The Media's Bias On LeBron
Many of us have carefully read the signals in the saga surrounding the impending free-agency of LeBron James, and the results are now in.
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30 Teams, 30 Days: New York Draft Preview
With the Knicks 2010 first round pick going to Utah as the final blow of the Stephon Marbury trade, Donnie Walsh and Mike D'Antoni absolutely need to make the right selection with the eight overall pick.
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Grading The Deals: Knicks Finally Make Moves For Present, Not 2010
Almost every move the Knicks have made over the past year has been with 2010 in mind, but the two trades they made and the one they passed on did little on that front.
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Walsh Should Act Now To Attract LeBron Later
Should general manager Donnie Walsh act now in order to increase the likelihood that LeBron James will land in New York in 2010?
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Galliari Impresses While New York Waits For 2010
It's been a long and frustrating six months for New York Knicks' rookie Danilo Gallinari, but he has not been the only one anticipating the true start to his NBA career.
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The Knicks' $2.5M Per Hour Man
The $29M signing of Jerome James in 2005 has been a complete disaster. Here are a few creative accounting ways in how that $29M played out on the floor.
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Last Second Shot Sours Knicks' Comeback
Jarrett Jack's last-second shot on Friday night gave the Pacers a thrilling win over the Knicks, who wasted an excellent second half in the final moments.
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Knicks Avoid Season-High Skid, Defeat Pistons
It wasn't all pretty at MSG on Sunday afternoon, as the Knicks nearly let a 22-point halftime lead vanish in their win over the Pistons.
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Not Playing Only Hurt Marbury
Stephon Marbury will have to find a way to convince owners that he is not the selfish prima donna they may believe he is. A GM may love the idea of adding him to the mix, but can he sell his owner on that idea?
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Grading The Deal: Knicks Trade Crawford To Make 2010 A Closer Reality
This trade is clearly about 2010, but if Crawford had been the major and (this is the key part) consistent force in the D’Antoni offense that some envisioned, would he have been expendable?
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The Rules Of Disengagement
Stephon Marbury has done nothing to breach a contract that was intended to last until June 30, 2009. Until that date arrives, a date the Knicks' have boldly circled, Marbury has every right to collect his paycheck.
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Lee Checks In After Quick Start To 08-09
David Lee doesn't blame Stephon Marbury and still believes Eddy Curry has unlimited potential.
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Time For Marbury To Move On But Not For The Reasons You Think
Those who choose to look at Stephon Marbury’s time in New York fairly will tell you that, as a player, he isn’t much different than when he arrived. He’s older and his image is shot to hell, but he can still perform at an All-Star level.
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The History Of New York's Drafts
The Knicks have never ceased to amaze their fan base with some of the uneducated first round draft picks that they have made over the years.
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Auditing The Knicks 2007-08 Season
The Knicks once again followed their tried and true formula of poor defense, one-dimensional players, and a grossly overpaid team.
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Lottery Summit: New York Knicks
Donnie Walsh is in charge of the Knicks as they enter the 2008 NBA Draft, giving New York fans much more confidence than they had when Isiah Thomas was pulling the strings.
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New Day Coming For The Knicks
One of the most popular and widely replicated threads on the RealGM Trade Board is “How to Rebuild the New York Knicks.” I must admit I’ve taken a crack at it a couple of times and it’s no easy task.
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Walk This Way
With the question now being "when" and not "if" The Isiah Thomas Era comes to a close, the question now becomes whose next in line. I’ve stated before my general manager is an easy selection, Toronto Raptors’ assistant GM Maurizio Gherardini. But since it’s New York, bigger names have started to swirl.
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If I Were GM Of The Knicks This Summer...
Out of all of the Knicks problems, roster wiggle room remains their most serious one.
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Knicks Draft Outlook: Point Guards
Clearly, with Stephon Marbury on his way out, Jamal Crawford’s shoot-first mentality, and factoring in Isiah Thomas' inability to acquire one during last week's trade deadline, the pressing need for this team is a pass-first, defensive-minded point guard.
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Can Isiah Thomas Be Out Isiah Thomas-ed?
Is it possible to build a team as bad, yet expensive as the 2007-2008 New York Knicks? Matt McCready scoured the NBA for horrible contracts to give it a puncher's chance.
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Last Stop For The Diesel?
Taking on a depleted Shaq would be a huge risk for Isiah Thomas, but what does he have to lose? Plus, at 35, it’s hard to imagine that O’Neal and his championship heart won’t be able to at least finish out his contract as a defensive stalwart and presence in the lane.
