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Knicks Acquire Draft Rights To Clippers' Jordan

The Knicks kept tinkering with their roster two days before training camp, acquiring the draft rights to Jared Jordan on Sunday and working toward a buyout of Dan Dickau's contract.

The Knicks traded cash considerations to the Los Angeles Clippers in a deal that sends last season's NCAA assists leader back to New York. The Clippers took Jordan with the 45th pick in the NBA draft.

Jordan could compete for a backup point guard spot that will become open once the Knicks have completed their buyout of Dickau, who was acquired from Portland in the Zach Randolph trade in June. Dickau isn't expected to be in camp when it opens Tuesday in Charleston, S.C.

Via ESPN


Marbury: On Paper We're A Championship Team

The New York Knicks have rather high goals set in place for the upcoming season.

"Our goal isn't to make the playoffs anymore," center Eddy Curry said. "Because I think that should be a given with the talent we have and the coaching we have. I would love to come out of the East."

Those are Curry's first remarks of the offseason during which he was robbed at gunpoint in his suburban Chicago home in July, bolted the Windy City and laid low in Westchester. Curry made the bold statement in a Knicks promotional video, dubbed "The Knick Experience."

"Our team, on paper, is a championship team," Stephon Marbury added recently. "How far can we go? It's going to be decided on us."

Via New York Post


Jury Wants Readbacks In Thomas Suit Deliberations

A jury asked for hundreds of pages of testimony and documents before finishing its first full day of deliberations Friday in the sexual harassment case brought by a former top New York Knicks executive against coach Isiah Thomas.

The jury asked for transcripts of testimony of four men, including Thomas, along with e-mails sent by the plaintiff, Anucha Browne Sanders, to the president of Madison Square Garden, which is a defendant as well in the three-week-old trial.

Via ESPN


Knicks Sep 2007 Archive

  • Jury In Garden Lawsuit Takes Weekend Off, To Resume Monday

    The jury in Anucha Browne Sanders’s lawsuit against Knicks Coach Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden deliberated for seven and a half hours yesterday, asked repeatedly for clarification and hundreds of pages of testimony, but did not reach a verdict.

  • Balkman Injury Opens Door To Houston

    The ankle injury that will keep Renaldo Balkman out all of training camp and possibly the first two weeks of the regular season has opened the door for the Knicks to bring Allan Houston to Charleston, S.

  • Balkman Suffers Right Ankle Stress Reaction

    New York Knickerbockers President of Basketball Operations and Head Coach Isiah Thomas announced today that forward Renaldo Balkman has a stress reaction and a small cartilage injury in his right ankle confirmed by an MRI.

  • Isiah: Degrading A Woman 'Is Never OK'

    In his second day on the witness stand at a trial in federal court in Manhattan, Isiah Thomas denied allegations in a $10 million lawsuit that he repeatedly addressed the plaintiff, Anucha Browne Sanders, as "bitch" and a "ho" while they worked together at Madison Square Garden.

  • Dolan: ABS Tampered With Probe

    The chairman of Madison Square Garden testified Tuesday that he fired one of his top executives after learning that she tried to get her subordinates to help build a sexual harassment case against New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas.

  • MSG Employee Says Sex With Knicks' Marbury Was Consensual

    A Madison Square Garden employee testified Monday that she had consensual sex with Knicks guard Stephon Marbury, contradicting earlier claims by a former executive suing the organization for sexual discrimination.

  • Witness: Browne Sanders Often Used Profanities

    A Madison Square Garden executive who says New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas showered her with profanities was unsparing in her own foul language to describe fellow executives, a former colleague testified Monday.

  • Two Men Plead Not Guilty To Robbing Knicks' Curry

    Two men charged with robbing New York Knicks forward Eddy Curry at his home in July pleaded not guilty Thursday.

  • MSG President Warned Isiah To Keep Hands Off Plaintiff

    Knicks coach Isiah Thomas was told to keep his mitts off the former exec who slapped the team with a $10 million sex harassment suit.

  • Houston Giving Knicks, Not Nets, Best Shot

    Allan Houston took another step toward his attempted comeback yesterday, scrimmaging with a group of young players at the Nets' practice facility near the Meadowlands.

  • Sources: Isiah Could Face Suspension If Found Liable

    Could Isiah Thomas be punished by the NBA if he loses his current court battle?

  • Garden CEO Rips Browne-Sanders' Claims

    The president and chief operating officer of Madison Square Garden Sports, testifying in federal court Wednesday, contradicted claims by fired Garden executive Anucha Browne-Sanders that she had complained to him about sexual harassment and verbal abuse by embattled New York Knicks president and coach Isiah Thomas.

  • Dolan: I Fired MSG Exec For Interfering With Probe

    A female Madison Square Garden executive was fired because she willfully interfered in a company probe of her sexual harassment allegations against Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, MSG chairman James Dolan said in videotaped testimony played Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan.

  • Isiah Simply Flirty In Nature?

    In a recent blog Frank Isola, longtime beat writer of the Knicks, isn't convinced that Isiah Thomas will be found guilty of sexual harassment.

