In a meeting with Magic officials Wednesday in Los Angeles, Dwight Howard made it clear that he's signed his last contract of any kind in Orlando and challenged the team's new front office on why he hasn't been traded yet, a person with knowledge of the meeting told CBSSports.com. ...more
WASHINGTON -- On the eve of their deadline to match the Rockets' three-year, $25.1 million offer sheet for Jeremy Lin, the Knicks have yet to tip their hand. But there was a school of thought in league circles Monday that the Knicks matching the massively back-loaded offer should not be ruled out. ...more
NEW YORK -- Faced with a poisonous offer sheet from the Houston Rockets for Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks took a step that strongly signals they won't match by acquiring point guard Raymond Felton from the Portland Trail Blazers in a sign-and-trade deal Saturday night, league sources confirmed. ...more
Jeremy Lin, the Knicks' point guard who took the NBA by storm in February, plans to give contact drills a try Tuesday or Wednesday in New York and isn't ruling out a return to action before the end of New York's first-round series against the Miami Heat. ...more
Knicks star Amar'e Stoudemire will not require season-ending back surgery, the team announced Wednesday. Stoudemire will undergo 2-4 weeks of treatment and rehab. ...more
The Knicks and Carmelo Anthony both got what they asked for when New York traded for him 13 months ago: dysfunction, agendas and a coach fired because he was powerless to do anything about it. ...more
