Knicks Morning News (2017.01.11)

Behavior like Rose’s mysterious absence on Monday tends to spring up in organizations when the negligence comes from the top down.

The point guard said that he had missed Monday night’s game to go home to Chicago to be with his mother and that “basketball didn’t have anything to do with this.”

Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek never believes in throwing in the towel and essentially said a game is never over until it’s over. So stay on the floor and in the game, Knicks. And, yeah, that means you, Carmelo Anthony. Anthony was ejected from a game for the third time this season Monday when he earned…

Brent Barry, TNT’s analyst for Thursday’s Bulls-Knicks game, views Phil Jackson’s latest experiment a lost cause and advocates Carmelo Anthony waive his no-trade clause to join a winner. In a scathing review of the 17-21 Knicks, Barry also trashed starting center Joakim Noah, who will face his former team Thursday. Barry said he believes Noah…

This was a nice try. It was. Part of building a team is taking a risk with this guy, a chance with that guy. The Bulls took a shot with Dennis Rodman once, and Phil Jackson himself can tell you how well that turned out. The Lakers took a flier on Metta World Peace once….

Even E.T. tried to phone. When the Derrick Rose affair was put to rest Tuesday, the end result for all concerned was that so much concern, speculation and heartburn could have been avoided had the point guard simply called Knicks officials to notify them he was flying to Chicago to attend to a “really personal”…

Derrick Rose went AWOL from the Knicks before Monday night’s game, and in the search for a valid explanation for the bizarre turn of events comes this nugget out of Chicago, the point guard’s hometown: He’s homesick. Rose’s 4-year-old son, P.J., lives in Chicago. K.C. Johnson, a Chicago Tribune beat writer who covered Rose for many years…

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Derrick Rose was back with the Knicks after going AWOL Monday night. He said he had to tend to a family matter, and he apologized to the team before Tuesday’s practice.

Less than 24 hours after he went AWOL, Derrick Rose returned to the Knicks facility and shed some light on the bizarre occurrence.

Greg Anthony said Derrick Rose committed a cardinal sin by abandoning his teammates without an explanation Monday night.

Over the course of a wacky and wild 24 hours, the Knicks lost and found their starting point guard.

Derrick Rose’s convoluted alibi had more holes in it than any wall Odell Beckham Jr. damaged at Lambeau Field on Sunday.

The Knicks learned a lesson in untimely ad placement while tempering the whirlwind surrounding the whereabouts of Derrick Rose.

How’s it goink, Phil Jackson?

Frank Isola goes inside the Knicks training facility as Derrick Rose and Jeff Hornacek weigh in on Rose’s absence vs. the Pelicans.

Daily News Live’s NBA insider Frank Isola discusses Derrick Rose’s absence from Monday’s game and his relationship with the Knicks.

Knicks G Derrick Rose returned to practice on Tuesday, one day after going AWOL.

The New York Knicks assigned Maurice Ndour and Marshall Plumlee to their D-League affiliate in Westchester on Tuesday, the team announced.

New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose left the team without permission for Monday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans to deal with what he told teammates as a family issue.

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