Jamaal Tinsley: I want to be a Knick

Apparently he is the free agent that wants to be here, Tinsley's agent has said that if Walsh makes an offer, Jamaal will accept. Dunno if I like this much, he seems like another Marbury, minus the 'in-shape' part. Jamaal is really talented, but always injured and doesn't have the best track record attitude wise. More later.....

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Nate and Lee To Sign One Yr Deals w/ Knicks

Reluctantly, they will likely do this. Lee for 7 and Nate for 4,5 or 6 I've been told. Both plays' agents are denying this, but that's just strategic on their part. Hopefully both these situations are resolved by the end of this week if not sooner. We'll see what happens.

Blazers Sign Andre Miller

Well we won't get the PG I wanted, being Andre Miller.
He signed a multi year deal with the Portland Trailblazers. Oh well, just hope Walsh isn't seriously gonna offer Sessions a five yr deal...

Miller Gets Offer From Blazers

3 years at $7M per. Well there goes that. Looks like he can't turn that deal down, because he definitely won't get a better one. At least not from the Knicks. That's too bad, i would have liked to have seen him in NY. This is just a report for now but ESPN is usually on point with this stuff, so trust it. Good news out of this? It probably means the Blazers will back off David Lee if they land Miller. Leaving the Knicks as the only team that can really offer Lee anything substantial.

My thoughts on all this? Keep your eyes on Kirk Hinrich, Knicks fans. I know the Bulls lost Ben Gordon, but watch out, Hinrich wants minutes and with rose there, he isn't likely to be very happy.

Full article from ESPN's Chad Ford and Chris Sheridan

Going back to the Yankee game tonight to see if they can keep their streak alive. I'll blog ya later with to the minute updates if I hear anything new.

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David Lee Speaks...

He's out in Las Vegas with the USA basketball program. However he isn't participating in any activity due to the fact that he is still a free agent and an injury could really scare away any future teams from signing him. In an interveiw he did (finally) with ESPN he didn't sound very pleased with what was going on;

"At the start of this process I was really excited to be in New York, I thought it wouldn't be too difficult to work something out, but now we're forced to start looking at different options with sign-and trades and stuff like that," Lee told ESPN.com. "I'm sure it's going to be something we're not expecting, it's going to be something that's very complicated. But my gut would be that it's going to be difficult at this point to get a long-term deal done with New York, that's my gut."

"But my gut changes about every three hours, so I really have no idea."

"Going forward I thought I could still be a big piece of the puzzle -- and it's not as though I'm looking at a max contract, or talking about either me OR LeBron. I thought it was something where we could get something done and they'd still have more than enough left over for what they wanted in the future, but apparently there's some disagreement on that -- just on how the Knicks want to move forward. And I think at this point they're not completely sure what they're going to do and how they want to proceed," Lee said.

"I'm not going to go with angry or disrespected, that's not the way we feel," Lee said. "I understand the Knicks have a lot of different factors they're considering. At this point they're looking toward the future and trying to figure out exactly what they want to do, and possibly even confused about what they want to do. I don't know that they're 100 percent sure right now, just from what Donnie is saying, that they 100 percent know what direction they want to go in. You've seen that with the different guys [Jason Kidd and Grant Hill] they've been trying to get, and they haven't gotten them.

"It's no fun right now because it's the next five to six years of my life, but it should be fun to see what does come out of this."

Here is the full article from ESPN.com

Jamaal Tinsley Released

What this means for the Knicks, i have no idea right now, but you have to imagine he is somewhere on their radar considering he is a former Pacer and Walsh drafted him, we'll see as the PG situation continues to reveal itself.

Tinsley is injury prone but also a proven PG in the NBA. His assists numbers are always high (when he plays) but like Sessions, he lacks an outside jumpshot. His handle is great of course, he's from New York, we all have great handles.

Wilson Chandler Update

Unable to participate in the Vegas Summer League due to recent ankle surgery, it seems like everything is moving along nicely as far as his recovery. In the 3 weeks he should resume full contact basketball activities and will definitely be ready for training camp.

This is big for the Knicks as Wilson is a key cog in any sort of success that they have this year. I think he could have dominated summer league, would it have been worth it for him, who knows. He is further along right now than Gallinari is at this point who certainly would have benefited from the summer games.

