Month: November 2018

Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie will be eligible to sign a contract extension with the team on December 8, and the 25-year-old took time Thursday to address the situation with reporters. Dinwiddie, in his third season with the team, assured he would love to stay long-term. “I would love to have an extension,” Dinwiddie said, according […]

Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie will be eligible to sign a contract extension with the team on December 8, and the 25-year-old took time Thursday to address the situation with reporters. Dinwiddie, in his third season with the team, assured he would love to stay long-term. “I would love to have an extension,” Dinwiddie said, according […]

If the Knicks’ last two lottery picks were stocks, they’d be plummeting. It’s been an inglorious November for 2017 first-round selection Frank Ntilikina and 2018 first-rounder Kevin Knox. Ntilikina was selected eighth, Knox ninth — but neither has come close to playing up to that status, leaving league personnel, including some coaches, less than glowing…

Undrafted rookie Allonzo Trier’s 45-day limit on an NBA roster comes up around Dec. 15 — pending any future cancelled practices, according to sources. At that juncture, Trier’s two-way G-League contract will be converted to a mainstream NBA contract but it doesn’t have to be for his $838,000 minimum. The New York Knicks never used…

A decade into his career, Lopez has expanded his range, opening the lane for Giannis Antetokounmpo and allowing the Milwaukee Bucks to thrive.

The worst team in basketball is a project with holes to plug and flaws to fix and problems to overcome.

Enes Kanter truly embodies the New York City lifestyle, visiting the city’s top attractions despite his status as the Knicks’ center.

The Magic are reportedly among the teams interested in Frank Ntilikina, while the 76ers were scouting him during Wednesday’s game. But there could be more teams interested.

Courtney Lee is almost ready for his season debut after overcoming a neck problem, but the Knicks may not have a regular role for him, writes Marc Berman of The New York Post. Lee said he needs two more practices before playing again, which puts his first game on Saturday at the earliest. The injury […]

Courtney Lee is almost ready for his season debut after overcoming a neck problem, but the Knicks may not have a regular role for him, writes Marc Berman of The New York Post. Lee said he needs two more practices before playing again, which puts his first game on Saturday at the earliest. The injury […]

This may be a bit of revisionist history, but it’s worth noting. Earlier this year, before it all hit the fan in Minnesota, there were reports that Jimmy Butler and Kyrie Irving wanted to team up on the Knicks. Something Irving denied (he later said he plans to re-sign with Boston).

PHILADELPHIA – Dear Kristaps Porzingis,

We miss you.

Sometimes the Knicks, sans you, can be entertaining and competitive. Tim Hardaway Jr. can get hot. Emmanuel Mudiay can throw down a spectacular dunk. Enes Kanter can energize in the paint. But then there are reminder nights like Wednesday’s 117-91…

PHILADELPHIA – Despite their struggles with confidence and just about everything else, neither of the Knicks draft picks — Kevin Knox nor Mitchell Robinson — will be sent down to the G League.

Coach David Fizdale was adamant about that Wednesday, even as Knox and Robinson were dropping dramatically…

The Knicks couldn’t handle Joel Embiid and JJ Redick, as the Sixers blew them out 117-91 on the road Wednesday night.

Knicks travel to Philadelphia to face off agianst Joel Embiid and the Sixers at 7 p.m.

On Episode 2 of The Adventures of Coach Fiz, the new coach continues to connect with the team’s past, by learning from The Zen Master.

A quarter of the way through their sophomore seasons, both Ntilikina and Fultz have been net negatives for their respective teams due to poor shooting and inexperience. But the jury remains out on both.

Knicks coach David Fizdale isn’t interested in talking about the playoffs this year. In fact, he has removed the word from his vocabulary.

Embiid had 26 points and 14 rebounds in his first game with his father, a colonel in the Cameroon military, in attendance.

The South Sudanese Australian National Basketball Association said it was forced to cancel a tournament after being unfairly linked to stories of gang violence.

With 10 NBA games tonight, there are plenty of betting opportunities available. Our experts give their best bets for Wednesday’s slate.

