Knicks Oct 2001 Archive

• Jordan, Wizards Come Up Short

  | Oct 31, 2001

  It was supposed to be Michael Jordan's magical night, a comeback of mythical magnitude for the game's brightest star in his first real game in three seasons.

• Again, Jordan Is Game

  | Oct 30, 2001

  Michael Jordan.

• Revamped Nets Need Bench to Mature Fast

  | Oct 28, 2001

  Four years ago, the Nets jumped from 26 wins to 43, a 17-game, one-season improvement.

• Spree Sees Tough Road for Jordan

  | Oct 28, 2001

  Latrell Sprewell calls him the best to ever play the game.

• Knicks Put Focus on Their Problems

  | Oct 28, 2001

  Throughout practice today, Jeff Van Gundy pushed the Knicks hard, pounding into them again and again the defensive mentality that they need and have lacked at times in the preseason.

• Jeff's Troops Have Some Shortcomings

  | Oct 28, 2001

  GM Scott Layden should hope Latrell Sprewell doesn't get a job covering Knicks for The Post.

• Looking ahead

  | Oct 27, 2001

  When the Philadelphia 76ers jumped to a 10-0 start last season, they made it clear in November where they expected to be in June -- at the NBA Finals.

• Jax: Time for Knicks to Wake Up

  | Oct 27, 2001

  It's one thing for Jeff Van Gundy to question the Knicks' effort.

• Concerns to Size Up

  | Oct 27, 2001

  The Knicks used to have an unwritten rule about permitting layups and dunks.

• Achy Camby Runs Reverse

  | Oct 26, 2001

  It's never clear-cut with Marcus Camby.

• Camby Is Not Certain He Can Play in Opener

  | Oct 26, 2001

  A day after sounding as if he would play in the season opener Tuesday against the Washington Wizards, Marcus Camby cast doubt on the idea.

• Jax: Air Knixed Chances

  | Oct 25, 2001

  nd you thought Michael Jordan only made Patrick Ewing's life miserable.

• Camby Feels Better

  | Oct 25, 2001

  Marcus Camby finally got a full practice in, but he wasn't able to determine much.

• The Fax on Jax: He'll Lead the Way

  | Oct 25, 2001

  Mark Jackson feels like a leader again.

• Jackson Is Knicks' Father Figure

  | Oct 25, 2001

  He was supposed to be inconspicuous.

• Odd Man Out: Eisley Sits

  | Oct 24, 2001

  When it comes to player rotations, there is perhaps nobody stricter than Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy, a former assistant under Pat Riley.

• Knicks big man back

  | Oct 23, 2001

  The protective boot has come off and both sneakers will be on today when Marcus Camby takes part in his first workout since Oct.

• What's Point For Van? Still Three Options

  | Oct 23, 2001

  Clues to the outcome of the Knicks' three-way competition at point guard have been hard to come by since training camp opened three weeks ago.

• Camby a Can-do

  | Oct 23, 2001

  The Knicks' undersized front line grew nearly seven feet yesterday.

• BIG O VAN'S NINTH MAN

  | Oct 23, 2001

  Since Othella Harrington arrived last January, Jeff Van Gundy has raved about his work ethic, seriousness and professionalism.

• Camby Set to Test Aching Foot

  | Oct 23, 2001

  marcus Camby was examined yesterday by Dr.

• Camby wants to get back on boards soon

  | Oct 22, 2001

  He had a typical day at the office -- typical for the past week, anyway -- sitting, watching, marinating in his own anxiety.

• Knicks Checked by Van Gundy

  | Oct 22, 2001

  The Gang That Can't Jump High Enough - also known as the Knicks - heard some harsh words from coach Jeff Van Gundy about its rebounding problem yesterday but also got some encouraging news.

• Gimpy Camby Says He's Ready

  | Oct 22, 2001

  When the rest of the Knicks called it a day after a long and painful practice today, Marcus Camby hobbled onto the floor with a sneaker on his right foot and a walking boot on his left.

• Knicks High on Air Show

  | Oct 22, 2001

  They may still be eight days away from Michael Jordan, but the Knicks can already feel his presence.

• 'SPOON SHOULD MAKE OPENER

  | Oct 22, 2001

  Clarence Weatherspoon is in his first training camp with the Knicks, and the team's biggest concern is rebounding.

• Jackson, Ward likely point duo

  | Oct 21, 2001

  There are nine days left in the preseason and Jeff Van Gundy has yet to announce who will run his team for the 170 days that follow.

