As Barclays Center gets set to open on Sept. 28 with the first of eight concerts from Jay Z, the NBA’s release of the league-wide preseason schedule on Wednesday afternoon confirms when the building’s main tenant will make its debut.
The Brooklyn Nets will make their Barclays Center debut on Oct. 15 when they play host to the Washington Wizards.
The NBA released its league-wide 2012-13 preseason schedule on Wednesday afternoon and as expected, the Knicks will play their five games away from Madison Square Garden.
As Phase II of the three-phase renovation of Madison Square Garden marches on through the summer and into the fall, the Knicks will play only one true road game during the preseason against the Washington Wizards on Oct. 11 at the Verizon Center.
A record 25 current and former NBA players wore medals around their necks when the United States, Spain, and Russia stood on the medal stand at the 2012 Summer Olympics this past Sunday in London, the NBA announced. The gold medal game alone featured 20 current and former players.
At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, 24 current and former NBA players were on the medal stand and 16 current and former players won medals at the 2004 Games in Athens.
Twelve NBA teams were represented on the medal stand, with the
Cheick Diallo was in the perfect position this summer.
Playing alongside Chris McCullough.
As a slew of high-major Division 1 coaches came to watch the 6-foot-10 McCullough at the Peach Jam, they couldn’t help but notice Diallo, a sleek, 6-9 2015 forward on Team Scan.
“He had a breakout summer at the Peach Jam with Team Scan 16 and under,” Our Savior New American
As Amar’e Stoudemire attempts to reinvent himself as a finesse player in the low post after 10 years as an explosive power player, his teacher is of the belief that the Knicks power forward can be very effective in this new role.
Of course Stoudemire’s teacher is going to say those things, but it also doesn’t hurt that the teacher just happens to be one of the best finesse big men in NBA history.
Kuran Iverson has set tentative visits to Memphis and Florida.
The 6-foot-9 forward will visit Memphis unofficially Sept. 14 and Florida Oct. 6, according to his AAU coach, Andre Harrington.
Iverson is also planning to visit Syracuse but no date is yet set. He recently took an unofficial to UConn.
“Florida’s showing me a lot of love. I think that might be the best choice,” Iverson told SNY.tv Saturday night following the Big Strick Classic in New York.
Jabari Bird has set dates for four official visits and he could end up playing at Washington alongside high-flying Oakland Soldiers teammate Aaron Gordon.
The 6-foot-6 small forward from Richmond (Calif.) Salesian told SNY.tv Wednesday that he has set four visits, with Cal coming up first.
“My first visit is Cal and then Colorado and Oregon and UW in that order,” Bird said.
Bird will visit Cal the weekend of Sept. 1, Colorado the weekend of Sept. 8, Oregon the weekend of Sept. 22 and Washington the weekend of Sept. 29.
