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    • Knicks, Video

    http://web.sny.tv/media/video.jsp?content_id=25523621

    NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony said the plan was always to return from his finger injury on Sunday.

    It didn’t matter that Sunday’s opponent happened to be his former team, the Denver Nuggets, the same team he forced into trading him to the Knicks in a blockbuster deal in February 2011.

    “It didn’t have nothing to do with that,” Anthony said in the Knicks locker room following his 34-point outburst in the Knicks’ 112-106 victory over the Nuggets at Madison Square Garden. “I don’t got no hard feelings towards them.”

    It just happened to work out that Anthony’s return from an injury to his left middle finger after a two-game absence coincided with Denver’s arrival in New York, which owns the best record in the Eastern Conference (15-5).

    Recruiting, UConn

    Dwayne Morgan picked up a UConn offer Saturday and is planning several official visits in January.

    “UConn head coach Kevin Ollie offered and called [Saturday],” Dwayne Wise, Morgan’s AAU coach, told SNY.tv.

    The 6-foot-7 small forward out of Baltimore St. Frances is ranked as the No. 18 player in the Rivals150 for 2014.

    He now holds offers from UConn, Maryland, Georgetown, Florida, LSU, UNLV, Indiana, South Florida, Seton Hall, Missouri, N.C. State and San Diego State.

    Under a new rule that allows juniors to begin taking official visits in January of their junior year, Morgan will take officials to UNLV, Missouri and Indiana next month, Wise said.

    Articles, Iona

    NEW YORK — Norvel Pelle is unlikely to suit up for Iona this season — and may never wind up playing with the Gaels.

    The 7-footer from California is not currently on Iona’s campus and isn’t expected anytime soon.

    “He hasn’t been cleared by the NCAA,” a source close to the Iona basketball team told SNY.tv following Rutgers’ 81-73 victory over Iona at Madison Square Garden. “He went to so many schools, they’re still probably trying to track down his paperwork.”

    Articles, Fordham, St. John's

    NEW YORK — St. John’s freshman Chris Obekpa hasn’t quite made an impression on NBA personnel just yet.

    “I don’t think he’s on many people’s radar yet,” said Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress.com. “He’ll need to show himself in the Big East. But what he’s doing is interesting.”

    What Obekpa did Saturday night was certainly pretty interesting.

    He had 11 blocks, seven points and five rebounds in St. John’s 58-47 victory over Fordham at Madison Square Garden, breaking his own single-game school-record of eight set on opening night Nov. 13.

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