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Knicks Highlight Tournament: 2012-2013 Top Moments Quarterfinals

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By Tommy Rothman

After one round of voting, the field has been narrowed down to 8 moments! Vote for your favorite highlight from each matchup! Voting for round 2 will close at the end of the day on July 25.

ROUND 2

Division 1

Matchup 1

#1 Knicks crush Heat on opening day after Sandy, Sheed hits first 3.

VERSUS

#6 Carmelo scores 50 on Heat

Analysis: With the emotions, the opening night atmosphere, and the Sheed moment, the #1 seed is the favorite here. But even though Miami sat their starts the night that Carmelo scored 50, the #6 seed has a chance to pull off an upset.

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Knicks Top Moments: 2012-2013 Season Tournament Round of 16

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By Tommy Rothman

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The seeds are set, the selections are in, and the tournament is open! Choose your favorite from each of the selections in our 8 first-round matchups. Voting will be open until the end of the day on July 23.

ROUND 1

Division 1

Matchup 1

#1 Knicks crush Heat on opening day after Sandy, Sheed hits first 3.

VERSUS

#8 Steve Novak’s floater off the dribble

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Knicks Rumor Rundown: Nate, Shumpert, Martin, and more

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By Tommy Rothman

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With teams starting to fill out their rosters, here are the rumors surrounding the Knicks, as well as some news from the past few days

– When asked about Nate Robinson, Glen Grunwald said the Knicks are still exploring options at Point Guard. The Knicks have interest in Robinson. Nate also has interest in a return but the fact that the Knicks can only give him 1.4 million could prevent a deal from getting done.

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Which Knicks Will Be Back This Season?

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By Tommy Rothman

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The Knicks head into the offseason with only 8 players under contract (not counting the recently retired Jason Kidd). Who will be back? Who will not? We go through every player on the roster.

Under contract

These players will be on the team unless they retire, are traded, or are released. 

Carmelo Anthony: Obviously not going anywhere.

Chances he is on roster: 100%

Mike Woodson: No way he gets fired before the season starts

Chances: 100%

Amar’e Stoudemire: We couldn’t get rid of him even if we wanted to.

Chances: 99%

Iman Shumpert: The team views him as a future star, would only trade him for a current one.

Chances: 95%

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Tyson Chandler: Good player, important to team. Trade value is a bit low, and contract is hard to trade, anyway. Would only be moved in a package for a star.

Chances: 90%

Raymond Felton: Good point guard, good contract. No reason to trade him, barring a surprise package for a big-time player.

Chances: 85%

Marcus Camby: We would probably love to get rid of his contract. But we probably can’t.

Chances: 85%

Steve Novak: Same contract problem as Camby, albeit probably a more useful player. But other teams could take interest as well.

Chances: 80%

James White: Could be a useful trade chip. His unguaranteed $1 million salary makes him an option for a team looking to save that amount of money (and cap space). Not very useful beyond that.

Chances: 40%

Jason Kidd: Already gone, released from his 3-year contract

Chances: 0%

Restricted Free Agents

These players are free agents. However, the Knicks can bring them back by matching any offer the RFA signs with another team, salary cap permitting. The Knicks are over the cap and do not have Bird Rights for either of their two RFA’s, so to match an offer greater than $1 million, the Knicks would have to dip into their $3.1 Midlevel Exception. To keep both of their RFA’s (or even just the second one on this list), it will likely cost them the entirety of their MLE.

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Pablo Prigioni: Knicks can probably only give him $1 million. Might be worth more, but likes New York, and has defined role here. Team may elect to take another point guard in the draft, which could mean the end of Pablo.

Chances: 50%

Chris Copeland: Worth more than Qualifying Offer of $1 million. Knicks can give him up to $3 million using their Midlevel Exception, which would probably prevent them from signing other Free Agents for more than the minimum. He wants  to stay, and it sounds like they want him back. Will probably receive bigger offers elsewhere, and probably more minutes. He reportedly turned down bigger offers last year to come to New York, and will need to do the same again.

Chances: 50%

Unrestricted Free Agents

These players are free agents and can sign with any team. The Knicks do not own the Bird Rights for any of these players, and they are over the cap. Therefore, they can only offer the minimum to Barron and Richardson. Martin will be offered the minimum, and probably a slight raise (around 20%) if they are allowed to use a Non-Bird Exception on him. Smith will be offered the Early-Bird Exception, assuming the Knicks want him back.

J.R Smith: Has clearly stated his desire to remain in New York. If the Knicks want to commit to him, they can give him around 6 million per year. Other teams might give him a bit more, but his unpredictability on and off the court probably keeps him in our price range. If we want him back, he should be back.

