Knicks Morning News (2017.10.04)

The promotion for the sports channel FS1 appeared on subway trains this week, asking if people were hopeful or hopeless about the Knicks. The ads are to be removed after hitting nerves — perhaps as intended.

Hamblen, a longtime N.B.A. presence, was a coach on the bench with Jackson in Chicago and Los Angeles during seven championship seasons.

Daryl Morey, the Houston Rockets’ mastermind, is a huge theater buff, and he is now producing a musical about — what else? — basketball.

Life after Carmelo Anthony begins for rebuilding Knicks

Michael Beasley on ending NCAA scandals: ‘Give kids what they deserve’

Ads on subway bashing Knicks to come down

D’Angelo Russell scored 19 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 115-107 win in the preseason opener on Tuesday night.

Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina will play in the team’s preseason game against the Nets on Tuesday night, the team announced.

The preseason opener is tonight, with the Knicks’ first test coming against the Brooklyn Nets.

The NBA is scrapping the East vs. West format for its All-Star Game and will have captains pick teams this season.

Knicks SF Michael Beasley believes that his talent is at the same caliber as LeBron James and Kevin Durant.

The Knicks have been put in bad light on New York City subways due to an ad campaign from FS1.

Steve Mills sat in Phil Jackson’s old seat, Nigel Hayes occupied Carmelo Anthony’s old locker and Kristaps Porzingis was introduced last to the Madison Square Garden crowd.

The Knicks didn’t protest during the national anthem before Tuesday night’s preseason opener at The Garden. They stood together and linked arms.

From the moment D’Angelo Russell joined the Nets in the Brook Lopez trade in June, the focus has been on how the chemistry would work between he and Jeremy Lin. If the preseason opener is any indication, Russell and Lin might form a point guard platoon.

FS1, Fox Sports’ cable television outlet, built its daytime programming around debate and commentary, the edgier the better. But a new ad campaign for the channel edged across a line, offending the Knicks and perhaps some fans, and prompting an abrupt course correction Tuesday night.

No offense to commissioner Adam Silver, but new Knicks center Enes Kanter lobbied to take a knee during the national anthem before the preseason opener versus the Nets. Kanter, who hails from Turkey, instead went along with the idea to lock arms during the “Star Spangled Banner” to show unity against alleged police brutality against…

He looks like he should be getting ready for his first Midnight Madness instead of his first game in the NBA. To say Frank Ntilikina has a baby face is like saying Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has muscles. We might need to check Ntilikina’s I.D. just to prove he’s really 19 years old. Ntilikina’s boyish…

Jeff Hornacek sounds like an unshackled coach. Not only is the Knicks coach free from the triangle edicts of former team president Phil Jackson but he also has gained freedom by no longer having shot-happy scorers named Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose on the roster. Neither player fit Hornacek’s philosophy of a ball-sharing club —…

FS1’s controversial subway advertisements about the Knicks will be removed, multiple sources confirmed to The Post. The ads asked fans to “pick a side” in a debate between the franchise being “hopeful” and “hopeless.” The side of a 42nd Street shuttle car, featuring photos of Tim Hardaway, Jr. and Joakim Noah and the word “HOPELESS”…

At the very start of the Knicks’ Michael Beasley era, he said he can’t be stopped. We presume he meant on the court. The most enigmatic addition of the Knicks’ offseason is also the biggest addition, according to him, and he seems to one-up himself on bizarre opinions every day. The latest from the most…

Knicks fans witnessed some growing pains with their first look at Frank Ntilikina.

Knicks center Enes Kanter on national anthem: ‘If they would’ve left it up to me, yes, I would’ve taken a knee’

Carmelo Anthony sizzled in his first game with the Thunder, though Chris Paul and the Rockets look like they will be just fine without him.

The Knicks say they stood for something by standing for the anthem.

Subway riders are now reminded of the negativity that comes with being a Knicks fan.

It was part of God’s plan. At least that’s what Anthony Federico thinks may have happened.

An FS1 ad campaign is asking New York City subway riders to “pick a side” on the Times Square to Grand Central shuttle: Are the Knicks hopeful or hopeless?