ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME MEDIA AVAILABILITY WITH KNICKS LEGENDS

Local and national media are invited to speak with New York Knickerbockers legends on Monday, March 23 at 5:00 pm at Madison Square Garden on the evening the franchise will honor six of the greatest players to have worn a Knicks uniform with theÂ Knicks Legend Awards. Individuals will be recognizedÂ for having made the most significant impact on the court in their respective decades. A seventh award, theÂ Knickerbocker Legacy Award,Â will also be presented to the individual who exudes the qualities of what it means to be a Knickerbocker: Pride, Tradition andÂ Class.

The following Knicks players will be honored at halftime and expected to be available to media prior to the game:

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1940â€™s:Â Carl BraunÂ (daughter Susan Braun will accept on his behalf)

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1950â€™s:Â Richie Guerin

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1960â€™s:Â Willis Reed

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1970â€™s:Â Walt Frazier

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1980â€™s:Â Bernard King

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1990â€™s:Â Patrick Ewing

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Legacy Award:Â Dick McGuire

When:Â Monday, March 23, 2009 from 5-5:30 pm

Where:Â Madison Square Garden Multipurpose Room

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Media should enter through 8 Penn Plaza (33rd street and Eighth Avenue)

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