Month: April 2017

Kyle Wiltjer averaged just over 10 3-point attempts in the D-League this season as he tries to develop at a position vital to Houston’s success.

Johnson, a 16-year veteran, has unexpectedly become a key for the offense off the Utah bench in the playoffs, especially with the game on the line.

John Wall led Washington with 42 points; Avery Bradley scored 23 to lead Boston; and Larry Bird stepped down from the Pacers’ front office.

The Knicks, coming off their fourth-straight season without a postseason appearance, have lots of work to do between now and the 2017-18 season.

After two seasons of Knicks dysfunction, can anyone be surprised that Porzingis has publicly grown tired of team leadership?

DeMar DeRozan scored 32 points and Cory Joseph fueled a late 9-0 run to lead Toronto to an 92-89 victory and a matchup with the Cavaliers.

Joakim Noah’s right-shoulder surgery to repair his rotator cuff, performed Wednesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery, likely is the capper to one helluva disastrous first season with the Knicks. Everything that could’ve gone wrong for Noah went wrong. On the bright side, next season can only look better. Kristaps Porzingis, at a press conference…

Kristaps Porzingis’ block in Brooklyn could get him a trophy in the NBA’s first awards show June 26 at Basketball City.

Joakim Noah underwent surgery on his right shoulder Wednesday to repair his rotator cuff, the Knicks announced Thursday morning.

The Knicks, who will have upwards of $20 million in cap space this summer, might pursue several restricted free agents in the offseason.

Joakim Noah had shoulder surgery on Wednesday to repair his right rotator cuff, the Knicks announced Thursday morning.

Knicks star Carmelo Anthony isn’t ready to transition to a life without his wife.

Joakim Noah’s first season in New York gets worse by the day.

Isaiah Thomas and Avery Bradley scored 24 points apiece to lead Boston. Also, Bradley Beal had 27 points to fuel Washington’s victory over Atlanta.

Phil Jackson attended the premiere Sunday of the animated movie Kobe Bryant made from his poem “Dear Basketball’’ at the Tribeca Film Festival. Considering the wars Bryant and the Knicks president waged in print and in public back in their Lakers days, maybe there is hope for the Zen Master and Carmelo Anthony. Bryant, who…

Kristaps Porzingis may have lost faith in the direction of the Knicks, but the Latvian certainly believes in assistant Joshua Longstaff.

Even if it is eliminated by the Toronto Raptors, a team with more playoff experience, Milwaukee has budding stars like Malcolm Brogdon, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Thon Maker.

Mr. Marius’s Entertainers Basketball Classic at Rucker Park in Harlem featured playground legends, professional basketball players, corporate sponsors and exuberant crowds.

Houston won the first-round Western Conference playoff series, 4-1. Oklahoma City had plenty of chances late in Game 5, but it missed shot after shot.

As if this offseason wasn’t going poorly enough for Knicks president Phil Jackson, there appeared Jose Calderon at the post-game podium Monday night after keying the Hawks’ series-tying Game 4 victory over the Wizards in Atlanta. After Game 2, Brandon Jennings and Jason Smith were being hailed for similar heroics in a Wizards victory. When the…

Norm Powell scored 25 points, Serge Ibaka 19 and DeMar DeRozan 18 for the Raptors, who can wrap up their first-round series on Thursday in Milwaukee.

Kristaps Porzingis has decided to operate more independently these last few weeks, which isn’t a good sign for the Knicks.

Kristaps Porzingis didn’t care if the Knicks approved.

Derrick Rose didn’t enjoy the team’s failures during his lone season with the Knicks. But what about everything else?

The cold war continues. In officially announcing his participation with Team Latvia this summer, Kristaps Porzingis revealed Monday he still has not spoken to Knicks officials since the season ended or gotten permission from the team on his decision to play in the European Championships. Speaking at a press conference in Liepaja, his hometown, and…

Kristaps Porzingis officially pledged his allegiance to the Latvian national team while revealing he hasn’t spoken to the Knicks since the season ended.

Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis announced he will play for the Latvian national team during this summer’s European championships, but did not clear it with the Knicks beforehand

Kristaps Porzingis loves New York, but made it clear that being in a situation that provides him a chance to win will be the most important factor when deciding whether or not to re-sign with the Knicks in two years.

Cavaliers sweep the Pacers, again, thanks to the return of the game’s most dangerous player: Playoff LeBron.

Kerr still has lingering symptoms from two back operations he had after the team won the 2015 championship.

Kristaps Porzingis will hold a press conference Monday in Latvia at the Liepaja Olympic Center to announce his official participation on the country’s national team in this summer’s European Championships. However, Porzingis recently conducted an interview in Latvian during which he gently chided Knicks president Phil Jackson and left the door slightly ajar as to…

Derrick Rose, showing up courtside in Chicago for Game 4 of the Celtics-Bulls series with his 4-year-old son, said his knee surgery has not deterred him and still is eyeing the Knicks as a future destination. The free-agent point guard played 64 games for the Knicks this season, then had arthroscopic surgery to repair a…

LeBron James averages nearly a triple-double in first-round sweep

A colorful message from Garnett before Game 3 on Friday night resonated with a team that had a difficult week.

The team announced that Kerr would be replaced by Mike Brown on Saturday night and did not specify what sort of illness Kerr had.

Bob Rosen, the longtime basketball/baseball statistician who witnessed the Knicks’ first game in 1946, passed away Friday. He was 84. Rosen, a Garden staple, worked for the Elias Sports Bureau since 1962. The firm provides historical research/statistical data for pro sports – with Rosen one of the pioneers well before analytics and “Moneyball.’’ At Knicks…

The NBA commissioner’s office on Friday informed Knicks season-ticket holder/heckler Mike Hamersky it can’t help him in his duel with owner James Dolan. More than a week after Hamersky was denied from renewing his partial season-ticket plan at the first deadline, the NBA finally got back to the fan whom Dolan called an “a–hole’’ during…

The Warriors have raced to a 2-0 series lead against the Portland Trail Blazers, and McGee appears to be a key cog on the star-laden team.

The top-seeded Celtics pulled away in he second half and have a chance to tie their first-round playoff series on Sunday.

Rumor Central: Could Celtics come calling for Carmelo Anthony?

On the final episode of TheKnicksBlog Podcast, Anthony Donahue and Moke Hamilton run the gamut on everything going down with the Knicks.

Celtics forward Jae Crowder is a player who could interest the Knicks as part of a potential return for Anthony.

Harden again showed off an undervalued part of his game as the Houston Rockets took a 2-0 series lead against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

SNY.tv takes a look at the worst moments of Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony’s season.

Kristaps Porzingis said he loves New York, and still wants to be a member of the Knicks.

With the Celtics fading in the first round, the chances of Carmelo Anthony wearing green are increasing. According to an NBA source, the Celtics coaching staff was in favor of trading for Anthony at the trade deadline, but general manager Danny Ainge had too many reservations. One of Ainge’s concerns, according to a source, was…

The woman at the center of the Carmelo and La La Anthony split is a coed from Chicago — and now she’s pregnant with a baby they believe is his, a well-placed source told The Post. Mia Angel Burks, who graduated from Northwestern University with a master’s degree in health communication last year, started seeing…

The woman behind Carmelo Anthony’s breakup is a special projects director with a penchant for celebrities, says an ex-pal.