Sep 30, 2001 10:28 AM EST
During the offseason, Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy said, it's Larry Johnson's habit to go "deep underground." So the lack of communication between coach and co-captain this summer is nothing unusual. But if Johnson were going to retire when training camp opens Tuesday, as some reports have suggested, Van Gundy said, "He would have called me if he wasn't going to be ready."
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Sep 30, 2001 10:27 AM EST
Larry Johnson has to feel mighty unwelcome in New York. Yesterday's papers all but gave him the same "Good Riddance" they gave Patrick Ewing upon his trade to Seattle.
Knicks Coach Jeff Van Gundy is still counting LJ playing this season, according to the New York Times. "I'm expecting him to be ready," said Van Gundy, who has not spoken with Johnson during the off-season. "He would've called me if he wasn't going to be ready."
However, the New York Post reports that several people close to Johnson said that he is still mulling retirement. Because of chronic back pain, Johnson feels he can no longer be a full-time player. The Post also says that yesterday's report of a $14 million buyout was deemed "ludicrous" by one source.
"I know how team-oriented Larry is," Van Gundy said. "Larry has never been hard for me. I'm not anticipating any problems. If he was contemplating some career change, I'd be shocked if he hadn't called me."
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Sep 30, 2001 10:16 AM EST
If this is a time for jaunty optimism, a time to look forward with renewed faith in the possibilities, then you've come to the wrong coach.
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Knicks Sep 2001 Archive
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| Sep 30, 2001
Cook is a hot item back home
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| Sep 30, 2001
They didn't even get a sniff at Chris Webber.
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| Sep 29, 2001
With Scott Layden looking to add another big man with his $2.
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| Sep 29, 2001
Thanks for the memories... now get out!
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| Sep 28, 2001
There's a case of buyout frenzy in the NBA.
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| Sep 28, 2001
Center Felton Spencer, who made 18 token appearances with the Knicks last season, re-signed with New York on Friday.
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| Sep 28, 2001
Now that the Knicks are armed with a Disabled Player Exception worth about $2.
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| Sep 28, 2001
Though Howard Eisley lost his starting job in Dallas last season to Steve Nash, he was content as a Maverick, and even started building a new home there.
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| Sep 27, 2001
ESPN.
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| Sep 27, 2001
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: In possession of a $2.
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| Sep 27, 2001
Jeff Van Gundy is going to love this guy.
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| Sep 26, 2001
Michael Jordan's back — at nearly 39, more than three years after he drained one of the most famous shots in sports history, and choosing to put his reputation as the game's greatest player on the line with the woeful Washington Wizards.
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| Sep 26, 2001
The moment Jeff Van Gundy learned in July the Knicks would host the Wizards on opening night at the Garden, he knew Michael Jordan was coming back.
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| Sep 26, 2001
With the Knicks possessing a surplus of point guards, Rick Brunson declined the club's invitation to training camp and instead is on the verge of signing a one-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.
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| Sep 26, 2001
Apparently concerned that they were thin at the swing positions, the Knicks agreed to terms yesterday with former Hornet Scott Burrell.
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| Sep 25, 2001
The AP reports: Luc Longley, a 10-year NBA veteran who won three NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls, announced his retirement Tuesday.
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| Sep 25, 2001
Amid continuing the rescue effort, grieving for many lost friends and trying to work their regular shifts, New York City firefighters appreciate any inspiration.
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| Sep 21, 2001
In their room at night when they were college seniors, Jeff Van Gundy and Farrell Lynch used to talk about where basketball might take them in life.
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| Sep 19, 2001
While polls show a heavy majority supporting massive military retaliation, Knicks co-captain Allan Houston clings to a different belief.
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| Sep 19, 2001
The Associated Press' Chris Sheridan gives us a quick rundown of the remaining available free agents and possible trade bait:
Anthony Mason: Miami has turned down a trade with Milwaukee for Scott Williams, Philly has turned down Miami's request for Eric Snow.
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| Sep 18, 2001
The New York Times reports that the Knicks and injured center Luc Longley are working on a contract buyout that would reportedly end the Australian's NBA career.
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| Sep 17, 2001
Amid continuing the rescue effort, grieving for many lost friends and trying to work their regular shifts, New York City firefighters appreciate any inspiration.
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| Sep 15, 2001
IT was five months ago, after Charlie Ward and Allan Houston told a writer that their religious convictions obligate them to believe that Jews, 2,000 years after the death of Christ, still carry the blood of Christ on their hands.
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| Sep 15, 2001
The AP reports that a federal appeals panel has reinstated part of Latrell Sprewell's $30 million suit against the NBA and the Golden State Warriors.