• Point Guard Equation: Which One to Subtract?

  | Oct 21, 2001

  Mark Jackson directs the course of the action with vocals, hand gestures and emotion.

• Knicks' small guys must come up big

  | Oct 20, 2001

  Marcus Camby will not be re-evaluated until Monday, the Knicks announced, which means they are going to have to depend on a 6-5, 190-pound man to lead their rebounding efforts again.

• For Knicks, Important To Play Big

  | Oct 20, 2001

  Trade away Patrick Ewing, retire Larry Johnson, put Marcus Camby on the shelf, and what have the Knicks got? Leading rebounder: Latrell Sprewell.

• Houston In Fine Condition After Much-Needed Rest

  | Oct 20, 2001

  Blasted by the critics for his fadeout in the Game 5 loss to Toronto last spring that eliminated the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs, Allan Houston has responded with a preseason performance that suggests his jumper is as pure as it has ever been.

• A Mellow Van For a Change

  | Oct 20, 2001

  In contrast to his young coaching counterpart, the Suns' Scott Skiles, who all but challenged Kurt Thomas to a fight Wednesday night, Jeff Van Gundy has experienced a mellow preseason.

• Will Knicks get Foyle-d Again?

  | Oct 20, 2001

  The latest rumor that just won't die

• Soft Touch as Shooter, Touch Soft on Boards

  | Oct 20, 2001

  Knicks forward Othella Harrington has the prettiest post moves on the team: spins, drop steps, hooks.

• Kurt's Fuse Still Short

  | Oct 19, 2001

  It looked like Kurt Thomas was going corporate.

• Thomas Adds Suns' Coach to List of Sparring Partners

  | Oct 19, 2001

  Kurt Thomas's verbal bouts with players and fans have become commonplace since he joined the Knicks in 1999.

• Stars falling fast

  | Oct 19, 2001

  (AP) At the midpoint of the preseason, the list of injured NBA players — which already includes Antonio McDyess and Chris Webber — keeps growing.

• Knicks give Spencer biggest opportunity

  | Oct 18, 2001

  Midway through the first quarter Tuesday night in Utah, something happened to Felton Spencer that hasn't happened in many years: He was double-teamed.

• Postell a work in progress

  | Oct 18, 2001

  When Jeff Van Gundy tells Lavor Postell to get in the game, the former St.

• Spencer Is Filling Tall Order

  | Oct 18, 2001

  Felton Spencer has reached the stage of his NBA career where he is getting by just on his looks.

• Marbury Has Answer for Van Horn's Shot

  | Oct 18, 2001

  Stephon Marbury yesterday went right back at his former Net teammate Keith Van Horn, who has expressed giddiness over the Coney Island point guard's departure to Phoenix and Jason Kidd's arrival in Jersey.

• Gatling has his backers

  | Oct 17, 2001

  Latrell Sprewell, who played with Chris Gatling at Golden State, believes the Irvington native would be the inside presence the Knicks are lacking.

• Decision Day for Jackson

  | Oct 17, 2001

  Tony Cooper paints some interesting scenarios in today's San Francisco Chronicle about Marc Jackson.

• Harrington gives his game an overhaul

  | Oct 17, 2001

  The first thing you noticed was that nobody called it a revelation.

• Camby Expects to Be In Knicks' Opening Lineup

  | Oct 17, 2001

  Marcus Camby remains optimistic he will be in the starting lineup on opening night despite Glen Rice's warnings that Camby should give his sore left foot more time to heal.

• Eisley, Ward Earn Backcourt Points

  | Oct 17, 2001

  The Knicks' revolving point-guard carousel took a spin at Delta Center last night, and Mark Jackson was left without a horse.

• Knicks Still Covet the Big O

  | Oct 17, 2001

  Ever wondered why Julia Roberts ever married Lyle Lovett? Now ponder what the Knicks see in Greg Ostertag.

• Knicks Are Still Short a Big Man

  | Oct 17, 2001

  gloom is a word that must be carefully used these days, not frivolously employed.

• Camby Is Taking an Optimistic Approach

  | Oct 17, 2001

  Marcus Camby will not make a prediction concerning his injured left foot.

• Othella Fills Knicks' Need

  | Oct 16, 2001

  Sometimes opportunity knocks.

• Rice Prescribes Pain

  | Oct 16, 2001

  Marcus Camby can expect a season filled with pain, suffering and self-doubt.

