Pacer rookie Lance Stephenson has been banned from working out at Conseco Field House facilities since his alleged involvement in an incident last month where he reportedly pushed his girlfriend down a flight of stairs.
He's been working out with assistant coaches at a different facility and undergoing counseling, but it's clear that Larry Bird is not happy. Stephenson has gone from a possible starter to a third-stringer just hoping to still be with the team when the season starts.
Source: Mike Wells on Twitter
Rudy Fernandez continues to lobby for a trade to New York, but the Knicks either can't or won't make a trade for the Portland shooting guard.
According to a team source, Knicks president Donnie Walsh recently rejected a three-team deal that would have sent Anthony Randolph to Indiana, a first-round pick to Portland and Fernandez to New York.
Because the Trail Blazers are insisting on receiving a first-round pick in return for Fernandez, the Knicks likely need to recruit a third team in order to complete a deal. The Blazers apparently have little interest in Wilson Chandler. Fernandez, who is currently playing for Spain at the world championships in Turkey, was fined by the NBA for publicly asking for a trade.
Denver's Carmelo Anthony has avoided similar punishment from the league, although from all indications, he'd like to be traded to the Knicks, Nets, Rockets or Clippers.
Knicks Remain Interested In Fernandez
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Sep 03, 2010 8:25 AM EST
The Knicks are still interested in acquiring guard Rudy Fernandez from the Trail Blazers.
Portland isn't pleased with Fernandez and agent Andy Miller, who went public with their trade request.
Alan Hahn of Newsday writes that, "So several NBA insiders have suggested to me that Portland will exhaust all other options before they'd even consider doing Rudy a favor and sending him exactly where he wants to go, especially if the Knicks aren't offering anything they really want. And what they want is a first round pick."
Following free agency, this summer has been dominated by trade rumors involving Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony.
While discussing Anthony on Thursday, ESPN.com's Marc Stein wrote a quick paragraph on Jazz point guard Deron Williams.
"I have a feeling he's next for all these trade stories," a Western Conference official said of Williams.
Utah has seen the departure of Carlos Boozer, Ronnie Brewer and Wesley Matthews since February. Al Jefferson was quickly acquired with little given up in return and the team spent its lottery pick on Gordon Hayward.
This is the son of Doc Rivers. He's pretty darn good and the #1 rated prospect coming out of highschool.
Everyone knows I support D'Antoni ...but ....if for some reason he falters big time I could see someone like Doc Rivers take over in NY and perhaps influence the administration to draft his son Austin.
Don't sleep on this kid everyone. He's going to be very, very good.
