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    • Rhode Island

    Ifeanyi Onyekaba, a 6-foot-8 Nigerian forward, has qualified for Rhode Island by NCAA standards but because of his complex situation he will have to sit out this season before he becomes eligible.

    Led by head coach Dan Hurley, Rhode Island is filing a waiver with the NCAA to see if he can become eligible this year.

    “The kid is highly intelligent and has been a high-achiever academically both in Africa and in the two schools in Virginia,” Hurley told SNY.tv.

    “We’re thrilled to have him as a member of the program moving forward. He brings a real physical defensive rebounding presence. Moving forward in the program he’s got a great chance to have a real prominent role because of how effective he is around the basket.”

    Knicks

    The Knicks on Friday waived rookie guard Chris Smith, cutting their roster to 19.

    The 6-foot-2 Smith, a Millstone, N.J., native who played at Louisville, has been sidelined with left patella tendon surgery and had hoped to join his brother, J.R. Smith, on the team.

    “I might’ve been able to have a little spark for the team at [shooting guard] with my shooting ability and my defense,” Chris Smith told SNY.tv of the injury, “but everything happens for a reason.

    Expect the Knicks to cut Oscar Bellfield, Mychel Thompson, Henry Sims and John Shurna to get down to 15.

    Knicks

    GREENBURGH, N.Y. — The Knicks’ injury list is long and seemingly growing longer every day.

    Just take a look at it.

    Six names were listed under “Injuries” on the Knicks’ white board on Friday, three of them belonging to frontcourt players.

    Amar’e Stoudemire could be out as many as 4-5 weeks with a knee injury according to a Daily News report, and is doubtful for the season opener Nov. 1 at Brooklyn. Marcus Camby is bothered by a left calf ailment and is also unlikely for the opener.

    Knicks

    GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Tyson Chandler’s bruised left knee was feeling good enough Friday that he decided to throw away his crutches.

    “Once I came in today, no swelling or anything like that,” Chandler, the reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year, said after sitting out Knicks practice. “And my back spasming [from the short crutches] I’m like, ‘Look, I can’t be missing games because of this spasming on these crutches if my knee is feeling good’ so I threw those to the side.”

    After banging knees with Nets forward Gerald Wallace in Wednesday’s preseason win at the Nassau Coliseum and undergoing an MRI Thursday, Chandler hopes to be back at practice next week and to be ready for the season opener Nov. 1 at Brooklyn.

    Andrew Wiggins, Articles, Huntington Prep

    The basketball world was deprived of the opportunity to see Andrew Wiggins vs. Jabari Parker this past summer at the Peach Jam because Parker missed the event with a foot injury.

    But if the folks at ESPN really want to jack up ratings after All-Access Kentucky ends its controversial run Wednesday, here’s an idea for free.

    They should set up a new reality show, All-Access: Wiggins vs. Parker, to decide once and for all who is the No. 1 player in high school basketball.

    Now that Wiggins has announced plans to reclassify to 2013, the debate becomes so much more compelling since both guys are in the same class.

    I polled several NBA scouts, Division I coaches and high school guys, and here’s an unscientific sampling of their thoughts on who would win such a hypothetical one-on-one game.

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