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Allan Houston Signs Deal with Knicks, Returns to NBA
Allan Houston returns to the NBA after a two-year hiatus. Houston re-signed with the Knicks after a two-year absence from the NBA. The team didn't disclose contract terms.
Coach Isiah Thomas said that he did not expect Houston to be on the floor Thursday when the Knicks play their exhibition home opener against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
With the maximum 15 players under contract, the Knicks don't necessarily have room for Houston. If he can still play, and guard Jamal Crawford said during workouts Houston proved he could, Thomas would find a way to keep him.
Thomas also expects a warm welcome from Knicks fans on Thursday. It's the team's first game in New York since a jury found Thomas and Madison Square Garden responsible for sexually harassing former team executive Anucha Browne Sanders.
Houston, who worked as an analyst for ESPN last season, was given a highly-criticized $100 million, six-year contract extension in 2001 from the Knicks. The deal made him virtually untradeable once he began to get hurt and crippled the Knicks' ability to make moves because of salary cap woes.
Houston, 36, said he wants to return to the NBA because he did not leave by choice. In 2005, Houston retired because of an arthritic left knee. He has not played a full NBA season since 2002-03, when he scored a career-high 22.5 points per game. Over the next two years, he only played 70 games.
Houston averaged 17.3 points during his 12 NBA seasons. He shot 40.2 percent from 3-point range.
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