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Knicks Insider: Minimum deals paying off

March 3, 2012 9:42 PM By AL IANNAZZONE al.iannazzone@newsday.com

Steve Novak of the New York Knicks celebrates

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac | Steve Novak of the New York Knicks celebrates after hitting a fourth quarter three-pointer against the Cleveland Cavaliers. (Feb. 29, 2012)

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Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak weren't on the Knicks' training-camp roster. They were signed to be part-time players, if that. Yet they probably have had a bigger impact on the Knicks' season than Carmelo Anthony or Amar'e Stoudemire.

It's interesting how two basically end-of-the-bench players -- an undrafted point guard from Harvard and a journeyman specialist -- on essentially minimum deals...

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