Last night in East Rutherford

The caption in the Daily News: Stephen Curry, who authored so many memorable moments in the NCAA tournament with Davidson, helps lead the Golden State Warriors past the New Jersey Nets.

Basketball, and everything else

McKillop: “Five percent of the game is played with the ball in your hands. The other 95% is played without the ball in your hands.” Yahoo.

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.

Back in New York ...

Frank Isola:

Curry is emerging as the most obvious choice because of his shooting ability. The fact that he has expressed a desire to play in New York hasn’t hurt either. But the Knicks are also resigned to the fact the Curry could be taken anywhere from four to seven.

Post: The Knicks love UCLA freshman Jrue Holiday, but they didn't like his pre-draft workout June 10, when he got outplayed by Stephen Curry.

Reading between the lines

Frank Isola:

There is no question that Curry leads all draft prospects in confidence and hype, much of it generated by himself. When asked Wednesday what type of NBA player he expects to be, Curry answered, “A great one.”

Despite what Curry says about himself, he won’t be the top pick in the June 25 NBA draft.

Has he nudged too far against some sort of line? Is it time to be perhaps a little more circumspect? Or is he playing this just right?

It’s a tough line to toe.

Ty Lawson

On Stephen: “It’s tough to make a two-guard into a point guard sometimes. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. But he’ll be a good player no matter where he goes.”

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.

McKillop on Stephen

In the Daily News: “Mike plays a full-court game -- he’s constantly in attack mode. That system is a very good fit for Stephen’s talents. I think he’ll be very effective because of his physical talent as a shooter and ... the unselfish nature of the way he plays the game.”

Don’t say stupid things

Mitch Lawrence:

Oklahoma City has a Stephen Curry fixation. The Thunder attended all of Curry’s home games at Davidson this past season and is looking at him as a potential shooting guard. But they’ll almost certainly move down from the No. 3 pick if they decide to take him. Scouts are not only high on Curry’s shooting, but also think he can make players better around him. “When you look at that Davidson team, they barely had any other Division I players,” said one scout.

Barely had any other Division I players? It’s just wrong. The team maybe had only one NBA player, maybe had only one ACC-type player, maybe -- but come on. The pool of talent that fills the rosters of the more than 300 Division I basketball-playing colleges and universities is wide and varied.

Hoops in Chicago

Here:

It hasn’t taken Davidson All-American point guard Stephen Curry long to get excited about playing for the Knicks.

Curry, who averaged 28.6 points for the Wildcats as a junior last season, was considered the face of of college basketball even though his Southern Conference team couldn’t repeat its cinderella run to the Final Eight in 2008. The 6-3 Curry has been linked to the Knicks -- who have the eighth pick in next month’s NBA draft -- for close to two months. He got a chance to visit with Knicks president Donnie Walsh and coach Mike D’Antoni last night after the first day of the pre-draft combine.

Hadn’t heard this

Isola: Charles Oakley told me a few months back that Curry is the best shooter in the world, current NBA players included.

LeBron factor?

Frank Isola:

It’s also worth noting that last year LeBron attended one of Curry’s games and the two have struck up a friendship. Would drafting Curry assure the Knicks of getting LeBron? No. But it can’t hurt.

Lupica

In the New York Daily News: Man, Stephen Curry is my favorite player in college basketball, by a lot, but Blake Griffin is the Player of the Year.