Knicks Morning News (2018.12.09)

Although there are four months left in the season, the Knicks are already thinking about next summer. Whatever progress the organization has made in developing a young base of talent, the team hopes to jump start that by signing one of the elite free agents who will hit the market on July 1. Management has […]

Although there are four months left in the season, the Knicks are already thinking about next summer. Whatever progress the organization has made in developing a young base of talent, the team hopes to jump start that by signing one of the elite free agents who will hit the market on July 1. Management has […]

If there’s a solution, it’s not obvious to Tim Hardaway Jr.

Immersed in a nasty shooting slump, the guard said he can only continue to work and hope for the best.

“I guess,” he said. “I need to find easy ones but that’s not happening. Try to go to the line, but that’s not happening. So whatever…

As David Fizdale reiterated Saturday, the Knicks’ greatest selling point is that Kristaps Porzingis will return at some point. At least that’s the assumption. Technically, he’ll be a restricted free agent in the summer and we’re 10 months into his rehab without a real update.

But the possibility…

The Nets are in the third season of their total overhaul, without the luxury of their own draft pick until this summer.

But the improvements have been difficult to define. Nothing tangible in the win-loss department.

When GM Sean Marks and coach Kenny Atkinson took over, they preached a long rebuild…

Knicks go right back to work at home against Hornets

Realizing what it takes to win in the NBA is an education in itself. The Knicks and Nets are seeing what it takes, but seeing it and making it happen are two different worlds. The Nets were determined to show they are not tanking this season and thoroughly embarrassed the Knicks 112-104 on their home…

A posting on Reddit shows a nearly 30-year-old Knicks basketball card with a surprise in its background — the infamous Menendez brothers sitting in the front row. The courtside curiosity, just to the left of player Mark Jackson in the 1990-91 season “Hoops” brand card, was discovered by user “Pirate-Redbeard,” and went viral after it…

Kemba is coming to town for the holidays. Kemba Walker, The Bronx’s finest point guard, couldn’t stop smiling in August when talking about the Knicks at a Players Association function at Basketball City at Pier 36. Walker even knew the holiday date of the Hornets’ first visit to the Garden. Yes, it is Sunday night,…

Knicks coach David Fizdale put Frank Ntilikina back into the Knicks’ orbit during a timeout with 3:43 left in the third quarter and the Knicks down 16. The first time Ntilikina dribbled the ball downcourt, the Garden erupted in Saturday night cheers. Ntilikina provided a renewed energy and sparked a rally, but it was too…

Kentucky coach John Calipari, at the Garden for Saturday’s clash with Seton Hall, weighed in on Knicks rookie Kevin Knox’s early-season struggles — stressing his former Wildcats star was  the second-youngest player in the draft and will ultimately succeed in the NBA because of his “multi-dimensional’’ skills. “I was with his parents last night –…

It’s almost mid-December, but it’s preseason for Knicks veteran Courtney Lee. If that uncontested blown layup wasn’t evidence enough Monday against the Wizards , then here is Lee’s frank review of his first two games, in which he’s shot 1-for-7. “It’s going to take a while to get reactivated to game-speed, game-like situations,’’ Lee said…

The Nets, coming off an emotional overtime win over Toronto on Friday, beat the Knicks 112-104. Boston had the largest margin of victory in franchise history.

The Knicks tried mounting a fourth-quarter comeback, but the Nets handed them their third straight loss in a 112-104 bout at The Garden.

In what was another Duke Blue Devils blowout, F Zion Williamson had a very efficient game.

After splitting two matchups in late-October, the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets meet on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden coming off vastly different results against two of the Eastern Conference’s best teams.

Here are five potential trades with the five rumored teams interested in Knicks’ second-year guard Frank Ntilikina.

Fisher failed to make it through two seasons as head coach of the Knicks, fired midway through the 2016 season with a 40-96 record during his tenure.