Knicks Morning News (2017.04.13)

Carmelo Anthony laced up his sneakers and wore the Knicks’ home white uniform for perhaps one last time instead of spending what could have been his final game with the team on the bench in a blazer.

The Knicks announced Joakim Noah has a right shoulder injury and that team doctors are recommending surgery, but no decision has been made.

The Knicks’ disappointing 2017 season comes to an end on Wednesday night, which means it’s time to reflect on what went wrong and how to fix it.

Let’s say this as plainly as we can: Phil Jackson has been a failure in three years running the Knicks. He has been an abject failure. He has taken a team one year removed from the Eastern Conference semifinals, a team that won 38 games and fell one game shy of the playoffs the same…

The third full season of the Phil Jackson Regime with the Knicks thankfully ended Wednesday at the Garden. Reflecting upon 2016-17, a third-straight 50-defeat season, one question immediately comes to mind. What rhymes with garbage? The question most ask after a promise-filled 16-13 start implodes is: What went wrong? We might learn in August what…

Carmelo Anthony wants to win next season or else he may seek that divorce. Anthony came, played, was serenaded with one last Garden chant and then said afterward his decision whether to part ways with the Knicks will hinge on whether team president Phil Jackson expresses “a commitment to win’’ now. Anthony said he will…

The Knicks’ 70th anniversary season ended Wednesday night with a 114-113 Garden win over the 76ers, locking up a 31-51 record and possibly costing them the sixth seed in the NBA draft lottery. With the costly last-second victory on Maurice Ndour’s game-winner and a Minnesota loss in Houston, the Knicks and Timberwolves finished tied for…

Carmelo Anthony decided to suit up for what could very well be his last game as a Knick on Wednesday against the Sixers in the season finale. Anthony apparently didn’t want last Thursday’s loss against Washington, in which he bricked a last-second 3-pointer, to serve as his swan song if Phil Jackson indeed trades him…

Carmelo Anthony scored 17 points after deciding to play in what could be his final game with the Knicks, and New York beat the Philadelphia 76ers 114-113 on Wednesday night.

The Knicks take on the 76ers at Madison Square Garden in the final game of the season.

Joakim Noah has not decided if he will have surgery on his injured on shoulder, head coach Jeff Hornacek told reporters before Wednesday’s game.

Boston beat Milwaukee and Cleveland lost to Toronto on the final day of the N.B.A.’s regular season, for which several teams rested their best players.

Anthony scored 17 points but sat out the final 15 minutes of a 1-point victory as the Knicks finished the season 31-51 and faced the potential loss of their star.

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Despite a poor won-loss record, and intrigue about where Carmelo Anthony may end up, New York has been an interesting experience for the team’s new players.

The team said that Noah, suspended last month for a positive drug test, had had a rotator cuff problem since January and that doctors had recommended surgery.

The number of questions Phil Jackson will field on this disastrous season – and the uncertain future — will remain at zero.

Anthony’s future will be the recurring storyline this offseason.

The Knicks, of course, stood to lose more by winning.

Carmelo Anthony, who seemed unlikely to play in the Knicks’ season finale against the Sixers, will now be available to play.