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If NBA commissioner Adam Silver goes through with a plan of opening up practice facilities to players on May 1 in cities no longer under coronavirus lockdown, the Knicks and Nets would face challenges. A Friday reopening for the two local teams doesn’t jibe well with Gov. Cuomo’s timetable. At his press briefing Sunday, Cuomo …
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In a step of progress to the reopening of the season, the NBA is planning on allowing teams in cities in which there is no longer a lockdown to open their practice facilities May 1 for players to stage informal workouts, according to ESPN. This won’t hold true for the Knicks and Nets, because Gov. …
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Call it Linsanity Week. As MSG Network desperately seeks programming during the suspension of the Knicks’ season, Jeremy Lin’s top games during his infamous 2011-12 campaign will air starting Monday. The Lin-fest is the first time the Knicks have acknowledged Lin being a part of franchise history. Lin left on bad terms after the Rockets …
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Jim Dolan, the 64-year-old CEO of the Garden, has clinically recovered from COVID-19, The Post has learned. An MSG spokesperson confirmed that Dolan, who tested positive the final week of March following exposure to an individual outside the company who carried the coronavirus, recently tested negative and is in good health. Dolan, who had mild …
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Brock Aller, a longtime fixture for Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, is close to joining president Leon Rose in the Knicks front office as vice president of strategy, according to an NBA source. Aller was financial planner/capologist with Cleveland, but a source said he’ll be “more than a capologist’’ under Rose. However, Aller is not the …
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Knicks legend Walt Frazier doesn’t remember making this remark about Michael Jordan in 1984, but he isn’t surprised he did. During “The Last Dance’’ ESPN documentary premiere Sunday, a snippet showed Frazier opining about Jordan after he was drafted by the Bulls with the No. 3 pick. “He’s not 7-foot. So he’s not going to …
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The fifth time looks like the charm for Knicks center Mitchell Robinson. In February, Robinson signed on with Rich Paul, the superagent who guides the careers of LeBron James and Anthony Davis and recently made the cover of Sports Illustrated for his influence. Paul became Robinson’s fifth agent — one of the perplexing sidelights to …
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Last week, Knicks rookie RJ Barrett went to pick up a package for his grandmother. He didn’t even get out of the car, but someone recognized him from afar. And it blew his mind. “I really forgot that I play in the NBA,” he tells The Post. “It’s such a different reality that we’re in …
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Producer Rodney Henry reunited with Knicks legend Bernard King at a charity event in 2017 while King was finishing his memoirs. Henry reminded King that as a Bronx high schooler, he attended King’s “Bernie and Ernie” basketball camp. Henry had been one of 25 kids allowed to participate free in the camp conducted by NBA …
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Could there be trouble in paradise? Lakers All-Star forward Anthony Davis has put his home in Westlake Village, Calif., on the market for an asking price of $7.995 million, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. Dealt to the Lakers last summer, the 27-year-old Chicagoan can become an unrestricted free agent after the season if he …
If NBA commissioner Adam Silver goes through with a plan of opening up practice facilities to players on May 1 in cities no longer under coronavirus lockdown, the Knicks and Nets would face challenges. A Friday reopening for the two local teams doesn’t jibe well with Gov. Cuomo’s timetable. At his press briefing Sunday, Cuomo …