Chances: 80%

Kenyon Martin: Eligible for Vet’s minimum. Held out last year for a bigger contract. Didn’t work. He loves New York, will probably take offer of VM.

Chances: 70%

Earl Barron: Actually can be a useful big man, should be cheap. They should keep him. Not sure if they will.

Chances: 50%

Quentin Richardson: Can’t see the organization bringing him back. Not much upside.

Chances: 10%

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Draft Pick

Whoever we draft will be on the team unless we trade them.

Chances: 90%

Who should the Knicks bring back? Who should be sent packing? Let us know what you think in the comments!

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Interview with Iman Shumpert (Via HD)

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 Iman Shumpert talks playoffs, rehab and youth camp (Via HD)

Shump21Hardwood Diagnostic caught up with Knicks Guard Iman Shumpert at his second annual Westchester County Youth Basketball Camp!

Fresh off his first full playoff post-season, and solid sophomore campaign, Knicks G Iman Shumpert brought his basketball talents — and unsung coaching skills — to White Plains Middle School Tuesday morning, in preparation of his second annual Teaches Hoops Youth Basketball Camp.

The camp, an installment of the renowned Westchester County basketball instructive series, Teaches Hoops, brought out about 150 children (ages 7-16) seeking instruction from the emerging Knicks star.

On Tuesday, Shumpert met with the media to discuss his inspiration to create the youth camp, NBA finals, his rehab process and, of course, ’13-’14 Knicks hoops:

On goal of his annual camp:

“When I was little I actually didn’t come to any camp, I wish I would’ve came to camp and saw an NBA…I never got to, but it’s just about preaching that basketball is such a big help to a community, period. It’s a lifestyle and we want kids to come out here and work hard, and compete. You wanna preach that to the kids. Stay in school and keep on playing basketball because you could get to where us NBA players are at. A lot of people saw me working and playing basketball everyday and their like ‘it could only be 300 of you guys’.. they’ll try and diminish that dream from you and you just gotta come out here, compete everyday and perform.. I wanna preach that too them..”

On the Miami Heat:

“They won. I’m not gonna talk LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat. They won the championship, seven games, great, I watched it.. it was cool and everything. I don’t wanna talk about it.”

On the Pacers:

“I just felt like we lost.. What they did on the other side (was what) they suppose to do. They went out there and focused to win games, we didn’t win enough games.”

On personal summer goals:

“I’m just working to get my handle tighter and looking to make decisions earlier.. I should have something consistent to put on the table every night.”

On Jason Kidd’s NYK departure for Brooklyn:

“It was great, it was great. Just to be able to know him, and congratulate him, it’s big for me. That was one of my favorite players growing up.. it was great for me to play on the same team as him.. and for me to see him make that transition from player to coach, in a couple of weeks, it was definitely cool for me… Jason knows we’re gonna come out there and beat him, we wanna compete. But I wish him the best of luck on his venture that way.”

On potential Knicks draft acquisitions:

“I don’t really mind. I feel like the Knicks do a great job making decisions. I’m not really up to be making those decisions so whatever they do, we just gotta mesh with”

On his knee rehabilitation:

“It feels great, I’m not thinking about it anymore. I feel like its long behind, me having that ACL tear. I’m happy with the things that I worked on while I was hurt, I feel like it brought a new aspect to my game. Now I’m just looking to come into next season all ready, [with] a clean slate, finally get a training camp under my belt so I’m excited for it.”

On NBA summer league:

“I just wanna come out there and work on myself. It was tough losing in the playoffs but I felt like I built sort of a foundation, and I just wanna build on that.. If I play any summer basketball — besides the summer league — I just want to work on my game and make sure I perfect my craft.”

On offensive potential:

“I don’t know, excited to find out though. Like I said, I just wanna come to summer league, work on my stuff. Next year I hope to pull a lot more out of my game.”

On second scoring option void, barring J.R. departure:

“I think I can. I’ve always accepted all challenges. I would just take that as another challenge.”

On Team USA snub:

“I mean, I wasn’t too much thinking about it. I took the loss in the playoffs pretty hard, so I wasn’t too much thinking about it. There’s always next year. Just a little bit of salt, but its like whatever. I really didn’t think it was that big a deal, until people started tweeting me and asking me about it but, I would have loved to go. Love to compete, love to help but.. they make their selections, I’m sure they weren’t trying to throw me under the bus.”

The Iman Shumpert Camp will conclude Friday June 28th. The next installment of the Teaches Basketball Camp will feature Knicks sharpshooting Forward, Steve Novak (July 15-19th), followed by Warriors All-Star Forward David Lee (August 5-9th), concluding with J.R. Smith (August 12-16th).

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