Walsh wanted a point-guard type with outstanding peripheral vision to run his new offense.
In other words, the Knicks have allowed MVP-level performances on a nightly basis at the point-guard position.
Because of that, the lack of point-guard talent in the Knicks' playoff bracket has already paid dividends for them.
Led by versatile 6-foot-6 point guard Michael Carter-Williams, sharpshooting forward James Southerland, and do-it-all swingman C.
Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas' up-and-down point guard who struggled from three-point range throughout the tournament, sank two free throws with eight seconds left to secure a three-point lead.
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During its swoon, Syracuse thumped Providence 84-59 as sophomore point guard Michael Carter-Williams helped dismantle the Friars with 15 points, 12 assists and just two turnovers.
The quick-shooting point guard hit 5 of 8 from beyond the arc in a jaw-dropping third quarter, when nearly every gold-shirt wearing fan in the sellout crowd of 19, 596 stood and cheered.
The Camby move came after the team acquired 39-year-old point guard Jason Kidd, and just before the return of Kurt Thomas, a Patrick Ewing-era enforcer and power forward who turns 40 in October.
Williams has been a top-tier NBA point guard for a while, but he has done it for low-fi teams like Utah and Jersey, where attention is not a given, even in good years.
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Allen Iverson, the diminutive (6-foot) point guard for the Denver Nuggets, is a quick player who can shoot--skills that might have won him a backup spot on an NBA team.
Los Angeles added two-time MVP point guard Steve Nash earlier in the offseason, and the two new stars join five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant to form a dominant trio of top-five players at their respective positions.
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However, redshirt junior point guard Ka-Deidra Simmons (11.5 points, 3.9 assists, 63 steals) headlines eight returning players.
Thunder coach Scott Brooks was impressed that his team was able to win despite losing its All-Star point guard.
Oddly, most of the trade rumors revolved around the team's most dynamic player, the 26-year-old point guard Rajon Rondo.
At the time, Lin was a lightly regarded, semi-known point guard who had completed his final season at Harvard.
Shane Rector, the highly-regarded point guard who was the cornerstone of former coach Mike Rice's recruiting class, signed with Missouri.
But Kidd went back to being a full-time point guard after Felton fractured a finger on Christmas and missed nearly a month.
Three nights before that, recently-signed point guard Jason Kidd slammed into a telephone pole around 2 a.m. and was arrested on a DWI charge.
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Propelled by re-energized point guard Deron Williams, the Nets raced to a lopsided win, routing the Chicago Bulls, who looked listless and in need of a nap.
They swung a sign-and-trade deal over the weekend with the Blazers to re-acquire former Knick point guard Raymond Felton (they'd already signed 39-year-old free agent Jason Kidd).
Johnson, himself a former All-Star point guard in the NBA, said in a statement late Sunday night that the city remained undeterred despite the agreement with the Seattle group.
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The 40-year-old point guard, surely headed for the Hall of Fame, is 3 of 25 in the postseason and hasn't scored since hitting a 3-pointer against the Celtics in Game 2 on April 23.
"There's been a lot of experiences from that time until now, " Corbin said before the game about seeing a Hall of Fame coach resign and then All-Star point guard Deron Williams traded two weeks later.
Crisscrossing the country to build their business team and garner support, the two often find themselves working together for 16-hour days, said Marciniak, who gained attention as an All-American point guard on the University of Tennessee's national championship team in 1996.
Backup center Baye Moussa Keita (47) and starting point guard Michael Carter-Williams (45) lead the way.
Fair had 19 points to lead the Orange, James Southerland added 13 and point guard Michael Carter-Williams 11.
With Jeremy Lin out, point guard becomes paper-thin, meaning Douglas will get huge minutes if he can contribute at all.
Next year's team will almost certainly be missing point guard Michael Carter-Williams, a sophomore with first-round NBA potential, and another pro prospect, senior James Southerland.
Menard's collection of Wasilla High School yearbooks contains pictures of Palin on the honor society, student council, cross-country team and, most notably, as co-captain and point guard of the 1982 championship basketball team.
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