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2007-08 NBA Preview
How will the Knicks do this season?
How will the Knicks do this season?
Knicks want to be taken seriously
They were watching the playoffs yet again last spring, watching as = the=20 Cleveland Cavaliers made the magical run the Knicks, to a man, believed = they had=20 in them. They say they took that empty feeling into the summer and have = turned=20 it into the battle cry for this season.
Zach Randolph on a fast break
Of the many storylines that Zach Randolph brought with him to New = York,=20 perhaps the most overlooked has been his ability to play a perimeter = game. The=20 6-9 power forward was known for his post-up game in Portland, but the = lefty can=20 snap the net with a soft touch from 15 feet and beyond. And that's why = he=20 believes he'll be the right complement for Eddy Curry.
Ken Berger: Knicks may surprise the naysayers
If Madison Square Garden were on fire, passersby would watch it burn. = Thus=20 have we stumbled upon the popular logic for why anyone would watch the = Knicks=20 this season.
Isiah Thomas is beleaguered, mocked, respected
"On the baseline!"
Shaun Powell: Boston's back, but NBA still can't bank =
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Big 3
Danny Ainge and Kevin McHale, two reminders of a glorious bygone era, = recently rejuvenated basketball where basketball belongs: Boston. This=20 cooperative effort between former Celtics teammates wasn't intentional. = But as a=20 result of their ability to make the blockbuster trade of the summer, = basketball=20 suddenly is a hot topic again in Boston, almost as scorching as it was = 20 years=20 ago, when basketball -- not Tom Brady or the Red Sox -- won big in New=20 England.
After years of misery, new-look Celtics could return to =
glory
Doc Rivers enjoys coming back to the Garden. It's familiar turf. The = same=20 photos of Billy Joel and Gunther Gebel-Williams and the like still hang = in the=20 narrow hallway outside the visiting locker room, where Rivers does his = media=20 briefings these days as a visiting coach.
NBA on full-court press to repair image
Hard to believe it was only three months ago that the NBA was bagged = and=20 tagged and shipped to the morgue, there to spend eternity as the = once-great=20 sports league that was brought to its knees by a crooked = referee.