Knicks Morning News (2016.12.02)

Anthony Donahue and Moke Hamilton are back on TheKnicksBlog Podcast where the guys discuss the team’s recent string of success, including Wednesday night’s win over Minnesota.

It has been the evolution of Justin Holiday that has earned the veteran some big minutes with the Knicks this season.

I’ve always felt based on studying the Knicks as closely as I have over the years that there’s an inner conflict that has been building within the fanbase surrounding Carmelo Anthony.

The combined record of the Knicks and Timberwolves over the last 12 seasons is (shield your eyes, kids) 657-1,151.

Carmelo Anthony didn’t take his first shot on Wednesday night in Minneapolis until nearly 10 minutes were gone in the first quarter. He made it.

Porterhouse steak or lobster? Porsche or Ferrari? Karl-Anthony Towns or Kristaps Porzingis? Sometimes, you just can’t lose no matter which way you choose. “I wouldn’t mind taking whoever’s left,” one scout said of the choice between two of the NBA’s premier young big men. A small, informal sampling of NBA scouts and executives seemed to…

This wasn’t the performance Derrick Rose wanted in his first time facing his former coach Tom Thibodeau. Rose, who played five seasons for Thibodeau in Chicago, got into foul trouble in the third quarter, got a little wild in the fourth quarter and ultimately got benched by Jeff Hornacek for the frantic final 3:58 of…

Get ready for The Rematch: “KAT vs. KP, Part II” As Kristaps Porzingis said after the Knicks beat the Timberwolves, 106-104, in a Minneapolis thriller, he and Karl-Anthony Towns put on quite the show Wednesday. Now they move to the Garden for the Friday night main event. It’s the last time the two 2015 7-foot…

Friday’s Knicks News: KAT vs. KP Part II

Thursday’s Knicks News: Towns, Porzingis put on a show; Melo hits winning basket

Carmelo Anthony’s? Kristaps Porzingis’s? Derrick Rose’s? This week, there was more than the hint of the answer: Jeff Hornacek.