Month: November 2016

Wednesday’s Knicks News: Porzingis, Noah plan to fight harder around the basket

‘Doesn’t really matter,’ Porzingis says, whether Knicks are his team or Melo’s

Porzingis and Towns, just two friends redefining NBA big men

NBA Rumor Central: Will Knicks offer Derrick Rose an extension?

Tuesday’s Knicks News: Anthony struggles in loss to Thunder

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Kristaps Porzingis already knew what to anticipate when Jeff Hornacek sat the Knicks down to show them film of them getting “manhandled” by the Thunder big men Monday. Porzingis already re-watched the game.

Westbrook, the Thunder guard, is dominating opponents this season with double-digit averages in points, rebounds and assists.

GEICO SportsNite: Knicks looking to improve on road

Joakim Noah’s recent struggles leaves some doubt that he can live up to his big contract in the bright lights of New York City.

Courtney Lee suffered a sprained shooting hand in New York’s victory over the Hawks on Nov. 20.

The Thunder’s win over the Knicks Monday night exposed New York’s rebounding as a big weakness.

The Garden crowd has established its position with groans and sighs when Melo gets the ball at the elbow and begins his jab step.

MINNEAPOLIS — Tom Thibodeau isn’t the first one to be miserable in Minnesota with December approaching. Thibodeau’s reign as president/coach is off to an arctic start — the Timberwolves bottoming out at Target Center on Monday night in a 112-103 loss to Utah before just 9,000 fans. Many left early and didn’t see the Jazz…

MINNEAPOLIS — There’s no Sophomore of the Year Award, but if there were, the Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis and the Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns would be running about dead even. The two towering players with dazzling moves, who forever will be linked as the best players coming out of the 2015 draft, are forging a lasting friendship….

When Derrick Rose scores 16 or more points, the Knicks are 2-8. When he scores 15 or fewer, they are 6-1. Go figure. Or figure that Rose needs to be more of a facilitator. “I don’t necessarily think that’s true,” coach Jeff Hornacek said Tuesday. “If he’s getting good looks, other guys got to stay…

On Tuesday, the Knicks watched film of their physical beatdown by the Thunder the night before, when Oklahoma City held a 53-40 rebound edge. “We got to get effort and rebounding. That’s where they got us,” said Courtney Lee. “Maybe we’d make them miss the first option, [Russell] Westbrook would miss a shot or a…

To many, the Knicks would have been better served writing a check for $72 million, taking it out in the backyard and setting it on fire, rather than signing Joakim Noah. Noah was supposed to galvanize the defense and bring it together. That simply hasn’t happened yet. The Knicks are 24th in scoring defense (106.6…

You hear the murmurs and boos now – and it’s not just on social media. In the last three Garden games, whenever Carmelo Anthony receives a pass, holds onto the ball an extra second and makes a move that ends up with a missed or blocked shot, jeers filter through the Garden. “Iso Melo” is…

Tuesday’s Knicks News: Anthony struggles in loss to Thunder

Knicks’ big men ‘manhandled’ and ‘outmuscled’ in loss to Thunder

Monday’s Knicks News: Westbrook provides next test for Rose

Derrick Rose finished with 30 points, but his Oklahoma City counterpart, Russell Westbrook, had 27 in recording his eighth triple-double of the season.

In an exciting television doubleheader on Thursday night, the Rockets visit the Warriors after the Clippers visit the Cavaliers.

The 1965-66 Miners were the first team to win the national championship with five black starting players, defeating an all-white Kentucky team.

Joakim Noah was jacked to play against his college coach, Billy Donovan. The duo teamed up in glorious times, winning two NCAA titles together in Florida. Perhaps that is why Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek finally let Noah play in the fourth quarter of a tight game — and stuck with him to the bitter end….

So … we can spend some time, and some paragraphs, on all the troubling things the Knicks put on display Monday night at Madison Square Garden. We can start with Carmelo Anthony and his 4-for-19 rock pile of a night. We can talk about the two points and three rebounds the $72 million man, Joakim…

Through 17 games, point guard Derrick Rose has shown enough progress that a lucrative new contract could be in store for him with the Knicks this summer. However, Rose, who scored a season-high 30 points Monday in a 112-103 loss against Oklahoma City, can get some security now if Knicks president Phil Jackson is convinced…

Hurricane Westbrook blew through the Garden and tore up the Knicks’ six-game home winning streak. And Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek tore into his big men for allowing Oklahoma City to secure 17 offensive rebounds, saying the group has to get “tougher.’’ Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook kept up his rampage, nearly posting a triple-double…

Madison Square Garden is c?alling foul on the wife of a longtime Knicks fan?, saying she skipped out on her $97,865 bill for several ?prime ?season tickets — despite cashing in on “tens of thousands of dollars” ?by reselling the seats, a new lawsuit charges. MSG Sports and Entertainment, which manages ?T?he Garden, wants Terry…

Russell Westbrook has been a man on a mission all season, and he put on a show at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. But he also got help from some of his biggest friends.

