Frank Williams, Moochie Norris, Howard Eaisley and Charlie Ward. There is NO WAY the Knicks keep all of these point guards. Stay tuned for the release of Ward -- and the Rockets signing. This is a power move! Ward would be a great backup for us. He has a very high basketball IQ and plays great defense. Thank God Moochie is gone!
I'd like it, but I think it is unlikely. In this case, they would give the backup minutes behind Williams to Eisley now and just not play Ward, but they play Ward instead of Eisley...
New York used only eight players as Eisley, the starting point guard until a week ago, did not play. Thomas said no deals involving Eisley were imminent. Chaney said it will be "virtually impossible" to keep four point guards in the rotation, and Ward sounded like he would not be surprised if he is the next to go. "Ward sounded like he would not be surprised if he is the next to go. "A lot of guys here have been on other teams, and I've been blessed to be on one team my whole career," Ward said. "My contract has always been one to be moved because I've been [mentioned] in trades for a very long time. So that's nothing different, and today is still the same thing. I'm still here, and I'm grateful.
Yep. Before the game, the Knicks acquired Norris and center John Amaechi from Houston for Clarence Weatherspoon. Amaechi will be waived, Knicks president Isiah Thomas said after pulling off his first deal since replacing the fired Scott Layden. Lamar Odom led Miami with 19 points. Both teams were playing their fourth game in five nights, but only the Heat appeared fatigued. Kurt Thomas hit a jump shot with 3:47 left in the first quarter to begin a quarter-ending 13-2 run that gave the Knicks a 28-14 lead. Miami never made a comeback, falling behind by 30 early in the third quarter on a jumper from the top of the key by Frank Williams. "We've been in a very good stretch ... other than playing these guys," said Heat coach Stan Van Gundy, whose team lost to the Knicks by 20 points three nights earlier. "It's been the two real miserable nights for us, they've just really taken it to us." The Knicks had been in buyout talks with Weatherspoon, who's signed for two more seasons for $12.2 million. Instead, Thomas found a trading partner in the Rockets who were in need of frontcourt depth since suspending and then releasing forward Eddie Griffin. In Norris, the Knicks are adding another point guard to a roster that already includes three -- newly installed starter Williams and veterans Howard Eisley and Charlie Ward. "It means added help. With the way Don [Chaney] wants to play, we want to give him the luxury of having different guys that can play a different tempo," Thomas said. "As we continue to shuffle and retool our roster, at some point in time we may have an overload at one spot." The Knicks made two other moves to open space on the active roster for Norris and Amaechi, placing forward Michael Sweetney (knee tendinitis) and backup center Michael Doleac (back spasms) on the injured list. New York used only eight players as Eisley, the starting point guard until a week ago, did not play. Thomas said no deals involving Eisley were imminent. Chaney said it will be "virtually impossible" to keep four point guards in the rotation, and Ward sounded like he would not be surprised if he is the next to go. "A lot of guys here have been on other teams, and I've been blessed to be on one team my whole career," Ward said. "My contract has always been one to be moved because I've been [mentioned] in trades for a very long time. So that's nothing different, and today is still the same thing. I'm still here, and I'm grateful."
That'd be funny. The Knicks go into talks with Ward about buying out his contract. Then they call up H-town. We give 'em Ford and Braggs and Padgett. They take it. I'd laugh and laugh and laugh.
