name who has agreed to play for the Knicks so far.

I mean, Michael Washington? Jaycee Carroll? These guys might not be bad players, but they’re not the top level guys like Jerome Randle, Sylven Landesberg, Jon Scheyer, Mikhail Torrance or even Zoubek.

Granted, these guys could still play for the Knicks (as these guys are all mostly signing for the Orlando Summer League, leaving them open to the Vegas Summer League), but if they do well for their Orlando teams, they won’t be available, so I would have liked to have seen the Knicks be more aggressive with some of these guys.

Damn, I never anticipated the Bulls getting the cap space for 2 max FA’s, damn you Washington!

Maybe it’s that I want him to choose a team because it’s the best chance to win, and I wish that were the Knicks, but honestly every other team with cap space looks better from a *purely-winning* perspective. So if he did choose the Knicks, and it was for the aforementioned reason, what would THAT say about him? It would imply — to me — that winning was not the #1 most important thing to LBJ. Don’t get me wrong, I want him in NYC for any reason.

In the public eye, the Knicks have become the Clippers, just replace spendthrift owner with clueless bimbo owner. Except the Clippers have been to the playoffs recently. *bows head in shame*