• Knicks Sizing Up Thorpe

  | Oct 16, 2001

  Otis Thorpe is waiting for the Knicks' call.

• Thomas Could Still Come Off the Bench

  | Oct 16, 2001

  Since it became clear on the first day of Knicks training camp that Larry Johnson would retire, the assumption has been that Kurt Thomas would inherit Johnson's starting spot at power forward.

• Anderson finds home with Knicks

  | Oct 15, 2001

  When Shandon Anderson steps onto the Delta Center court tomorrow night, he is prepared for the worst.

• Knicks Camp Update

  | Oct 15, 2001

  There may not be a spot on the Knicks for second-round pick Michael Wright.

• Anderson providing energy off the bench

  | Oct 15, 2001

  Shandon Anderson knows what it's like to hear a teammate say, "You better get your ankles taped" after a player freezes him with a crossover dribble or stops him with a head or ball fake.

• Misery in the Middle

  | Oct 15, 2001

  After all the work Marcus Camby put in during the offseason to build his strength and improve his durability, it's an unbelievable stroke of bad luck for him to come down with a case of plantar fasciitis in his left foot that threatens to undermine the Knicks' season before it begins.

• Knicks Size Up Options

  | Oct 15, 2001

  Just two years ago, the Knicks' starting lineup included Patrick Ewing and Larry Johnson and featured a bench of Marcus Camby, Kurt Thomas and Chris Dudley.

• Is Rookie Wright Man for Knicks?

  | Oct 15, 2001

  The Knicks are a veteran team, so rookie Michael Wright can expect this to be a learning year, right? "I don't know if he's got a year," said head coach Jeff Van Gundy.

• Sixers make emotional visit to Manhattan fire station

  | Oct 15, 2001

  The Sixers will take their memories of the fire station at 48th Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan with them wherever they go, snapshots indelibly etched in their consciousness.

• Knicks Look to Dig Thorpe out of Mothballs

  | Oct 14, 2001

  The Bergen Record reports that the Knicks have reached out to forward/center Otis Thorpe, the well-traveled 39-year old NBA vet.

• Love Him or Not . . . Ward a Knicks fixture into eighth year

  | Oct 14, 2001

  Doubters have dogged Charlie Ward from the time the former Florida State quarterback put his Heisman Trophy in the closet and set out to make a career for himself in the NBA.

• McDyess on the McMarket?

  | Oct 14, 2001

  Peter Vecsey reports that the Denver Nuggets contemplated dealing Antonio McDyess prior to his knee surgery.

• Camby's Foot a Cause for Concern

  | Oct 14, 2001

  The Knicks breathed a sigh of relief when an MRI revealed that Marcus Camby had nothing more than plantar fasciitis in his left foot.

• Knicks Losing Johnson's Stabilizing Force

  | Oct 14, 2001

  The most noticeable difference about the Knicks is that they look nothing like the team you used to know, the perennial playoff club that usually found a way to survive and advance.

• Knicks forced to foot the bill

  | Oct 14, 2001

  Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Center Luc Longley retires.

• Sixers meet some New York heroes

  | Oct 14, 2001

  At head coach Larry Brown's urging, the Sixers visited the firefighters at Fire Station No.

• Camby's Ailing Foot Remains Sore Point

  | Oct 13, 2001

  The preseason is now in hurry-up-and-wait mode.

• Camby May Miss Opener

  | Oct 13, 2001

  Injury has followed Camby's career

• Three's a Crowd in New York

  | Oct 13, 2001

  You think the Knicks would have learned their lesson last season.

• Knicks Camp Update

  | Oct 12, 2001

  Now it's going to be even harder for the Knicks to replace Larry Johnson.

• Ex-mates to miss LJ

  | Oct 12, 2001

  Larry Johnson's teammates said they didn't know that media day two Mondays ago was the last time they would see him in a Knicks uniform.

• Harrington, Ward not Enough to Snare Davis

  | Oct 12, 2001

  Dave D'Allesandro reports that the Knicks had plans for the non-existant Disabled Player Exception.

• Kidd stars, but Knicks win

  | Oct 12, 2001

  Whether they will win more than the 26 games they won last year remains a mystery.

• NBA to Knicks: No Soup For You!

  | Oct 11, 2001

  The NBA said Thursday that it will not grant the New York Knicks a disabled player's exemption following the retirement of forward Larry Johnson because of a back injury.

• Mason Update

  | Oct 11, 2001

  Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Agent Don Cronson said Wednesday the Bucks still appear the most likely landing spot for his client.

