Okay, so the trade was completed (thank goodness), but it looks like Mobley will not be in the starting lineup tonight.

Part I here. Part II here. Part III here. FRONTCOURT: During the summer it was assumed that both Stephon Marbury and Zach Randolph would be playing for other teams once the season started. Yet somehow both managed to stay on the New York roster. Randolph was twice mentioned in trade talks, but both times it [...]

Z-man – Oct 1st, 2008 at 10:10 am Mike, How about a new thread on training camp? Based on Hahn’s column, some cause for optimism….my thoughts on camp thus far: 1. Jerome James lives! Imagine if he can actually contribute this year? Funny how he is the only one on the roster to have even [...]

Here’s a recap of the chat from draft night. I wanted to capture this moment in time from the point of view of the KnickerBlogger Readers. This was heavily edited from a few thousand lines of chat. All typos are forgiven. Pre-Draft Owen: I think there will be a huge group in here to celebrate [...]

The Spurs have forced the first Game 7 of the second round, beating the New Orleans Hornets 99-80. The home team now has won a staggering 20 out of 21 games in the second round. Last year, the home team was 13-10.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/blog/2008/01/fallibility_is_sexy.html From beat the Newsday beat writer: As for David Lee….I’ve often suggested to him privately that he needs to be more aggressive with his moves to the basket. David knows he’s not a top three option when he’s on the court. He’s an active rebounder, that’s his main role. I think he’s developed just [...]

http://www.ryanparkersongs.com/2008/01/isiah-thomas-25-year-rebuilding-plan.html Ryan – Thank you for giving me a good laugh. That’s about all I have left.