Meet the Street: Kurt Thomas Is Crazy About Tech

The New York Knicks' starting forward, Kurt Thomas, has always been a force on the court, having led the nation in scoring and rebounding as a college senior at Texas Christian University in 1995. Nicknamed "Old Crazy Eyes" for his penchant for staring down his opponents, Thomas never likes to back down, be it on the basketball court or in the stock market.

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Even now, Thomas -- whose five-year, $23 million contract with the Knicks runs through 2005 -- still likes tech stocks. The athlete is particularly keen on Cisco(CSCO Quote), Intel(INTC Quote), Microsoft(MSFT Quote) and Nokia(NOK Quote).

Nokia is, in fact, a notable stock in Thomas' portfolio because he became more interested in the stock after a bunch of high school students in a stock-picking contest that Thomas started rode the cell-phone giant to a 40% paper gain. ...