Month: July 2017

Kyrie Irving wants the Knicks. Derrick Rose did not. The divorce was mutual when Rose accepted the Cavaliers’ veteran minimum for one year, $2.1 million last week. The Knicks, who kept in contact with Rose until the end, never offered him the veteran’s minimum, according to an NBA source. Knicks brass believes newly acquired veteran…

Not a good look for Gallinari.

The Knicks agreed to a one-year contract with Sessions, a 10-year veteran who will join the rookie Frank Ntilikina and Ron Baker as the team’s point guards.

Clarendon leads the W.N.B.A. in assists and assist percentage, earning a spot in the All-Star Game. Few could have imagined that before the season — except her.

Knicks, Sessions agree to one-year deal

Just in time for Frank Ntilikina’s birthday, the Knicks finally have a veteran to help the young point guard.

Stephon Marbury didn’t get the memo.

Sessions, 31, averaged 6.2 points and 2.6 assists in 50 games last season for the Hornets.

After signing a four-year, $71 million offer sheet to join the Knicks, guard Tim Hardaway Jr. was reportedly still surprised that New York offered him such a significant deal.

The New York Knicks are reportedly among six teams who have already made an offer to the Cleveland Cavaliers for guard Kyrie Irving.

The Knicks and journeyman point guard Ramon Sessions agreed on a one-year contract for the league minimum, a source confirmed Friday.

The Knicks have their mentor for rookie point guard Frank Ntilikina. Ramon Sessions, 31, a 10-season veteran who spent last season with the Charlotte Hornets, has signed a one year deal worth $2.33 million, according to the guard’s agent, Mark Bartelstein. Sessions carries career averages of 10.6 points and 4.1 assists. Last season, he averaged…

Kyrie Irving wants to join the New York Knicks “very badly.” ESPN’s Pablo Torre

Kristaps Porzingis is paying homage to his home — both his new and his old.

Never underestimate the lure of coming home.

PG Kyrie Irving is reportedly seeking a trade to the Knicks.

A trade for Cavaliers PG Kyrie Irving seems unlikely given the fact that SF Carmelo Anthony is still focused on being traded to the Houston Rockets, per ESPN’s Ian Begley.

Despite Kyrie Irving’s wishes, the Cavaliers do not have to trade him this year.

With Derrick Rose going to Cavs to potentially replace Kyrie Irving, Phil Jackson’s mistake officially became a one-year failed experiment.

Rockets still Anthony’s top priority, making an Irving-to-Knicks trade a long shot

The DNL panel debates where they think Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony will be traded to in light of the Kyrie Irving trade request.

Kundla led the Minneapolis team to five titles in the N.B.A. and its immediate precursor.

On the one hand, it is perfectly understandable why Carmelo Anthony feels he should be entitled to drive the agenda now. For months he sat in stony silence while his name and reputation were bloodied by his ex-boss. He was determined to win his cold war with Phil Jackson. And won it. Now, he wants…

CLEVELAND — Derrick Rose’s goal is to win an NBA championship. He’s a little closer to one.

Former New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose agreed to a one-year, $2.1 million deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday.

The guys discuss the likelihood of Kyrie Irving being traded to the Knicks in light of the recent rumors of his desire to leave Cleveland.

Anthony is reportedly willing to waive his no-trade clause to go to the Cavaliers or Rockets.

In the latest installment of JRSportBrief on SNY.tv, JR discusses why it’ll be difficult for the Knicks to land the Cavs’ Kyrie Irving.

The Knicks and second-round pick Damyean Dotson have agreed to a three-year deal, according to multiple reports.

Derrick Rose agrees to deal with Cavaliers, source says

It has been 104 days since the Knicks played their last regular-season game, officially ending their season. It only seems like it has been 10,000 days and then some. And that’s largely because of the Carmelo Anthony situation, which on Monday saw a new team, the Thunder, identified as the latest suitor for the 10-time…

Irving’s request that he be traded so he can escape the long shadow of LeBron James mirrors the Bill Parcells-Bill Belichick saga of the Jets in 2000.

Jones’s All Star-caliber play for Connecticut partly reflects her off-season stint with an overseas league known for its rigorous two-a-day practices.

Rose, the former league M.V.P., could give the Cavs some insurance in the backcourt after his disappointing one-year tenure with the Knicks.

Kundla led the Minneapolis team to five titles in the N.B.A. and its immediate precursor.

Former Knicks assistant coach Josh Longstaff has emerged as the leading candidate to become coach of the Hawks’ G-League team.

Will Derrick Rose turn out to be Kyrie Irving’s backup or the most underpaid starting point guard in the league?

Derrick Rose is reportedly teaming up with LeBron James after Kyrie Irving requested a trade out of Cleveland.

Knicks president Steve Mills said new GM Scott Perry would be able to add people to the front office, and he’s close to doing just that.

The New York Knicks will hire Gerald Madkins to become their new assistant general manager.

