Month: January 2017

The initial reaction is to dismiss Derek Fisher’s comments as bitter and vindictive.

With nearly a year to reflect on what went wrong with the Knicks, Derek Fisher has the answer.

A foul should have been called on the Atlanta Hawks’ Paul Millsap on Carmelo Anthony’s game-tying layup in regulation in the New York Knicks’ 142-139 quadruple-overtime loss Sunday.

Carmelo Anthony would waive his no-trade clause to go to the Celtics, reports Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe.

Derek Fisher, who was fired as head coach of the Knicks last season when the team was 23-31, reflected on his time with the team and weighed in on the current Knicks while speaking with Kevin Ding of Bleacher Report.

Carmelo Anthony scored 45 points during the Knicks’ 142-139 quadruple overtime loss to the Hawks on Sunday night in Atlanta.

Delle Donne, a star for the Chicago Sky, will move to the Washington Mystics in one of the biggest deals in the league’s history.

In a Bleacher Report article, Fisher, who was let go last year after 136 games as the Knicks’ coach, pointed to their 23-31 record when he was fired compared with the 21-28 mark of this season’s team.

The Knicks were slower than most in seeking international talent, but the arrival of Mindaugas Kuzminskas and others has offered a chance at a new identity.

The Bulls are at the Thunder on Wednesday night, and the Hawks are at the Rockets on Thursday night.

Tuesday’s Knicks News: Would Anthony accept trade to Celtics?

Fisher: Did more with less talented Knicks team

Sources: Cousins cleared in nightclub incident

Former Knicks coach Derek Fisher said it was difficult to work under team president Phil Jackson in an extensive interview with Bleacher Report published on Monday.

The trade deadline is Feb. 23, and the rumors and reports of the Knicks shopping Carmelo Anthony will continue — unless he says he’s staying.

WASHINGTON — Eight is enough to ruin a Knicks’ season. That’s how many final-possession losses have occurred since Dec. 13 — six of the crushers coming in January. The latest happened in a historic four-hour, four-overtime classic Sunday in Atlanta — the franchise’s longest game since 1951. The NBA’s 2-minute report added insult to injury,…

WASHINGTON — Carmelo Anthony isn’t saying one way or another, but the Boston Globe reported the Celtics are under the impression he would waive his no-trade clause to put on the green and white. Anthony has always despised the Celtics, starting from his childhood in Brooklyn. There have been conflicting reports on whether Celtics GM…

Sixty-eight minutes later, Knicks fans were left in an emotional puddle. This was equal parts outstanding and outrageous, splendid and stupid. You could understand feeling this way in May after losing a playoff game on a buzzer-beater. It’s less explainable to feel this way in January following a game that drops your squad seven games…

WASHINGTON — Less than an hour after the Falcons left their final pep rally in the Peachtree State on Sunday to board a flight to Houston, the Knicks and Hawks put on a Super show blocks away at Philips Arena. Five observations from the four-hour, four-overtime loss in Atlanta as the Knicks prepare for a…

WASHINGTON – The one-year anniversary of Derek Fisher’s firing is approaching, and the former Knicks coach has decided his club was better than this year’s Jeff Hornacek edition despite not having as much talent. In a longform feature on Bleacher Report, Fisher also derided the complexities of working under president Phil Jackson and felt teaching…

The Knicks were slower than most in seeking international talent, but the arrival of Mindaugas Kuzminskas and others has offered a chance at a new identity.

The Knicks led the Hawks, 139-136, in the fourth overtime, but Carmelo Anthony’s season-high 45 points could not save them in the end.

Derrick Rose was held out of Sunday’s game with a sprained left ankle and hinted that he may not return until Saturday.

Knicks fall to Hawks in four-overtime marathon, 142-139

Derrick Rose’s sprained left ankle sidelined him for Sunday’s game, and could keep him out for at least two more.

Carmelo Anthony did all that he could for 46 minutes, scoring 45 minutes in that time. But this game lasted 68 minutes and the Knicks didn’t have enough to pull out the victory.

