Knicks Morning News (2017.01.10)

New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose was not with the team for Monday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans due to undisclosed reasons.

Playing without Derrick Rose and Mindaugas Kuzminskas, the New York Knicks allowed a 40-point, 18-rebound performance to Anthony Davis in a 110-96 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday at Madison Square Garden.

New York Knicks forward Mindaugas Kuzminskas will miss Monday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans with an illness.

Currently in the midst of a 1-7 stretch, there’s reason for the Knicks to be concerned about their season. No longer looking like a contender, their playoff hopes are in serious doubt.

G Chasson Randle, who was with the Knicks’ D-League affiliate in Westchester, will sign a 10-day contract with the 76ers

Phil Jackson is actively working the phones hoping to find a situation that upgrades the Knicks’ roster from a talent perspective without giving away too many assets in return.

Ron Baker has provided the Knicks with a spark off the bench as the team’s third-string point guard.

Where is Derrick Rose? The Knicks not only are falling apart on the court, they can’t keep tabs on their point guard.

We’ve certainly come a long way from Derrick Rose declaring over the summer that the Knicks were in fact a “super team.”

As if the Knicks, with their Swiss cheese defense, didn’t have enough problems, their offense suffered two third-quarter hits Monday night. Carmelo Anthony was ejected for a league-leading third time this season. Anthony, apparently irate about not getting foul calls a few clock ticks earlier, was slapped with two technicals at 2:35 of the third,…

Derrick Rose was not at the Knicks game Monday night and indications were Rose was in Chicago, dealing with a family matter, but the communication between Rose and the team went about as well as his passing to teammates. It didn’t happen. The Knicks didn’t really show up, either. After their humiliating 110-96 loss to…

The Knicks’ problems now roughly are on a numerical par with the points they surrender in games. The biggest concern of the moment is starting point guard Derrick Rose, who was a no-show for Monday’s boo-laden 110-96 thumping administered by the New Orleans Pelicans. Not even the ejections of Carmelo Anthony (technical fouls) and Kyle…

The Knicks have lost point-guard prospect Chasson Randle, who was playing on their D-League team in Westchester, to the 76ers. As first reported by The Post, Randle staged a workout in Philly on Sunday, and he has agreed to terms on a 10-day contract that he will sign Tuesday, according to an NBA source. Randle…

Rose did not show up to Monday’s game at Madison Square Garden, though his teammates said he had attended the morning shootaround.

Brooklyn on Monday waived Bennett, who is shaping up as one of the worst No. 1 picks in N.B.A. history.

For the first time, players and the media will also have a role in choosing the starters for next month’s game, lessening the chances of any surprises.

Mr. LeVert, who moved to Brooklyn from Columbus, Ohio, has a busy team schedule but still finds time to explore the city, and many teammates live nearby.

Bruce Reznick, a retired Nets fan from Brooklyn, tried to cast his usual spells on James, but he finished with 36 points in Cleveland’s victory at Barclays Center.

A little more than 90 minutes before tipoff of their 110-96 loss to New Orleans at the Garden on Monday night, all the Knicks starters presumably were healthy, present and ready to play. In fact, the only player expected not to be uniform was Mindaugas Kuzminskas, who was suffering from stomach flu.

Courtney Lee is the best three-point shooter on the Knicks, having knocked down 46.7 percent of his shots from beyond the arc before Monday night’s game against the Pelicans.

Tuesday’s Knicks News: Lee urged to take more 3-point shots

Pelicans’ Davis hurts hip in win, but X-rays clean

Hornacek: Rose whereabouts ‘will become clear’