Knicks Morning News (2017.02.07)

The New York Knicks trailed by as many as 27 points in a 121-107 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at home on Monday.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are reportedly refuting a report that says LeBron James is pushing for a trade that would bring New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony to Cleveland in exchange for Kevin Love.

The New York Knicks face the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday at Madison Square Garden at 7 p.m. ET.

Derrick Rose will return from a four-game absence while Joakim Noah is out due to a hamstring injury when the New York Knicks face the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday.

SNY.tv’s Keith Schlosser takes a look at Derrick Rose’s future with the Knicks, the uncertainty at center, and Courtney Lee’s recent productivity.

The Knicks fell behind Los Angeles, one of the N.B.A.’s worst teams, by 27 points in the first half en route to their fourth loss in five games.

Injuries and mounting losses have conspired to throw Toronto’s aspirations as a contender in the N.B.A.’s Eastern Conference into some doubt.

LeBron James’s Cavaliers are still kings of the East despite win streaks by the Celtics, the Wizards, the Pacers and the Heat.

James’s turnaround 3-pointer tied the score with 0.3 seconds left in regulation, and the Cavaliers went on to beat the Wizards in the extra period.

Tuesday’s Knicks News: Brandon Jennings: ‘That’s the worst we’ve ever looked all season’

Knicks lament lack of pride after loss to Lakers

Cavs steadfast on Love: ‘Not going anywhere’

Rose returns for Knicks; Noah out vs. Lakers

Luke Walton’s first full-time head coaching job with the Lakers has not found the same success as the little interim appointment he had with the Warriors last year. Of course, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson and Draymond Green kind of helped that substitute job along. But with a roster laden with young and learning Lakers,…

As fans were making their way out of the Garden following yet another ugly Knicks loss, a salesman was trying to unload the last of his Knicks gear for the night. “Get your hats, shirts and foam fingers,” he said to no one in particular. A passing young man, who looked to be about 10…

Joakim Noah doesn’t want to hear anything about a rebuild or a move of Carmelo Anthony. Noah has his own health issues to worry about now that he has a recurrence of a strained left hamstring that kept him out of four preseason games. Noah, who missed Monday’s game, a 121-107 blowout loss to the…

Carmelo Anthony stood by his locker, all dressed, when reporters were let in. That’s only shocking because he usually is dead last to speak — the media sometimes waiting upward of an hour. Though he blamed it on his son waiting for him, Anthony clearly couldn’t wait to leave the Knicks locker room after their…

For yet another game, Kristaps Porzingis was an extraordinarily mortal and lethargic 7-foot-3 Latvian. The face of the Knicks’ future again wore a shiner and a painted-on mustache. He shot a less-than-pedestrian 5-of-14 from the floor, scoring 16 points — 11 in the fourth quarter when the game had long since been decided. So he…

Who knew the Knicks’ rock bottom would be the color of purple and gold? Meanwhile, Jeff Hornacek was seeing red — fuming on the court and in the postgame press conference. One source told The Post Hornacek asked if the players don’t want to play for the coaches any longer, at least to play for…

Joakim Noah doesn’t want to hear anything about a rebuild or a move of Carmelo Anthony. Noah has his own health issues to worry about now that he has a recurrence of a strained left hamstring that kept him out of four preseason games. Noah, who missed Monday’s game, said the club can’t contemplate the…

When Jeff Hornacek assesses his starting lineup, the Knicks coach says he doesn’t want to make changes yet. Too often, the quintet has been broken up by minor injuries. Since Dec. 7, the lineup hasn’t been intact for 19-of-31 games, including Monday’s match against the Lakers, which center Joakim Noah missed with a left hamstring…

The way the Knicks have been playing, you can’t blame Carmelo Anthony if he waives his no-trade clause or blame management if it chooses to explore shaking up the team.

The date was Dec. 11, 2016.

Joakim Noah believes the Knicks can make a playoff run and doesn’t think management should be thinking about rebuilding yet.

Phil Jackson and Carmelo Anthony apparently do have something in common: LeBron James as an ally.

On “The Night The Knicks Quit,” the crowd booed the effort, Carmelo Anthony left the locker room much faster than usual.