Relatively, Kristaps Porzingis had a short afternoon. He fouled out with 1:30 left in the fourth quarter of the Knicks’ 142-139 four-overtime loss after jostling with Dwight Howard for a rebound. He logged 30 minutes — not much compared to Courtney Lee and Brandon Jennings’ 50-plus. Earlier in the game, though, Porzingis got even with…

ATLANTA — Jeff Hornacek hasn’t yet said he wants Carmelo Anthony to stay — but finally acknowledged the Knicks star can’t be traded unless he agrees to it. In recent days, Hornacek has talked about Anthony dealing with trade rumors as every player does but admitted Sunday Anthony doesn’t have to go anywhere if he…

ATLANTA — By the time this historic, four-overtime classic ended, it felt like the trading deadline already had passed. Carmelo Anthony had long fouled out after scoring 45 points in 46 minutes when the Knicks slogged into a fourth overtime — their second four-overtime game in history, the first one coming Jan. 23, 1951, in…

ATLANTA – Things are a soap opera in New York but perhaps not as tawdry as in Chicago. And Derrick Rose isn’t the culprit. Rose, who likely will miss the next three games with a sprained left ankle, including Sunday’s encounter in Atlanta, was blamed for a lot of last season’s Bulls turmoil. Things are now…

Monday’s Knicks News: Porzingis enjoyed revenge dunk over Howard

Hawks and Paul Millsap prevail, despite Carmelo Anthony’s best effort

Rose may miss multiple games with ankle sprain

Carmelo Anthony scored 45 points and hit clutch late baskets at the end of regulation and the first overtime, but the Knicks couldn’t capitalize and lost to the Hawks 142-139 in four overtimes Sunday in Atlanta.

Knicks guard Derrick Rose will miss Sunday’s game against Atlanta with a sprained ankle.

The Knicks are still interested in having the Celtics as a trade partner in a potential Carmelo Anthony deal, reports Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe.

If the New York Knicks are serious about trying to make a playoff push, they may have to start without one of their best players.

Kristaps Porzingis appears to be finding his stroke just when the Knicks need it most.

It’s only fitting that the Knicks’ grueling January will conclude with two road contests against Eastern Conference playoff teams.

Anthony was the star of the one truly good thing that has happened to the Knicks since 2001.

As refugees and immigrants were being detained in airports across the country, Mohammed took to Twitter to voice his concerns.

Phil Jackson is willing to deal Anthony without getting one of the Clippers top three players in return

The Knicks visit the Nets on Wednesday night at Barclays Center, and if you didn’t have that game circled on your calendar … well, it’s hard to blame you. The Knicks are a tire fire, the Nets a dumpster fire. The Knicks are hapless, the Nets hopeless. None of those things makes for a particularly…

Like a dutiful student, Knick Courtney Lee simply did as he was told. “I’m just trying to be more aggressive and take those shots. Coach has shown me film and the shots I’ve passed up, areas where I could be more aggressive,” Lee said of his season-long chats with coach Jeff Hornacek. “That’s all I’m…

In Knicks news not actually contingent upon Carmelo Anthony, point guard Derrick Rose is listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game at Atlanta. Rose sprained his left ankle in Friday’s 110-107 win over the Hornets at the Garden. He landed on the foot of Hornets All-Star Kemba Walker, left with 4:19 remaining in the third quarter…

It lasted 11 games. It was confined to 19 days. It spanned two countries and four cities, and there was a moment in the middle there when you started to wonder if your eyes were playing Jedi mind tricks on you. These things simply don’t happen, not in professional sports, not in the 21st Century,…

The rumors fly — everywhere and virtually every day. Reports concerning Carmelo Anthony and a possible trade have dominated the Knicks’ landscape in recent days. Through it all, his teammates support Anthony … while talking about and trying to focus on the playoffs. Cue the Jim Mora video: “Playoffs? … You kidding me? Playoffs?” “The…

With his name swirling in trade talks this week, Carmelo Anthony said the latest rumors have been a burden, according to Newsday’s Barbara Barker.

Amidst trade rumors swirling about Carmelo Anthony, Kristaps Porzingis is supporting the forward and would like to see him stay in New York.

