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    • Knicks

    NEW YORK — After the latest chapter of Linsanity hit Madison Square Garden, a jubilant Jeremy Lin hugged his former teammates and friends, Steve Novak and Tyson Chandler.

    He was pleased with the Rockets’ 109-96 victory over the Knicks that snapped New York’s perfect 10-0 record at home, but he was hardly gloating afterward.

    Lin knows the Knicks personnel as well as anyone and he understands that without Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Iman Shumpert, they are nowhere near full strength.

    Knicks

    NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony remains out for tonight’s game against Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets, but could return Wednesday against Brooklyn at Madison Square Garden.

    The Knicks other superstar, Amar’e Stoudemire, has been cleared to practice and will do so with the Knicks’ D-League team, the Erie BayHawks, on Tuesday and Thursday. Stoudemire could potentially make his season debut Friday against Chicago or Sunday against Minnesota.

    Articles

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    Special to ZAGSBLOG

    WEST ORANGE, N.J. — The Hoop Group Tip-Off Showcase took place this weekend at West Orange High School and it featured some of the top teams and players in the state of New Jersey.

    It showcased several committed players who will be playing major Division 1 basketball, including Karl Towns (Kentucky), Reggie Cameron (Georgetown), Tyler Roberson (Syracuse), Tyler Ennis (Syracuse), Mike Young (Pittsburgh), DeAndre Bembry (St. Joe’s), Josh Brown (Temple), Isaiah Watkins (Duquesne), Denzell Taylor (ODU), Jaren Sina (Northwestern) and Kavon Stewart (Robert Morris).

    There were also several underclassman who stood out. Here are five players from the class of 2015 and 2016 who drew plenty of interest throughout the weekend.

    TYUS BATTLE, SF, 2016 (Gill St. Bernard’s)

    The 6-foot-5 small forward can play multiple positions. Battle participated in the jump ball and also ran the offense from the point guard position. On Saturday night Battle had 14 points and went head-to-head with Bembry in a loss to The Patrick School. The rangy

    Knicks

    GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Carmelo Anthony will be a game-time decision for tonight’s contest against Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets, but with or without Melo, Raymond Felton says the Knicks “owe” one to the Rockets.

    The Rockets hammered the Knicks, 131-103, on Nov. 23 in Houston in a game in which Lin had 13 points and three assists and James Harden went off for 33 points and nine assists.

    “Oh, no question,” Felton said Monday after shootaround. “This is the only team that really blew us out this whole year. So we definitely owe them something. Then on top of that we still want to protect our house.”

    Articles, Recruiting

    WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Bryce Aiken is only a freshman at Pope John XXIII High School, but he already has Kyrie Irving’s blessing.

    The 5-foot-8 Aiken posed for this picture with the former No. 1 draft pick at the Cavaliers-Nets game Nov. 13 at the Barclays Center.

    Irving then Tweeted: “S/o to the little homie @Bryceaiken, keep killin em kid for jersey!! #nextgreatone.”

    Whether Aiken turns out to be New Jersey’s next great one remains to be seen, but he is certainly a compelling talent.

    Knicks

    By DAN KELLY

    Special to ZAGSBLOG

    NEW YORK — Linsanity will return to Madison Square Garden.

    But only for one night.

    Last season Jeremy Lin became an international basketball sensation when he emerged from seemingly nowhere to breath life into a Knicks team that was stumbling out of the gate.

    The Knicks were 8-15 before Lin took over the point guard duties and led the team to seven straight wins and 16 victories in the next 25 games. The gutsy and improbable performance of an Asian-American who attended Harvard became known as “Linsanity” and won the collective heart of New York City and captured the world’s attention.

    Articles, Kentucky, Recruiting

    WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Karl Towns said he wasn’t nervous playing in front of his future college coach for the first time since committing to Kentucky Dec. 4 and reclassifying to 2014 from 2015.

    But when John Calipari and assistant Orlando Antigua entered the gym at West Orange High School to watch the 7-foot Towns, it definitely caused a stir in the crowd, with several fans eventually going over to Calipari and posing for pictures and asking for autographs.

    “I was actually a little excited,” Towns said after finishing with 18 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks in St. Joseph-Metuchen’s 67-66 overtime win against Teaneck in the Hoop Group Showcase. “You’re going to be playing for Kentucky in a while and always seeing your coach is a very exciting thing because it’s like your father. You want to go out there and play well for your father, and also my real father was here so it was kind of like double momentum.”

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