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You know if this news came out years ago, the Knicks fans would be going bonkers.
The news this time is dealing with Patrick Ewing Jr. not Senior.
Ewing Jr. hasn’t shied away from his father’s legacy. He started his collegiate career at Indiana before transferring to Georgetown, where his father led the Hoyas to three Final Fours and the 1984 national championship.
The 24-year-old Ewing averaged 6.1 points and 4.2 rebounds last season, winning the Big East Sixth Man of the Year award.
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Ewing Senior
Patrick Ewing Sr. dominated basketball, …read more

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Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain knocked down 100 points in a single game in 1962.
The Warriors won, 169-147, setting what was then a record for the most combined points in a game by both teams. But the game is most remembered for the 100 points scored by Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain, who demolished the NBA single-game scoring record. source
How good was Wilt?
In the following night, Chamberlain got the permission to travel back to New York with three Knicks players. According to Cherry, Chamberlain drifted in and …read more

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Ok, don’t take this the wrong way, but that was an easy 50 points if there ever was one.
LeBron James is awesome. There is no question of that and he is the front runner with Kobe Bryant for MVP of the National Basketball Association.
But come on. The Knicks?
Happened to catch the Sports Center Highlights of the 50 point barrage.
What was that the Knicks were playing? You could not call it defense. One gets the feeling that LeBron could have scored all the points if …read more

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Superman had 26 points and 22 rebounds against the New York Knicks.
The Orlando Magic beat the Knicks 118 to 92 on Saturday night.
Surprising Orlando continues to lead the Southeast Division. Yes, there is a Southeast Division. It is very weak, with the Wizards, Hawks, Bobcats, and Heat, but the Magic do lead the division. Orlando, by the way, is the only team above .500 in the Division.
It was a super performance by Dwight Howard playing for the shorthanded Magic.
Missing injured guards Jameer Nelson …read more

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LeBron James All Star MVP – Time to get out of Dodge err Cleveland!
With David Stern happy to have NBA Marketing Icon LeBron James as the MVP of the 2008 All Star game, the world can move on.
If you had to lay odds, it had to be James as MVP.
The NBA is a marketing organization, not a sports organization. Right now the future of the NBA seems secure, with possible expansion out of the USA and many stars in the league, but it can change …read more

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Isiah Thomas continues to believe
Isiah Thomas holds two jobs.
Isiah is team President of the New York Knicks.
Isiah is also Coach of the New York Knicks taking over the coaching duties after Larry the wanderer Brown was fired by the Knicks.
Now if you are the coach and you stink up the place, then the President will fire you. In this case, though, it may be the owner, Jim Dolan.
It is kind of hard to get the President to fire you when you are the President.
It is time for the …read more

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We only have to look to Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports to tell us about the Top 5 most disappointing teams of the season and, to be sure, you have your favorites as well.
Your intrepid author’s illustrious comments are in italics.
We are the most disappointing. Oh no!

1. Houston – They discovered the truth about this team’s limitations. From Tracy McGrady’s mental and physical fragility to an absence of athleticism, they were a flawed power. They’re devoid of an identity, stuck between what they were with Van Gundy and what …read more

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Man, oh man. What is Isiah thinking now? He talks about winning championships in New York. He talks about staying and winning with some of the guys he has now.
What is he thinking?
Now as a long time Piston fan there is a soft spot in my heart for Isiah. He came to the Pistons as a small guard leaving Indiana early. He talked about winning championships. Isiah won championships.
Almost immediately he made the team better back then. He was full of fire and felt unstoppable. Every year he …read more

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Sports can really suck sometimes.
As fans, you often forget about a man’s character if he can help your team win. Admit it.
Isiah Thomas knows that if he can win, all will be well in New York and the NBA.
Tuesday the Knicks beat the Nuggets 119 to 112.
Fans are already beginning to love Isiah again.
It was the Denver Nuggets and George Karl, where things really began to spiral downward for Isiah.

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As usual, Stern rules the NBA!
How is this possible?
David Stern admits half the referees in the NBA violated the league gambling policy and he is letting them off.
At first this made no sense at all, but then putting myself in Stern’s shoes and they were really tight fitting and short, it was easy to see that there was no way he could suspend half the referees right before the season.
So, David Stern did the next best thing. He demoted Stu Jackson and Ronnie Nunn.
Stern also said Stu Jackson …read more