Knicks Morning News (2016.12.23)

Derrick Rose scored 17 points and led six Knicks in double figures as New York defeated Orlando 106-95 Thursday in New York.

Carmelo Anthony’s former coach George Karl called him “a true conundrum” and ripped his defensive effort on the court in a new book called “Furious George.”

The Knicks (15-13) welcome the Orlando Magic (13-17) to Madison Square Garden on Thursday.

Anthony Donahue and Moke Hamilton react to the latest comments from former Nuggets head coach George Karl, who criticized Carmelo Anthony in his book.

The Knicks continue their homestand on Thursday as the Orlando Magic come to Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks can start to make the climb up, but that rests on the health of Rose, which was one of the big concerns coming into the season.

The Knicks had a relatively comfortable lead Thursday night when things became a little uncomfortable inside the Garden.

George Karl blasted Carmelo Anthony in his new book, ripping the Knicks star’s attitude, leadership ability and addiction to the spotlight.

Frank Vogel interviewed for the Knicks’ coaching vacancy over the summer, but he said they made a good choice in Jeff Hornacek.

The Knicks routed Orlando on Thursday, 106-95, but whether a Merry Kristaps will go on as planned Sunday no longer is a given. Knicks phenom Kristaps Porzingis limped off the court in the opening minute of the fourth quarter after banging knees with Orlando’s rugged center Nikola Vucevic and left the game for good with…

Amid a wave of anti-Carmelo Anthony fervor in the city during one of the frequent dismal stretches for the Knicks last season — which naturally was all Anthony’s fault — an opposing executive shook his head and laughed. “Let me ask you,” he said, “who leads the Knicks in scoring?” Anthony. “Who leads them in…

Carmelo Anthony said George Karl’s memoir rips are “irrelevant,” he’ll have his say in his own book and claimed he’s not even sure what his former coach means by “conundrum.” “I’m past being disappointed,” Anthony said after the Knicks’ 106-95 victory over Orlando at the Garden. “I hope he just finds happiness in what he’s…

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For the Knicks there is absolutely no worse visual than Kristaps Porzingis limping as he disappeared into the tunnel

Karl says in his upcoming book, ‘Furious George,’ that trading Anthony to the Knicks was like ‘popping a blister.’

Just wait until Phil Jackson writes his book about his time with Carmelo Anthony.

The Golden State Warriors coach draws from the assassination of his father to make sense of a complicated world.

Entering Thursday, the Warriors were leading the league in blocked shots and were third in field-goal percentage defense.

The Nets led by 16 points at halftime before a Golden State team without Draymond Green reasserted itself as one of the league’s best.

Anthony was criticized in excerpts from a book by George Karl, his former coach. He then went out against the Magic and had one of his worst games of the season.