Month: March 2018

The Knicks coach acknowledged on Friday what seemed obvious last summer: Last year’s free agents were likely wary of the team because of the triangle.

The Knicks sit on the precipice of unfortunate history.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — The Knicks should have an easier time attracting free agents this year than they did last year. So says Jeff Hornacek, the current coach who may or may not be a part of the offseason recruiting process.

It is no secret a lot of Knicks were not sold on the triangle offense in previous seasons. Coach Jeff Hornacek, who had been tasked with implementing the antiquated system under Phil Jackson, suspects the dislike went beyond the team — like to free agents who saw the offense as a negative. “I think it…

Five years and one vacated championship later, two of the principle players for Michigan, current Knicks teammates Tim Hardaway Jr. and Trey Burke, cherish their Final Four memories. Oh, and both maintain Burke did not foul on one of the key plays of the Wolverines’ 82-76 loss to Louisville in the 2013 national championship game…

The Knicks can look ahead to the offseason already with no playoff hopes in the distance. And despite not being a popular destination last season, head coach Jeff Hornacek thinks he knows why.

As Loyola-Chicago (with Sister Jean) and Villanova make the Final Four in San Antonio, here is a look at the deep connection between Catholic colleges and basketball.

Sidwell Friends and other exclusive schools want to be great at everything. That includes basketball.

Tim Hardaway Jr. says his chance to draw up a play with a clipboard in the fourth quarter of a one-point game at Charlotte on Monday was genuine boost to his relationship with Jeff Hornacek. Nobody knows exactly what transpired to prompt Hornacek to spontaneously hand over the clipboard to the Knicks swingman, but Hardaway…

Leave it to Walt Frazier to paint it most properly in Philadelphia. “Every time I give up on [Emmanuel] Mudiay,” the MSG Network analyst said, “he comes up with a good game.” It’s actually two good games, as Mudiay is suddenly thriving in his demoted role off the bench after crashing and burning as a…

Emmanuel Mudiay says his mentality isn’t different whether he starts or comes off the bench. But his play has been.

Former Knicks point guards Maurice Cheeks and Jason Kidd are expected to be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2018.

Sidwell Friends and other exclusive schools want to be great at everything. That includes basketball.

The N.B.A. is far more willing to address social issues than other leagues, but a partnership with a Black Lives Matter group is the first of its kind.

Towns’s 56-point performance set a single-game franchise record, moving Williams to second place. Kevin Garnett? He’s not even in the top three.

PHILADELPHIA — Enes Kanter could barely walk in the visitor’s locker room after Wednesday’s 118-101 Knicks loss to the 76ers still racked with back pain after a hard fall. He hobbled down the hallway for X-rays that were negative, but he still plans to see a back specialist in New York. It was as tough…

PHILADELPHIA — Everything has changed at Wells Fargo Center … except the moribund Knicks. The telltale sign of that is the paucity of Knicks jerseys in the crowd and lack of cheers for the road team. The Broad Street arena once was the Knicks’ home away from home during the 76ers’ depressing “Trust The Process’’…

PHILADELPHIA — Frank Ntilikina’s rookie season has been a cakewalk compared with Philadelphia’s No. 1-overall pick, Markelle Fultz, who has reportedly battled an odd physical and mental issue that forced him to relearn his shot. After not playing since October, Fultz made his return Monday, when Ntilikina’s roller-coaster season saw a high and then a…

Towns’s 56-point performance set a single-game franchise record, moving Williams to second place. Kevin Garnett? He’s not even in the top three.

PHILADELPHIA — The Knicks have lost nearly as much as the 76ers in recent years, but Philadelphia trusted the process and it has paid off.

The Knicks couldn’t stop the red-hot Sixers, who extended their winning streak to eight on their home court in a 118-101 win.

