Knicks Near Decision Time on Free Agents; Brandon Jennings Rips Knicks & Hill

A year from now, the Knicks will zero in on LeBron James and a high-profile class of free agents that also includes Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Steve Nash.
But beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, New York must worry about the immediate task at hand.
The Knicks can begin negotiating with their own restricted free agents, [...]

Rubio Situation Getting Complicated

Ricky Rubio could end up playing in a number of locations next year.
Where is anybody’s guess.
Rubio, the 6-foot-5 Spanish point guard, was chosen No. 5 in the NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
But at this point he could end up A) In Minnesota; B) On another NBA team; C) With his current Spanish outfit, DKV [...]

Donnie Walsh, Ricky Rubio & The Beach Boys

The Knicks weren’t able to land Ricky Rubio on Draft Night but that hasn’t stopped GM Donnie Walsh from dreaming about acquiring the Spanish sensation via a trade.
Minnesota GM David Kahn, a Walsh protege, drafted four point guards in Thursday’s draft - Rubio, Jonny Flynn of Syracuse, Ty Lawson of North Carolina and Nick Calathes [...]

Knicks Take Hill, Deal for Darko; Big East Shines With 9 Players Taken in Draft

NEW YORK – It only took Jordan Hill a few seconds Thursday night to learn how vocal New York fans can be.
But Hill could be traded from the Knicks before he gets accustomed to his new surroundings.
“That type of crowd, if they don’t get who they want, they will give a couple of boos,” said [...]

Nash Says He’d Play for the Knicks; New York Acquires 29th Pick

Now that Shaq is gone from Phoenix to Cleveland to team up with LeBron James, could Steve Nash be the next star departing the Valley of the Sun?
Appearing in New York Wednesday for his annual charity soccer game, Nash told reporters that he wouldn’t mind playing for the Knicks beginning in 2010, when he will [...]

Rubio Ready to Rock the NBA

NEW YORK - On the night his countryman Pau Gasol was taken with the No. 3 pick in the 2001 NBA Draft, Ricky Rubio stayed up until 2 or 3 a.m. in his native Spain watching the proceedings on television.
“My mom was like, ‘Go to bed,’” Rubio said Wednesday at the Westin Hotel in midtown [...]

Tommy & Adam Talk NBA Draft & Big East

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Walsh Keeping Draft Cards Close to Vest

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Knicks GM Donnie Walsh isn’t about to tell the world who he plans to take in Thursday’s NBA Draft.
But he will say this.
He hopes the Knicks’ selection at No. 8 is the last lottery pick the team makes in a while.
“I’d say this whether I was in New York or Indiana, I [...]

Knicks Giving Holiday a 2nd Chance

The Knicks must have some serious interest in taking UCLA freshman guard Jrue Holiday with the No. 8 pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft because they are bringing him in Monday for a second time.
Holiday didn’t have a great workout last Thursday at the Knicks’ Westchester campus — the same day Davidson guard Steph Curry was [...]

DeRozan to Work out for Knicks

USC freshman wing DeMar DeRozan will work out for the Knicks on Thursday.

The 6-foot-7 DeRozan averaged 13.9 points and 5.6 rebounds last year for the Trojans and is projected as a Top 10 pick. He worked out solo on Wednesday for Toronto and will do the same for Knicks GM Donnie Walsh and head coach [...]