No heavy lifting
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- October
- 27
It seemed to be a quiet practice today, none of the players were double over and drenched in sweat. More than likely, there was a fair amount of film study. I’m sure Isiah Thomas let everyone know what must be accomplished in the days leading up to the opener in Cleveland.
He sort of needled Stephon Marbury and Jamal Crawford after the loss to New Jersey.
“I know they’re better players than what we’ve seen in the exhibition,” Thomas said. “A lot of the focus
has been on putting the ball inside, but we definitely need a healthy compliment from the guards to be
considered a dangerous team.”
Marbury averaged 9.2 points and 4 assists in 26.7 minutes. He shot 36.2 percent from the field.
Crawford averaged 10.1 points and 4.6 assists in 30.3 minutes. He shot 27.9 percent from the field.
No updates on Jared Jeffries, who actually put down the crutches and shot free throws with his teammates. He was 2 for 2 when I was looking, so maybe we’re on to something.
Depending on the situation, any number of players could be coming off the bench for Quentin Richardson in the next few weeks.
“We could go anywhere from Renaldo to Mardy to Fred to David,” Thomas said. “So we can go a lot of different directions at that spot, depending on the match ups that night. We could even put Steph over there at the 3 slot. Malik also.”
Oh, there was a bit of news.
The Knicks exercised the fourth-year options on the rookie contracts of David Lee and Nate Robinson, as well as the third-year options of the rookie deals of Renaldo Balkman and Mardy Collins.
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