Nate and Knicks Close to a Deal

So for at least one more year we'll have Nate it seems. The offer seems to be between 4-5 million, that is if there is even an offer, but according to Nate's agent, Aaron Goodwin, the two sides are close to a deal.

I'd like Nate back, he had a really good year last year. I'd really like to hear from the guy though although turning down the Greece offer and remaining here would speak volumes to me.

The Hidden Video: Lebron Getting Dunked 'Next To'

I was pretty disappointed. King James was in the picture but there was no real facial. Just a bunch of hype if you ask me. Video quality and angle are pretty horrible as well but this is the only copy released.

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A Little Something Funny....

We all know that the Knicks have been in talks with Ramon Sessions the past two weeks. well I just found out that the name of his agent is Chubby Wells. LOL.

Sounds trustworthy, right?

(I'm searching everywhere for a pic of Chubby)

Knicks Trying to Get the 'Point'

Thus far the PG situation still remains idle however there are a few new details to discuss:
Andre Miller apparently has two offers, one coming from the Knicks and the other from the Blazers who actually offered him a two year deal as opposed to our one year MLE offer. I supposed the Knicks are now a longshot to land Miller and that probably why they have been so aggressive with Ramon Sessions.
I've heard the deal on the table for Sessions is as long as four years. As for the amount plus clauses I am clueless.
I'd prefer Miller over Sessions and I might even prefer the status quo over a four year deal toward anybody. I've scouted Sessions on the blog, they guy can play, like Nate, he's had success on a bad team. There are still many questions to his future along with some blatant holes in his game.

Still no word on our "disrespected" restricted free agents.

More later....

Final Summer League Stats For the Knicks (5 games)

2009 knicks Summer League Averages
Name	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3p%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG↓
Jordan Hill, F	5	5	30.2	.438	.000	.696	3.0	5.2	8.2	0.6	0.8	1.0	2.20	6.00	14.4
Morris Almond, G	5	4	26.8	.435	.308	.615	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.0	1.4	0.2	2.20	3.00	14.0
Nikoloz Tskitishvili, F	5	4	26.6	.488	.429	.714	1.4	3.6	5.0	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.20	2.00	12.4
Joe Crawford, G	5	3	21.8	.465	.389	1.000	1.8	1.2	3.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.80	1.00	9.6
Toney Douglas, G	4	4	29.3	.275	.091	.765	0.5	3.3	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.0	2.75	3.00	9.0
Blake Ahearn, G	4	0	13.8	.214	.154	1.000	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.50	1.00	7.8
Ron Howard, G	4	2	17.5	.478	.000	.700	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.75	1.00	7.3
Warren Carter, F	5	1	14.0	.550	.250	.833	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.80	2.00	5.6
Alex Acker, G	4	2	22.5	.185	.000	.700	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.75	1.00	4.3
Yaroslav Korolev, F	2	0	13.0	.125	.000	.000	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.00	1.00	1.0
Mouhamed Sene, C	4	0	8.8	.167	.000	.500	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.0	0.2	2.0	0.50	0.00	0.8
Wink Adams, G	1	0	7.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.00	2.00	0.0
Rashaad Singleton, C	1	0	4.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Patrick Ewing, F	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
David Noel, F	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Team Averages			200.0	.388	.287	.752	11.4	21.8	33.2	13.6	6.4	5.6	13.80	24.00	79.6
Opponent Averages			200.0	.460	.293	.737	13.0	29.0	42.0	12.2	5.8	4.6	13.60	23.00	89.8

$22M For Nash to Stay in PHX

Marc stein from ESPN reports that Nash will be a Sun for at least the next 2 seasons, signing a 2 year extension paying him $11M per. Congrats Steve! you deserve. Hey Knicks! Time to make a move!!

Ramon Sessions to Recieve Offer From Knicks

This could happen as early as Tuesday according to twitter updates from Gery Woelfel, the Bucks beat writer for the Milwaukee Journal Times. It will be a mid-level exception offer. I'm unclear as to whether or not this will be a one year deal or more, but Sessions is 23 years old and very athletic so i don't really mind either way.

He had a good year last year with the Bucks, as I've said in my previous post about him so I see nothing prohibiting him from thriving in the system we have here. Not sure if the Andre Miller interest has died and gone to heaven yet, but I would like to see the Knicks get this PG situation settled already. It's clear they need help there, question is who are they going to call upon for it. Will Duhon be a bench player or are they simply looking for backup help? He certainly won't start if we acquire Miller, who knows what happens if we get Sessions. Maybe by midseason a chance occurs. I'll be interested to see what happens come tuesday.

