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1/08/2011
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via espnnewyork.com
Stoudemire received a rousing ovation when he was introduced.
"It was great," he said. "It lets me know that the fans are still appreciative of the hard work I put on this court and the perseverance to injuries. It was a great ovation, and I love the Phoenix fans forever."
Raymond Felton had his first career triple-double with 23 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds as the Suns matched their second-worst home loss since 2000.
"The ball was coming my way. Everybody did a great job of boxing out so it allowed me to get some rebounds," Felton said. "That's what really happened so I've got to take my hat off to my teammates. Once again they made me look good tonight."
Stoudemire had 19 by halftime. But it was the Knicks' sharpshooters who turned the game into a blowout with a 3-point barrage in a 38-point third quarter.
"I had one objective and that was to dominate from the start," Stoudemire said. "That was my main goal, was to dominate from the get-go. I got it going early. Then in the second half they went to a zone and my teammates got it going."
It was the kind of performance Suns fans were accustomed to in coach Mike D'Antoni's 4 1/2 seasons in Phoenix, before he jumped ship for New York in 2008.
"They really followed what we tried to do," D'Antoni said, "take them off 3s, play them straight up, make them make hard jump shots, and I thought that kind of set the tone. Then we were just hitting 3s, and that was kind of the difference in the game."
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Knicks vs Suns Recap 1/7/11
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Stoudemire received a rousing ovation when he was introduced.
"It was great," he said. "It lets me know that the fans are still appreciative of the hard work I put on this court and the perseverance to injuries. It was a great ovation, and I love the Phoenix fans forever."
Raymond Felton had his first career triple-double with 23 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds as the Suns matched their second-worst home loss since 2000.
"The ball was coming my way. Everybody did a great job of boxing out so it allowed me to get some rebounds," Felton said. "That's what really happened so I've got to take my hat off to my teammates. Once again they made me look good tonight."
Stoudemire had 19 by halftime. But it was the Knicks' sharpshooters who turned the game into a blowout with a 3-point barrage in a 38-point third quarter.
"I had one objective and that was to dominate from the start," Stoudemire said. "That was my main goal, was to dominate from the get-go. I got it going early. Then in the second half they went to a zone and my teammates got it going."
It was the kind of performance Suns fans were accustomed to in coach Mike D'Antoni's 4 1/2 seasons in Phoenix, before he jumped ship for New York in 2008.
"They really followed what we tried to do," D'Antoni said, "take them off 3s, play them straight up, make them make hard jump shots, and I thought that kind of set the tone. Then we were just hitting 3s, and that was kind of the difference in the game."
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1/07/2011
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via NYDailynews.com
"I signed up for this," Nash said. "I'm committed to trying to build a team here. Obviously, last year was a phenomenal year. Tied 2-2 (with the Lakers in the Western Conference finals before losing in six games), I thought we could win a championship. I genuinely believed we could and would win it. It's tough to be in this position six months later. I'm still committed to it."I love the guys. I think we've got potential but we've had so much change and haven't been able to put it together. If we want to point fingers, we've got to point some at ourselves and say, 'We haven't put it together.'
"I'm still happy. I just want to try to win games for these fans and our team because that's the most frustrating thing. We've been in a lot of games that we haven't won, that historically we found a way to win most of those."
Nash is obviously handling this situation in a very PC manner, but everyone knows this team took a turn for the worst beginning with Amare's contract situation. Steve has another year left on this contract worth 11.6 million and would love to finish his career with a winner. He would love to link up with Coach D'Antoni again, Donnie Walsh has a different plan.
The Knicks organization and fan-base is loving Raymond Felton at the moment, he's playing his best basketball of his career(18ppg & 9asst). Ray is 26 while Steve will turn 37 next month, the Knicks are building for the future while and at the same time keeping salary flexibility. Nash hurts the first cause, if the Knicks were title contenders this season, and also made a trade for Carmelo then bringing Nash in would make sense. Knicks are done with the fix for now mentality, trying to fix now severely hurts the later. Walsh will stay with Felton, which is the smarter long term move. Felton contract expires 2012, the year other top tier point guards are available (i,e) Chris Paul and Deron Williams. So the need for salary flexibility is always a must. I assume most Knicks fans can accept a 20-14 record and there pg having a wonderful season with game winners and a "never quit, team first mentality".
