Month: December 2018

Knicks center Enes Kanter sounded off on his reduced playing time following a miserable night in Utah, relays Marc Berman of the New York Post. Kanter was pulled from the starting lineup earlier this season to give a more prominent to rookie Mitchell Robinson. With Robinson injured, Kanter remains a reserve as the team tries […]

DENVER — Enes Kanter vs. the Knicks is just beginning. With Kanter finally letting out his bottled-up feelings, there’s probably only one logical solution — the Knicks center’s departure from the roster in either a trade or buyout. It couldn’t be more obvious that Knicks coach David Fizdale has no use for Kanter any longer….

DENVER – It was fitting Emmanuel Mudiay left Saturday’s epic blowout loss in Utah with a sprained ankle. Ankle sprains were a part of his sour three seasons with the Nuggets and the Knicks were set to play them on New Year’s Day. Mudiay said in the dour visitor’s locker room in Salt Lake City…

It got so bad with the Nuggets that Emmanuel Mudiay didn’t want to talk about it.

The 7th overall pick in 2015 boycotted the media toward the end of his tenure in Denver, up until he was traded and given new life with the Knicks. Ahead of his first scheduled appearance Monday at the Pepsi Center…

Enes Kanter just can’t get his way.

The NBA on Saturday announced it won’t be fining Bucks’ coach Darvin Ham for his role in the Kanter-Giannis Antetokounmpo feud earlier this week.

The two players also escaped punishment from the league.

The NBA said Ham “acted as a peacemaker” when he forcefully…

While the Knicks are rolling over and surrendering this season to “development,” Enes Kanter is fighting.

He’s fighting against opposing superstars like Giannis Antetokounmpo.

He’s fighting against a stitched-up eye lid.

He’s fighting against a Bucks assistant coach.

He’s fighting against being…

It got so bad with the Nuggets that Emmanuel Mudiay didn’t want to talk about it.

The 7th overall pick in 2015 boycotted the media toward the end of his tenure in Denver, up until he was traded and given new life with the Knicks. Ahead of his first scheduled appearance Monday at the Pepsi Center…

Enes Kanter just can’t get his way.

The NBA on Saturday announced it won’t be fining Bucks’ coach Darvin Ham for his role in the Kanter-Giannis Antetokounmpo feud earlier this week.

The two players also escaped punishment from the league.

The NBA said Ham “acted as a peacemaker” when he forcefully…

While the Knicks are rolling over and surrendering this season to “development,” Enes Kanter is fighting.

He’s fighting against opposing superstars like Giannis Antetokounmpo.

He’s fighting against a stitched-up eye lid.

He’s fighting against a Bucks assistant coach.

He’s fighting against being…

The Knicks losing streak extended to seven games as Rudy Gobert and the Utah Jazz blew them out 129-97.

The Knicks will look for spark plug Luke Kornet to continue opening the floor as he earns his second straight start.

David Fizdale explains why he is giving the 23-year-old the nod over Enes Kanter.

Knicks center Enes Kanter expressed frustration with his new role coming off the bench, saying it’s “too early in the season to shut me down.”

The NBA has determined that there was no need to punish any party in the wake of Thursday’s skirmish between Enes Kanter and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Sports fans, real ones, will understand what I’m talking about when I say: Winning teams aren’t the only things lacking from our sporting landscape as 2018 stumbles to a close. The winning is nice, yes, and in the year about to close, the lack of it was noticeable and it was aggravating….

SALT LAKE CITY — Enes Kanter slumped at his locker with his hands covering his forehead — a picture of doom and gloom. It was a miserable day for Kanter all around and he embarked on a locker-room rant after the Jazz’s 129-97 demolition of the Knicks — essentially accusing the franchise of declining to…

SALT LAKE CITY — The Knicks were on “The Road to Zion’’ — literally — Saturday night. They “competed’’ against the Jazz in the state which houses world-renowned Zion National Park as they zero in fast on capturing the NBA’s best lottery odds for the chance to select Duke man-child Zion Williamson No. 1 in…

SALT LAKE CITY — The NBA will not fine Bucks assistant coach Darvin Ham for his “actions’’ during the fracas between Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Knicks’ Enes Kanter on Thursday night, according to a league source. The NBA reviewed the incident involving Antetokounmpo and Kanter, during which Ham ran onto the court and bumped…

SALT LAKE CITY — The team bus had left the university grounds an hour before for the trek back to their downtown Salt Lake City hotel Friday. Suddenly emerging from the University of Utah’s women’s basketball practice gym were Damyean Dotson and Trey Burke, alongside emerging assistant coach Kaleb Canales, finishing up their hour of…

The Knicks are tanking, but is head coach David Fizdale doing it the right way? The DNL crew debates.

