via Timofey Mozgov’s pronounced rebounding struggles in the world championships were well-documented, but outside of that area the tournament was a plus, writes Chris Mannix. The 24-year-old, 7-foot-1 center impressed USA and Lakers forward Lamar Odom when the two went head to head in the quarterfinals (Mozgov went 4-for-4 in the first quarter), but the [...]

The New York Times has a story on Timofey Mozgov today, in which the rookie center’s background is described as belying “that of a typical player in the Russian system.” Having to fight to be noticed helped him forge his work ethic. Mozgov spent most of his childhood near Krasnodar, a small agricultural city about [...]

Another “cool” day in store, with a chance of brief storms. Photo: Mike Groll/Associated Press Dime’s Sean Sweeney lists the five best slashing point guards in the league: Tyreke Evans, Chris Paul, Rajon Rondo, Derrick Rose, and Deron Williams. Henry Abbott posts a good video of Amar’e talking about his trip, complete with a yarmulka. [...]

The Knicks now have three centers on their roster, and in Ronny Turiaf the team knows what they’re getting. Yesterday I looked at Eddy Curry and his chances of helping the team, and today let’s examine the other mystery, Timofey Mozgov. Earlier this month, Donnie Walsh stealthily snared Mozgov from his Russian team. There is [...]

At the start the offseason, the issue of the Knicks frontline had already been an oft-talked about issue. With the 6’9″ David Lee playing out of position at the five and little defensive help provided by Al Harrington and others, opposing centers posted a 20.5 PER (82games.com), the second worst mark in the Eastern Conference [...]

I only caught the second half of the Knick’s 71-63 win over the defending champions, but these things stood out. There was much better D on the part of Jerome Jordan today, recording two blocks and seemed to be doing a much better job of getting in the way and taking advantage of his size. [...]

Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress.com tweets that the Knicks have signed Timofey Mozgov for three years and $9.7 million, plus a fee of $500,000 to Mozgov’s club. At 7’1″ and 230-270 pounds (iffy numbers from the Motherland), Mozgov will hopefully be a presence around the basket off the bench. His playing time for BC Khimki was [...]