Knicks Morning News (2018.11.17)

  • [RotoWire]
    Elfrid Payton: Will start vs. Knicks

    (Friday, November 16, 2018 4:16:00 PM)

    Elfrid Payton: Payton (ankle) is starting Friday’s game against New York, Andrew Lopez of The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.

    Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

  • [TheRinger]
    Elfrid Payton: Will start vs. Knicks

    (Friday, November 16, 2018 4:16:00 PM)

    Elfrid Payton: Payton (ankle) is starting Friday’s game against New York, Andrew Lopez of The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.

    Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

  • [NYDN] Anthony Davis is too much for young Knicks to handle as they suffer another fourth-quarter collapse
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 9:20:00 PM)

    If not for Anthony Davis’ determination to dominate inside for most of his 40 minutes on the court, the New Orleans Pelicans could have been blown out by the Knicks.

    Davis scored a season-high 43 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, and New Orleans overcame an 11-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat…

  • [NYDN] Tanks for nothing! New NBA draft lottery rules could change the way Knicks and other lousy teams chase after losses
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 1:10:00 PM)

    With every unbelievable Zion Williamson display of athleticism, Knicks fans turn giddier about the prospect of losing every game possible.

    But tanking enthusiasts beware: the rules have changed. It’s no longer so rewarding to lose.

    Faced with widespread tanking masked as ‘rebuilding’ and ‘player…

  • [FOXsports] Davis scores 43 points, Pelicans rally to beat Knicks
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 11:56:33 PM)

    Holiday finished with 24 points and 10 assists, and Nikola Mirotic had 12 points and 10 rebounds for New Orleans.

  • [FOXsports] HIGHLIGHTS: Anthony Davis puts up 43 in comeback win over Knicks
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 11:33:05 PM)

    HIGHLIGHTS: Anthony Davis puts up 43 in comeback win over Knicks

  • [Newsday] Davis scores 43 points, Pelicans rally to beat Knicks
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 11:56:33 PM)

    Holiday finished with 24 points and 10 assists, and Nikola Mirotic had 12 points and 10 rebounds for New Orleans.

  • [Newsday] HIGHLIGHTS: Anthony Davis puts up 43 in comeback win over Knicks
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 11:33:05 PM)

    HIGHLIGHTS: Anthony Davis puts up 43 in comeback win over Knicks

  • [NYPost] David Fizdale happy with rookie trio despite Knicks’ late fade
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 9:43:58 PM)

    NEW ORLEANS — The Knicks’ rookie power trio started together for the first time this season and coach David Fizdale liked what he saw despite the team’s fourth-quarter fade at Smoothie King Center. Fizdale made one more starting lineup tweak, adding undrafted rookie guard Allonzo Trier in a small-ball shuffle that sent power forward Noah…

  • [NYPost] When Mitchell Robinson first became shot-blocking machine
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 8:42:44 PM)

    NEW ORLEANS — Butch Stockton laughed when asked if he was surprised Knicks starting center Mitchell Robinson blocked nine shots in a game — the franchise record for a rookie. The Chalmette High School coach has seen Robinson block more shots than anyone. As senior in 2016-17 for Chalmette, “The Cajun Kid” rejected eight per…

  • [NYPost] Burke calls out Knicks after team blows big lead to Davis, Pelicans
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 5:51:45 PM)

    NEW ORLEANS — A small-ball change that had the Knicks’ three rookies together in the starting lineup for the first time looked good for a long while before the Pelicans’ size and Anthony Davis’ 43-point greatness proved too much in the end. The Knicks led by 19 points in the first half, by 11 inside…

  • [NYPost] Knicks are going all-in with their rookies
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 9:32:41 AM)

    NEW ORLEANS – The Knicks’ rookie power trio will start together for the first time this season. David Fizdale has made one more starting lineup tweak, adding undrafted rookie guard Allonzo Trier in a small-ball shuffle that sends power forward Noah Vonleh to the bench and 2018 lottery pick Kevin Knox from small to power…

  • [NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: The Rocky Rockets Settle Down and the Warriors Get Weird
    (Saturday, November 17, 2018 3:04:18 AM)

    Peace and wins may be breaking out in Houston. As for those guys from the Bay Area, it’s going in the other direction.

  • [NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: Carmelo Anthony: The Square-Peg Superstar
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 9:25:37 PM)

    Another N.B.A. chapter ends poorly for Anthony, who always seems to be unable, or unwilling, to fit in.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks takeaways from 129-124 loss to Pelicans
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 11:12:53 PM)

    The Knicks led for 45 minutes but still could not come away with a win as Anthony Davis and the Pelicans prove to be too much.

  • [SNY Knicks] David Fizdale’s new Knicks lineup to be tested vs. Pelicans at 8 p.m.
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 6:54:29 PM)

    Knicks coach David Fizdale changed his lineup at Oklahoma City on Wednesday, but New York lost 128-103 in its third consecutive lopsided loss even though the Thunder played without All-Star guard Russell Westbrook.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks’ Allonzo Trier to join rookies Kevin Knox, Mitchell Robinson in starting five vs. Pelicans
    (Friday, November 16, 2018 2:21:02 PM)

    Knicks head coach David Fizdale’s lineup experiment continues on Friday night when his starting five will feature all three rookies for the first time this season.