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The highlight of the annual NBA Draft Combine in Chicago is team executives sitting down with lottery candidates for live interviews at the historic Hilton Hotel on Michigan Avenue. The combine scheduled for last week was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Also canceled was Iowa State point guard Tyrese Haliburton’s chances of making a …
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s push to get professional sports going again in New York took another step forward Sunday. Cuomo said during a press conference at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh that as of Sunday, professional sports leagues can begin holding training camps in New York, as leagues work on their plans to resume play amid …
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The NBA and Mickey Mouse are moving closer to a July marriage. The league on Saturday confirmed a report from earlier this week that Disney World is on track to become the sole site for the NBA’s fan-less resumption to the season, likely in late July. The venue would be the ESPN’s Wide World of …
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One of the various play-in tournaments the NBA is considering includes one scenario that would keep the Knicks home and the Nets possibly having to play their way into the playoffs. According to an NBA source, Thursday’s annual GM meetings, held over video-conference, gave no clear indication as to which way commissioner Adam Silver was …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Knicks. Should the Knicks go for the best fit or the best player available in this year’s draft? …
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We are reminded, again of our vulnerability, and of the rare power of the coronavirus to turn a blind eye on its victims, unaware of status, unmoved by fame or accomplishment. Late in the afternoon of a Memorial Day Friday comes the word that an old New York hero named Patrick Ewing is in the …
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Charles Oakley appears to have called off his Patrick Ewing bashing. Oakley delivered a heartfelt message on social media after his former Knicks teammate and current Georgetown coach announced Friday he is hospitalized with the coronavirus in Washington DC. “I went to war with you for ten years. I won’t leave you on the battlefield …
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However unorthodox, Knicks president Leon Rose has “upgraded’’ his basketball operations staff, according to multiple NBA sources. Rose decided to pick up the option on GM Scott Perry for next season but surprisingly is not expected to retain Perry’s two major scouting hires from 2017 – assistant GM Gerald Madkins and pro player personnel director …
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The NBA is set to take an important step towards resuming its season. Teams expect the league office to set guidelines, around June 1, that will allow them to recall players who currently live out of market, according to ESPN. Numerous owners, executives and players believe commissioner Adam Silver will soon after announce that games …
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RJ, meet MJ. During the NBA’s coronavirus pandemic shutdown, Knicks rookie stud RJ Barrett has taken a crash course in Michael Jordan the past five weeks, watching each episode of “The Last Dance.’’ Barrett said he’s been “soaking it all in’’ and his mind may have changed regarding who is the G.O.A.T. In a taped …
The highlight of the annual NBA Draft Combine in Chicago is team executives sitting down with lottery candidates for live interviews at the historic Hilton Hotel on Michigan Avenue. The combine scheduled for last week was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Also canceled was Iowa State point guard Tyrese Haliburton’s chances of making a …
