Quentin Richardson News

Dwyane Wade pleaded for years to join the Jordan Brand family, wanting to wear the shoe his idol made famous.

LeBron James scored 33 points in his only visit to Madison Square Garden this season, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.

LeBron James doesn't visit Madison Square Garden until Friday. Consider the building warmed up.

No, 2010 free agency is not a single event. It is a journey. Sunday, the tour returns to AmericanAirlines Arena, this time with the Chicago Bulls looking to size up the playing field.

Observations from Sunday's 95-87 victory over the Bulls at AmericanAirlines Arena: The upgrade in competition from the Knicks and Pacers was apparent from the outset.

Knicks team president Donnie Walsh isn't trying to trick the savvy New York Basketball fan into thinking he has built a playoff team.

MIAMI - Dwyane Wade is what you might call a pretty good consolation prize. .Assuming the Knicks can't find a way to lure LeBron James out of Cleveland , the club is expected to turn its attention - and full resources - on recruiting Wade.

The one saving grace from the New York Knicks' 2009 opener last night in Miami is that they don't have to play D-Wade and the Heat again until...Christmas Day.

Dwyane Wade goes to the basket against the Knicks' Jared Jeffries in the first half.

For the first time in six seasons, Udonis Haslem apparently will not be cast as the Miami Heat's starting power forward.

OK, here's the deal: Erik Spoelstra does not want to name his starting lineup until just before Wednesday's season opener against the visiting Knicks.

Three games. Three injuries. Three rebounds per game. And yet, Jermaine O'Neal says not to worry, that the summer spent in Tim Grover's Chicago gym will pay dividends when the lights come on for real on opening night a week from Wednesday against the Knicks.

Thabeet, Sam Young, DeMarre Carroll. Key subtractions: Hakim Warrick . Darko Milicic .

Expectations in check for the Knicks' "season about nothing" Seinfield was famously described as a "show about nothing" by its co-creators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld.

Traded for Zach Randolph and Jerry Stackhouse . Drafted Hasheem Thabeet, Sam Young, DeMarre Carroll.

2 pick in the 2003 NBA draft ranks among the league's all-time worst picks. The 7-foot Serbian hasn't exactly had the kind of career that anyone expected when Joe Dumars picked him over Carmelo Anthony , Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh .

When Heat swingman Quentin Richardson was playing for the Knicks, Magic assistant coach Patrick Ewing told him late last season that he needed to lose weight.

Yeah, imagine how he'll look in a Knicks jersey. We're not sure Knicks fans are appropriately excited that Darko Milicic is playing for the team this year.

Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni hopes his new forward, Dark Milicic finds his footing in the Big Apple.

The Knicks are desperate for someone to bolster the worst interior defense in the NBA.