Derrick Rose had the best game of his Knicks career Monday night. But he’ll always be remembered as the “other guy” in this one because of the point guard he was matched up against.

Joakim Noah hasn’t had much of an on-court impact but his college coach believes that will change.

Knicks beat reporter Al Iannazzone took questions from Twitter followers this week as the team prepares for a few inter-conference matchups. Here are 10 answers:

Russell Westbrook was everything you expected him to be.

Kristaps Porzingis and Russell Westbrook have trained together during the off-season and respect each other’s games and work habits

Phil Jackson is apparently a hot commodity – well, at least for one team.

Terry Klein, married to longtime season ticket holder Fred Klein, bought 10 2015-2016 NBA full-season subscriptions.

There was a Bill Bradley sighting at the Knicks game last week.

The New York Knicks had no answer for Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook, who had a triple-double of 27 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists in a 110-101 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks will face off against Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder at Madison Square Garden Monday night.

When the Knicks face off against Russell Westbrook and the Thunder during Oklahoma City’s only regular season visit to Madison Square Garden, it will be the first of a handful games in which New York will face a team from the NBA’s Western Conference over the next month.

Lance Thomas will remain out due to a sore left ankle when the Knicks play the Thunder on Monday night at Madison Square Garden, the team announced.

Justin Holiday and Mindaugas Kuzminskas have stepped up in the absence of the injured Lance Thomas, but how will head coach Jeff Hornacek adjust the players’ minutes when Thomas returns?

The trend of road losses for the Knicks is something Kristaps Porzingis believes starts with the right mindset.

In what was a decent enough game for Kristaps Porzingis, he left Frank Kaminsky open to sink two heart-wrenching daggers from long range

With the chance to sweep a home-and-home with the Hornets, the Knicks fell in Charlotte in the back end on Saturday.

Within minutes of Kevin Durant’s stunning decision to leave Oklahoma City for the Bay area last July, speculation flew that Russell Westbrook would follow suit in the summer of 2017. And there had been rumblings Westbrook had an affection for New York City — given his fashionista persona and all. With point guard Derrick Rose…

Derrick Rose knocked on the steel of his black locker cubicle late Saturday night in Charlotte. Rose’s good-luck pat wasn’t because Hurricane Westbrook was swirling into New York, but that the Knicks point guard will be 100 percent healthy for Monday’s Garden battle against the NBA’s leading MVP candidate. Through 16 games, there’s been no…

Monday’s Knicks News: Westbrook provides next test for Rose

NBA Rumor Central: Phil Jackson to return to Lakers?

Breaking up is hard to do, but Russell Westbrook is doing just fine without Kevin Durant and often leaves his opponents feeling hurt.

Noah’s disappointing start in New York has included injury, offensive ineffectiveness, illness and long stretches on the bench.

The Knicks fell to 1-6 on the road.

It was only four months ago when Russell Westbrook was the biggest free agent of the 2017 class.

For much of his career, Derrick Rose’s health and ability to finish at the rim went hand-in-hand.

Charlotte avenged an overtime loss from a night earlier with a over the Knicks that halted their winning streak at three.

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You could feel the shift inside Madison Square Garden and within the Knicks’ offense. Carmelo Anthony is no longer the main go-to guy or player the Knicks run things through primarily. But then there are nights like Friday.

Police in Texas have found the body of the 9-year-old autistic nephew of former NBA player Marcus Camby.

The Knicks fell to 1-6 on the road.

