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Should Knick Fans Hope For Carmelo?

Top New York Knicks News, Videos, and Blogs - BallHype — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:45:56 +0000

	The NBA season is unique among American sport leagues, in that the action doesn’t come to an end once a champion is crowned. After the Finals, fans are bombarded with the draft, summer league, and free agency. One week after the Lakers won a championship, John Wall was drafted by the Nets. ... — full article at KnickerBlogger.Net

Top 2011 NBA Free Agents

Top New York Knicks News, Videos, and Blogs - BallHype — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:01:08 +0000

	The 2011 NBA off-season likely won’t be filled with the excitement and drama of this past summer especially with a possible league lockout looming. Still, there are some major players that could be hitting the market and switching teams. Here is an early look at the free agent crop of ... — full article at thesportsbank.net

Report: Knicks Prefer Joe Johnson Over … LeBron James?

Fanhouse NBA Blog - knicks — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:01:19 +0000

by Will Brinson

Filed under: Cavaliers, Hawks, Knicks, NBA Rumors, NBA Free Agents

When you talk about the "Summer of Free Agency," there is one No. 1 target: LeBron James. People willing to engage in some sort of discussion as to whether any other player out there -- all due respect accorded to both Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh -- are either foolish, high on drugs or acting foolishly while high on drugs.

That's just one man's take though -- others, such as an "NBA source with knowledge of the [Knicks'] plans" that SNY's Adam Zagoria cites, may believe that someone like Joe Johnson is the true golden pot at the end of the proverbial free agency rainbow.

"Yes, we think he's a better player," the source said of Johnson. "He makes other people better. With LeBron's people running the locker room that hurts the organization."

"I don't care what most people think," the source said. "I'm not saying that LeBron is not a good player, but other stuff comes with it. LeBron's friends want jobs. You're gonna lose running your organization. As time goes on you got to hire this guy, you got to hire that guy."

Now, it's probably true that LeBron is more demanding than Johnson, and that he requires more attention, and that his entourage/management/friends may require more jobs, but to paraphrase Denny Green, well, he is what he is. And that just happens to be the best basketball player on the planet.

Additionally, the Cavs' back-to-back runs of best record in the NBA probably wouldn't have happened if LeBron was teamed with Josh Smith, Al Horford, Marvin Williams and Jamal Crawford instead of his crew of Cleveland teammates. (Note: that was sarcasm.)

But swapping the two out and trying to determine whether or not LeBron could have coped with the Hawks (or vice-versa with Johnson and the Cavs) and determining the "What If?" result is fruitless and redundant: we're talking about LeBron James and Joe Johnson here.

It's not even apples and oranges -- it's fruits and vegetables.

Which leads me to believe that the only conceivable way that anyone with the Knicks would attempt to claim that "Johnson > James = something other than crazytalk" is if they were convinced that chasing LeBron was futile at this point. Oh, and that buttering up Johnson enough would guarantee that the Knicks could remain players in free agency, even if it was just at the compensatory level.

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Report: Knicks Prefer Joe Johnson Over … LeBron James?

Top New York Knicks News, Videos, and Blogs - BallHype — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:45:00 +0000

	When you talk about the "Summer of Free Agency," there is one No. 1 target: LeBron James . People willing to engage in some sort of discussion as to whether any other player out there -- all due respect accorded to both Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh -- are either foolish, high on drugs or acting ... — full article at nba.fanhouse.com

2010 Report Card: Al Harrington

Top New York Knicks News, Videos, and Blogs - BallHype — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:58:55 +0000

	I really don’t have too much to say about Al Harrington that I didn’t say last year. Harrington is a guy who will create a lot of shots (20.9 pts/36) and makes them at a good percentage (54.6% TS%) considering his volume. But that’s where the positives end; he’s not a ... — full article at knickerblogger.net

NBA Players of the Week

Top New York Knicks News, Videos, and Blogs - BallHype — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:07:00 +0000

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Knicks Escape Atlanta With 99-98 Win, Gallinari Drops 27

Top New York Knicks News, Videos, and Blogs - BallHype — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:35:43 +0000

	Bill Kostroun - AP about 1 hour ago: New York Knicks' Sergio Rodriguez, of Spain, gets sandwiched by Atlanta Hawks' Jamal Crawford, left, and Al Horford, right, during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game ... — full article at sbnation.com

Horford Takes Game, Lee’s Lunch Money

Top New York Knicks News, Videos, and Blogs - BallHype — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:18:00 +0000

At the University of Florida in 2004-2005, David Lee went up in practice against the likes of freshmen and future national champions Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, and Al Horford. Lee and the other upperclassmen were known to have their hands full in such practices, but liked to have their way with ...

THHB posted 31 hours ago from humanhighlightblog.com

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Atlanta Hawks 114, New York Knicks 101 or Al Horford only cares about the second half

Top New York Knicks News, Videos, and Blogs - BallHype — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:39:53 +0000

More photos » by Frank Franklin II - AP Wait, team's double team me? Browse more photos » boxscore recap So that turned good in a hurry. The crusify list was long with ...

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Another night, another comeback

Top New York Knicks News, Videos, and Blogs - BallHype — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:57:56 +0000

Joe Johnson won Eastern Conference Player of the Week honors for his performance last week. To open the Hawks telecast on SportSouth, James Verett asked him if he was surprised that he won the honor so early in the season. What?! I don’t think Joe or any player thinks about when ...

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