Jul 5 2011

Best Knick Games of 2010 #10: Season Opener vs. Toronto

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Aio2cjY2g&feature=related] There were so many great games from this past season that I didn’t know where to begin, so I started from the beginning. The 10th best Knick game from this past season is the 98-93 season opening victory over the Toronto Raptors.

This game was exciting through its duration. Amare got the show going with a transition dunk early in the game. Turiaf had a poster dunk in the 2nd quarter. Jarrett Jack played a great game with 16 points and Reggie Evans dominated the boards with 16 rebounds for Toronto. In the 4th quarter with the Knicks down 1, Chandler hit a beautiful step back jumper to put the Knicks up 1 then minutes later spins and fires another jumper in the cup to stick the Knicks up 4. At about the 5 minute mark Amare packs Andrea Bargnani on a layup attempt to preserve a 2 point lead. As the 4th quarter winds down, Amare hits his second of back to back post shots at the 2:40 mark to put the Knicks up 96-88. On the next two possessions, STAT misses a layup and turns it over. Chandler takes control of the ball the final few possessions and goes cold. He misses from 3 and he misses a 10 foot runner. Jarrett Jack hits the last 4 points for Toronto to put them down 96-93 with 59 seconds remaining. The Raptors then miss a 2 3 pointers followed by 2 Ray Felton free throws and Jack’s missed 3 with time running out ends a season opening thriller. Knicks 98 Raptors 93.

This game for me is important because it got the team off to a great 1-0 start. It wasn’t a perfect game but for the first time since they were 7-6 to start the year in ’08 the Knicks had a winning record. One of my favorite things about this game was that no one player dominated the game for the Knicks. Wilson Chandler, Amare Stoudemire and Raymond Felton were the offensive cogs in this one. Chander had 22, Amare 19 and Felton 15. The Knicks even out-rebounded Toronto 49-45 (a trend that didn’t stay for the rest of the year) and held them to 38% shooting. It was a great way to start a great season for the Knicks.

 

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Jul 5 2011

Best Knick Games of 2010

With the lack of news due to the upcoming lockout, I’m getting innovative. I’m going to recap what I believe were the 10 best Knick victories from this past season. I’ll put on highlights from the game and recap the game below. Hope you enjoy!

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Jul 5 2011

New Knicks Announcer Charged With DWI

On July 21, the Knicks hired Spero Dedes away from the Lakers to be the new radio and part time play by play man replacing Mike Crispino. Early Sunday morning in Queens, Dedes, 32, was pulled over for speeding and was then charged with a DWI. He was released on 500 dollars bail.

What a great start to Dedes Knicks career. It doesn’t really mean anything but I thought it was kinda funny. Get a job and a little more than a week later wear a DWI. Kinda funny. Great job Spero!

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Jul 5 2011

Amare Could Play in… China?


According to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, Amare Stoudemire would be interested in joining Kobe Bryant in forming exhibition teams to play games in China.

“Amar’e Stoudemire would consider joining Kobe Bryant’s barnstorming tour through China if the NBA lockout extends into the regular season.

According to a person close to the Knicks’ All-Star power forward, Stoudemire would only play if he can be insured in case of injury. The Knicks signed Stoudemire last summer to five-year, $100-million contract despite being unable to get the contract insured because Stoudemire has a pre-existing knee problem and has had surgery for a detached retina.

After Stoudemire signed, he honored the Knicks’ request to withdraw from the U.S. national team in order to rest his body for the upcoming season. Stoudemire also suffered a back injury prior to Game 2 of the Knicks’ first-round series with Boston in April and is still not 100%.

The Knicks are not permitted to have contact with their players during the work stoppage but they would get word to Stoudemire – likely via his agent Happy Walters – that they would prefer if one of their top players didn’t travel to Asia for non-sanctioned NBA exhibitions.”

I don’t like this one bit. If Amare wasn’t 28 with a bad back and knees that will need surgery sometime in the next few years, then yes I would be okay with it. Of course it would be awesome to see Amare and Kobe and Durant playing together in exhibition games but with all the Knicks have invested in this 6’10 scoring machine, we cannot afford an injury to the man they call STAT. Phoenix didn’t sign him because they refused to give him a 5 year contract due to concern over his knees. There’s no doubt the man has injury problems. He shouldn’t be taking risks overseas in exhibition games when we have 102 million dollars invested in him. Thank god that Amare is a intelligent human being and knows the importance of medical insurance but still, he shouldn’t play. I know Amare is a well rounded, cultured man and would love the chance to play some games in China but he has a 5 year commitment to the New York Knicks.

Oh yea, and Amare’s going to China this month… Lets pray that this lockout gets lifted before the season starts.

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