Knicks Summer League: 0-5

	pos	min	fgm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	to	bs	pts
R.Howard	F	20:00	3-5	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7
W.Carter	F	15:18	2-4	0-0	2-2	0	5	5	0	4	1	2	1	6
J.Hill	C	33:27	9-17	0-0	3-4	4	3	7	0	6	1	2	1	21
J.Crawford	G	30:36	5-13	2-7	0-0	3	1	4	1	2	1	1	0	12
A.Acker	G	24:59	1-8	0-1	6-8	1	0	1	5	2	2	1	0	8
B.Ahearn		15:28	1-7	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	4
R. Singleton		03:50	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
M.Almond		28:57	6-12	1-5	1-2	3	4	7	2	3	1	4	0	14
N.Tskitishvili		24:42	4-7	4-6	0-0	2	6	8	0	4	0	2	1	12
M.Sene		02:44	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0

Summer League

5:05PM-
Knicks are currently wrapping up the five game summer league in Las Vegas this afternoon against the Wizards squad. Knicks are win less thus far trying to salvage a win earning a 1-4 record. I'll have updates and analysis of the game as it concludes. Toney Douglas missed the fianl contest with a calf injury, more on him later as well......

Knicks Trying To Land PG Ramon Sessions via Sign and Trade

Sessions had some of his best games against NY last year. He has good size and a very nice assist to turnover ratio, 3:1. He was a D-leaguer for a while and had a breakout year last year for the Bucks. At 6-3 he is bigger than most PG's but still has above average quickness. Not sure who the Knicks are offering to get him, but I don't mind the idea of us getting some PG help. Ramons Sessions is the first D-league player to ever record a triple double in NBA history. he did it vs the Lakers.

Nate Offer Could Earn Him Up To $10M Per

With endorsements included, the offer that the Olympiakos have made for Nate could earn him $20M over two years. That seems like it would be very hard to turn down for Nate. There is no way he would ever see that type of money in the NBA. If this offer is official, i think we can kiss Nate goodbye, at least for the next 2 years.

Knicks Summer League Team Now 0-3

Last night they lost to the Sacramento Kings' summer league team 84-71, Jordan Hill had an off night and committed 7 personal fouls. In summer league play, players can't foul out.

			Field Goals			Rebounds
	pos	min	fgm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	to	bs	pts
M.Almond	F	30:06	5-13	0-3	2-4	0	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	12
J.Hill	F	28:07	3-11	0-0	2-4	3	9	12	1	7	0	2	1	8
N.Tskitishvili	C	26:19	4-9	1-5	3-3	1	3	4	0	4	0	1	2	12
J.Crawford	G	26:11	3-6	0-1	0-0	2	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	6
T.Douglas	G	29:36	4-14	0-2	7-10	1	5	6	3	3	2	4	0	15
Y.Korolev		09:54	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	5	5	0	1	0	2	1	0
R.Howard		13:49	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
W.Carter		13:41	3-5	0-0	1-1	4	2	6	1	4	0	1	2	7
M.Sene		11:53	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2
B.Ahearn		10:24	2-5	1-2	4-4	0	2	2	0	0	1	5	0	9

Tonight's Knicks Action

Knicks and Kings summer league action tonight @6PM, don't miss it before you go out and drink:-)
Me, I'm at the Yankee game for the night so I'll blog ya later!

(knicks summer league vs baseball in the Bronx? Exactly why I'm on the 4 train as we speak)

Are David Lee and Nate Robinson Acting Like Babies?

Disrespected? You have got to be kidding me. The two of them are just disrespecting themselves if that's really how they feel. Sorry guys, neither one of you are worth what your blind agents are asking for, not even close, so relax. You've been very good players on bad teams thus far in your short careers.

This report is only rumored right now but I am leaning toward it being more true than false...

Marc Berman reports that Walsh is on his way back to NY to deal with the situation regarding the two of them getting signed as well as the Boozer situation and Andre Miller offer. More to come as it comes.

Donnie Walsh Speaks on the Knicks Summer Agenda

Rubio Talking Buyout with T-Wolves

I guess he didn't want to play in Minny after all. At least that's what it seems like. ESPN reported this earlier:

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Timberwolves cannot do much financially to help Ricky Rubio with a multimillion-dollar buyout of his contract with DKV Joventut in Spain.

