LONDON — As the Knicks trudged to the bus following their latest invented method of losing, having crossed the Atlantic Ocean to drop a game on a buzzer-beating goaltending call, they had put on efforts to at least thank London for the hospitality and put their best face forward.
Oddly, perhaps, one of the most visible faces on display for the team in the trip that serves as a public relations junket for the NBA was Latrell Sprewell. Long in exile from the franchise after very public rifts with ownership and sprinkled with controversial espisodes throughout his career, Sprewell was representing the Knicks in days of clinics with local children and then sitting courtside with Earl Monroe, John Starks and Charles Smith.