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Iman Shumpert to come off the bench Friday

Iman Shumpert #21 of the New York Knicks

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac

WASHINGTON – How close was Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni to starting Iman Shumpert in Friday night’s game against the Wizards? Close enough that it sounds inevitable that the rookie will eventually crack the starting five.

D’Antoni, in announcing at Friday’s shootaround at the Verizon Center that Shumpert would not replace Toney Douglas or Landry Fields, left open the possibility he could change...

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