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The New York Irony
The franchise was struggling, out of the playoffs and quickly developing a losing culture; the departure of famed Coach Jeff Van Gundy in 2001 seemed to have removed the luster from the Big Apple. Thomas couldn't make things any worse, right?
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Is The NBA Ready For A European GM?
His knowledge of the game ranks among the world’s best, and as one NBA executive put it, to have Maurizio Gherardini, means to have Europe. The question now becomes, is the NBA ready for a European executive. Well, it almost was in 2003 when Gherardini was interview for the GM position with the Charlotte Bobcats, finishing second to Bernie Bickerstaff, so couldn't it be for the Knicks?
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The Roommate From Hell (AKA Eddy Curry)
The worse part about Eddy Curry is that his production is so bad he actually manages to acquire more turnovers than assists, blocks and steals COMBINED.
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The Ship (Not) Be Sinking In New York
The Knicks’ sudden revival stunned everyone, not just the fans, who booed during the introductions but cheered for the rest of the night, but even the hardened media horde, including the guy next to me, a columnist for an upstate New York paper. He had come to the Garden in search of a Jazz blowout, prepared to write an epitaph for the season.
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Knicks Ready To Rebound After Ludicrous Start
After the much publicized debacle in Phoenix last week, which saw point guard Stephon Marbury leave the team and return to New York, I decided to meet up with the Knicks in Los Angeles and get the scoop on what was going on with the team. The mood in the locker room was not what I expected.
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Demolition In Progress
With the recent events transpiring surround the now rocky relationship between point guard Stephon Marbury and Isiah Thomas, it is becoming abundantly clear that it is no longer a matter of “if” but “when” the Thomas era will come to an end in New York. Could Bill Bradley, Greg Anthony and Allan Houston be part of the new regime?
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The Anatomy Of The New York Roster
How did Isiah turn the roster he inherited from Scott Layden into the one we see today? It surely wasn’t by getting under the cap. It also wasn’t by playing poorly (aka: lottery tank job) and receiving high draft picks. It was through a series of complex trades, which we track in this article.
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Q&A With Jared Jordan
Jared Jordan sits down with RealGM to talk about his very interesting and unique experience in the NBA, his plans to play overseas and when he expects to return.
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Making The Cut
Allan Houston coming back to the Knicks is like Sylvester Stallone making a sequel to Rocky V; he just couldn’t end his story like that.
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30 Teams, 30 Days: New York Draft Preview (23rd)
There are two areas where the Knicks need immediate improvement, and they are shot blocking and reliable three-point shooting.
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Rose–y Future In New York?
Malik Rose had a bigger role on Spurs as they won two rings yet he can’t crack the Knicks rotation? He provides a nice complement for Eddy Curry and is definitely a keeper on this Knicks team.
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Isiah's Plan For The Knicks
Dealing Channing Frye and Nate Robinson will open up cap space and play to Isiah's strength -- talent evaluation. If Balkman can become an instant impact player, why can't Isiah find two more for a quarter of the money? This would allow Lee to step into the starting lineup and give the team three more hard-working young players for fans to fall in love with.
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Outside Shooting The Knicks' Biggest Problem?
If the Knicks want to know why they failed to make the playoffs this season, they should look at their poor perimeter shooting before they cite injuries as the reason.
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Learning On The Fly
Numbers aren't telling the whole story about the latest development of Renaldo Balkman and Mardy Collins. It's not their stats or even their points that stand out, it's their all around game and their defense.
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Crawford The Missing Link?
Looking past the numbers and onto the court, it is becoming evident that Jamal Crawford’s presence during the final moments of a close game is vital to the success of the Knicks.
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Knicks Mail It In Again
This type of streak is unprecedented. Never has a team followed up huge wins over playoff contenders with abysmal losses to the bottom feeders of the league for an entire month.
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2001-2002 Season Knicks Preview
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Knick Mediocrity Carries Over to Playoffs; Webber Spreading the News?
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Knee-Jerk Reaction and Addendum to My First Column:
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Darkest Before the Dawn? Knicks' Streak Best in Years
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Slip Sliding Away: Can Knicks Ignite for the Stretch Drive?
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Knicks on the Move: Keep Kurt a Starter
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Regular-Season Wrap and Playoff Preview
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Bye Bye Ewing...
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Eric Maynor is an increasingly rare four-year, small college rookie. He sat down with RealGM to discuss how his first few weeks of NBA life has gone and what he has learned from Deron Williams and Jerry Sloan.
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