We need leadership, we need players stepping up verbally.” … “Right now we don’t really have an identity, which is unlike any Knick team since I’ve been here. “I was glad to see him do it,” assistant coach Don Chaney said. No sooner did guard Latrell Sprewell berate teammates in the wake of a home loss to the Heat than the Knicks reeled off four victories in five games. As for comfort, well, as Spurs forward Sean Elliott said, “There are guys who have more corns than you’ll find in the state of Nebraska.” …Ī number of teammates have taken to wearing Tim Duncan’s new Nike signature sneaker. With the Knicks having played their last game at Reunion Arena in Dallas, which next season will give way to the American Airlines Center, New York center Marcus Camby hardly was nostalgic.

“Just because there’s broken glass on the highway doesn’t mean there’s been an accident,” Oakley said. The incident happened during a sparsely attended shootaround, with no definitive video available. Raptors forward Charles Oakley insists the NBA never had proper evidence to suspend him three games for punching Clippers guard Jeff McInnis. Maggette was a Chicago prep star who left Duke after one season.Īsked why the Warriors are so inconsistent, 12th-year point guard Mookie Blaylock responded, “If I knew the answer, I’d be a rich man.” Uh, Blaylock is in the third year of a four-year, $18 million contract. “I don’t know if Maggette will ever be the player he could have been if he had stayed in school and developed his game two or three more years and then came into this league,” Cavaliers coach Randy Wittman said. 1 selection in the 1999 draft, Clippers swingman Corey Maggette, the 13th pick in that draft, is fading from the radar. “Eleven points and seven boards? That shows what kind of class is out there, I guess.” …Īt one point considered a potential No. “There’s not really a while lot of rookies out there, to be honest with you,” Scott said. Nets coach Byron Scott was less than impressed when New Jersey forward Kenyon Martin was named NBA Rookie of the Month for averaging all of 11 points and seven rebounds in November. “This shows the potential that gets you excited about a person,” Golden State coach Dave Cowens said. Jamison’s consecutive 51-point games last week against the Sonics and Lakers made the Golden State forward the first player with consecutive 50s since Michael Jordan did it in three consecutive games in April 1987. So maybe the Warriors didn’t make such a hideous mistake trading Vince Carter for Antawn Jamison straight up during the 1998 draft. Great, does that mean more salutes are in the offing for the officials? “It definitely made the officials watch the game.”Įven Silas said, “Once I got thrown out, they called it the way it should have been called.” “We got five straight calls in a row,” Hornets assistant Jerry Eaves said. Silas offered the gesture to referee Jim Kinsey last week against Indiana, and his team got more than his ejection in the come-from-behind victory. The latest coaching technique apparently involves an extended middle finger. “What you do against the West is definitely going to make a difference down the road,” Brown said.įor the Heat, that road begins tonight in Sacramento. His Heat having thrived against the West during his tenure in Miami, Hornets power forward P.J. “It might be that the team does well against the West might emerge over here, because it’s so even.” “That’s a distinct possibility,” Hornets coach Paul Silas said. Still, with the East so competitive - just not as competitively strong as the West - the seedings could come down to how East teams fare in their 28-game schedules against the West. But, that said, Cleveland is beginning to sag, Philadelphia could have to go two months in the injury absence of Snow, the Nets and Wizards have just about packed it in, and Rick Pitino likely will open his mouth again in Boston. Things could get better in the East, with the Heat coming together in the continued absence of Alonzo Mourning, with the Magic getting Grant Hill back this week, with Vince Carter returning for Toronto. That is known as hyperbole, but the point is well taken. I don’t know if they’d make it, but they’d fight for one.” It has reached the point where Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy said last week of the Clippers, “If you put them in the East, they’d fight for a playoff spot. More significant is that some good teams might miss the playoffs in the West, while some bad teams likely will make it from the East. The top three at every position might be in the West.”Īll-Star Games are the least of the concern in this imbalance. Said Spurs guard Terry Porter, “The difference is huge.

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