Once one of, if not the best center in the NBA, Patrick Ewing's career has been on the spiral downward ever since he left the NBA's big apple. How bad has it done for the big fella? In a recent game against the Indiana Pacers Ewing failed to enter a game for the first time in his career while being on the active roster, breaking a streak of 1,175 consecutive games he had played in which he was healthy.
"I'm going to get a stat sheet and frame it," a glum Ewing said, only half joking. "But yeah, it's disappointing."
Things may get worse for the ex-Knick as well, the big man may also sit out today's game against the team where he spent the first 15 years of his career.
"I think it was the right decision," Rivers said of not playing Ewing Friday. "It would have been a tough matchup for Patrick. We decided to go with (DeClercq) and (Reid). Otherwise, we'll go with Patrick when we can."
Marc Berman of the New York Post reports that Ewing's career may come to a close. Two of Ewing's closest friends, Mark Jackson and Herb Williams, predict that may be the case if he's not traded or released.
Williams, who spoke by phone to Ewing yesterday morning and planned to have dinner with him last night in Orlando, reported the Ewing was shocked and disappointed and warned Rivers it's not a good idea to have an unhappy Ewing with the playoffs around the bend.
Jackson said Ewing is ready to retire if things don't change. Ewing visits the Garden possibly for the last time April 9. "I think if it was like this, yes [he'll retire,]" Jackson said before the Knicks flew to Disney City. "He's a guy with tremendous heart, tremendous pride. He's a warrior. He's not doing it for the money. So I think if it was like this, yes. If it was like this, he'll probably call it quits. But I'm sure he feels he can help some teams. He can help them."
Ewing has one year and $2.25 million left on his contract. Expect superagent David Falk to demand a summer trade like he did to the Knicks in 2000
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No one on the Timberwolves doubted that all-star forward Kevin Garnett would play in Friday night's game against the New York Knicks.
Not with the team trying to get things back together before the playoffs.
Fortunately for Garnett, the Wolves took control early and cruised to a 98-77 victory, so he was able to rest during the fourth quarter.
"Everybody knows KG's a warrior," Wolves guard Chauncey Billups said. "If he can walk fast enough, he's going to play. We had no doubt he was going to play."
Garnett was injured in the third quarter of Minnesota's 113-111 victory over Dallas on Thursday night at Target Center when he leaped past Dallas reserve Wang Zhizhi to try to block his shot from the corner. Garnett went heels over head, breaking his fall with his right hand before his head bounced hard onto the floor. He lay stunned for several minutes in front of the Wolves' bench before slowly rising holding an ice bag to the crown of his head. He jogged off the court, then came back in the fourth quarter with a bandage covering 12 stitches on his scalp.
Before he left the game against the Knicks, Garnett scored 12 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for his 50th double-double of the season.
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Knicks Mar 2002 Archive
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Star Tribune | Mar 30, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 30, 2002
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| Mar 28, 2002
By calling himself a future All-Star, saying he was as good as Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston, and all but begging for the opportunity to someday guard Kobe Bryant, the Knicks' Lavor Postell created a bit of an uproar before last night's game.
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| Mar 27, 2002
Look out New York, hello NBA, meet Lavor Postell, the Knicks "All Star on the rise.
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The Daily Camera | Mar 26, 2002
The Nuggets put an end to their Eastern conference losing streak by beating the Knicks at Madison Square Garden 84-83.
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Dallas Morning News | Mar 25, 2002
This Kurt Thomas sports some other gaudy numbers he has never seen by his name.
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The Denver Post | Mar 25, 2002
Nuggets try to break 0-10 streak vs.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | Mar 25, 2002
With 5 minutes, 16 seconds remaining in the first quarter, McKie reported in to give Claxton a rest.
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Providence Journal | Mar 24, 2002
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| Mar 23, 2002
Chris Broussard writes that Sprewell, who said he was as committed as ever to finishing his career in New York, hopes to have some say in what the team does to improve in the off-season.
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| Mar 23, 2002
Marc Berman writes that Don Chaney met with second-year man Lavor Postell last week, telling him he will play in non-garbage-time situations after the team is officially eliminated.
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New York Times | Mar 23, 2002
Latrell Sprewell is committed to finishing his career as a Knick.
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| Mar 22, 2002
Marc Berman writes that for the first time in at least a dozen years, the Knicks are considering not raising ticket prices next season.
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New York Times | Mar 22, 2002
No way to put it, the Knicks simply got killed by a sorry team.
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| Mar 22, 2002
It was a bad night to be a Knick fan.
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| Mar 21, 2002
Rap pioneers Run-DMC will do a post-game concert after their hometown New York Knicks take on the Hawks tonight at Philips Arena.
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New York Post | Mar 21, 2002
Van Gundy could resurface in Canada
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New York Daily News | Mar 21, 2002
Charlie Ward has been on the trade block for years.
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New York Post | Mar 21, 2002
A few weeks back we saw that phenom Memphis freshman Dajuan Wagner was going to give the NBA a miss this season and remain a Tiger.
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New York Times | Mar 18, 2002
Whoever takes Ming also needs tickets to China
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| Mar 18, 2002
Marc Berman writes that if the Knicks hit the lottery jackpot and select 7-6 center Yao Ming with the first or second pick, expect the team to head to China for an exhibition game vs.
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Sac Bee | Mar 15, 2002
The Knicks torched the Kings from the perimeter much of the evening.
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| Mar 15, 2002
Chris Broussard of the NY Times reports that Chris Webber said last night that he would have been willing to join the Knicks last summer but that the Knicks ruined any possibility of obtaining him by signing Allan Houston to a six-year contract for $100.
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New York Times | Mar 13, 2002
The rough road is not so bumpy now.
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Philadelphia Daily News | Mar 13, 2002
The Knicks, one of the few teams seemingly too far gone (23-39) to make a run for even a modest No.
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| Mar 12, 2002
Mailman returns barb to sender
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New York Times | Mar 11, 2002
Malone has been labelled 'dirty' one again
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Ogden Standard-Examiner | Mar 11, 2002
The Jazz suffered a mighty tumble at the hands of the New York Knicks Friday night.
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New York Post | Mar 11, 2002
The Olympics have left town but the ragtag Knicks put on their own show last night.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Mar 11, 2002
The Jazz reminded everyone in the Delta Center exactly who they are Friday night.
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Mar 10, 2002
Perhaps Don Chaney should get a good attorney and fight this thing.
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| Mar 10, 2002
George Karl is featured in the April issue of Esquire magazine.
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| Mar 8, 2002
Shandon Anderson and Howard Eisley are long gone.
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| Mar 8, 2002
Since the NBA doesn"t award degree-of-difficulty points at the end of the season, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan tried his best to treat a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers as just another game.
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| Mar 8, 2002
Nuggets shoot 55% in beating the Knicks @ the Pepsi Center.
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| Mar 7, 2002
An article about Calbert Cheaney and the increase in his PT this year.
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| Mar 5, 2002
Guess who is sticking around
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| Mar 4, 2002
Has it been that long since the Spurs took down New York in the NBA Finals?
"The way things have been going this year it seems even further away," Malik Rose said.
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| Mar 3, 2002
Little-used Knicks point guard Howard Eisley is pleading with the Knicks to give him a chance to show what he has got, not with his words but with his actions.
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| Mar 1, 2002
There is no doubt that ex-Sixer Charles Barkley has a big mouth, his latest outburst involving the future of the New York Knicks franchise.