So team president David Kahn is heading across the Atlantic to meet with the team personally in hopes of lowering the $6.6 million price tag that has threatened to keep the wunderkind point guard in Europe for at least next season.

Kahn confirmed his plans to travel to Spain in a text message to The Associated Press on Thursday but declined further comment, including when the trip will take place. It was first reported by YahooSports.com.

Rubio, who was drafted fifth overall by the Timberwolves in June, is still under contract with Joventut for the next two seasons. After helping Spain to a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics and playing in the Spanish ACB since the tender age of 14, the 18-year-old is ready to test his skills in the NBA.

The one thing holding him back appears to be money. Rubio made less than $100,000 playing for Joventut last season, so it is no surprise that the prospect of being on the hook for millions of dollars before he even plays a game in the United States would give him pause.

Further complicating the matter is a rule in the NBA's collective bargaining agreement that stipulates the Timberwolves can only pay $500,000 of that large sum to help offset the cost.

From the day Kahn drafted Rubio, to the delight of the Timberwolves fan base, the new president has taken a pragmatic approach to a sticky situation. He said the young and rebuilding team would be willing to wait a year, or even two, if Rubio could not reach an agreeable buyout agreement with Joventut.

Before joining the NBA, Kahn was an attorney at the law firm Proskauer Rose, the same firm that produced NBA commissioner David Stern. That experience could help him as the Timberwolves try to navigate what he has called "a thorny" legal issue.

"We will be totally supportive of Ricky and his family and [agent Dan] Fegan in any way, shape or form," Kahn said the day after Rubio was drafted. "If there's anything we can do to be of assistance or of help, as long as it is within the rules, we will."

Tim Thomas?....Not Again....

Yeah....unfortunately there is talk of this happeneing.....

Quote from Walsh....

“…We have interest,” Walsh told The Post. “I’m looking into it. He played well for us [last year]. He’s a pro.”

Quote from me, "Ugh."

David Lee Gets Offer From Greece

This isn't official yet, but the rumor states that the offer is similar to the one that Nate received earlier this week. I've said this before, that a lot of the NBA's 'middle class' players will bolt for overseas in order to capitalize on the money they can earn in a short period of time. I've been told that players on these foreign teams also get free housing and automobile access. Not sure what the tax situation is but I'm sure its better than it is in the US.

I hope the NBA addresses this issue with haste. Losing it's players would be bad for business, not just bad for the Knicks who could very easily lose it's two most popular and talented players this summer.

With the possibility of losing Nate looming, I would really like Donnie Walsh to move ahead and send that offer to Andre Miller. The one year deal for $5.8M seems like a bargain to me. I've already expressed my feelings on Miller as a durable and capable PG as well as being a significant upgrade from Chris Duhon. Free agents aren't just going to fall into the Knicks' lap. We need to win and we need to improve and the only way to do that is to improve the roster. Thus far the Knicks have not really done this. Other than the two rookies we acquired, who don't really have much of an opportunity to turn around this franchise, the Knicks have remained idle for what could be a little bit too long.

Let's see how they approach the two restricted free agents (Lee and Nate) and then go from there. More on the Lee offer and the Andre Miller situation as soon as I hear anything.......

2nd Audio Blog-Summer League recap (click 'play full song')

audio blog 2 -

2009 Summer League Stats

2009 knicks Summer League Averages
Name	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3p%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG↓
Morris Almond, G	2	2	23.0	.478	.455	.333	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	2.5	0.0	1.00	2.00	14.0
Jordan Hill, F	2	2	28.5	.429	.000	.500	3.0	3.5	6.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.00	5.00	13.5
Nikoloz Tskitishvili, F	2	2	22.5	.471	.538	.500	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.50	2.00	12.0
Ron Howard, G	1	1	23.0	.444	.000	.750	3.0	5.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.00	0.00	11.0
Joe Crawford, G	2	1	18.5	.500	.429	1.000	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.50	0.00	10.0
Blake Ahearn, G	2	0	14.5	.188	.100	1.000	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.00	1.00	9.0
Warren Carter, F	2	0	15.0	.545	.250	1.000	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.50	2.00	7.0
Toney Douglas, G	2	2	27.5	.158	.143	.857	0.5	2.5	3.0	10.5	2.0	0.0	1.00	3.00	6.5
Yaroslav Korolev, F	1	0	16.0	.167	.000	.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.00	1.00	2.0
Alex Acker, G	2	0	17.5	.000	.000	.500	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.00	1.00	0.5
Mouhamed Sene, C	2	0	10.0	.000	.000	.500	1.5	1.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.00	0.00	0.5
Wink Adams, G	1	0	7.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.00	2.00	0.0
Rashaad Singleton, C	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Patrick Ewing, F	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
David Noel, F	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Team Averages			200.0	.346	.310	.744	13.0	20.5	33.5	19.0	7.5	5.5	9.50	20.00	79.5
Opponent Averages			200.0	.507	.333	.717	12.5	35.5	48.0	12.5	4.5	5.5	14.50	20.00	93.0