Noah’s disappointing start in New York has included injury, offensive ineffectiveness, illness and long stretches on the bench.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Knicks starting center Joakim Noah said he is inching closer to 100 percent after battling the flu and is eager to play crunch-time minutes. But that didn’t come close to happening in Saturday’s 107-102 loss to the Hornets. In his second game back, Noah was held to 12 minutes and went scoreless…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On the road again, the Knicks remained a travel nightmare. An awful start, an ice-cold finish and a fatigued Carmelo Anthony prevented the Knicks’ groove and three-game winning streak from continuing Saturday at Spectrum Arena against the injury-depleted Hornets. One of the themes of the Knicks’ season has been their inability to…

PEARLAND, Texas — Police in Texas have found the body of the 9-year-old autistic nephew of former NBA player Marcus Camby who went missing during the family’s Thanksgiving celebration on Camby’s property. Pearland Police Lt. Onesimo Lopez told the Houston Chronicle that the body of Marcus McGhee was found in a lake on Camby’s Houston-area…

The Hornets held Carmelo Anthony to 18 points the day after he scored 35 against them in New York and held off the Knicks for a 107-102 victory Saturday in Charlotte.

The Knicks take on the Hornets in Charlotte on Saturday night to complete a home-and-home.

In one of Carmelo Anthony’s most versatile efforts as a Knick, his 35-point, 14-rebound and five-assist effort led the Knicks to a very exciting victory over Charlotte.

The Knicks now have three big-time offensive players who can finish games, a notion that Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek hoped would be the case when the team started training camp in October.

Hold off for now on that argument about whether the Knicks’ offense needs to run through Carmelo Anthony or Kristaps Porzingis.

“It went great, had a great time, chilled, food was great,” Rose said

Noah missed the previous two games this week – both victories – with an undisclosed illness.

The Anthony residence is a home away from home for Dwyane Wade and now Derrick Rose.

Anthony scored a season-high 35 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, carrying the Knicks past the Hornets in overtime at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks defeated the Hornets on Friday night, 113-111.

The Knicks host the Hornets on Friday night at 7:30 p.m.

In back-to-back victories against Atlanta and Portland, the Knicks’ center-by-committee worked out quite well.

Carmelo Anthony on game winner: ‘I wanted that moment’

Thanksgiving at Melo’s included D-Wade, Rose

Joakim Noah was back for the Knicks — well, at least for three quarters. After missing two games with an illness, Noah returned and started at center in the Knicks’ 113-111 overtime victory over the Hornets on Friday night at the Garden. Noah played 18 minutes, none in the fourth quarter or overtime, and scored…

Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose shared Thanksgiving and then shared crunch time Friday at the Garden. It all tasted good in the end. So the beat goes on with the Knicks’ third straight win, fifth in six games and sixth in a row at home. They squeaked by for a thrilling 113-111 overtime win over…

What didn’t work in the fourth quarter for Carmelo Anthony, worked in overtime. And really, that was when it mattered most. “Honestly, I wanted that shot. I wanted that moment, to be honest with you,” said Anthony, whose shot with 3.1 seconds left in overtime was a game-winner. “I felt like I had an opportunity…

Joakim Noah was hunched over at midcourt at halftime, looking gassed after missing the previous two games with an illness. “I was just tired, man,” he said. “It’s tough when, man, when you’re sick and then you have to go and play a basketball game after it — it’s no joke.”

Carmelo Anthony was enjoying his best all-around performance of the season, and the only way he saw it ending was with him hitting the game-winning shot.

Brandon Jennings signed a below-market, one-year, $5 million deal to rebuild his brand as one of the electric young experienced point guards in the league. In doing so, he has had to rebuild his game, too, going from scorer to playmaker. Jennings, who amassed a 55-point explosion just four seasons ago, has won over the…

From what he has seen through 14 games, ex-Knicks point guard Greg Anthony said he believes Knicks fans will enjoy more magical moments from Derrick Rose as the season progresses. Adding a more reliable mid-range jumper — the one that won Tuesday’s game — will be crucial, Anthony said. Rose’s confidence meter is sure to…

Starting center Joakim Noah is expected back from his flu-like illness for Friday’s Garden game vs. Charlotte, the first half of a two-day, home-and-home with the Hornets. Whether the Knicks need him is open for debate. The Knicks have won four of five games to reach the .500 mark at 7-7. Noah was out sick for…

Friday’s Knicks News: Jennings embracing playmaker role

Kristaps Porzingis says poise has helped him pile up points in the post

Thursday’s Knicks News: Noah still finding his way with Knicks

Joakim Noah is probable for tomorrow’s game

With a lot of his family and friends still residing in Chicago, Knicks guard Derrick Rose said he will be joining teammate Carmelo Anthony for Thanksgiving.

Atkinson, in his first year as a head coach, learned the importance of conversation as an assistant. He envisions his team as a democracy, though he holds veto power.

The Knicks put in a Thanksgiving morning practice, feeling thankful to have broken even at 7-7 after winning two straight and four of five, and feeling hopeful that the arrow will continue to point upward.