Lawrence Takes Official to Cincinnati
Jermaine Lawrence, a 6-foot-10 forward from Pope
Jermaine Lawrence, a 6-foot-10 forward from Pope
NEW YORK — Michael Carter-Williams will likely be in the NBA before too long and the troubles of the past few weeks will be well in his rearview mirror.
For now, though, Carter-Williams has had a humbling couple of weeks that may well benefit him later on in life.
Temple fans reigned down chants of “Lord & Taylor” on the Syracuse sophomore guard any time he stepped to the foul line in Temple’s 83-79 upset of the previously unbeaten No. 3 Orange at Madison Square Garden.
“It doesn’t phase me, I didn’t even notice,” said Carter-Williams, who endured a brutal day in which he scored 13 points but went 3-for-17 from the field and 7-for-15 from the line. “I’m just on the floor to help my team win.”
Knicks forward Rasheed Wallace has a stress reaction in his left foot and is being listed as day-to-day.
A Knicks source told SNY.tv Saturday morning it was a “stress reaction,” and the team then told reporters at its Westchester practice facility that that was the case. The Daily News on Saturday first reported Wallace had a stress fracture.
The Knicks had been telling the media Wallace had a “sore foot” and listing him that way.
Wallace has missed four straight games, including Friday’s 110-106 loss to the Chicago Bulls, and hasn’t practiced in 10 days.
Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Wallace “will make the trip” to the West Coast, beginning with Tuesday’s game at the Lakers, “but he is still day-to-day.”
A stress reaction is not as serious as a stress fracture but is more serious than a “sore foot,” Dr. Craig Fishel, a sports chiropractor with The Wellness Center of New York who is not treating Wallace, told SNY.tv.
Abdul Malik Abu, one of the top power forwards in the Class of 2014 out of the Expressions Elite AAU program and Kimball (N.H.) Union Academy, will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his junior season. Here’s his first entry:
On my visit to UConn, Jared [Terrell] and I watched the Huskies take on the Fordham Rams. It was a fun visit, but more importantly as Coach [Ty] Boswell would say, it’s a business trip.
Attending the game allows me to examine the speed of the college game and the execution that takes place on a nightly basis. What I learned from the Huskies was their tenacity on defense and their ability to get up and down the court. Led by [Shabazz] Napier and [Ryan] Boatright, most, if not all, fast breaks turned into easy buckets. This allowed the Huskies to break away and reach a 20-plus-point lead [en route to an 88-73 victory].
Jared Terrell, one of the top shooting guards in the Class of 2014 out of the Expressions Elite AAU program and Brewster Academy, will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his junior season. Here’s his first entry:
I attended the Fordham-UConn game with Abdul Malik Abu and Coach [Ty] Boswell. I enjoyed the game a lot.
First off, the seats were great. We were right behind the bench. I got a really good feel for how the speed at the next level is played. As far as the style of play goes, I liked it. They get up and down and rarely hold the ball. I like how they let the guards play and they give them freedom.
Wade Baldwin, one of the top shooting guards in the Class of 2014 out of the Sports U AAU program and St. Joe’s-Metuchen High School, will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his junior season. Here’s his second entry:
Whats up, world?
The season has finally started and we are 3-1 at the moment. We had a lot of expectations in the preseason and were rated in the top 5 teams in the state. Unfortunately, we lost our home opener to an in-conference team. Although we suffered a loss we bounced back and won a big game at the Hoop group Tip- Off vs. Teaneck High School.
We have an exciting team and have arguably four Division 1 players on one team and our fifth guy is a D1 prospect going to Duke for baseball.
By JOSH NEWMAN
Special to ZAGSBLOG
NEW YORK — Without Derrick Rose to start this season and with the surprise emergence of the Knicks as a potential threat to the defending NBA champion Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference, the Chicago Bulls have been somewhat forgotten as we pass the quarter pole in this NBA season.
However, the Bulls have done a fine job of treading water through 25 games without Rose. After a second win over the Knicks, 110-106, on Friday night at Madison Square Garden, a question needs to be asked.
With this roster and a defensive-minded guru for a head coach in Tom Thibodeau, can the Bulls be a factor in the Eastern Conference if they can get Rose back in a timely fashion?