Detroit 96 Knicks 73 Summer League Game 2

A loss for four entire quarters, the Knicks shot 32% from the field and just got mauled. Chris Alvino from theknicksblog.com says Hill scored the ball a bit but looks out of shape after playing back to back games. douglas' shooting continues to struggle but he had double digit assists again (10) and committed only 2 turnovers, his first two of the tournament. Journeyman Nikoloz Tskitishvili hit 4 three pointers and scored 12 points. Almond also had another good offensive game with 11. Jordan Hill had 14 points (led the Knicks) but was no where to be found on the glass only grabbing 5 boards in 28 minutes.

The Knicks were outscored by double digits in both the 1st and 4th quarters. The summer squad's next game will be Friday vs Sacramento @ 6PM EST.

	pos	min	fgm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	to	bs	pts
M.Almond	F	23:05	4-11	2-5	1-3	0	1	1	0	3	4	1	0	11
J.Hill	F	28:28	6-14	0-0	2-4	3	2	5	1	6	0	2	1	14
N.Tskitishvili	C	19:19	4-9	4-8	0-0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	12
J.Crawford	G	19:07	4-7	2-3	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	10
T.Douglas	G	26:04	1-6	0-3	3-3	1	2	3	10	2	2	2	0	5
W.Carter		15:29	3-5	0-1	1-1	1	4	5	2	1	0	0	0	7
W. Adams		07:02	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0
A.Acker		20:00	0-7	0-3	1-2	2	4	6	1	2	0	1	0	1
Y.Korolev		16:01	1-6	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	2
B.Ahearn		16:25	2-8	1-6	5-5	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	10
M.Sene		09:00	0-2	0-0	1-2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1

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Postgame Reactions-Summer League Game 1

Morris Almond


Jordan Hill


Toney Douglas' Parents


Joe Crawford


Herb Williams (assistant coach)


Mike Breen/Clyde Frazier

Gallinari Update

From Nyknicks.com

Las Vegas, NV - For Danilo Gallinari, the road back begins here, on the sidelines of Valley High School, putting his sweet-stroke jumper on display once again while the Knicks Summer League squad goes through its full-court paces just a few feet away.

The distance is symbolic. Just three months removed from back surgery, Gallinari has not been cleared to participate in contact drills, so he won’t see any Summer League game action. But he’ll still be a major presence throughout the week, working on his shot, regaining his stamina and strengthening his back under the watchful eyes of Assistant Coach, Player Development Greg Brittenham and Performance Specialist Dave Hancock.

The sixth overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, Gallinari’s rookie season was dotted with a series of impressive outings but ultimately limited to just 28 games – and 6.1 points per game -- due to back pain. He was sidelined for most of the season’s first half, and didn’t play after March 15.

“It was a little bit frustrating because when you play with pain, play just 28 games in an 82-game season, it’s not easy mentally or physically,” says the Knicks’ 6-foot-10 Italian import, who turns 21 next month. “But I think it was a positive experience and a real nice experience for my first year. I learned a lot of things, so I’m ready to go for my second season.”

After consulting with doctors both in the U.S. and in Italy, Gallinari underwent successful back surgery on April 7. The laminotomy, performed by Dr. Patrick O’Leary, was a surgical procedure that shaved the boney plate surrounding a nerve root.

Now comes the latest step in his return.

“I’m working on conditioning,” says Danilo. “I’m working on strengthening my back for sure, and I’m working on lifting some weights with our strength coaches.”

Although Gallinari’s rookie season was an abbreviated one, New Yorkers saw enough of both his game and his outgoing personality to quickly adopt him as one of their own. The feeling turned out to be mutual.

