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    • Knicks

    NEW YORK —  Don’t expect to see Marcus Camby play in a Knicks game until at least Friday against the Dallas Mavericks.

    Coach Mike Woodson said he wanted to get Camby into a couple scrimmages this coming week before he plays in a game.

    “I’d just like to see him bang around a little bit before we actually play him,” Woodson said before the Knicks moved to 2-0 with a 100-84 victory Sunday over the 76ers. “If we can get through these next two games [home-and-away with the Sixers], we’ll have three days to practice next week where I can get an opportunity to see him bang around a little bit.”

    After Monday’s game at Philly, the Knicks host Dallas Friday and Indiana Sunday. So Camby, who missed three weeks in the preseason with a calf ailment, could debut then. 

    Articles, Player Blogs, Recruiting

    DeAndre Bembry, one of the top small forwards in the Class of 2013 out of Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick, will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his senior season. Here’s his second entry:

    Hey, what’s up world?

    Sorry I couldn’t get to you guys sooner, but I was a little busy. This past summer was my last time playing AAU basketball. It was a good one for myself and Sports U.

    It was a fun summer with the coaching staff and most of all being able to play with talent from all over New Jersey.

    This summer I grabbed a bunch of offers

    Articles, St. John's

    NEW YORK — The St. John’s basketball roster is in a major state of flux.

    Two members of the Johnnies’ heralded recruiting class — Orlando Sanchez, a 6-foot-9 forward (pictured), and Marc Antoine-Bourgault, a 6-6 swingman — are awaiting “separate eligibility rulings from the NCAA regarding classification,” St. John’s announced before the team’s 73-55 exhibition victory over Sonoma State at Carnesecca Arena.

    In the meantime, head coach Steve Lavin said he’s considering redshirting both senior forward God’sgift Achiuwa and freshman wing Felix Balamou.

    All four players sat on the St. John’s bench during a game in which Lavin used only seven scholarship players.

    Articles, Syracuse, West Virginia

    Ron Patterson liked his visit to Syracuse so much, he committed while on it.

    “It just felt like home to me on my visit,” Patterson told SNY.tv by phone. “A lot of love they showed me. It’s a good program.”

    The 6-foot-3 Patterson is a former Indiana commit who also considered  Xavier, Villanova, UConn, Miami, Providence and SMU.

    “I’m a two guard who can shoot it,” he said. “A regular two guard. I will be getting out in the passing lanes and I’m able to shoot it, create shots off the dribble.”

    Articles, Kentucky

    NEW YORK –– In their effort to add veteran pieces around Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire, the Knicks made a number of offseason moves.

    One of them was to send popular rookie Josh Harrellson — along with Toney Douglas and Jerome Jordan — to Houston in exchange for Marcus Camby.

    Nicknamed “Jorts,” Harrellson returned to New York for the first time Friday night as a member of the Miami Heat, which suffered a 104-84 beatdown by Anthony and the Knicks.

    Knicks

    NEW YORK — Give this to Rasheed Wallace. He’s honest.

    Wallace basically conceded after the Knicks smashed the defending NBA champion Miami Heat, 104-84, Friday night that West Coast players often have trouble focusing for games in New York because they like to go out and party the night before.

    “It was really hard for the simple fact, with it being New York, it’s a lot of things to do here in the city,” Wallace, who spent the first nine seasons of his career in Washington and Portland, said in the Knicks locker room.

    Knicks

    NEW YORK — A new moniker for a changed man.

    That’s what the Knicks could have on their hands with Melo.

    Every time Carmelo Anthony scored any of his game-high 30 points in the Knicks’ 104-84 rout of the defending NBA champion Miami Heat on opening night at Madison Square Garden, the public address announcer simply referred to him by one name.

    Melo.

    Apparently, he is no longer Carmelo Anthony.

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