Knicks Morning News (2017.08.31)

Golden State Warriors star F Kevin Durant continues to take jabs at the Knicks — this time aiming at owner James Dolan.

According to former NBA TV analyst Peter Vecsey, Knicks star F Kristaps Porzingis skipped his exit interview last season because of head coach Jeff Hornacek, not Phil Jackson.

Knicks F Kyle O’Quinn will not have charges pressed against him by the Manhattan district attorney’s office from an altercation in Zuccotti Park last May.

Coaching Magic Johnson and his teammates to the N.C.A.A. championship in 1979 was the “euphoric” height of Heathcote’s long career.

Knicks forward Kyle O’Quinn will not be charged for allegedly choking a woman outside a Financial District bar in 2016, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said. DA spokeswoman Joan Vollero declined to comment further on the decision not to prosecute O’Quinn for the alleged attack on Shakaira Elie, who is suing the player in Brooklyn…

Now there’s a new reason given for why Kristaps Porzingis didn’t attend his exit meeting with Phil Jackson, Steve Mills and Jeff Hornacek in April. According to former Post columnist Peter Vecsey, an incident between Porzingis, his buddy Willy Hernangomez and the head coach triggered ill feelings. According to the report, Hornacek rode Porzingis hard…

There were days when Stephon Marbury wasn’t sure he wanted to keep going, days so dark that he did little more than lie in bed, watch television and eat bowls of Fruity Pebbles.

Derrick Rose is now in Cleveland with LeBron James, but he hasn’t forgotten about his lone season in New York.