Knicks Morning News (2017.04.07)

Brandon Jennings: Carmelo Anthony trade talks ‘took a toll’ on Knicks

Knicks owner James Dolan should thank his lucky stars the Garden is still packed in these final, wretched days, filled with lively, singing, dancing fans chanting De-Fense in the final minutes of a Knicks’ fourth-quarter comeback Thursday against the Wizards. A rally from 12 points down in the last nine minutes got the game tied…

The Knicks aren’t necessarily tanking — but they’re losing nonetheless. The latest gut-punch was rallying from a double-digit, fourth-quarter deficit, only to see Carmelo Anthony miss a potential tying 3-pointer. In the end, they lost 106-103 to the Wizards, ruining a spirited comeback in front of a sellout Garden crowd Thursday. “I missed it. I…

The Knicks as they’re built will never win, according to Dennis Rodman. And the man they call “The Worm” said part of the reason is because Carmelo Anthony — and the rest of today’s millennial players — can’t handle team president Phil Jackson. Rodman made his comments to Bill Reiter of CBSSports.com, just a week…

Mike Hamersky, the Knicks fan who was cursed out by owner James Dolan after Hamersky told him to sell the team, has contacted the NBA about the wild incident. However, Hamersky told The Post he won’t go through with filing a formal complaint as long as he’s assured he won’t have his season-ticket account suspended by…

Bradley Beal scored 25 points and made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 49 seconds left as the Washington Wizards beat the New York Knicks 106-103 on Thursday night.

Knicks owner James Dolan yelled and cursed at a season ticket holder Tuesday night outside Madison Square Garden, Dolan confirmed to Deadspin.

The only time Dolan seems to get passionate about anything is when he’s the target of criticism.

The Knicks have returned to their tanking ways – and the losing form came at an opportune time.

Brandon Jennings returned to the Garden Thursday night for the first time since the Knicks waived him in late February.

Dennis Rodman believes today’s Millennial athletes just can’t handle Phil Jackson — and Carmelo Anthony will “never win in New York.”

Carmelo Anthony once believed the Knicks had enough veteran talent to contend in the East. He started alongside three rookies Thursday night for the second straight game, and two of them were undrafted.

Porzingis had hoped to play the last four games of the season after having missed a dozen, but he was a late scratch as Washington won at Madison Square Garden.

A 114-91 victory over the Celtics showed that Cleveland remains fearsome, after many ups and downs this season.

Durant, out with a knee injury since Feb. 28, can practice on Friday and is expected to play on Saturday against New Orleans.

A beloved youth-league coach was gunned down at age 35 outside a bar in Maryland, just one more murder in a place where gunshot deaths were routine.