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The Knicks and Jared Jeffries agreed to terms on a one-year deal Tuesday believed to be at the veteran’s minimum of $1.4 million. New York Post

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Marc Berman: Told Jared Jeffries is going to re-sign with #Knicks. Not unexpected. D'Antoni is in love and he was solid two years ago. Twitter

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(The Knicks) plan on re-signing Jared Jeffries, feeling his brief late-season tenure was not a fair measure. However, a league source said the Nets have also made a Jeffries inquiry. New York Post

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Frank Isola: Knicks reached out to agents for Jeff Foster, Grant Hill, Caron Butler, Kurt Thomas, Jared Jeffries and Shawne Williams...just to name a few Twitter

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Kurt Thomas, Kwame Brown, Aaron Gray, Tony Battie and Theo Ratliff also are on the Knicks’ wish list. But in this condensed free-agency period and camp, the club probably will re-sign Jared Jeffries, who knows the system well despite his lack of impact late last season. New York Post

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Carlos Delfino said Jared Jeffries, who was once Luis Scola's teammate, was very close to playing in Argentina until the lockout ended, but at the end they convinced him not to do it. Clarin

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Knicks center/power forward Jared Jeffries had surgery on his right knee to clean out debris and will be out 6-8 weeks. Jeffries signed with the Knicks for his second stint after the February trade deadline and was a slight disappointment. He is a free agent, but could return for the veteran's minimum with the Knicks desperate for size. New York Post

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The Knicks also have a decision to make with Billy Walker, who has a team option of $916,000. They likely will let Shelden Williams, Jared Jeffries and Roger Mason walk. New York Post

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Carmelo Anthony had a simple message for teammate Jared Jeffries: "Dunk the ball next time." During practice yesterday, Carmelo Anthony said he sent passes to Jeffries and told him to do something. Anthony said he was joking around with Jeffries at practice yesterday -- "It's all fun and games, man," Anthony said -- referring to the final Knicks' possession of Game 2, when Anthony, who was double-teamed by the Celtics' defense, opted to pass the ball to Jeffries in the closing seconds. Jeffries, with Kevin Garnett guarding him, instead tried to pass to Bill Walker. Garnett got a hand on the ball, then covered it up and called a timeout with 4 seconds left, sealing Boston's win. New York Post

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But the ball and the game ended up in his hands, and in the biggest spot of his Knick career, he didn't get it done. And he knew it, too. "Looking at the tape, I should have shot it," Jeffries said, recalling the final seconds when he tried to pass, and had the ball taken away by Kevin Garnett. "I felt like KG was coming down," Jeffries said. "I tried to dump the ball off to Bill (Walker), and KG had his hand down. So when I tried to pass the ball to Bill cutting to the rim, he got a hand on it." New York Daily News

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Then again, the ball should never have been in Jeffries' hands in the first place. As Jeffries explained, the play had been designed to go to Anthony, but the Celtics took that away. "It was supposed to go to Carmelo," Jeffries said. "But Toney (Douglas) popped out and Rondo set on top of him." New York Daily News

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Afterward, Anthony made it clear what he wanted Jeffries to do. "I thought Jared was going to lay it up, he thought he had a pass underneath," he said. "That's here nor there." New York Post

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Asked about a key theft of Jared Jeffries in the final moments of Tuesday's Game 2 triumph over the New York Knicks, Garnett struggled to recall exactly what he was thinking or what he saw as the play developed. "What's crazy is I don't remember anything about tonight," Garnett said. ESPN.com

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Allen suffered a cut near his right eye when he was hit with an inadvertent elbow from Jared Jeffries that required seven stitches to close; stitches Allen did not receive until the game was over. "That's just Ray Allen," teammate Delonte West told CSNNE.com. "Ray's as tough as they come." Allen acknowledged after the game that the blow from Jeffries was about as bad a shot as he's taken in the NBA. "Even when I went down, it was pouring blood out," Allen recalled. "For that 15 minutes, an excruciating headache." CSNNE.com

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John Schuhmann: Jared Jeffries said on MSG he'll wear No. 9 w/ NYK, because he talked to Michael Jordan, who wore it at the Olympics. Twitter

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Jared Jeffries will sign a free agent contract with the Knicks once he clears waivers on Tuesday, The Daily News has learned. Jeffries, who was traded to Houston in last year's Tracy McGrady deal, was released by the Rockets on Thursday. He officially becomes a free agent at 6 p.m. on Tuesday and therefore will not be eligible for Tuesday's game against Orlando. New York Daily News

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In order to create a roster spot for Jeffries, the Knicks will have to cut a player. The most likely candidate is former lottery pick Shelden Williams, who came over from Denver in the Carmelo Anthony trade. Renaldo Balkman - another piece in the Anthony deal - is the second most likely candidate to be released. New York Daily News

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The Houston Rockets have waived seldom-used forward Jared Jeffries' expiring contract, an expected move following a pair of trades made just before Thursday's deadline. SI.com

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Jeffries, who was traded by the Knicks to Houston last season, could return to New York next week. Yahoo! Sports

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Jared Jeffries reached a buyout agreement with the Houston Rockets on Friday and will likely sign with the Knicks once he clear waivers. The Heat, Hornets and Thunder have all expressed interest in Jeffries but the defensive-minded forward would prefer to rejoin the Knicks. Jeffries, who was originally signed by former team president Isiah Thomas, was traded last year to Houston in the Tracy McGrady deal. He played sparingly for the Rockets and has been trying since the summer to plot a return to New York. New York Daily News

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