Knicks Morning News (2017.02.06)

  • [ESPN] Monday’s Knicks News: Rose likely to play against Lakers
    (Monday, February 06, 2017 4:53:01 AM)

    Monday’s Knicks News: Rose likely to play against Lakers

  • [ESPN] Knicks stuck between playoff push and playing for the future
    (Sunday, February 05, 2017 7:38:07 PM)

    Knicks stuck between playoff push and playing for the future

  • [SNY Knicks] Former Knick Mark Jackson weighs in on Anthony situation
    (Sunday, February 05, 2017 5:50:00 PM)

    Former Knicks guard and current NBA analyst Mark Jackson weighs in on Carmelo Anthony’s impact on New York.

  • [NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: As a Team-First LeBron James Soars, a Me-First Carmelo Anthony Staggers
    (Sunday, February 05, 2017 9:02:18 PM)

    Like Michael Jordan before him, James doesn’t make a move without considering how it will translate into wins. Anthony seems to have a narrower focus.

  • [NYDN] Jeff Hornacek: Knicks are balancing playoff push and rebuild mode
    (Sunday, February 05, 2017 12:21:53 PM)

    Jeff Hornacek said the Knicks are trying to find synergy between their players’ desires for a playoff push and long-term considerations.

  • [NYPost] ‘Miserable’ Phil needs to end this drama and back off Carmelo
    (Sunday, February 05, 2017 10:31:01 PM)

    After last season’s Super Bowl Sunday loss put the Knicks eight games below .500, Phil Jackson fired his coach, Derek Fisher. A year later on Super Sunday, the Knicks stood eight games under .500 again. The Knicks president can no longer in good conscience use another coach as scapegoat. Instead, Jackson tries to fire his…

  • [NYPost] Joakim Noah’s hamstring opens spot in Knicks lineup — for whom?
    (Sunday, February 05, 2017 10:04:01 PM)

    It’s taken another injury to remove Joakim Noah from the starting lineup. Noah, who suffered a left hamstring injury in Saturday’s loss to the Cavaliers, will miss Monday’s Lakers game and could be out for a few games, if training camp is any indication. Noah’s left-hamstring injury during camp cost him at least two weeks…

  • [NYPost] Jeff Hornacek not shy assessing Knicks’ desire to rebuild
    (Sunday, February 05, 2017 11:48:24 AM)

    Carmelo Anthony isn’t the only one torn. Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said he’s still aiming to make the playoffs, but made his first pitch that breaking up the team with an eye on a rebuild makes sense, too. It’s unusual for a head coach to cite the merits of making moves to tank a season, but…

  • [NY Newsday] Knicks’ Jeff Hornacek: Derrick Rose likely to play Monday
    (Sunday, February 05, 2017 9:48:20 PM)

    Derrick Rose went through a full practice with the Knicks on Sunday, and Jeff Hornacek said his starting point guard is “likely” to be back on the floor Monday night against the Lakers.

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