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Lakers Remove Odom Offer From the Table

LaMar wanted 5 years at $10M per and the lakers only offered him 3 years at $9M per. So after a stalemate, the Lakers have taken away their offer and will turn the other cheek on him. To me, this was a mistake by Odom and I continue to stress what seems to be the theme of this blog through the free agency signing period; HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH??

Maybe the signing of SF Ron Artest is the reason they consider Odom expendable, but I can't really understand why they would want to let go two of their most important championship pieces walk away. Is Artest their plan to replace both Odom and Ariza? That's a gamble if you ask me. I would love for Artest to be a Knick, but it's a little different when you're adding him to an already successful recipe.

Dallas and Miami have reportedly made offers to Odom for undisclosed amounts.

Report: Nate Gets 2Yr Offer From Greece

A two-year deal worth about $10M from the Olympiakos ball club in Greece has been offered to Nate. They just recently signed Josh Childress one year ago. Obviously the progress of Toney Douglas and the pursuit of Andre Miller has made Walsh even less inclined to sign Nate to any sort of long term deal. The Knicks have offered Nate a one year qualifying offer at around $2.8M which would enable him to be an unrestricted free agent after this season. More to come later........

12:01pm-It's officially announced that Nate did receive an offer from the Greek team, with $10M. His camp does not seem to be interested in the qualifying offer provided by the Knicks despite his first option being to stay in the NBA and remain in New York.

Almond Impressive As Knicks Drop Summer Opener to Memphis

	pos	min	fgm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	to	bs	pts
R.Howard	F	22:36	4-9	0-0	3-4	3	5	8	3	0	2	1	0	11
N.Tskitishvili	F	25:30	4-8	3-5	1-2	1	3	4	1	3	1	1	3	12
J.Hill	C	28:33	6-14	0-0	1-2	3	5	8	0	5	2	2	0	13
M.Almond	G	23:18	7-12	3-6	0-0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	17
T.Douglas	G	28:52	2-13	1-4	3-4	0	3	3	11	4	2	0	0	8
A.Acker		15:29	0-6	0-1	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
J.Crawford		17:24	4-9	1-4	1-1	2	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	10
B.Ahearn		12:21	1-8	0-4	6-6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	8
W.Carter		14:30	3-6	1-3	0-0	2	1	3	1	3	0	1	0	7
M.Sene		11:27	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	3	0

Almond was impressive from the outside, making 3 of 6 three point shots. As far as the two first rounders they were great but weren't busts either. Hill's jump shot looked pathetic but he didn't let it bog him down as he was still aggressive making post moves toward the basket. He seemed to particularly like the slight spin move drop step across the lane that he went to against Thabeet a couple of times in the second half. Toney Douglas couldn't throw the ball in the ocean but he dished out 11 assists and didn't turn the ball over once. His defensive instinct were also sharp with 2 steals.

Knicks vs Grizzles (summer league)

Nikoloz Tskitishvili!!!!

No surprise to see Hill and Douglas in the starting five. All reviews have been great thus far on the two of them regarding practice. Knicks' coaching staff has been very impressed, especially with Toney Douglas.

New York Knicks (0-0)

PG - Toney Douglas

SG - Morris Almond

SF - Alex Acker

PF - Jordan Hill

C - Saer Sene

Other Notable Players: Yaroslav Korolev, Blake Ahearn, Nikoloz Tskitishvili

Memphis Grizzlies (1-0)

PG - Marcus Williams

SG - Sam Young

SF - Darrell Arthur

PF - Demarre Carrol

C - Hasheem Thabeet

Other Notable Players: Jeff Adrien, Hamed Haddadi

The game starts at 6PM on MSG Network

Olympiakos Look to 'Greece' Nate

Will Nate be another casualty to the NBA salary cap and bolt overseas? I sure hope not. Nate may have big looking for a big payday this off season but it doesn't look like he is going to get that from an NBA team. With no limit to how much they can pay players in Greece, Nate may pull a Josh Childress. Ironically they would be teammates in Greece if this were to go down. Childress is a 3-4 million dollar player in the US at best. Last year he earned $10M from the Olympiakos.

Things are getting very interesting here with all the talk of Boozer and Andre Miller plus free agents signings and what not. It seems players and their agents are formulating new strategies to 'beat the system.'

Going overseas might be the most beneficial strategy, financially. So again i ask.......HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?!?!!!