Second-year forward Luke Kornet impressed head coach David Fizdale by tying his career high with 23 points in his first start of the season on Thursday.

Charlotte lost in double-overtime to the Nets earlier this week.

SALT LAKE CITY — Luke Kornet will start at center for a second straight game when the Knicks face the Jazz on Saturday night, coach David Fizdale said. In his first start of the season — and second of his career — Kornet shined Thursday in Milwaukee, tying his career high with 23 points and…

SALT LAKE CITY — Knicks center Enes Kanter was still fuming a day after his ejection in Milwaukee, calling his combatant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, “childish,” mockingly branding him “the golden child’’ and demanding the NBA fine Bucks assistant coach Darvin Ham for his role in Thursday’s fracas. According to a source, the NBA would look into…

SALT LAKE CITY — Five observations from the Knicks’ chippy 112-96 loss to the Bucks at the sold-out Fiserve Forum Thursday. 1. The Knicks’ hot-shooting rookie lottery pick Kevin Knox saw his string of scoring 15-plus points in eight straight games come to an end. He was 4-for-15 for 12 points and zero assists. After…

A day after Thursday’s skirmish with Giannis Antetokounmpo, Enes Kanter called for Bucks assistant Darvin Ham to be fined and suggested that Antetokounmpo got preferential treatment from the refs.

Enes Kanter had a confusing night that got started late and ended earlier than expected. None of it left the Knicks big man particularly pleased.

Head coach David Fizdale opted to send the center to the bench in favor of the unheralded Luke Kornet for Thursday night’s game, a rematch with the Bucks.

…

In a whirlwind of ineffectiveness, Kevin Knox got the ball and went right.

That was the rookie’s default for the first two months of his NBA career.

It’s understandable because it worked on every other level for Knox, because a player with his physical tools can dominate with a limited repertoire….

Sports video games strive for realism by closely replicating real-life players, but digitally reproducing their tattoos has led to court fights over ownership rights.

The Enes Kanter-Giannis Antetokounmpo scuffle wasn’t the only beef that was born in Milwaukee Thursday night.

Enes Kanter already appeared to be ticked off heading into Thursday’s rematch with the Bucks. Throw in Giannis Antetokounmpo and that’s enough to start some trouble.

The Knicks were done in by the Bucks for the second straight game, as Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee to a 112-96 win on Thursday night.

Frank Ntilikina wasn’t gifted with any playing time during the Knicks’ Christams loss at the Garden. But that’s about to change Thursday.

Enes Kanter doesn’t seem to be too thrilled with David Fizdale’s changes to the Knicks starting lineup.

The Knicks look for some revenge against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks in Milwaukee 8 p.m.

MILWAUKEE — Knicks coach David Fizdale rolled with young center Luke Kornet, placing him in the starting lineup over Enes Kanter for Thursday’s game against the Bucks. It didn’t result in a victory, but Fizdale liked the move even better afterward. Kornet notched a career-high-tying 23 points, making 7-of-11 3-pointers as the Knicks got off…

Kristaps Porzingis may not be able to help his teammates on the court just yet, but he’s still got their back off it. The Knicks star, in an Instagram story, came to the defense of Enes Kanter, who was ejected following a dustup with Giannis Antetokounmpo during the team’s 112-96 loss to the Bucks in…

MILWAUKEE — Enes Kanter knocked Giannis Antetokounmpo to the floor, precipitating an altercation, but the “Greek Freak’’ knocked the Knicks out again as the club closes in on hitting rock bottom. Another change to the starting lineup resulted in another loss as the Knicks continue their long, winding road to the league’s bottom floor. The…

MILWAUKEE — With the Knicks having lost 10 of 11 games, coach David Fizdale is rolling with young center Luke Kornet, placing him in the starting lineup over Enes Kanter for Thursday’s game against the Bucks. Last time the Knicks won, in Charlotte, Fizdale explained, Kornet was a key cog, and the coach wants to…

MILWAUKEE — He’s back. Knicks coach David Fizdale is unleashing enigmatic point guard Frank Ntilikina on the Bucks guards as the rematch is staged for Thursday at Fiserv Forum. Ntilikina has told Fizdale he won’t regret it. “I’m going to get Frank back in there tonight,” Fizdale said at the morning shootaround. With his visiting…

Knicks center Enes Kanter and Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo went face-to-face in the fourth quarter and had to be separated, resulting in Kanter being ejected from the game.