• Can Mason, Bucks Benefit from LJ's Retirement?

  | Oct 11, 2001

  Anthony Mason and Larry Johnson.

• Knicks Look to Fill Johnson's Void

  | Oct 11, 2001

  There was no elaborate press conference.

• No doubting Kurt Thomas

  | Oct 10, 2001

  Replacing Larry Johnson, who meant so much more to the Knicks than just 12-15 points a game, is not going to be easy.

• Knicks Take It Foot at a Time

  | Oct 10, 2001

  Almost from the time Jeff Van Gundy took over as head coach of the Knicks, it has seemed as if he's been working with less than a full deck because of repeated injuries to key players.

• Puzzle Will Be Played Out at Garden

  | Oct 10, 2001

  OK, ADMIT IT.

• Spree Says Knicks May Come up Short

  | Oct 10, 2001

  With Latrell Sprewell calling on the Knicks to add size, their front line grew considerably smaller last night when Marcus Camby was forced to miss the preseason opener against San Antonio with a sore left foot.

• Camby Shevled With Tender Foot

  | Oct 10, 2001

  Here we go again.

• Nervous Times for Jeff Troop

  | Oct 10, 2001

  THE Knicks opened their preseason schedule last night at the Garden against the Spurs, an event which under normal circumstances would prompt evaluation of off-season acquisitions and ultimately a prognosis about their chances of winning the NBA championship.

• Thomas Is Ready to Fill Big Shoes

  | Oct 10, 2001

  Who could blame Kurt Thomas for being cocky? He had led the nation in scoring and rebounding, had been selected 10th by the Miami Heat in 1995 and had been annihilating all comers at the downtown Y.

• LJ's Career Comes to an End

  | Oct 10, 2001

  Announcement is Expected Today

• Surprise! Camby's Injured

  | Oct 9, 2001

  Bum foot ails Camby

• Knicks center sits out with sore foot

  | Oct 9, 2001

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• Camby Limps Into Opener

  | Oct 9, 2001

  Marcus Camby's personal crusade for an injury-free season got off on the wrong foot yesterday.

• Van Gundy's Nightmare

  | Oct 9, 2001

  AS we've all come to identify and adore, Jeff Van Gundy's nature is to prepare for the worst and count on a lighting on the dark side of his dread.

• Man in the Muddle

  | Oct 9, 2001

  They need more scoring punch down low.

• Camby Has Familiar Foot Ailment

  | Oct 9, 2001

  I mean, is it contagious only in New York? Last year, Glen Rice limped through a painful campaign with an extremely severe case of the foot ailment, an injury that restricted not only his agility on the court but his practice time off it.

• Worry Lines Begin to Form for Camby

  | Oct 9, 2001

  More than 10,000 fans at Madison Square Garden yesterday witnessed one of the most distressing sights a Knicks fan can see: an inactive Marcus Camby.

• Thomas gets chance to show his true value

  | Oct 8, 2001

  The significance of the 2001-02 season is not lost on Kurt Thomas.

• Knicks notes

  | Oct 8, 2001

  For the first five days of training camp, Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy was happy with how hard his players worked.

• Knicks have a new look

  | Oct 8, 2001

  Marcus Camby came into training camp 15 pounds heavier.

• Van Gundy's Not Into Hype

  | Oct 8, 2001

  The Knicks had been home for only a few hours before coach Jeff Van Gundy, always the perfectionist, took a few playful jabs at his team for a less-than-enthusiastic workout yesterday morning at Purchase College.

• Work Ethic in Evidence As Knicks Break Camp

  | Oct 8, 2001

  It was only the first step of a long journey, but the early signs suggest the Knicks are serious about rebounding from their first-round playoff loss to Toronto in April, their earliest exit from the playoffs since 1991.

• Knicks Say They're Secure At Home

  | Oct 8, 2001

  Marcus Camby's family and closest friends have been fixtures at Madison Square Garden since Camby first showed up in a Knicks uniform three seasons ago.

• Thomas Can't Wait to Get Started

  | Oct 8, 2001

  Kurt Thomas is used to waiting.

• Van Says Playoff Loss Provides Motivation

  | Oct 8, 2001

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• Vecsey: Knicks Wise to Deal Rice, LJ Almost Broke

  | Oct 7, 2001

  As the NBA season draws nearer, Peter Vecsey is back from a long summer vacation.

