CELTICS TRADE MILLS TO KNICKS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Knicks made another move Wednesday to try to get better rather than younger, trading four players to the Boston Celtics for Chris Mills For the Chicago singer-songwriter, see . Christopher Lemonte Mills (born on January 25, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American former professional basketball player. . New York dealt second-year forwards Walter McCarty Walter Lee McCarty (born February 1, 1974) is an American basketball player who has played for the NBA's New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, and the Los Angeles Clippers. He normally plays power forward, but has played all positions except point guard. and Dontae' Jones, rookie John Thomas and veteran Scott Brooks to the Celtics. The Knicks also received two second-round draft picks. The trade was surprising on both sides but especially so for the Celtics, who signed Mills just two months ago to a seven-year, $33.6 million contract after he left the Cleveland Cavaliers as a free agent. McCarty will be the third member of the Celtics' current roster - the others are Antoine Walker and Ron Mercer - to have played for coach Rick Pitino at Kentucky. |
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