Knicks Back-Up PG Options

via NYPost.com (Peter Vecsey)

Aside from Mr. Big, the Knicks are scouring the topography for a third point guard who doesn't have to earn coach Mike D'Antoni's respect but already has it.
That rules out everyone in the Development League except Texas Legends coach Nancy Lieberman and perhaps her valued crutch Antonio Daniels.
Free agents Flip Murray, adept at handling both backcourt positions, and consummate professional Anthony Johnson can be had for the veteran's minimum.
I have no idea what D'Antoni or Donnie Walsh think of A.J. Price, but the Pacers reserve is a rarely seen favorite of mine; he stays sharp backing up Darren Collison and T.J. Ford and almost always seems to deliver no matter how little time he gets or how many games (four and counting) between assignments.

AP

HOLIDAY SHOPPING: The Timberwolves' Sebastian Telfair, a Brooklyn native, is one of several names in the mix as the Knicks scour the league for an available reserve point guard.

Previous reports identify Timberwolf Sebastian Telfair as a distinct option. His clear-cut availability, experience and versatility, especially long distance dialing (18-of-47 on 3-pointers vs. 3-of-12 for Price) make him attractive.
The snag is, Telfair makes $2.7 million, and the player they'd probably want to swap for him is Roger Mason, whose salary slot is $1.4 million.

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Peter Vecsey: Knicks still viable option for Carmelo Anthony

via nypost.com

"I'm just like LeBron," Anthony emphasized in the Nuggets' locker room following Saturday's practice. "It's all about winning. That's all I care about. I want the chance to compete at the championship level. All the other stuff is irrelevant."
In my scrawny mind, that quote instantaneously eliminated the Knicks from contention for his revered services. The last five times I snuck a quick peek at their lack of knack, they were all about losing coyote ugly and not built to win now, the year after now or seemingly ever.

A ‘FREE’ WORLD: Peter Vecsey says he is convinced the Knicks are not only on Carmelo Anthony’s list of potential teams to sign with as a free agent, he believes they might be near the top.

Others may have the time and tolerance to join a recurrent reconstruction project but count out Anthony, who had 20 points and 22 rebounds in the Nuggets' 100-94 loss to the Suns last night. He's 26 and already troubled by his failure to frequent a single Finals.
I'm admittedly slow on the uptake, but Anthony gave me the impression he's singularly interested in playing for a team in the habit of inhabiting first place and bedding championships -- you know, like the Lakers, Celtics and Spurs.
So, I was not all that surprised when Anthony revealed to The Post he has not expunged any of those three teams from his bottomless pit of gaping options.
However, I must confess to being a bit floored when Brooklyn's gift to Baltimore (the borough's 18-year-negotiation for Skip Wise as compensation is rumored on The Corners to be almost resolved) again divulged to The Post he has not ruled out his home team as a possible landing zone.
Don't reach for your spectacles, you got that right; the Knicks remain a viable option. I repeat, a viable option.
Ask me how Anthony defends those colliding concepts after I speak with him a fourth time in private.
For the moment all I can do is pretend to be able to read his rationalization, but must start with the Nets, if for no other reason than to give them some pub and then quickly obliterate their once lofty hopes.


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