Waching daily Oct 28 2017

Jarrett Jack turns a year older and is now starting for Knicks

Jarrett Jack turned 33 at midnight Saturday. But Friday night, in the hours leading up to his birthday, Jack gave birth to a new role and gave new life to the young Knicks season.

In one swoop, Jack has gone from waiver-wire candidate when Joakim Noah's suspension is done to starting point guard.

Jack who displaced Ramon Sessions and made his first Knicks start, was a steady hand in guiding the previously winless Knicks to a 107-86 victory over the Nets at the Garden.

He secured eight points, five assists, seven rebounds and just one turnover.

Jack found out he would be starting after Thursday's practice. With rookie Frank Ntilikina getting backup minutes, Sessions did not play and Ron Baker, struggling with a bum ankle since September, was deactivated.

Desperate Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek needed to organize the offense and put his trust in Jack. "I've had some pretty good games in this building so hopefully it will translate into my homecourt now,'' Jack said.

The move calls into question Sessions' future after he started the first three games. When Noah returns after the 12th game, the Knicks will have to make a cut.

Jack, who has been a solid mentor to Ntilikina, said he did best getting Kristaps Porzingis "establshed'' early. "We were a lot more assertive just in our cuts,'' Jack said.

"Jarrett did a great job whether he attacked or set up,'' Porzingis said. The offense had been disorganized and turnover-prone. The well-traveled Jack went against the Nets, his former team, with which he played from 2014-16.

The Knicks probably have the worst point-guard situation in the league. "My job is to make sure the team is ready to play out of the gate,'' Jack said before tip-off. "In Boston [Wednesday], our biggest hiccup was turning the ball over.

I'll try to spearhead that. Usually if the point guard does a good job of taking care of the ball, it's usually contagious. If they don't it goes the other way.".

Hornacek clearly wants a guy who will organize the offense better than Sessions, a driver. "They're both veteran guys who lead in different ways,'' Hornacek said. "Ramon more a penetrating guy, Jarrett more a set-up guy.

Only one Net remains from the Jack days — Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. Jack knows Nets coach Kenny Atkinson, but never played for him.

The Georgia Tech product lives in Atlanta, where Atkinson was a Hawks assistant coach and used to drop by the team's facility to work out.

Willy Hernangomez finally got some meaningful minutes, playing in the second quarter. He played 13 minutes and scored four points, but was 0 for 4 from the free-throw line. "It was great to be back on the court,'' Hernangomez said.

Two late, legendary Knicks broadcasters will be honored by Fordham next week.

Former Knicks analyst John Andariese will be feted with the "Johnny Bach Award" and Bob Wolff, who called both Knicks NBA championships, has won the "Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award. Knicks current broadcaster Mike Breen is a Fordham alumnus.

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FG's plan to increase power generation to 20,000 MW is on track - Minister - Duration: 3:40.

FG's plan to increase power generation to 20,000 MW is on track - Minister

- The plans by the Nigerian federal government to generate 20, 000 megawatts of electricity is on course. - Alhaji Mustapha Shehuri, the minister of state for power said that the federal government was replacing faulty transformers all over the country.

- The minister also said that more than 7000MW of power would be facilitated by ongoing transmission rehabilitation and expansion programme.

The federal government said on Friday that its plan to generate 20, 000 megawatts of electricity over the next four years was on course.

The minister of state for power, Alhaji Mustapha Shehuri, gave the assurance in Funtua, Katsina State when he inaugurated a 132/33 KV transformer that would boost power supply to local governments in Katsina South by 200 percent.

He said that the government was replacing faulty transformers nationwide and installing new ones in order to ensure steady power supply to Nigerians.

Shehuri said that ongoing transmission rehabilitation and expansion programme would facilitate full utilisation of the more than 7000MW of power currently available. "Government is determined to provide safe, reliable and sustainable power supply to the citizenry,'' the minister emphasised.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 60MVA 132/33 KV power transformer project in Funtua, fully funded by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), was successfully energized on Oct. 10.

The Minister also inaugurated a 40MVA 132/33KV mobile power transformer in Zaria, Kaduna State. Earlier, TCN Managing Director, Usman Mohammed said efforts were on to complete the installation of power transformers scattered across the country using its engineers and other in-house staff.

He said that the company's Regional Managers had been mandated to supervise the installations. Mohammed said TCN has successfully achieved frequent control, first of its kind in 20 years.

He announced that TCN would establish three additional sub-stations in Kaduna at Keke, Rigasa and Kakau to boost power transmission in the state capital.

NAIJ. com previously reported that the federal government on Thursday, October 26, signed a mega power purchase agreement for a project in Akwa Ibom state.

The signing of the agreement which was presided over by the minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, was between the new investor for the Qua Iboe Power Plant Limited (QIPP) and the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader Plc (NBET) for a 540MW gas-fired power plant.