The Knicks appear to be making their first significant front office hire under new general manager Scott Perry.

Kundla led the Minneapolis team to five titles in the N.B.A. and its immediate precursor.

With owners, players, a president and a coach who are all women, the Storm held a rally for Planned Parenthood as they hosted the league’s All-Star Game.

The Knicks would like to interrupt the summer of Carmelo Anthony and other assorted rumors to deal with other player news. Second-round pick Damyean Dotson, the 44th selection overall from the University of Houston, is getting a three-year deal from the team. The third year is a team option. The first two are guaranteed at…

The Knicks’ new front-office hierarchy is making its first move. And it involves the new front-office hierarchy. According to multiple league sources, Gerald Madkins will be named the Knicks new assistant general manager, leaving the Clippers, where he was director of basketball operations since September 2012. Madkins, 48, who played parts of three NBA seasons…

Knicks star F Kristaps Porzingis believes New York gives him the best opportunity to win, per The Post’s Marc Berman.

When the Knicks hired Scott Perry as general manager last week and elevated Steve Mills to president, the team became the first NBA franchise to have two African-Americans serving in those top management spots.

Let’s take a look at how Kyrie Irving going to one of his four teams might work.

Judge, who had been mired in a slump since the All-Star break, crushed a home run that nearly left Safeco Field in the Yankees’ win.

New Knicks general manager Scott Perry takes a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: From an intangible standpoint, describe the perfect Scott Perry basketball player. A: Tough … competitive … intelligent … would do anything it takes to win. Q: How would you characterize your managerial style? A: I would say…

Something big was needed to take the focus, if even for a day or a few hours, away from the Carmelo Anthony saga as the center of the Knicks’ universe. And Kyrie Irving wanting out of Cleveland did just that. Especially with the Knicks as one of the teams occupying a slot on his preferred…

Although Latvian journalists were instructed not to query Kristaps Porzingis about the Knicks travails during training camp for the European Championships, a kid camper had no such restrictions. Last weekend at a basketball camp in Latvia attended by about 250 children, one youngster asked Porzingis in his native tongue why he wouldn’t abandon New York,…

The best news of the Knicks terrible offseason is that an actual All Star has included them among the teams he’d prefer to be traded to.

New York was one of four teams Irving said he would play for.

“I have not met with him yet, but am looking forward to that,” said Perry.

Should the Knicks explore a trade with the Cavaliers for Kyrie Irving?

Irving, 25, will earn $18.8 million this coming season, $20 million in 2018-19, and $21.3 million in 2019-20, after which he is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent.

A clause in Anthony’s contract stipulates that his salary goes up 15 percent if he’s traded. Waiving that clause would potentially make it easier for a trade partner to match contracts.

It has been reported that Carmelo Anthony no longer wants to play for the Knicks, and the Blazers believe the All-Star forward could play for them next season.

New York Knicks Hall of Famer Walt “Clyde” Frazier said he was “shocked” by Phil Jackson’s firing and hopes forward Carmelo Anthony doesn’t hold a grudge against the franchise amid his displeasure with the organization.

Former New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose is in serious talks to join the Cleveland Cavaliers on a one-year deal and also met with the Los Angeles Lakers for three hours.

Judge, who had been mired in a slump since the All-Star break, crushed a home run that nearly left Safeco Field in the Yankees’ win.

Irving, the Cavaliers’ All-Star point guard, is said to have told Dan Gilbert, the team’s owner, of his desire to change teams.

At 30, Angel McCoughtry could tell her body needed a break from the game, so she took a season off from the W.N.B.A. and opened McCoughtry’s Ice Cream in Atlanta.

Josh Adams, a former Wyoming basketball star, played five months of the 2016-17 season in Russia after recovering from severe injuries sustained in a car crash.

When James Dolan said he would continue to not be involved in the day-to-day operations of the Knicks he apparently meant it. Newly hired general manager Scott Perry said on ESPN that he and the team’s owner have yet to cross paths. “I have not met with [Dolan] yet, but I’m looking forward to that,”…

Here’s a surprise. The Knicks would rather trade Carmelo Anthony than Kristaps Porzingis in any deal for Cavaliers All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving. According to an ESPN report Friday night, the Knicks would consider a package for the disgruntled Irving that would include Anthony and future first-round picks. A league source confirmed to The Post…

When the NBA Finals ended in defeat to the Warriors after five games for the Cavaliers, Kyrie Irving spoke long and glowingly about playing with LeBron James. “He’s freaking awesome,” Irving said after Game 5. “As a student of the game, it would be a disservice to myself if I didn’t try to learn as…

How much does Carmelo Anthony want to play with the Rockets? Over $8 million worth — the value of his trade kicker that he is willing to waive to help a trade. That’s how much. In recent days, reports surfaced that Anthony would waive his 15 percent trade kicker, worth $8,125,785, in order to facilitate…

Knicks GM Perry: I have yet to meet Dolan

Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier ‘shocked’ when Phil Jackson let go by Knicks