So Steve thanks, but no thanks...
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Steve Nash to the Knicks?
Tags mike D'Antoni, rumors, steve nash, suns
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"I signed up for this," Nash said. "I'm committed to trying to build a team here. Obviously, last year was a phenomenal year. Tied 2-2 (with the Lakers in the Western Conference finals before losing in six games), I thought we could win a championship. I genuinely believed we could and would win it. It's tough to be in this position six months later. I'm still committed to it."I love the guys. I think we've got potential but we've had so much change and haven't been able to put it together. If we want to point fingers, we've got to point some at ourselves and say, 'We haven't put it together.'
"I'm still happy. I just want to try to win games for these fans and our team because that's the most frustrating thing. We've been in a lot of games that we haven't won, that historically we found a way to win most of those."
Nash is obviously handling this situation in a very PC manner, but everyone knows this team took a turn for the worst beginning with Amare's contract situation. Steve has another year left on this contract worth 11.6 million and would love to finish his career with a winner. He would love to link up with Coach D'Antoni again, Donnie Walsh has a different plan.
The Knicks organization and fan-base is loving Raymond Felton at the moment, he's playing his best basketball of his career(18ppg & 9asst). Ray is 26 while Steve will turn 37 next month, the Knicks are building for the future while and at the same time keeping salary flexibility. Nash hurts the first cause, if the Knicks were title contenders this season, and also made a trade for Carmelo then bringing Nash in would make sense. Knicks are done with the fix for now mentality, trying to fix now severely hurts the later. Walsh will stay with Felton, which is the smarter long term move. Felton contract expires 2012, the year other top tier point guards are available (i,e) Chris Paul and Deron Williams. So the need for salary flexibility is always a must. I assume most Knicks fans can accept a 20-14 record and there pg having a wonderful season with game winners and a "never quit, team first mentality".
So Steve thanks, but no thanks...
Sincerely,
Intelligent Knicks Blogger
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11/05/2010
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Nash to the Knicks?
Tags knicks, nypost, rumors, steve nash, suns
via NYPost.com
Steve Kerr, the former Suns president who worked last night's Knicks-Bulls game for TNT, said he feels the Knicks wouldn't have the pieces to land Nash. For that matter, he feels they couldn't land Carmelo Anthony, either.
"In that situation where you want to start over, maybe rebuild, you got to get draft picks and the Knicks don't have any. They gave them to Houston," Kerr told The Post before the Knicks' 120-112 victory. "I don't see what you put together on that roster that makes sense for Phoenix. Or Denver."
Kerr, who quit in June to go back to TV, said he can foresee Phoenix moving forward with a Nash trade if it believes it can't win now.
"Nobody's untradeable," Kerr said. "I know a year ago no way we would've considered that. But if a team struggles and looks like it won't be a playoff team, they have to consider all their options. But you can't just do it for the sake of doing it. You have to hit a home run. The reality is I don't see any deal put together for those two teams."
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Steve Kerr, the former Suns president who worked last night's Knicks-Bulls game for TNT, said he feels the Knicks wouldn't have the pieces to land Nash. For that matter, he feels they couldn't land Carmelo Anthony, either.
"In that situation where you want to start over, maybe rebuild, you got to get draft picks and the Knicks don't have any. They gave them to Houston," Kerr told The Post before the Knicks' 120-112 victory. "I don't see what you put together on that roster that makes sense for Phoenix. Or Denver."
Kerr, who quit in June to go back to TV, said he can foresee Phoenix moving forward with a Nash trade if it believes it can't win now.
"Nobody's untradeable," Kerr said. "I know a year ago no way we would've considered that. But if a team struggles and looks like it won't be a playoff team, they have to consider all their options. But you can't just do it for the sake of doing it. You have to hit a home run. The reality is I don't see any deal put together for those two teams."
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