It’s not cheap to go to a game at Madison Square Garden. In fact, it’s a huge ripoff. It would be nice to see a quality product when you pay that much money. But that’s not the case with the Knicks. The team will sell out 28 games this year even though they may win less than 15 home games. But that’s nothing compared to the early 2010-11 season ticket sales.
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Dear LeBron,
Let’s start with full disclosure – I am a born and raised Knicks fan. So I’ll spend a few sentences pleading with you to sign with the Knicks. Please, please, please sign with the Knicks this offseason. We Knicks fans have been suffering for so long now. We need you. Ok, now that that’s out of my system, let me explain why you should sign with the New York Knickerbockers this coming summer in the most unbiased way possible.
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Well, that didn’t take long. Less than a week after acquiring another option, Chris Duhon is no longer the starting point guard for the New York Knicks. After starting 130 of the Knicks’ last 137 games, Mike D’Antoni made the announcement on Monday noting that “there doesn’t seem to be pop” with Duhon’s play.
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If you didn’t already know, the Knicks made some major moves at the trade deadline. The three deals give them a lot more flexibility for a run at free agents during the offseason. Here are the three trades that went down:
You have to give Donnie Walsh credit here. While it may not be the absolutely ideal scenario, he managed to unload a ton of salary obligations. Here’s analysis of the moves via KnickerBlogger:
But these are the facts, and they are undisputed: The Knicks, even by the most pessimistic cap projections, will have $32 million in cap space next year. The Knicks have retained David Lee, who can be used in a sign-and-trade this summer. The Knicks have retained Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler, the two players who most fans feared would have to be sacrificed to unload Jared Jeffries contract. And the Knicks will enter next season, no matter the free agent machinations, with Eddy Curry’s $11 million dollar expiring contract, allowing them to either make a mid-season trade or add another very good player in the summer of 2011. Make no mistake, the Knicks paid dearly to get here, and if they strike out in free agency, the lost draft picks could haunt them for a decade.
The $32 million of cap space for 2010 is gigantic. That will allow the Knicks to sign up to two max free agents. At the same time, having David Lee and acquiring Tracy McGrady provides flexibility. Even if the Knicks do strike out in free agency, they can probably retain those two players and hope to deal Eddy Curry for value in 2011. McGrady has already expressed interest in staying in New York. We’ll just have to wait and see what Donnie does next.
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Tyreke Evans dropped 27 on the Knicks in the victory. Wilson Chandler scored a career-high 35 and David Lee contributed 21 in the losing effort. Chris Duhon had an airball at the buzzer which sent the game to overtime. Also, Danilo Galinari injured his arm in the third quarter and x-rays were negative. [NYDN]
LeBron James scored 32 points as the Cavs won their 10th straight game. They’ve also won 21 of their past 22. All of the Nets’ starters hit double digits in scoring. The Nets have won a mere 7.8% of their games this year. [NYDN]
John Tavares had the winning shootout goal to claim an extra point for the Isles. The Islanders had 18 giveaways compared to eight giveaways for the Predators. Isles’ goalie Martin Biron had lost his last seven starts prior to the shootout win. [NYDN]
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Nate Robinson scored 23 to put the Knicks at 19-29. Of course, David Lee had another double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Nobody on the Wiz managed to score more than 15 points in the game. [NYDN]
The Nets dropped to 1-24 on the road with a loss in Toronto. New Jersey extended their losing streak to four games and the Nets’ only road win of the season came December 8th in Chicago. Each Raptors’ starter had at least 14 points in the victory. [NYDN]
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Marian Gaborik provided all of the scoring for the Rangers notching a hat trick. He now has a massive total of 33 goals on the season. Chad Johnson got his first win for the Rangers stopping 34 of 35 shots. [AP]
Tomas Vokoun made 33 saves to shutout the Isles. Keith Ballard and Jordan Leopold both scored for the Panthers. Rick DiPietro made 23 saves on 25 shots in the loss. [NYDN]