  • Witness Hears Isiah Say Browne Sanders Is 'Easy On The Eyes'

    A season-ticket holder who attended an open practice at Madison Square Garden in October 2005 testified Monday that he heard Isiah Thomas, the Knicks’ coach and president, introduce Browne Sanders to a third person and speak of her in terms that she said were quite familiar to her and that made her increasingly uncomfortable.

  • Isiah: I Wouldn't Use Slurs Against Women

    Knicks coach Isiah Thomas strenuously denied in a videotaped deposition that he called a former Madison Square Garden executive a "bitch," "ho" or any other slur.

  • Plaintiff Testifies Thomas Called Her Vulgar Name In Meetings

    The former Knicks vice president at the center of an explosive sexual harassment trial testified Monday that coach Isiah Thomas repeatedly called her a vulgar name during business meetings.

  • Boring Trial? At Least One Juror Nods Off In Harassment Trial

    An impatient judge in the Isiah Thomas sexual harassment trial called on attorneys to do a fast break--courtroom style--and speed up the case to prevent it from getting bogged down.

  • James Dolan Could Take Stand Wed. In Brown-Sanders Case

    Cablevision chairman James Dolan could take the witness stand as early as Wednesday when the Garden is expected to begin its defense against Anucha Browne Sanders' allegations of sexual harassment, according to the New York Daily News.

  • Stern Could Come After James Dolan

    If Knick owner James Dolan loses the civil suit bought by Anucha Browne Sanders, then Dolan may lose more than a few more million dollars, according to the New York Daily News.

  • Garden Lawyers To Call Bombshell 'Secret' Witness?

    Defense lawyers in the MSG sex harassment case hope to show fired Knicks exec Anucha Browne Sanders has a history of claiming men hit on her.

  • Knicks May Offer Houston Part Of Mid-Level Exception

    Both the Nets and Knicks are in the chase for Allan Houston, who is trying to make a comeback after retiring two years ago because of an arthritic left knee.

  • Lawyers For Garden May Spring 'Secret' Witness

    Defense lawyers in the Madison Square Garden sex harassment case plan to call a bombshell "secret" witness in a bid to show fired Knicks exec Anucha Browne Sanders has a history of claiming men hit on her.

  • Houston's Agent Says Knicks Might Have Advantage

    If Allan Houston's agent has anything to say about it where he plays next season, it just might be in New York.

  • Knicks' Marbury Admits Luring Woman Into Car

    Nervous Knicks star Stephon Marbury took the stand Wednesday in the explosive $10 million sexual harassment suit that's rocking the Garden and admitted he lured one of the female accuser's subordinates into his car.

  • Maccabi Tel Aviv Set To Face Knicks At MSG

    An elite Israeli basketball team is slated to be the first-ever international team to play an exhibition game against the New York Knicks in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden next month, according to World Net Daily (wnd.

  • Marbury Testifies, Calls Lawsuit 'A Joke'

    Knicks guard Stephon Marbury testified Wednesday in the case of a fired team executive who has accused coach Isiah Thomas of sexual harassment, calling the lawsuit absurd while downplaying an encounter with a drunken intern.

  • Heat And Cavs Most Interested In Houston, Knicks Also Attend Workout

    Allan Houston worked out Tuesday for a few NBA teams at the New York Athletic Club.

  • Browne Sanders Takes The Stand, Accuses Thomas Of Racism

    Anucha Browne Sanders took the stand Tuesday in a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan.

  • Isiah Trial Begins With Heavy Mud Slinging

    The former Knicks executive who filed a $10 million sexual harassment lawsuit against Isiah Thomas was a rising star forced to fend off his clumsy advances, her lawyer told a jury Tuesday.

  • Sexual-Harassment Case Against Isiah Set To Begin

    The potentially incendiary sexual harassment trial of Isiah Thomas, the Knicks’ coach and president for basketball operations, begins today in Manhattan federal court, three weeks before the team opens training camp.

  • Knicks Offered To Help Anucha Browne Sanders Land Job

    The Knicks attempted to muzzle former executive Anucha Browne Sanders in December 2005 by promising to help her land a high-paying job if she kept quiet about alleged sexual harassment by coach Isiah Thomas, according to the New York Daily News

  • Jury Selection Begins In $10M Harassment Suit Against Thomas, MSG

    Jury selection begins this week in the $10 million sexual harassment lawsuit against Knicks president Isiah Thomas

  • New York Interested In Jared Jordan

    Isiah Thomas has been high on Jared Jordan dating back to the Orlando pre-draft camp.

  • Marbury Insists He's Sane, Sober And Happy

    As of Wednesday afternoon, the famous July 1st Stephon Marbury video had been viewed 281,482 times on YouTube.

  • Jury Selection Begins In Isiah Harassment Suit

    While the Knicks are still more than a month away from their first preseason game, Isiah Thomas is virtually assured of being in court Monday to begin defending himself against a sexual harassment lawsuit.