Another 7-footer is on the way. Â Jerome Jordan, a 2010 second-round pick, was involved in contract negotiations yesterday to bring him to the Knicks, according to his agent, Todd Ramasar. Last night, Jordan hopped on a plane from Europe bound for New York. Â Read more after the jump.
Jordan spent the lockout playing in Slovenia but signed an opt-out clause for when the lockout ended. There was also a small buyout in the Slovenia deal. It appears Jordan can’t sign a pact until all the other moves are in place, the same boat Mike Bibby finds himself in.
“We like Jerome, who’s getting experience in Europe,’’ Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni said. “If he does [sign], it’s another piece you’re trying to develop. It’s not someone I can say, ‘We can plug him in right here.’ ’’
Last season, Jordan played in the Serbian League for Hemofarm. The Knicks originally paid Milwaukee $1 million for his draft rights. Jordan’s imminent signing was first reported by The Post’s website.
* Knicks owner James Dolan opened the Tyson Chandler press conference and handed him his new No. 6 jersey, and posed for pictures with the new frontline — Chandler, Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony.
“We made a commitment to Knicks fans that we’ll put together a team that will compete for an NBA championship year in and year out,’’ Dolan said. “The addition of Tyson and Amar’e and Carmelo is another important piece to the puzzle.’’
Sources have said in the past Dolan had his heart set on a spectacular, glitzy Big 3 of Chris Paul, Stoudemire and Anthony for his transformed Garden, in which ticket prices were raised an average 49 percent. But with Paul potentially a Laker, Dolan certainly will live with this — as it may turn out to be a better basketball move.
“When we looked into Tyson I kept hearing two things — one, he’d be a terrific complement to Amar’e and Carmelo, and two, he’s a great person and great teammate,’’ Dolan said.
* Interim general manager Glen Grunwald thanked Landry Fields during the press conference for giving up his No. 6. Fields will wear No. 2, which he wore at Stanford.