PHILADELPHIA — David Fizdale says his club may have an edge over the 76ers’ rebuilding program — nicknamed “The Process’’ — because of a certain 7-foot-3 big man. Though there’s still no definitive timetable on Kristaps Porzingis’ return from ACL surgery, Fizdale has hinted recently he will have him back this season. “We have Kristaps…

PHILADELPHIA — With his two 2018 draft picks regressing, Knicks coach David Fizdale said he’s not planning to ever send Kevin Knox or Mitchell Robinson to the G-League for a game with the Westchester Knicks. After Wednesday’s 117-91 blowout loss to the Sixers, Fizdale said he saw good signs from Knox and Robinson, but they…

PHILADELPHIA — Technically, the two conversations were about the same subject matter. Brett Brown was in the media room at Wells Fargo Center just before 5:30 p.m. David Fizdale was out in the corridor a few minutes later, in front of a screen covered in Knicks logos. Brown spoke with a brogue that’s still pure…

PHILADELPHIA — Watching the Knicks chop a tree would have been more entertaining than witnessing their performance against the mighty 76ers Wednesday in front of a rowdy sell-out crowd at Wells Fargo Center. The Knicks’ three-game winning streak ended one night earlier against the Pistons, but that wasn’t close to as embarrassing as their lack…

Five observations from the New York Knicks’ 115-108 road loss Tuesday at the Pistons. 1. The Knicks’ two draft picks aren’t progressing, but regressing. You expect a slower climb for rookie project Mitchell Robinson, a second-rounder. But something’s not right with 2018 lottery pick Kevin Knox, who is not shooting, passing or defending well enough…

There’s plenty of mediocrity in the Eastern Conference this season, and the Detroit Pistons are taking advantage.

Blake Griffin scored 30 points and Stanley Johnson added 21 to lift the Pistons to a 115-108 victory over the Knicks on Tuesday night.

Reggie Jackson contributed 21 points for Detroit….

CAMDEN, NJ — Did the Knicks mess up by not trading for Jimmy Butler?

The logic for declining to negotiate with the Timberwolves at the time, as outlined by team president Steve Mills, was that the Knicks were no longer willing to sacrifice assets for a player they could acquire in free agency (the…

There’s plenty of mediocrity in the Eastern Conference this season, and the Detroit Pistons are taking advantage.

Blake Griffin scored 30 points and Stanley Johnson added 21 to lift the Pistons to a 115-108 victory over the Knicks on Tuesday night.

Reggie Jackson contributed 21 points for Detroit….

CAMDEN, NJ — Did the Knicks mess up by not trading for Jimmy Butler?

The logic for declining to negotiate with the Timberwolves at the time, as outlined by team president Steve Mills, was that the Knicks were no longer willing to sacrifice assets for a player they could acquire in free agency (the…

At least a couple NBA teams have approached the Knicks to inquire on Damyean Dotson‘s potential availability, a source tells Marc Berman of The New York Post. Berman’s report gives no indication that the Knicks are looking to trade Dotson, but he suggests the team may have to consider a move by February’s trade deadline, […]

The South Sudanese Australian National Basketball Association said it was forced to cancel a tournament after being unfairly linked to stories of gang violence.

ESPN has the Knicks staying at No. 5 and selecting Oregon C Bol Bol in the 2019 NBA Draft.

Duke F Zion Williamson was flying all night long in a dominating win over Indiana, 90-69, at home.

Butler, 29, was finally traded on Nov. 12 to the Philadelphia 76ers and will take the court against the Knicks for the first time as a Sixer on Wednesday.

The Knicks had their three-game win streak snapped, as Blake Griffin and the Pistons delivered a 115-108 loss in Detroit.

It was sad news for many that learned Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the megahit Nickelodeon cartoon show “Spongebob Squarepants,” died at the age of 57 on Tuesday. And among those who mourned his death was Knicks C Enes Kanter.

Emmanuel Mudiay will try to keep the hot hand going when the Knicks play at Detroit on Tuesday night. New York (7-14) has won three straight after a 4-14 start.

While Enes Kanter is back in the starting lineup and averaging rouhgly five more minutes per game than his career average, it would still make sense for the Knicks to explore a potential trade.

