Knicks Morning News (2017.02.19)

NEW ORLEANS — Knicks legend Willis Reed knows what ails the franchise — not having Phil Jackson as its head coach. Attending the Hall of Fame press conference Saturday, Reed, a Louisiana resident, told The Post that Jackson has assembled enough talent to win but needs a great coach. A coach like Jackson. Reed never…

NEW ORLEANS — A disappointed NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he could be willing to step in again in an attempt to resolve the growing James Dolan-Charles Oakley feud, but has “no regrets’’ about his first meeting with the two sides nor did he have any illusions he had solved it. Silver met in his…

NEW ORLEANS — The Knicks are amid the throes of losing, but all Kristaps Porzingis did during All-Star Weekend was win. After scoring 24 points in the World Team’s victory Friday in the Rising Stars Challenge, the 7-foot-3 Porzingis captured the Skills Challenge on Saturday, knocking off Gordon Hayward in the finals. It marked the…

NEW ORLEANS — Health hasn’t been the big issue everyone predicted. Spared of any major injuries to their starters, the Knicks started off 14-10 before a giant collapse since mid-December. At 23-34, the Knicks are four games out of the eighth seed and a few losses after the All-Star break from being out of the…

NEW ORLEANS — Late-arriving Carmelo Anthony admitted it was “a downer’’ to get Wednesday’s NBA phone call inviting him to New Orleans as an injury replacement. He had planned on “evaluating’’ his Knicks situation on a Caribbean vacation amid trade reports and a frosty feud with Phil Jackson. Anthony, given permission to report late to…

NEW ORLEANS – Tracy McGrady, announced as a Hall of Fame finalist Saturday morning, unloaded on Knicks president Phil Jackson and stated Carmelo Anthony has every right to razz the Zen Master during Garden games. Now a broadcaster, McGrady was a high-flying, seven-time All-Star who played part of the 2009-10 season with the Knicks during…

Kristaps Porzingis defeated Gordon Hayward of the Utah Jazz.

While Carmelo Anthony was thrilled to be selected to this year’s All-Star Game, he would have preferred a rest during the break.

Former NBA star Tracy McGrady believes Knicks president Phil Jackson has completely mishandled Carmelo Anthony this season, and if McGrady were Anthony, things might be a little more contentious.

The Thunder’s Westbrook has 27 triple-doubles this season. Most N.B.A. players go their entire careers without one.

Houston’s Eric Gordon won the 3-point contest, and the Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis triumphed in the skills challenge.

A late replacement for Kevin Love in Sunday’s All-Star game, Anthony set aside trade rumors and his team’s off-court distractions in a brief period of “therapy.”

Sager, a former sideline reporter for Turner Sports, and Araton, a longtime writer at The Times, will be recognized at the Hall’s enshrinement ceremonies in September.

After a turbulent summer, the N.B.A.’s newest “villain” is finding peace and building an empire among the Bay Area’s techies.

If Anthony calls being named Love’s All-Star replacement “a downer” one can only imagine what he thinks of the Knicks.

Silver is hopeful that the apologies from both sides five days ago will ultimately result in a Knicks legend returning to the Garden..

Carmelo Anthony, the reluctant All-Star, would’ve rather been in Cuba and Puerto Rico after booking a nonrefundable vacation.

The first Knick who should truly be welcomed home is No. 33, whether No. 34 makes it back first or not.

The Knicks actually won something.

As if the bus picture wasn’t awkward enough.

If Tracy McGrady were in Carmelo Anthony’s shoes, the reaction to Phil Jackson’s subliminal shots would be a lot different.

Charles Oakley’s media “strategy” is coming directly out of James (Guitar Jimmy) Dolan’s playbook.

Kenny Atkinson still thinks back to that time sometimes, lets his mind wander back to five years ago.

NEW ORLEANS — NBA commissioner Adam Silver is “disheartened” that the meeting he brokered between Charles Oakley and Knicks owner James Dolan didn’t lead to a positive resolution, but he remains hopeful that peace can be reached.

NEW ORLEANS — Kristaps Porzingis is a skilled big man, and he showed just how skilled Saturday night.

NEW ORLEANS — Carmelo Anthony had been planning a trip to Puerto Rico with his family so he could unwind, think about his future and discuss whether remaining a Knick is the best thing for him. He said he thinks about it all the time.

Silver ‘disheartened’ by current Oakley-Dolan status

Robinson III scores 50 to seal slam dunk title

Melo: ASG weekend ‘therapy’ after Knicks drama