Some offseason workout insight

There was a story earlier this week in the Boston Globe about new Celtic Kevin Garnett's workout regimen at a Vegas gym called Abunassar Impact Basketball, run by noted hoops fitness guru Joe Abunassar.

nba.jpgI got in touch with Joe Abunassar to see if there were any Knicks among the 20 or so NBA players who have congregated there over the past week to prepare for training camp. There are some big names, such as Garnett, Chauncey Billups, Tayshaun Prince, Antoine Walker, Al Harrington, Drew Gooden, Mo Williams and Baron Davis. These dudes spend about six hours a day at the gym doing their thing -- the scrimmages have got to be entertaining -- for a few thousand a week.

Joe told me he has known Isiah Thomas, Glen Grunwald and the rest of the Knicks staff for a long time. He's also worked closely with guys like Jared Jeffries and Renaldo Balkman, both of whom put some time in at the IMG facility in Sarasota, Fla., but there aren't any Knicks out in Vegas right now. Some of them are already in New York, including Eddy Curry.

During the NBA summer league, however, the Knicks used Abunassar's facility for the veterans who came out, such as David Lee, Mardy Collins, Quentin Richardson, Malik Rose, Fred Jones and Zach Randolph. Abunassar raved about D-Lee's work ethic ("The guy can not get enough of the gym") and said Collins was "a worker".

I asked about Richardson, who is coming off the back surgery, but this was back in July when Q was only cleared to start playing basketball. Richardson was only just beginning, so it was difficult to make a judgement (though I remember Q was proud to announce he was dunking the ball like he used to). Abunassar said the team medical staff was monitoring the workouts.

At least we know Randolph did, in fact, make the trip and worked out (for a day). We in the media were hoping to catch him out there, but never did.

Most of the Knicks over the past few weeks have been getting together at the MSG Training Center, several players have told me. The guy I just don't hear enough about is Zach Randolph.

I guess this information is dated and doesn't really reveal much. My bad.

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A little late for this, but Nate Robinson was playing Wii bowling against all comers for charity (St. Jude's Children's Hospital) at the Toys R Us in Times Square this morning (11 a.m.). It was a Domino's Pizza-sponsored event.