DETROIT — There was a Damyean Dotson sighting Tuesday night. And it was a sight for sore eyes. Proving plenty to Knicks coach David Fizdale, Dotson, who had not played a minute in the previous four games, was summoned early in the second half, with Mario Hezonja in foul trouble. In 23 minutes, Dotson pumped…

DETROIT — David Fizdale has heard the playoff talk from his players, but he’s really still just focusing on the ax he brings on the road as symbolism for their mission. “You just try not to get seduced by our success,’’ Fizdale said at Tuesday’s morning shootaround before the Knicks three-game winning streak was snapped…

DETROIT — The Knicks’ spirit and shotmaking went missing in Motown on Tuesday night and so goes their three-game winning streak. Playing their eighth road contest in their past 11 games, the Knicks looked sluggish and saw their winning vibe smashed by the more physical, more veteran-laden Pistons, 115-108, at Little Caesars Arena. The night…

DETROIT — The offensive numbers are awful for Mario Hezonja since he was named the New York Knicks’ starting small forward four games ago versus Portland. But coach David Fizdale has seen phenomenal growth in Hezonja’s defense, even highlighting the forward’s work on that side of the ball during film sessions. Hence, Fizdale has stuck…

Emmanuel Mudiay is doing his best to show the New York Knicks that their point guard of the future is already on the roster.

Emmanuel Mudiay is doing his best to show the New York Knicks that their point guard of the future is already on the roster.

The Knicks have the fourth-best odds to land Kevin Durant next summer, according to the sportsbook Bet DSI.

Naulls was an All-American at U.C.L.A. and one of pro basketball’s early black stars, playing on three championship teams.

The drama has come faster than usual this season, from fistfights to free agents to sneakerheads grabbing the spotlight.

There have been encyclopedias written about the philosophy of coaching. It can seem so complicated, so byzantine. But it was the great Chuck Daly who reduced the profession to its simplest terms, back when he was massaging egos on the Bad Boy Pistons, taking on the job of leading the original Dream Team through the…

DETROIT — The New York Knicks have their three-game winning streak and second-year shooting guard Damyean Dotson has his own streak. Sunday’s game in Memphis marked Dotson’s fourth straight game in which David Fizdale didn’t play him. It leaves Dotson’s future cloudy. It’s only going to get worse as shooting guard Courtney Lee will be…

Maybe this winning spurt is a blip on a long, losing road of development, but Trey Burke believes the New York Knicks should focus on larger stuff — the playoffs. The Knicks carry a three-game winning streak into Detroit on Tuesday. The NBA’s youngest team have beaten in succession three playoff-caliber clubs in Boston, New…

MEMPHIS — Soaked from a celebratory water dumping, with tears in his eyes, David Fizdale had his revenge and, more importantly, the obvious appreciation from his players.

His return to Memphis on Sunday was emotional, almost exactly a year removed from being fired – some would say prematurely –…

Willie Naulls, who won three titles with the Celtics from 1964 to 1966, has died at age 84.

David Fizdale and Marc Gasol made their peace during a phone conversation over the summer, putting to rest the differences that led Grizzlies management to fire Fizdale in large part due to friction with the franchise center.

Enes Kanter and Emmanuel Mudiay led the Knicks to their third straight win as they beat the Memphis Grizzlies 103-98 on Sunday at FedEx Forum.

David Fizdale makes his return to Memphis as coach of the New York Knicks on Sunday when his new team takes a two-game winning streak against his former club, the Grizzlies.

Naulls was an All-American at U.C.L.A. and one of pro basketball’s early black stars, playing on three championship teams.

Jarrett Allen, a second-year center, is making an impact on the floor, but he is also showing off a different way to live as a professional athlete.

The drama has come faster than usual this season, from fistfights to free agents to sneakerheads grabbing the spotlight.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Courtney Lee said he’s still two practices away from making his season debut, meaning he likely will have to sit out the back-to-back versus Detroit and Philadelphia on Tuesday and Wednesday. That means, at the earliest, his debut won’t be until Saturday versus Milwaukee. Lee, who has missed the entire season due…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — David Fizdale got the victory in his Memphis return, got the message out that he and his former sparring partner Marc Gasol were well over their celebrated tiff and got a postgame bath. It was win-win-win for the teary-eyed first-year Knicks coach Sunday at FedExForum, his former workplace. Fizdale celebrated in style…

MEMPHIS – Emmanuel Mudiay was in the audience for David Fizdale’s introductory press conference in May. At the podium, in his opening remarks, the coach turned to Mudiay and stated, “We’ll get you right.’’ Fizdale has made good on his campaign promise. Friday’s victory over the Pelicans was all about Mudiay carrying the Knicks to…