Day: January 10, 2018

2017-18 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Bulls

I know that this is the gambler’s fallacy. I know it.

But come on, they just can’t lose to this Bulls team AGAIN, right? Right?

Say right.

Let’s go, Knicks!

Knicks Morning News (2018.01.10)

  • [NY Newsday] Knicks’ Willy Hernangomez hopeful he’ll get more playing time
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 10:32:25 PM)

    Willy Hernangomez worked another kind of lane for the Knicks Tuesday night.

  • [NY Newsday] Tim Hardaway Jr. participates fully in practice for the Knicks
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 5:58:55 PM)

    Tim Hardaway Jr. took a big step toward returning to the Knicks. On Tuesday, he went through practice in full, scrimmaged full-court with his teammates and afterward did some individual work.

  • [NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: Team Unity or Dad’s Rants: Lonzo Ball’s Hard Decision
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 9:58:30 PM)

    LaVar Ball has created another uproar, this time by saying the Lakers’ coach “has no control” of the team. Shouldn’t his son draw some kind of line?

  • [SNY Knicks] GEICO SportsNite: Hardaway Jr. returns to practice
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 11:37:37 PM)

  • [SNY Knicks] Hernangomez hoping to see more time in Hornacek’s ‘bullyball’ scheme
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 3:30:13 PM)

    Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek has created a new strategy that involves C Willy Hernangomez finally seeing more time on the court.

  • [SNY Knicks] Tim Hardaway Jr. ‘feels good’ in first full practice on Tuesday
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 1:56:02 PM)

    Knick SG Tim Hardaway Jr. (stress injury) was a full participant at practice on Tuesday, while F Michael Beasley (ankle) was limited

  • [SNY Knicks] Kristaps Porzingis continues to fight stigma that he’s ‘soft’
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 9:23:02 AM)

    Knicks F Kristaps Porzingis continues to try and dismiss the label that he is “a soft, skinny, white Euro.”

  • [NYDN] Current and former stars gather at 19th Annual Knicks Bowl
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 3:42:16 PM)

    In the shadow of MSG Tuesday night, Knicks stars present and past came out to give back to their community and fans.

  • [NYDN] Knicks’ Hardaway Jr. says ‘it’d be great’ if Burke gets called up
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 12:09:59 PM)

    When Tim Hardaway Jr. returns from his stress injury, he may have a new and familiar teammate.

  • [NYDN] Tim Hardaway Jr. inches closer to Knicks return
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 10:04:29 AM)

    As he had hoped, Tim Hardaway Jr. continued his progression to practicing fullcourt on Tuesday and has possibly bumped up his return date.

  • [NYPost] Doug McDermott: It’s time to be more ‘selfish’ offensively
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 6:07:59 PM)

    You don’t have to beg Knicks forward Doug McDermott to be more aggressive offensively. His coaches have delivered the message, and McBuckets is ready to answer the call. “Definitely I got to be more aggressive. That’s on me,” he said Tuesday night at the 19th Annual Knicks Bowl charity event. “The coaches harp on [it]…

  • [NYPost] Hornacek plays coy as Knicks’ Trey Burke hype begins
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 9:46:33 AM)

    The Knicks are working on a deal to add point guard Trey Burke to their roster, The Post reported Monday, but a day later everything was status quo, according to Jeff Hornacek. “[Team president] Steve [Mills] and [general manager] Scott [Perry], they handle the roster and I haven’t talked about that,” the coach said after…

  • [NYPost] An early Tim Hardaway Jr. return comes into view
    (Tuesday, January 09, 2018 8:20:37 AM)

    Tim Hardaway Jr. is nearly back. The Knicks shooting guard was a full practice participant Tuesday for the first time since he was shut down with a stress reaction in his left leg, even scrimmaging full court at the end and then sticking around to put up extra shots in a workout with an assistant…