Knicks guard Derrick Rose left Friday’s game against the Hornets with a sprained left ankle and did not return.

Carmelo Anthony has had a rough week. He didn’t make the All-Star team for the first time in eight years, knows the Knicks are openly shopping him and heard boos at the Garden throughout Friday night’s game.

Courtney Lee doesn’t have the fluid and pure shooting stroke of a prototypical two-guard. Rather, he does something that’s a bit funky when he goes up for a jumper. Lee rolls the ball down into his right wrist and then appears to snap the wrist as he lets the ball go.

Wade and Butler did not start against the Miami Heat after they criticized their teammates for a perceived lack of effort in a game against Atlanta.

The 2016-17 NBA All-No-Trade Team

Not all that long ago, Carmelo Anthony was the king of the New York basketball world. He was a perennial All-Star, the centerpiece of the Knicks’ most recent rebuild and one of three players in the NBA with an ironclad no-trade clause.

Carmelo Anthony shook off some boos and a rough shooting night to score 18 points, Courtney Lee added 16 against his former team and the New York Knicks beat the Charlotte Hornets 110-107 on Friday night.

Knicks guard Derrick Rose left Friday’s game against the Hornets with a sprained left ankle and will not return to the game, the team announced.

The Knicks and Clippers are looking for a third team to keep open the possibility of a trade involving Carmelo Anthony, according to Ramona Shelburne and Marc Stein of ESPN.

Lance Thomas just started conditioning and remains about a week away from a return, head coach Jeff Hornacek said Friday, according to Marc Berman of the New York Post.

The Knicks will play the Hornets at 7:30 p.m. at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.

The NBA trade deadline is less than a month away, which gives the Knicks a limited amount of time to explore and pull the trigger on a blockbuster deal involving Carmelo Anthony.

The Knicks have assigned Marshall Plumlee and Maurice Ndour to Westchester of the D-League.

Marc Malusis and Jon Hein debate the validity of the Carmelo Anthony trade rumors and what it would mean for the Knicks going forward.

Carmelo: Trade rumors, drama ‘mentally draining’

Rose exits Knicks’ win with sprained left ankle

Room for 1: Kerr wants Warriors together at ASG

Sources: Knicks, Clips seeking third trade partner

Phil Jackson is willing to deal Anthony without getting one of the Clippers top three players in return

It wasn’t a consistent effort. But it was enough on this night.

The announcement stung for the Knicks star.

The Carmelo Anthony trade saga drags on.

As crazy as this will sound, is it possible that the Knicks might not be in the Top-3 most dysfunctional teams in basketball right now?

The Knicks are learning that the market for Carmelo Anthony is not very hot.

The Knicks defeated the Hornets, 110-107, at Madison Square Garden, but rumors about a trade involving Anthony claimed center stage.

As speculation shifts to a potential deal with the Clippers, a look at the hurdles the Knicks would have to clear to trade their highly paid forward.

Golden State Coach Steve Kerr said that Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson will share the court at the All-Star Game.

Patrick Ewing was back in the World’s Most Famous Arena on Friday night resuming his role as arguably the world’s most famous Knick. At age 54, he’s an assistant coach for the Hornets these days, but he might as well have been running for Mayor of New York with all the handshakes being exchanged a…

Kemba Walker remembered his first day talking with Hornets coach Steve Clifford. Something stuck with him. “Since Day 1,” Walker said, “he’s told me that I can be an All-Star in this league and it’s up to me, the work I put into my game, things like that. “He was right.” Walker this week became…

The Knicks may have come out smelling like roses in beating the Hornets on Friday, but they had to finish the game without Derrick Rose. Rose hurt his left ankle after stepping on Kemba Walker’s foot. He departed with 4:19 left in the third quarter and never returned. Rose was not in the locker room…

The fans at the Garden who booed and jeered Friday night as Carmelo Anthony labored through a 1-of-6 shooting fourth quarter — though his one make was huge — no doubt want him on the first plane, train or automobile out of town. But there is at least one guy who maintains faith in Anthony…

