“Dennis has been a professional,” …

“Dennis has been a professional,” Knicks interim coach Mike Miller said. “We’ve maintained communication all the way through. He continues to work on the things that he needs to do. It’s the same thing — can we just keep working to get better every day? Part of it, he goes through an injury where he can’t do a lot because of the nature of the injury. He had to look at doing some other things”

His staying power with the Knicks, a …

His staying power with the Knicks, a franchise known for upheaval, is all the more impressive. Bill Duffy, one of the league’s top agents, calls Miller “an institution guy” — someone teams should want in their organization in any capacity. When Miller was trying to make the crossover to the NBA, he canvassed friends and contacts for advice and Duffy, who Miller had known since Foster signed with him out of Southwest Texas, told him to be persistent in his hard work. “You gotta get in at whatever level you can get in with an organization,” Duffy said he told Miller. “And he sure did follow through with that.”