Who:          Mike D’Antoni, New York Knicks head coach

                   Danilo Gallinari, New York Knicks forward

                   Assi Shariv, Consul General of Israel in New York

                   Tony Fromer, President, American Friends of Migdal Ohr

 

When:       Thursday, April 30, 2009

                   3:00 p.m.

 

Where:      The Multipurpose Room at Madison Square Garden

(Media should enter through the Eight Penn Entrance located closest to the corner of 33rd Street and Eighth Avenue)

 

Why:          To Benefit the World’s Largest Orphanage – Migdal Ohr in Israel

 

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The New York Knickerbockers President of Basketball Operations Donnie Walsh announced today that free agent guard Anthony Roberson has been signed to a contract. As per club policy, terms of the deal will not be disclosed.

 

Roberson, 6-2, 195-pounds, has career averages of 4.1 points and 8.8 minutes in 36 career games with Memphis and Golden State. The 25-year-old Saginaw, MI-native averaged 2.2 points in 5.5 minutes per game with Memphis in 2005-06 before tallying 5.6 points in 11.4 minutes per game with Golden State the following season. Roberson spent last season playing overseas in Turkey and Israel.

 

The University of Florida product was undrafted and signed with Memphis as a free agent in August 2005. After splitting time with Grizzlies and their NBA Development League affiliate during the 2005-06 campaign, Roberson signed as a free agent with the Warriors prior to the 2006-07 season. In 28 career NBA D-League games, Roberson averaged 17.1 points.

 

Roberson averaged 14.8 points in five games with the Knicks’ entry in the 2008 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, NV.

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