Over at the Old Gray Lady, I talked about the Knicks’ new-found depth, and how that’s, like, a good thing. It is, right? OK, good. Just one month ago, the Knicks found themselves mired in a six-game skid – a streak punctuated by their double overtime loss to Denver on Jan. 21. In that home [...]
[New York Times] Knicks 99, Hawks 82: Lin and Anthony Team Up as Knicks Beat Hawks (Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:13:59 GMT) Jeremy Lin, who had 17 points with 9 assists, and Carmelo Anthony, who scored 15 points, showed signs of improvement in playing together in the Knicks’ victory against the Hawks. [New York Times] [...]
Atlanta Hawks 82 Final Recap | Box Score 99 New York Knicks Carmelo Anthony, SF 27 MIN | 7-16 FG | 0-0 FT | 4 REB | 3 AST | 15 PTS | +7 Judging by a pair of early passes that looked like they’d been shot out of a cannon, Melo’s forearms are doing [...]
Did you know that today is the one-year anniversary of the Melo trade? I had no idea. Well, anyhow, here is your thread to discuss what is could be a big game for the Knicks, as they surely don’t want to enter the All-Star break on a 3-game losing streak (this is not to say [...]
[New York Daily News] Jeremy Lin courting new Asian immigrants with dazzling playALL (Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:00:45 GMT) The Knicks’ newest star has Lin-troduced the game of basketball to whole new crop of fans. Expats of China and Taiwan â?? many of whom had never seen a game before Linsanity swept up New York [...]
I have a piece up at TrueHoop about January’s Denver game. Wasn’t so long ago, right? Losers of five straight, the Knicks’ already fragile, lockout-shortened season had — by late January — morphed into a dire downward spiral. Weeks away from the most unlikely of athletic ascensions, hope had given way to Hell in the [...]
[New York Post] Jeremy’s stat-stuffer still a Net loss (Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:31:42 -0500) It was clear from the opening tip Deron Williams was looking forward to his rematch last night with Jeremy Lin and the Knicks. Lin burst onto the scene against Williams and the Nets on Feb. 4, when he came off [...]
