Knicks Morning News (2018.03.30)

  • [NYPost] Tim Hardaway Jr. appreciates Jeff Hornacek let him call a play
    (Thursday, March 29, 2018 9:12:25 PM)

    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…

  • [NYPost] Emmanuel Mudiay’s demotion is just what he needed
    (Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:13:09 AM)

    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…

  • [NY Newsday] Emmanuel Mudiay on the attack coming off Knicks’ bench
    (Thursday, March 29, 2018 7:56:31 PM)

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

  • [SNY Knicks] Former Knicks Cheeks, Kidd to be inducted in Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
    (Thursday, March 29, 2018 3:15:16 PM)

    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.

  • [NYTimes] Top Private Schools Bring In the Power Elite (and the Power Forwards)
    (Friday, March 30, 2018 9:00:17 AM)

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

  • [NYTimes] Kings Partner With Black Lives Matter Sacramento and Build Black
    (Friday, March 30, 2018 2:19:32 AM)

    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.

  • [NYTimes] Keeping Score: Karl-Anthony Towns Dethrones Timberwolves Scoring King: Mo Williams
    (Thursday, March 29, 2018 1:33:05 PM)

    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.