• Camby Feels so Underpaid

  | Oct 7, 2001

  Marcus Camby will get by, but he can't help but feel he is the team's most underpaid player considering current market values.

• Spree and Camby Agree: Size Matters

  | Oct 7, 2001

  Latrell Sprewell opened the off-season by stating that the Knicks were too small up front.

• Knicks need minutes for Anderson

  | Oct 7, 2001

  Houston general manager Carroll Dawson recently described Shandon Anderson as "tough, gritty, durable, unselfish.

• Spreewell has lots to say about Jordan

  | Oct 7, 2001

  Knicks swingman Latrell Sprewell has suddenly become a 78-inch bulls-eye.

• Jackson just wants to assist

  | Oct 7, 2001

  The ride from Mark Jackson's upper Bergen County home to Madison Square Garden just isn't the same for the Knick point guard.

• Knicks' Jackson Lends Hand

  | Oct 7, 2001

  Mark Jackson has handed out more than 9,000 assists over 14 seasons from coast-to-coast.

• Houston links shot at MVP to title run

  | Oct 6, 2001

  There has always been a quiet confidence about Allan Houston, not to mention a natural enthusiasm and infinite capacity for positive thought.

• Same, old problem with Knicks' newcomer

  | Oct 6, 2001

  Shandon Anderson is not Glen Rice.

• Now Shandon Is Struggling For Minutes

  | Oct 6, 2001

  Per Latrell Sprewell's wishes, the Knicks traded small forward Glen Rice during the offseason.

• LJ's Career to End this Week

  | Oct 6, 2001

  Sources say an announcement will come this week

• Knicks Block Blazers from Hiring Thibodeau

  | Oct 6, 2001

  Jeff Van Gundy isn't the only Knicks coach off limits to Paul Allen's money.

• Anderson Impresses Van Gundy

  | Oct 6, 2001

  Maybe there will be perimeter-glut issues after all.

• Spree: We're Still Too Small

  | Oct 6, 2001

  No offense to Clarence Weatherspoon or general manager Scott Layden's GM skills, but Latrell Sprewell doesn't believe the Knicks addressed their lack-of-size problems during the offseason.

• Knicks Have Learned 3 Won't Go Into 2

  | Oct 6, 2001

  It was the problem that would not go away, the one that kept Latrell Sprewell, Allan Houston and Glen Rice on edge for most of last season.

• Knicks don't appear up to speed on break

  | Oct 5, 2001

  Though he is often loath to admit it, Jeff Van Gundy's attitude toward the fast break can be defined in two words: Speed kills.

• Van Gundy lets Ward know he's appreciated

  | Oct 5, 2001

  It was early Wednesday morning, just as the players were hitting the floor for practice, that Jeff Van Gundy called Charlie Ward over for a chat.

• Knick notes

  | Oct 5, 2001

  Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy didn't always see eye-to-eye with Ernie Grunfeld, but he praised the Knicks' former GM on Thursday for signing forward Kurt Thomas in 1999.

• Van Gundy in a familiar position

  | Oct 5, 2001

  Latrell Sprewell feels bad for Jeff Van Gundy.

• In-shape Jackson optimistic about starting year with Knicks

  | Oct 5, 2001

  Born and bred in Brooklyn as the quintessential New York point guard, Mark Jackson understood perfectly what he was getting himself into when the Knicks brought him home in a trade with Toronto in February.

• LJ's Status? All About the Benjamins

  | Oct 5, 2001

  Why retire and lose money?

• Give Layden High Marks for Fine Tuning Knicks

  | Oct 5, 2001

  AS A satisfied (upgraded) Sixer season ticket holder, my rigid righteousness began to deform the day Billy King invited my 13-year-old son to be ball boy last season and Larry Brown included Joseph in Philly's practices.

• Ward Looks Safe in New York

  | Oct 5, 2001

  Apparently rumors of Charlie Ward's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

• Mouthy Spree Has Knicks Ear

  | Oct 5, 2001

  At least that was Glen Rice's contention after he was traded to the Houston Rockets.

• At Crowded Position, Ward Has Van Gundy's Support

  | Oct 5, 2001

  Before practice Wednesday morning, Coach Jeff Van Gundy pulled Charlie Ward aside and assured him that he was still an integral part of the Knicks, that he did not enter training camp as the team's third-string point guard.

• Johnson endeared himself to his coaches

  | Oct 4, 2001

• Houston's good at bank shot

  | Oct 4, 2001

  No matter what Allan Houston does this year, he will have a label attached to his name.

