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Z-Bo Punishes Knicks in Garden Return, Says Rudy Gay Will Return to Memphis

NEW YORK  — Zach Randolph says his Grizzlies teammate Rudy Gay wants to stay in Memphis after he becomes a restricted free agent this summer.
“He said he’s gonna come back here. This is where he started at,” Randolph said after dropping 31 points and 25 rebounds in a 120-109 victory over the Knicks, his former [...]

Report: Lance to Return for Sophomore Year

Lance Stephenson will likely return to Cincinnati for his sophomore season instead of declaring for the NBA Draft, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
“I think I’m going to stay and keep working,” Stephenson told the newspaper. “I don’t think I’ve had an NBA season this year so the best choice for me is to stay.”
“Lance really likes [...]

Contract Status as Important as Hoops Now

Tracy McGrady might as well drop No. 3 off the back of his freshly minted Knicks jersey and replace it with 22,483,124. As far as New York is concerned, those eight figures define T-Mac better than, well, T-Mac.
This is an age in which salary figures and cap hits and expiring contracts are more important than [...]

Knicks in Position to Land 2 Max Free Agents

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Donnie Walsh is a man with a bold plan.
And he’s sticking to it.
During a whirlwind couple of days leading up to Thursday’s NBA trading deadline, the Knicks president got rid of six players, brought in half a dozen new ones with expiring contracts — including seven-time All-Star Tracy McGrady [...]

‘Inside Look’ at Knicks-Rockets Negotiations

Friggin hilarious “inside look” at Knicks-Rockets negotiations for Tracy McGrady…Here’s my story on the wild night from NBA.com.
NEW YORK (NBA.com exclusive) — On a night when both teams were without key players, the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls played a basketball game amidst a swirling storm of trades, rumors and speculation.
Playing without guard John [...]

Nate Out as Celtics Trade Seems Imminent; Knicks Deal Darko for Cardinal

NEW YORK – The Knicks  played the Chicago Bulls Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden without guard Nate Robinson.
The Bulls won, 115-109, behind Derrick Rose’s 27 points, Luol Deng’s 23 and 19 of Brad Miller’s 21 in the second half.

Amid multiple reports that New York was on the brink of trading Robinson to the Boston [...]

Knicks Working on McGrady Deal

With only two days left until the NBA trading deadline, the Knicks are still trying to pry Tracy McGrady loose from the Houston Rockets, according to Yahoo! Sports and the New York Post.
The deal would involve McGrady and his $23 million expiring contract going to the Knicks along with Joey Dorsey and Brian Cook in [...]

Lee, Kidd Added to All-Star Game

David Lee is headed to the Big D.
Lee and Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Kidd have been named by NBA Commissioner David Stern to replace injured West All-Star guard Kobe Bryant (ankle) of the Los Angeles Lakers and East All-Star guard Allen Iverson (personal reasons) of the Philadelphia 76ers, respectively, in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game [...]

Report: Rockets Mulling T-Mac to Knicks

The Houston Rockets are mulling a three-team trade that would send disgruntled superstar Tracy McGrady to the Knicks, according to Yahoo! Sports.
The Wizards would get Knicks forward Al Harrington and his expiring contract along with another player, potentially Jared Jeffries, Larry Hughes or Eddy Curry. Hughes has an expiring contract while Jeffries and Curry have [...]

Knicks’ Walsh Plans to Work the Phones; Tyreke Evans Takes Over as Kings Down Knicks in OT

NEW YORK — Knicks President Donnie Walsh isn’t headed to Dallas for All-Star weekend.
Instead, Walsh plans to stay home in New York and work the phones in the days leading up to the Feb. 18 trade deadline.
“Going to the All-Star Game, it’s so big now. You have a better chance of talking to GMs of [...]