It wasn’t a Merry Christmas for Knicks PG Frank Ntilikina on Tuesday, as he didn’t see the court in the team’s loss to the Bucks.

If the Knicks snag one of the Top 3 picks, they should be in good shape and have their choice of one of Duke’s potentially franchise-altering talents: Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett, or Cam Reddish.

The best thing Knicks first-year coach David Fizdale had going for him is keeping up team spirit. That may be challenging as this season could spin out of control out West. Losers of 10 of the last 11 games, the Knicks are on the verge of inheriting the NBA’s worst record as they embark on…

This has been a trying month for Frank Ntilikina, with his French hometown of Strasbourg making international headlines for all the wrong reasons. Ntilikina’s mother, Jacqueline, flew to New York earlier this week to be with her son and watch him play on Christmas Day at the Garden against the Bucks. The terrorist attack on…

Sports video games strive for realism by closely replicating real-life players, but digitally reproducing their tattoos has led to court fights over ownership rights.

Joe Girard III is smashing scoring records at Glens Falls High School, recalling another favorite son of upstate New York who preceded him there.

The Knicks will wait until February to make a decision on Kristaps Porzingis‘ playing status, but teammate Lance Thomas tells Marc Berman of The New York Post that the Latvian star can’t wait to get back on the court. Porzingis is still recovering from an ACL tear last February, and Thomas offers behind-the-scenes insight into his rehab efforts. […]

Here’s how to watch the Bucks vs. the Knicks on Christmas Day.

Tis’ the season of giving and the Knicks are very generous.

Maybe that’s why they’re still getting scheduled for these Christmas Games.

To the Bucks, the Knicks gifted a cakewalk victory Tuesday at the Garden, a Christmas stroll in the form of a 109-95 blowout that allowed Giannis Antetokounmpo…

James sustained a strained left groin and left during the third quarter of the Los Angeles’s win on Tuesday.

Ball grew up idolizing LeBron James. Now they are teammates on the Lakers, one 21 years old and the other about to turn 34. It is all a work in progress.

With a Kristaps Porzingis return on the horizon and the hope of adding a superstar alongside him, New York hopes that next Christmas, MSG won’t play host to another matinee.

The Knicks rookie was confused when the crowd was never buzzing during the Christmas day matchup.

The Knicks kept up with the Bucks in the first half, but Milwaukee played Grinch in the second to crush the Christmas spirit at Madison Square Garden with a 109-95 victory.

David Fizdale has made getting a better night’s sleep one of his goals for Knicks players in his first season as head coach.

The Christmas Day showdown between the Knicks and Bucks will also be Round Two between Mario Hezonja and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

As we’re in the middle of the holiday season, the Knicks are doing their very best to get a high draft pick next season. It hasn’t been pretty, so to make things more fun the rest of the season, we have the perfect gift for you: GIFs!

Mario Hezonja didn’t get a chance to prove the Bucks’ website editors wrong. Knicks coach David Fizdale did not play Hezonja in the Bucks’ 109-95 Christmas rout of the Knicks, the second straight game he didn’t play. Fizdale, though, could have been taking steps to avoid an incident. Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo had threatened to…

The Knicks became the tomato cans of Christmas — not belonging on the NBA’s grand stage with their 9-26 record and potential superstar still sidelined another two months. They kept up the fight for a first half before the Bucks, legitimate Eastern Conference title contenders, threw a third-quarter haymaker that wobbled their legs. “The Grinch…

There it was, mixed in with the coal that filled the Knicks’ stocking in a Christmas afternoon mismatch against the Bucks: a genuine highlight. A defensive highlight, at that. With 36 seconds remaining in the first half, Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo go-go’d his Inspector Gadget arms on a layup attempt, and Noah Vonleh met him…

It took Allonzo Trier two-and-a-half weeks to recover from his first NBA injury. It took him 30 seconds to get a bucket once he was back on the floor. Trier, who had been sidelined since Dec. 8 due to a strained left hamstring, returned to the lineup and scored eight points in the Knicks’ 109-95…

The Knicks are on the NBA’s annual Christmas schedule on the basis of tradition. The Bucks are there on merit — a rising Eastern Conference contender powered by a lanky, unstoppable MVP candidate. That’s the Knicks’ benchmark. Tuesday’s nationally televised holiday matinee at the Garden showed just how much ground they have to make up….