Carmelo Anthony struggled through a horrific shooting night amid some boos and some fans yelling “Trade Melo’’ Friday night during the national anthem at the Garden. While the Knicks rallied late behind emerging Courtney Lee and Brandon Jennings, when they needed the clinching bucket, Anthony made the shot. The embattled Anthony, who called the trade…

Clippers coach and general manager Doc Rivers removed one potential obstacle to his team trading for Carmelo Anthony, saying he would deal his son, Austin Rivers, if he had to. Rivers likely would be the centerpiece of an Anthony trade. Knicks president Phil Jackson, GM Steve Mills and coach Jeff Hornacek met with Austin Rivers,…

Westbrook, the N.B.A.’s leading scorer, will join his former Thunder teammate Kevin Durant on the West team, while Gordon Hayward, DeAndre Jordan and Kemba Walker will make their All-Star debuts.

Rondo, the Chicago Bulls guard, fired back at Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler in an Instagram post the day after they had criticized younger members of the team.

Anthony was denied the small respite he is usually afforded from his struggling team. And the talk was heating up that he may be playing elsewhere.

Knicks F Carmelo Anthony was not named to the list of Eastern Conference reserves for the NBA All-Star Game announced Thursday by the league, ending Anthony’s string of seven consecutive appearances.

The Knicks are ‘determined’ to trade Carmelo Anthony prior to the Feb. 23 deadline and have reached out to the Celtics and Clippers, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical.

Anthony Donahue and Moke Hamilton are ready for the Knicks to trade Carmelo Anthony. The guys discuss where Melo could be headed and what they would receive in return. Later, Ant and Moke get into the issues surrounding Kristaps Porzingis.

Point guards Derrick Rose and Brandon Jennings struggled on Wednesday night as the Knicks lost to the Mavericks, 103-95, in Dallas.

Marc Malusis and Jon Hein debate what the Knicks should do with Derrick Rose.

Phil Jackson continues to try to find a new home for Carmelo Anthony.

For the first time in eight years, Carmelo Anthony will not be playing in the NBA All-Star Game.

Debating NBA All-Star snubs and future picks

Friday’s Knicks News: Harrington doesn’t believe Melo will waive his no-trade clause

Vote: Who are the biggest NBA All-Star snubs in each conference?

Carmelo Anthony’s seven-year All-Star streak snapped

Report: Knicks don’t need a Clippers star for Melo

Who would win a Melo-Love fantasy trade?

Al Harrington has been a longtime friend of Carmelo Anthony, his former teammate in Denver. Despite Knicks president Phil Jackson stepping up the urgency to seek a trade, Harrington said he still doesn’t see Anthony waiving his no-trade clause. “The fact he loves New York so much, I think he probably stays for the rest…

The momentum is tangible now, seemingly unstoppable. The Knicks and Carmelo Anthony are steaming toward a divorce that, for years, seemed almost as inevitable as Brad and Angelina’s, and every bit as complicated. Hard feelings abound now, and things only promise to get uglier between now and exile. That’s how these things go. But Phil…

Can the Gotham Ballers beat the Knicks? Former Knick Al Harrington won’t go that far, but thinks the new Champions Basketball League product will serve as summer itch for NBA-starved fans. The concept of the upstart 16-team semi-pro league to debut in July has changed over the past year. Instead of dawning as an over-30…

Carmelo Anthony received another blow to the ego Thursday night. He won’t be going to All-Star Weekend for the first time since 2008-2009. Anthony was passed over when the seven Eastern Conference reserves for next month’s game in New Orleans were announced Thursday night — left off a list that included four guards and three…

From LeBron James in Cleveland to Chris Paul in Los Angeles, Knicks president Phil Jackson is working in earnest to find a new home Carmelo Anthony would approve of. A source confirmed the Knicks contacted the Clippers about an Anthony trade, but any deal would have great complexity because Blake Griffin can’t be on the…

When the All Star reserves were announced Thursday it was like another punch to the gut for Carmelo Anthony.

It’s a good thing they brought the team psychiatrist on their latest road trip.

