http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_8_223/ai_53980500Sprewell was welcomed with an unexpectedly warm greeting at his first game as a Knick. Read a 1999 article explaining New York's open arms.Being a player is the thing from Sporting News, The provided by Find Articles at BNET
Being a player is the thing
The warm reception Latrell Sprewell has received in New York is the latest example of a troubled player being forgiven because he is a gifted athlete
The city is clutching him tightly, the way he once did P.J. Carlesimo's neck, only this is a romantic, lip-lock kind ofSporting NewsTheBasketball playersNew York KnicksBeing a player is the thingNBA > Players > S > Sprewell, Latrell
Check out the impressive career numbers for Sprewell, who was suspended in 1997-98 for choking his former coach with the Golden State Warriors, P.J. Carlisemo.