As if the Philadelphia 76ers needed to add any more fuel to their raging fire heading into their Wednesday night home matchup with the Knicks at 7 p.m. at Wells Fargo Center, the return of No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz is giving a jumpstart to a team that hardly appears to need it.

At this point in the season, the Knicks are beginning to give minutes to their young guys for evaluation, and what their potential could hold for the future of the franchise. For 2017 second-round pick Damyean Dotson, those minutes have been very few.

Remember, it’s a process. But do you trust it?

Jeff Van Gundy: “if they can’t get you on results they’ll get you on relationships.”

“I feel great,” Nowitzki said. “I’ve only missed one game all season. I signed a two-year contract because I wanted to play two more years. And here we are.”

Knicks C Enes Kanter has finally found himself a new agent, as he employed the services of Priority Sports’ Mark Bartelstein

As the Knicks’ season winds down, rookie Damyean Dotson is still waiting for his shot.

PHILADELPHIA — Luke Kornet got paid the ultimate compliment from Jeff Hornacek. The Knicks coach has lobbied on the rookie center’s behalf with the officiating. In the back-to-back set Sunday and Monday against the Wizards and Hornets, Kornet banged bodies with two of the NBA’s behemoths in Marcin Gortat and Dwight Howard. And the lithe…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It wasn’t hard reading lips when an irate Kyle O’Quinn screamed profanities at Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek on Friday at the Garden when he came to the bench. And it was evident when Joakim Noah laced into Hornacek and needed to be restrained last month at a Denver practice that the exiled…

Now that these games are meaningless, Jeff Hornacek decided to let somebody else handle his job.

It’s one thing to look like Allen Iverson, and it’s quite another to play like the former MVP.

Enes Kanter said he’s close to hiring power agent Mark Bartelstein,

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trey Burke’s game was influenced by Allen Iverson, and the Knicks point guard showed some AI-like moves and shots Monday night.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Enes Kanter wants to get paid.

Knicks guard Trey Burke scored a career-high 42 points and became the first Knicks player to record at least 40 points and 10 assists in 13 years in Monday’s 137-128 overtime loss to the Charlotte Hornets.

Despite Trey Burke’s career-high 42 points, the Knicks lost to the Charlotte Hornets 137-128 in overtime on Monday at Spectrum Center.

Knicks guard Emmanuel Mudiay will miss Monday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets due to illness.

The Knicks play the second game of a back-to-back when they take on the Charlotte Hornets on the road Monday night.

After yelling back at head coach Jeff Hornacek in the Knicks’ matchup against the Timberwolves, center Kyle O’Quinn said it was nothing personal.

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 draft, Fultz had been inactive since October, but he came on as a reserve in Monday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets.

Upshaw, a Detroit Pistons developmental player with the Grand Rapids Drive, collapsed on the court during a game Saturday.

The former N.B.A. star Amar’e Stoudemire has released three kosher for Passover wines.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This doesn’t mean Knicks center Enes Kanter is opting out, but he’s ready to sign with a new agent — the highly regarded Mark Bartelstein, who runs Priority Sports, according to an industry source. Kanter, who has one year left on his contract worth $18.6 million, is expected to sign with Bartelstein…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — While some could view it as Jeff Hornacek losing control of his bench, the Knicks coach said he was just trying to have some “fun” in the fourth quarter of their 137-128 overtime loss to the Hornets. Hornacek gave his clipboard to Tim Hardaway Jr. after the player said he was “disappointed’’…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trey Burke notched a career-high 42 points and 12 assists to lead a Knicks comeback from 17 points down before they fell 137-128 to the Hornets in overtime Monday at Spectrum Center. Burke, who became the first Knick to go 40 and 12 since Bernard King in 1985, couldn’t beat another New…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This doesn’t mean Knicks center Enes Kanter is opting out, but he’s ready to sign with a new agent — the highly regarded Mark Bartelstein, who runs Priority Sports, according to an industry source. Kanter, who has one year left on his contract worth $18.6 million, is expected to sign with Bartelstein…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trey Burke won’t admit the braided hair is a tribute to his idol, Hall of Famer Allen Iverson. The Knicks’ new starting point guard does admit, though, he is striving to come close to Iverson’s grandeur. Burke has done Iverson proud on back-to-back nights. One night after leading to the Knicks to…

Knicks center Enes Kanter said that Nike and other companies have shied away from signing him to endorsement deals because of his outspoken criticisms of the Turkish government.