• Not Born to Run, Knicks Work on Transition

  | Oct 4, 2001

  As much as the fans and media might wish to see it, running has not been a prominent component of the Knicks' offense.

• Kurt Thomas Has Promise

  | Oct 4, 2001

  When Larry Johnson was healthy enough to take the floor, Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy was determined to ride that warhorse as long as the painkillers for his bad back held out.

• Spree in a Rush For Run n' Gun

  | Oct 4, 2001

  Latrell Sprewell was bouncing off the walls yesterday, carrying on like a 5-year-old with too much sugar in his system.

• Without LJ, Camby Must Fill Low Post Void

  | Oct 4, 2001

  With Larry Johnson out of the playing picture, the Knicks don't have one guy on their roster who specializes in low-post scoring.

• Van Gundy Puts Run 'n Gun Into Knicks

  | Oct 4, 2001

  Jeff Van Gundy's ire got raised during fast-break drills yesterday.

• Van Gundy Lets Knicks Run, at Least in Practice

  | Oct 4, 2001

  Jeff Van Gundy is known as the man who bridles thoroughbreds, the coach who disdains the fast break, the suppressor of all that is spontaneous and exciting about basketball.

• Camby arrives much stronger

  | Oct 3, 2001

  Marcus Camby knows these are the persistent issues surrounding his life and career -- at least to his detractors, who are shrinking in number.

• Is Charlie Ward staying or going?

  | Oct 3, 2001

  Since Mark Jackson, Howard Eisley, and Ward can't all play point guard for the Knicks, it appears Ward would be the first to go.

• Beefed-up Camby ready for fresh start

  | Oct 3, 2001

  Marcus Camby and his family had to live through it, and they don't need to relive or read about it.

• LJ Fiasco Just Sign of the Times for Knicks

  | Oct 3, 2001

  IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE to avoid pondering all the storylines that converged when Larry Johnson of the Knicks went through the sad charade of pulling on his team jersey and sitting for one last team mug shot Monday, not long before the team bus pulled off for training camp in Charleston without him - because, we were told, Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy, long Johnson's biggest public supporter, made the decision to leave Johnson behind, supposedly to rehab his back.

• Family travail follows Camby

  | Oct 3, 2001

  Terror can strike on an unimaginably grand scale, as it did in recent attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

• LJ's Retirement May Come Soon

  | Oct 3, 2001

  The New York Daily News reports that the Knicks and Larry Johnson spent the previous two days trying to hammer out the final details of a buyout agreement that would signal the end of Johnson's career.

• Spoonful's Enough For Van Gundy

  | Oct 3, 2001

  That hand, the sequence and the outcome are things Clarence Weatherspoon cannot purge from his memory.

• Eisley in a Three-Way Fight for a Job He Enjoys

  | Oct 3, 2001

  A few weeks ago, Howard Eisley, the Knicks' recently acquired point guard, was feverishly flicking channels with his remote control.

• Spree No Stranger to Air Supremacy

  | Oct 3, 2001

  Latrell Sprewell is not ashamed to admit that with Golden State he never had much success in clamping down Michael Jordan.

• NBA Notebook

  | Oct 3, 2001

  How will Alonzo's kidney hold up with an 82 game season on the horizon?

  I'm through with it," says Allen Iverson on the topic of his rap CD, which he has decided not to release.

• Source says LJ plans to retire

  | Oct 2, 2001

  The Clarence Weatherspoon signing is looking better and better.

• LJ Looks Done in New York

  | Oct 2, 2001

  The Larry Johnson Watch: Day 3 begins.

• Sprewell Puts Chip on Table

  | Oct 2, 2001

  Latrell Sprewell summed up the Knicks' off-season roster moves yesterday the way most Knick fans would.

• Latrell Is Up for Air

  | Oct 2, 2001

  In 28 days Latrell Sprewell will welcome Michael Jordan back to the NBA by trying to make Jordan's first game in three years a miserable experience.

• Spree: New Knicks are Stronger

  | Oct 2, 2001

  Latrell Sprewell, armed with five pounds of added muscle, said he's disappointed the Knicks did not acquire Chris Webber but still believes the club improved in the offseason.

• Knicks Set to Deal Ward?

  | Oct 2, 2001

  Ward could have a new home by week's end

• Van Gundy May Expand Rotation

  | Oct 1, 2001

  Jeff Van Gundy and his eight-man rotation have been as much a staple at the Garden as its pinwheeled ceiling.