Former Knicks point guard says he was robbed by teammate

Former Knicks point guard Mike Bibby says he was robbed of several thousand dollars by a teammate during the 2011-12 season, the last of his 14-year career.

In an appearance on KnicksFanTV, Bibby said he kept money in his backpack next to his Bible so he could “gamble on the plane” and that he noticed a stack of bills was missing while he was on a road trip in Chicago. He said $4,200 was stolen at that time, but that it happened “four or five times.”

“I’m on the bus and I’m like ‘Hey, somebody went in my room and stole my s–t,’” he said.

Bibby said hotel security was able to tell via video which player used a key to get into the room and take the money, but he wouldn’t divulge which player it was.

He said he and security then entered the player’s room together and Bibby saw a ripped-up envelope where the money used to be.

“It was ripped up in the bathroom, so we already know it was him,” Bibby said.

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Bibby claims he was told to keep quiet about the incident.

“They don’t want me to say nothing…This is New York, they’ll go crazy out there,” he said he was told.

Bibby then met in Milwaukee with head coach Mike Woodson and GM Glen Grunwald, who told him the player said it was “a joke.” Bibby didn’t see the humor.

“It wouldn’t have hurt as much if he took it from my bag on the plane…but to go in my room…” he said. “If I would’ve came back and caught him in my room, it would’ve been rough for him.”

Pressed on who the player was, Bibby was asked if it was Billy Walker.

“It was not Bill Walker,” Bibby said. “He’s a good guy. He’s a good guy.”

That leaves everyone to guess who else it might have been, with Bibby saying that player “should’ve got waived.”

Here’s the 2011-12 Knicks roster (via SILive.com):

Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire, Renaldo Balkman, Mike Bibby, Tyson Chandler, Baron Davis, Toney Douglas, Landry Fields, Dan Gadzuric, Josh Harrellson, Jared Jeffries, Jerome Jordan, Jeremy Lin, Steve Novak, Iman Shumpert, JR Smith, Bill Walker.

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Adam Zagoria is a freelance reporter who covers Seton Hall and NJ college basketball for NJ Advance Media. You may follow him on Twitter @AdamZagoria and check out his Website at ZAGSBLOG.com.