GREENBURGH, N.Y. — On May 6, Jerome Jordan checked into a Serbian hospital after his appendix burst while he was asleep in his apartment.
“I was in the hospital for 11 days,” Jordan, a 7-footer from Kingston, Jamaica who idolized Michael Jordan and fellow Jamaican Patrick Ewing as a kid, said Thursday after Knicks practice. “I was in intensive care and they moved me around a couple times. It was really scary.”
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Despite a report indicating Shawne Williams had chosen to join the Nets, his agent says otherwise.
“He did not chose the Nets,” Happy Walters told SNY.tv by text. “He is still thinking about it and will decide [Thursday].”
The Mavericks, Heat and Lakers are also reportedly interested in Williams, who averaged 7.1 points for the Knicks last season while shooting 40 percent from beyond the arc.
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Amar’e Stoudemire said he and other Knicks plan to sit out some games in order to “recover” during this upcoming abbreviated NBA season.
“I’m pretty sure this year there will be some days where we definitely will take the time off and recover and just play it smart,” Stoudemire said Wednesday.
Stoudemire’s comments echoed those of head coach Mike D’Antoni, who last week said he would rest players on some days.
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni has been in phone contact with free agents Jamal Crawford and Shawne Williams in an effort to improve his bench.
Asked what his pitch to Crawford was, given that the Knicks can only offer him the $2.5 million “room” exception, D’Antoni joked, “You do a lot of groveling and try to paint the best picture possible….You know it’s a business decision and that’s what they have to do.
“But make him feel comfortable that if they choose us, that there’s a role and what his role will be and how much we like him and like his game.”
After reportedly turning down a two-year, $10 million offer from the Indiana Pacers, Crawford is reportedly down to the Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings.
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The Knicks had a
