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 General Basketball WiretapBrown to the Garden?Marc Berman of the New York Post reports: Could P.J. Brown and his rebounding be headed to the Garden this offseason? The free agent-to-be isn't ruling anything out. "No doors are going to be closed on anybody," Brown told The Post. "I'm familiar with the area, with New Jersey for three years. I wouldn't have a problem with that at all. A lot more people up there like me than they want to put on. I have a lot of love for New York." A lot will depend on how much the Hornets are willing to offer him. If they offer Brown a multi-year deal that starts above the projected Mid-Level Exception, which is expected to be around $4.7-to-$5 million this offseason, he will probably re-sign in New Orleans. However, if they don't, Brown's services are up for grabs. Knicks head coach Don Chaney said some nice things about Brown. "P.J. Brown, he doesn't get the ink he should get," said Don Chaney. "He makes shots. I've always had a great deal of respect for him but I really respect his offense more now. You used to double and not rotate to him. Now you have to rotate to him." For the season, Brown is averaging 10.8 points, 9 rebounds, and a tad over a block per game. New York Knicks, New Orleans Hornets, General Basketball Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Pay vs. PlayNBA players were graded separately on salary (1 is highest) and overall performance compared to their teammates (1 is best). Performance rank was subtracted from salary rank. For example, a team's top-paid player, if he ranked sixth in performance, would score a -5. General Basketball, New York Knicks Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback March Madness Blackout?Is CBS going to bail on this spring’s NCAA tourney in favor of blanket coverage of a possible war in Iraq? There are reports that CBS is contemplating handing over the tourney's broadcasting keys to such novice cable networks as MTV and TNN in favor of 24/7 Iraqi war coverage. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer runs an opinion piece by Mike Seely in which he decries the possible CBS move. Seely says the decision by CBS to not fulfill its contractual obligation to bring the NCAA tournament to the masses should be met with protest similar in nature to the recent onslaught of anti-war rallies. He says to those for whom March Madness is an annual oasis from everyday struggle and global paranoia, network pre-emption is as sure a sign as any that the terrorists are winning their war on America's way of life. Furthermore, if CBS were to wiggle its way out of covering March Madness, it would signal both breach of contract and economic discrimination. The NCAA also gets slammed as being way too timid for being willing to go along with such a wartime handoff. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Mar 2003 Archive
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