Day: December 15, 2017

As vice president, head of referee development and training, he will mentor and coach referees from the N.B.A., N.B.A. G League and the W.N.B.A.

The former Knicks star makes his New York return on Saturday night, and he will arrive here as a member of a Thunder team not doing all that great.

The mind is a terrible thing to use. At least in games. And one guy who wholeheartedly agrees is Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina, who more and more is adhering to the advice of teammates and coaches and playing more on instinct rather than thinking everything through as if the NBA were advanced calculus. Jarrett Jack,…

With Kristaps Porzingis back in the locker room with knee pain and Tim Hardaway Jr. wearing a walking boot on the bench, Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek made a remark to Courtney Lee to start the fourth quarter. “Fourth quarter, coach told me to step up, we need you,’’ Lee recounted. “I said, ‘I got you…

The Knicks posted a 111-104 victory over the Nets in Barclays Center, and the best news of all — more than Courtney Lee’s 27 points, more than Frank Ntilikina’s continued development, more than a victory on the road — was that Kristaps Porzingis could stand and walk. Now standing erect became a big deal a…

The Knicks won the game, but the night turned into an alarming Brooklyn Bummer at Barclays Center. Knicks stud Kristaps Porzingis removed himself from the game with a left-knee injury with 9:55 left in the third quarter of the Knicks’ 111-104 victory over the Nets on Thursday. He headed to the locker room, limping in…

Knicks stud Kristaps Porzingis suffered a non-contact left-knee injury with 9:55 left in the third quarter vs. the Nets and removed himself from the game immediately and headed to the locker room, limping in the tunnel. Porzingis was defending Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and appeared to take a bad step. On occasion, non-contact injuries wind…

Try youth and development. It’s so crazy, it just might work. And that’s what both the Knicks and the Nets are discovering this season. So are their fans, who entered with low-ceiling expectations and have to be encouraged — as well as very entertained — that the quick fixes are dead. When the two teams…

Knicks swingman Tim Hardaway Jr. indicated his absence will last past the Christmas season. In his first remarks since going down with “a stress injury” in his lower left leg, Hardaway called it a “serious injury,” said he’s not going to “force the issue” and declined to give himself “a deadline’’ to return despite feeling…

You can call him Ariel Smith now. Chris Smith, the former Knicks point guard and J.R. Smith’s younger brother, is making a basketball comeback and is set to debut next week in the Israeli League for Ironi Nahariya after recently converting to Judaism. Smith became an Orthodox Jew — the strictest level. Smith’s new Hebrew…

Kristaps Porzingis exited the Knicks game against the Nets with a non-contact left knee injury.

The Knicks grabbed a rare road victory as the beat the Nets 111-104, but Kristaps Porzingis exited with a non-contact knee injury.

Tim Hardaway Jr. has finally spoken publically about his “serious’ injury.

Knicks look to make it three wins in a row against the Nets in Brooklyn at 7:30 p.m.

Knicks C Enes Kanter will continue to play through his injuries as the team has no plans to shut him down.

The Knicks were seemingly on their way to a comfortable road win. No problems. No hiccups.

There’s a lot Tim Hardaway Jr. doesn’t know about the stress injury that sidelined him indefinitely, like when he can play basketball again.

Kristaps Porzingis left Thursday’s game against with an apparent knee injury.

Kristaps Porzingis left the Knicks’ game at Brooklyn in the third quarter Thursday night because of a sore left knee and is unsure whether he can play Saturday against Oklahoma City in Carmelo Anthony’s first game back at MSG.

A fan of the Knicks and gaming, “Entourage” actor Jerry Ferrara has joined the team’s esports effort as head scout.

It’s hardly how they drew it up, and it’s far from ideal, but that doesn’t mean the Nets aren’t loving every minute of Caris LeVert’s metamorphosis.

The Knicks have found a way to stay competitive without Tim Hardaway Jr. The question now is whether they are going to have to do it without Kristaps Porzingis.

Kristaps Porzingis felt his knee buckle and then felt a sharp pain. It was the sort of thing that would strike fear in most any basketball player, but he wasn’t too worried, he said afterward. He stayed in, got some treatment and tried to play through the pain.

Tim Hardaway Jr.’s spirits are good and his leg is on the mend, but there still is no clear timetable for his return to the Knicks.