Posted by BasketballJones:

Summer league thread oughta be official, and sticky. Every year it's the high point of the Knicks season.

LOL. We have a pretty good win % the past few years in it, that's for sure.

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by BasketballJones:

Summer league thread oughta be official, and sticky. Every year it's the high point of the Knicks season.

LOL. We have a pretty good win % the past few years in it, that's for sure.

We are the summer league champs.

Is Eight Enough?

C Mouhamed Saer Sene, Senegal, 6'11", 230lbs
F Jordan Hill, Arizona, 6'10", 232lbs
F Patrick Ewing Jr, Georgetown, 6'9", 238lbs
G Joe Crawford, Kentucky, 6'5", 210lbs
G Alex Acker, Pepperdine, 6'5", 185lbs
G Toney Douglas, Florida State, 6'2", 183lbs
G Wink Adams, UNLV, 6'1", 190lbs
G Blake Ahearn, Missouri State, 6'2", 190lbs

Add Nikoloz Tskitishvili and Yaroslav Korolev that the list. Realgm is reporting that they have been invited by the Knicks to the SL.

Opie plays basketball?

Upon meeting Ron Howard for the first time I had to ask him how many jokes has heard about his name.

"Man, there hasn't been a day that has gone by when I haven't been hit with one" he said. "I've heard some pretty good ones over the years too."

Howard went from being an unknown attending open tryouts to becoming a legitimate full-fledged NBA prospect.
He was the last player cut by the Milwaukee Bucks in training camp this past fall, and that made him become more competitive than he thought possible.

"It is a great feeling putting on that uniform for the first time," he said. "The experience of training camp and being part of the team that traveled to China was tremendous. I got a chance to see how to prepare and developed a better understanding of what the coaches are asking me to do."

Howard sat on the bench a lot upon his arrival to Fort Wayne -- but that time learning built character.

"I learned how to become a great teammate and how to be involved in the game even if I'm not on the court," he said.

Howard didn't complain or become a distraction. He just worked harder and kept proving himself every day in practice until he found himself in the starting lineup.

Howard said he wouldn't trade the path he's taken for anything in the world and values the friendships that he has made on this journey. "It's not about how you start but how you finish," he said. "I'm sure that there's a team out there that will recognize what I've done consistently and feel that I'm deserving of a spot on their roster."

- Wesley Chism Jr. is a senior reporter for Pro Basketball News

PhilinLA - the primary objective of Summer League is to not get hosed by a cab driver on the ride from the airport which is barely walking distance from the strip... and come away with 5 players you can invite to camp in Ocotber

The Answer Man already has his five:

30 Morris Almond G 6-6 225 Feb. 2, 1985 Rice Utah (NBA) 2
23 Toney Douglas G 6-1 200 Mar. 16, 1986 Florida State (NCAA) R
43 Jordan Hill F 6-10 235 Jul. 27, 1987 Arizona (NCAA) R
47 Yaroslav Korolev F 6-10 245 May 7, 1987 Moscow, Russia Dynamo Moscow (Russia) 2
55 Nikoloz Tskitishvili F 7-0 225 Apr. 13, 1983 Georgia (Europe) Fuenlabrada (ACB-Spain) 4

[Edited by - misterearl on 07-02-2009 3:48 PM]

i have a feeling skita has a weak brain.

Posted by misterearl:

PhilinLA - the primary objective is not to win the games in Las Vegas, but come away with 5 players you can invite to camp in Ocotber

The Answer Man already has his five:

30 Morris Almond G 6-6 225 Feb. 2, 1985 Rice Utah (NBA) 2
23 Toney Douglas G 6-1 200 Mar. 16, 1986 Florida State (NCAA) R
43 Jordan Hill F 6-10 235 Jul. 27, 1987 Arizona (NCAA) R
47 Yaroslav Korolev F 6-10 245 May 7, 1987 Moscow, Russia Dynamo Moscow (Russia) 2
55 Nikoloz Tskitishvili F 7-0 225 Apr. 13, 1983 Georgia (Europe) Fuenlabrada (ACB-Spain) 4

Eh, it's always fun when the summer league team wins since the winter league team does so sort of rarely.

Posted by Marv:

i have a feeling skita has a weak brain.

I think you're on the money with that. DEAL BREAKER!

The Answer Man Does Not Miss Quentin Richardson

Q. paladin55 - Is Walsh putting him on the team because he might get invited to the pre-season camp, or is he just filler for the summer team?

A. Unless he can drop 20 pounds, Noel is pure, unadulterated, practice time, layup line, bench jockey filler.