Jeff Hornacek pulled the plug on the Emmanuel Mudiay trial and, lo and behold, the Knicks actually won.

Kyle O’Quinn said his reaction is not indicative of his of respect (or lack thereof) for his coach.

Ron Baker shed his sling last week and left it at Madison Square Garden.

WASHINGTON — Kyle O’Quinn said he was wrong for yelling back at Jeff Hornacek after the coach screamed at him for a defensive lapse in Friday’s loss to Minnesota.

WASHINGTON — Jeff Hornacek acknowledged that making Emmanuel Mudiay the Knicks’ starting point guard after only three games with the team might not have been the right move.

Knicks center Kyle O’Quinn admitted Sunday that he was wrong to yell at coach Jeff Hornacek during a heated exchange in Friday’s loss to Minnesota, saying, “Just because somebody is yelling at me, I shouldn’t yell back. Two wrongs don’t make a right.”

WASHINGTON — The new backcourt worked. Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek changed his starting point guard, removing Emmanuel Mudiay for Trey Burke, and it paid off in a rare 101-97 victory over the Wizards at Verizon Center. Hornacek made a full changing of the guards as Burke, in his first start as a Knick, and rookie…

WASHINGTON — Kyle O’Quinn issued an apology for screaming at Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek as he came off the court on Friday — an ugly scene caught on MSG Network’s cameras. Hornacek was angry at O’Quinn for not closing out better on a corner 3-point shot by Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns. O’Quinn, who missed the Wizards…

WASHINGTON — Emmanuel Mudiay is out, and point guard Trey Burke will make his first start as a Knick when the Knicks face the Wizards on Sunday. Frank Ntilikina will join Burke to form the starting backcourt as the Knicks sit Emmanuel Mudiay, who was benched the final 43 minutes of Friday’s loss against Minnesota….

Knicks guard Trey Burke said it felt good to start again after he scored 19 points in Sunday’s 101-97 win over the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena.

Led by Trey Burke’s 19 points, eight Knicks scored in double figures as New York beat the Washington Wizards 101-97 on Sunday at Capital One Arena.

WASHINGTON — The Washington Wizards are close to clinching a playoff berth.

Azura Stevens, a transfer from Duke, had 8 points and 12 rebounds as UConn advanced to face South Carolina, the defending champion, on Monday in a regional final.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trey Burke has worked his way back into the NBA with an assist from John Wall.

When Jeff Hornacek fills out his starting lineup for the final nine games of the season — and maybe his career as Knicks coach — the first name that should appear each time is Frank Ntilikina.

The hype, the criticism, the rise, the downfall — Kenny Anderson experienced it all.

Emmanuel Mudiay elected to cheer his teammates on instead of sulking on the bench after playing just five minutes against the Timberwolves.

The mystery of what prompted Kyle O’Quinn to shout at coach Jeff Hornacek as he came off the court in the first half of Friday night’s loss to Minnesota remained a mystery as the Knicks cancelled Saturday’s practice. O’Quinn, the volatile backup center who is known as a clown in the locker room, looked livid…

When Jeff Hornacek talked about rolling with Frank Ntilikina for his career-high 37 minutes Friday and ending Emmanuel Mudiay’s evening after five minutes, Hornacek didn’t reference making shots. The Knicks coach hinted at a competitive fire Ntilikina brought, his bumping and grinding defense on Timberwolves stud shooting guard Andrew Wiggins (5-of-15 for 17 points). Now…