Knicks Morning News (2018.11.30)

  • [Hoops Rumors] Atlantic Notes: Dinwiddie, Knicks, Hollis-Jefferson, Sixers
    (Thursday, November 29, 2018 11:38:27 PM)

    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 […]

  • [Newsday] Atlantic Notes: Dinwiddie, Knicks, Hollis-Jefferson, Sixers
    (Thursday, November 29, 2018 11:38:27 PM)

    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 […]

  • [NYPost] Scouts, execs shred Knicks’ 1st-rounders as ‘soft’ — and worse
    (Thursday, November 29, 2018 6:02:36 PM)

    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…

  • [NYPost] Knicks have roster cut to make with Trier contract coming
    (Thursday, November 29, 2018 10:22:23 AM)

    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…

  • [NYTimes] Unwanted in L.A., Brook Lopez Became Milwaukee’s ‘Splash Mountain’
    (Friday, November 30, 2018 1:30:05 AM)

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

  • [NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: How to Improve the 4-17 Suns? Coach Kokoskov’s Got a List
    (Thursday, November 29, 2018 2:33:06 PM)

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

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks’ Enes Kanter truly embracing New York City with subway, Times Square visits
    (Friday, November 30, 2018 1:53:31 AM)

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

  • [SNY Knicks] There is reportedly ‘NBA-wide’ trade interest in Knicks’ Frank Ntilikina
    (Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:30:04 AM)

    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.