Knicks to Add Brown

The Knicks completed their buyout of Maurice Taylor. They will sign two big men to compete for the open roster spot: Wichita State center Paul Miller and Virginia power forward Elton Brown. Word is, Brown has given Eddy Curry all he could handle in scrimmages. Taylor was viewed as a potential cancer in the locker room, despite his immense trade value as an expiring contract.

Newark Star-Ledger - Last year's Larry Brown saga drags on, and may even reach into the first day of this season as well. Brown spent 9 1/2 hours at NBA headquarters yesterday, pleading his case to commissioner David Stern that the Knicks owe him $53.5 million, and it still wasn't enough time to sort out the mess. That means Isiah Thomas might be late to training camp.

In a formal hearing Stern heard testimony from several people, including Brown, Knicks owner James Dolan, and Thomas, but he wasn't able to wrap up the hearings, which will resume Tuesday.

Stern said that if Brown's legal team requests Thomas appear on Tuesday -- the first day of Knicks camp -- he would have to miss his first official day of practice as the Knicks new head coach.

Thomas was on hand for about four hours, and left without speaking to reporters. There were also some surprise witnesses -- all of whom were under oath -- including Brown's close friend Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs . He was presumably summoned at the request of the Knicks to bolster their claim that Brown discussed potential trades with other teams.