Knicks interested in Greene?

Donte Greene says he is on the Knicks' radar.

The former Sacramento Kings forward and current free agent said in a recent radio interview that the Knicks are among three teams who have expressed interest in signing him.

Greene told TheCDNetworks.com, a Sacramento internet radio show, that he is in talks with Chicago, New York and Indiana. He called the trio his "top three" possible free-agent destinations.

"Anybody could pop up at any time," Greene told the radio show on Friday. "But those are the three that we're focusing on and trying to work out and get a deal done."

Greene, a 2008 first-round pick, has averaged 6.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.7[..]ists in 16.8 minutes per game over a four-year career.

The Kings declined to offer Greene a $2.5 million qualifying offer this summer, making him an unrestricted free agent.

Greene has had an up-and-down NBA career. He has a career field goal percentage of 40.6 percent, and has made just 30.4 percent of his 3-point attempts.

Reports out of Sacramento indicate that the 6-foot-11 Greene was never able to perform on defense the way his coaches had hoped.

According to Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee, Greene also relied too heavily on the 3-point shot instead of attacking the rim, to the dismay of the Kings' staff.

The Knicks have had recent success with tall forwards who can knock down the outside shot (see Williams, Shawne and Novak, Steve), but Greene hasn't shown that he can do that. And furthermore, the role of reserve perimeter shooter is already filled by Novak.

In addition, Greene's lack of success on the defensive end, on the surface, would seem to make him less attractive to Mike Woodson & Co.

That being said, many believe the Knicks will add a reserve forward before Opening Night.

They have 13 guaranteed contracts, and in theory can add two more to get to the maximum roster allotment of 15.

Knicks interested in Greene? - Knicks Blog - ESPN New York

Dude was cold a Cuse! I hated to see him leave so early but the Knicks do not need to pick him up. We already have a big man that doesnt play defense last thing we need is another!

[pic]

Donte a cool dude, his cousin cuts my hair. I support him because he from Baltimore but unless he learned to play D the knicks dont need him.

who isn't interested in green [pic]

nice back up 3 if healthy ...long , athletic and can hit the 3...i remember Donte 2 or 3 years ago he was aight in sac town....Knicks could use him....

THIS DUDE COUDLNT GET OFF THE BENCH IN SACTO BACKING UP GARCIA/SALMONS y the !! would he get time behind melo well then again melo only needs 8 mins of rest or less y not cheap back up lotta potential lotta WHAT IFs

greene a summer league beast. he used to average like 20 or 30 in them summer games.

met dude in vegas like 2 years ago, nice guy

[pic]

thats exactly why....and we have bad trainers so someone will be injured or some stretch of the season...good to have another wing in case novak , james white or whoever gets hurt....

Greene is a cool[..] dude. He can't really do any one thing really good though and that's his problem. He's a decent defender and a decent shooter but he still hasn't really found his role in the league. I hope he gets picked up by someone.

[pic]

We don't need anymore wing players honestly. Melo/Novak/White/Copeland is more than enough, not to mention we have JR & Brewer who will most likely play minutes at the 3 because Woodson likes to mix up his lineups. What we need is a PF or C backup.

Those reports of Amundson or Birdman is looking nice.

For The Vets Min Y Not

[pic]

this[pic]

The !! he was he was one of our supposed five star recruits that were gonna put us over the top he would flash that stupid dyn@sty sign !! him he didbt so !! that's why he fell to 28,in the draft

we're solid up front tho & I still want KMart instead [pic]

bring him in