The Knicks

They still want Stephen. The feeling is mutual. Post. But he might not last that long.

Knicks talking trade?

Newsday:

The bold move by the Knicks, however, would not be to target Thabeet or even Spanish guard Ricky Rubio. It appears more likely that Davidson’s Stephen Curry or Memphis’ Tyreke Evans are the more coveted prospects.

Daily News. Washington Post.

New York

Alan Hahn:

The Knicks, who pick eighth, are already preparing for alternative scenarios as interest in Curry has grown since he worked out in New York. And while Curry continues to say his preference would be to land with the Knicks, it doesn’t make financial sense for him to dissuade teams ahead of the Knicks to pass on him. For instance, the NBA rookie scale for the eighth overall pick is $2.06 million in the first year. The scale at fourth overall, where the Kings select, is almost $1 million more.

Please pick me

Alan Hahn:

It is hardly a secret he wants to be on the board for the Knicks. Though a player cannot force teams to not select him, the decision to shut down with a little less than two weeks before the draft sends a clear message that Curry would prefer that other teams pass on him.

After the workout

NBC’s Bruce Beck: What kind of NBA player do you think you can be?

Stephen: “A great one.”

Some speculating

Alan Hahn: There have been whispers that teams may make a jump to snatch Stephen Curry before he reaches the Knicks at No. 8 and perhaps even a few teams already sitting somewhere between the third to seventh overall slots may grab the Davidson sniper.

Today in New York

Newsday:

The Davidson star has been expressing his desire to be a Knick since before the draft lottery and Wednesday he will get his chance to leave Walsh and D’Antoni equally smitten when he comes in for his workout at MSG’s Westchester campus.

Post. Daily News.

Wednesday

Alan Hahn:

The Davidson star, who has been quite open about his interest in becoming a Knick, has seen his stock rise to the point where he could wind up being taken by a team that jumps ahead of the Knicks in a trade-up scenario. The Trail Blazers and Bobcats are both said to be enamored by what Curry can bring at the NBA level.

The Knicks will get a close-up look at Curry on Wednesday when he comes to the MSG Training Center in Greenburgh for his predraft workout.

Blog.

Attention, always

Alan Hahn:

It’s not even June and I feel we’re in Curry overload. There are still other players to closely monitor and see up close and personal in the individual workouts. But you can’t ignore Stephen Curry as a very real option. You also can’t ignore the fact that it is refreshing to hear someone actually wanting to be a Knick.

Question that remains is, do the Knicks want him just as badly?

This is the time of year when smokescreens go up and you would think by now the Knicks told Curry to stifle the gushfest, lest a team ahead of them try to pretend they’re deeply interested to make the Knicks sweat. Chess games.

Counterpoint

Alan Hahn: ... unless a player like Stephen Curry -- or some of the others -- does enough at the NBA Combine next week and in his individual workout to make you believe he can be a difference-maker, the best play for Donnie Walsh and the Knicks might be to engage in trade talks for the No. 8 pick.

Knicks, Knicks, Knicks

Stephen in Newsday: “I was thinking that. I read the blogs and stuff and saw one that said the Knicks will pick Curry to get LeBron, or something like that. That was kind of funny. They think too much of that stuff. But I got a good laugh out of it.”

Knicks beat man

Alan Hahn: Curry’s physical stats will be among the most requested at the NBA combine in Chicago ... Also: The Knicks Blog.

Insiders over outsiders

Arthur Staple:

Bob McKillop wasn’t yet resigned to his fate on Saturday evening, but he had a good idea what was happening.

“Last year, we were on the inside,” the Davidson coach said. “This year, we’re on the outside.”

And outside is where all the wannabe Cinderellas ended up this year.

Which is a pretty big shame given how much joy McKillop’s team, led by the jaw-droppingly excellent Stephen Curry, provided last year.

America’s team

Newsday: He’s built up Davidson into something as incredible and unlikely as Curry’s skills. A small, elite, liberal-arts school of a couple thousand, tucked outside Charlotte, close enough to Tobacco Road to expect only the leftovers of what Duke, Carolina and N.C. State leave behind, is in the top 25 and coming off a run to the Elite Eight.