Thursday night provided a hint of Carmelo Anthony’s trade value: the NBA coaches do not view him as an All-Star.

Three teams that Phil Jackson contacted to try to shed Melo — that we know of — are the logical suspects: Cavs, Clippers & Celtics.

The Knicks reportedly tried to ship Carmelo Anthony to cities other than Cleveland.

The overtime loss to the Sacramento Kings was Cleveland’s first game since James called his team’s roster “top-heavy,” which led to a meeting with General Manager David Griffin.

Carmelo Anthony discussed his uncertain future and then scored 30 points in a loss at Dallas, a middling team apparently bound for the draft lottery.

DALLAS — Carmelo Anthony is involved in another drama off the court and the Knicks remain a maddening team on it.

Carmelo Anthony didn’t know all the details about LeBron James sounding off that the Cavaliers need to improve their personnel and get another playmaker. But that didn’t stop Anthony from saying James wants to join forces with him.

DALLAS — Mavericks owner Mark Cuban used to have some verbal battles with Phil Jackson when he coached the Lakers. But Cuban wouldn’t gloat that Jackson is struggling in his first time as an executive.

DALLAS — Carmelo Anthony came, scored and then sank. Anthony notched 30 points, but went silent in the fourth quarter Wednesday, going scoreless while the Knicks’ defense crumbled in a 103-95 loss to the Mavericks at American Airlines Arena. Anthony finished with seven turnovers. Kristaps Porzingis’ slump continued (13 points, 4-of-11), while point guard Derrick…

DALLAS — In usual outlandish form, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said from his locker-room StairMaster he wouldn’t be happy if Dirk Nowitzki worked out with Knicks phenom Kristaps Porzingis this summer. Porzingis said in November a plan was in the works to work out with his German idol after plans were foiled last season. Cuban…

DALLAS – At least the Knicks took a swing — but missed. According to an ESPN report, the Knicks approached the Cavaliers about dealing Carmelo Anthony for Kevin Love and were “rebuffed.’’ The report came in the wake of LeBron James saying Monday the Cavaliers need a talent upgrade to win another title and Anthony…

DALLAS — Kristaps Porzingis is headed to All-Star Weekend for the second straight year, even if it’s not for the main event. The slumping, 7-foot-3, second-year Knicks phenom was selected to play in the Rookie-Sophomore Game on Feb. 17 in New Orleans as part of the World Team. Knicks rookie center Willy Hernangomez of Spain was selected….

DALLAS – Carmelo Anthony is unsure how to interpret LeBron James’ profanity-laced remarks about the Cavaliers’ need to acquire more talent to beat the Warriors – a playmaker, specifically – but the Knicks star knows his buddy would love to join forces with him in Northeast Ohio. James’ remarks Monday night raised speculation he was…

The Knicks have dropped 14 of their last 18 games.

There is no longer any need for Phil Jackson to send out cryptic tweets about his best player.

Carmelo Anthony believes his buddy LeBron James wants him as a teammate. But at what price?

When it comes to Phil Jackson, Mark Cuban’s still got it.

The Knicks struggled in the second half and could not contain the 16-29 Dallas Mavericks in a 103-95 road loss at American Airlines Center. Carmelo Anthony scored a game-high 30 points.

The Knicks head to Dallas for a matchup with the Mavericks at 8:30 p.m.

The Knicks recently tried to engage the Cavaliers in a potential Carmelo Anthony for Kevin Love deal and were rebuffed, reports Marc Stein of ESPN.

Carmelo Anthony spoke about his own desire to win a championship while weighing in on comments made by LeBron James earlier this week.

Over his last four appearances, Hernangomez has averaged 11.6 points (on 63 percent shooting from the field) and 10.5 rebounds in just 19.8 minutes per game.

Kristaps Porzingis has been named to the World Team roster for the Rising Stars challenge that will take place during All-Star Weekend.

Thursday’s Knicks News: Another poor fourth quarter in loss to Mavs

Sources: Knicks’ Melo-for-Love pitch rebuffed

Towns, Embiid highlight Rising Stars rosters

Melo’s urgency differs from LeBron’s: ‘He’s won’