Martin Brodeur had his third subpar game in his last four outings stopping only 22 of 25 shots. Zach Parise chipped in two assists and was +2 in the game. The Kings scored two third period goals including a Drew Doughty power play score with 28 second remaining in the game. [AP]
Wilson Chandler scored 27 points to lead the Knicks in the loss. Nate Robinson only managed to hit one of his 10 shot attempts and was -33 in the effort. David Lee had 16 and 11 for another double-double. The Knicks’ starting five all played at least 33 minutes and the bench only contributed eight points going 3 of 19. [NYDN]
The Nets have now lost two straight since winning their fourth game of the season. Yi chipped in 15 points and 12 boards while Jarvis Hayes and Brook Lopez both had 18. New Jersey shot 32 of 81 as a team. [NYDN]
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The Knicks won by 27 after losing by 50 the previous game. David Lee had 28 and 10 while Al Harrington chipped in 26 and 10 off the bench. The Knicks bench players shot 14 for 28 from downtown in the victory. New York was leading by 32 at the end of the fourth quarter. [NYDN]
The Caps scored four goals in the first period which resulted in Dwayne Roloson getting pulled. Alexander Semin scored twice for Washington while five other players not named Alex Ovechkin netted a goal each. Ovechkin didn’t manage to score on any of his 10 shots but did manage to destroy Jack Hillen’s jaw with one. [AP]
Brian Elliott continued his hot play for the Senators to win his fifth straight start. He’s only allowed five goals during that streak. Martin Brodeur only played two periods and was pulled after allowing three goals on 12 shots. [AP]
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The Jets were up 17-13 at halftime before giving up 17 unanswered points in the second half. Mark Sanchez played well going 17 for 30 with 257 yards, two touchdowns, and a pick. Peyton Manning dominated with a 26 for 37 performance where he racked up 377 yards and three TDs. The main beneficiary from Manning’s huge day was Pierre Garcon who had 11 receptions for 151 yards. Rex Ryan couldn’t have been pleased with his secondary’s performance. Below is a video of Rex blowing up on the sideline. [NYDN]
The Knicks got destroyed in Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon. New York lost by 50 in a performance that saw them shoot 29 of 86 overall and a woeful 4 for 25 from three point range. David Lee had ANOTHER double-double but only shot 5 of 16. Seven different Mavericks player had double digits points. [AP]
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Nate Robinson poured in 27 points including five threes off the bench to lead the Knicks to victory. David Lee had yet another double-double with 11 points and 15 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey went 8 for 26 in the losing effort. [NYT]
The Nets lost even though Brooks Lopez and Kris Humphries combined to go 19 of 27. The rest of the team shot 19 for 56. [ESPN]
Andy Rautlins had 21 while Wesley Johnson had 22 in the win for Syracuse. Notre Dame attempted a whopping 30 three pointers and only connected on eight of them. [ESPN]
Matt Moulson scored twice for the Islanders and Rick DiPietro made 20 saves in the shutout. Martin Brodeur was pulled after allowing four goals on 32 shots. The Isles had 46 shots in the game. [AP]
The last time we saw Steph he was rabblerousing on YouTube and UStream. But apparently his unemployment benefits ran out… because Starbury got himself a new job. Marbury will be joining Shanxi of the Chinese Basketball Association. He’s expected to arrive in China next week. Shanxi head man Wang Xingjiang said that Marbury won’t make a huge salary and mostly wants to promote his line of shoes.
Shanxi coach Bob Weiss, formerly head coach of the Spurs, Hawks, Clippers, and Sonics, will be the man tasked with controlling Marbury. And Shanxi hasn’t had much luck with that in the past. They’d signed Bonzi Wells last year and terminated his contract when he didn’t return from vacation on time. But that would NEVER happen with Steph.
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KNICKS 93 SIXERS 92
David Lee had the winning bucket with 13.3 seconds left in the game as part of his 24 points and Wilson Chandler chipped in 18. David Lee was 10 for 20 from the field and contributed nine rebound. Jared Jeffries barely missed a double-double with 15 points and nine boards. Despite shooting 5 for 19 from three point range, the Knicks shot 45% from the field as a team. [NYDN]
SYRACUSE 81 RUTGERS 65
Rutgers scored only 23 points in the first half but outscored ‘Cuse 42-40 in the second half. Syracuse guard Andy Rautlins had 23 points including four threes and Mookie Jones went 3 for 6 from downtown. The Scarlet Knights only attempted five free throws on the night. [ESPN]
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