Knicks Morning News (2018.12.10)

  • [NYDN] Spencer Dinwiddie takes shot at Knicks a night after going off against them
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 7:50:00 PM)

    Spencer Dinwiddie is really milking his 25-point performance at the Garden Saturday night.

    The Nets guard took a shot at the Knicks one day after Brooklyn trampled the home team, 112-104, in the third meeting of the crosstown rivals this season. The Nets hold a 2-1 advantage in that series.

    Answering…

  • [NYDN] Frank Ntilikina impresses on French Heritage Night, but Knicks’ defense is dreadful again in loss
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 7:05:00 PM)

    French Fried. French Toasted.

    However you want to characterize it (just not French Kissed), the Knicks couldn’t hang with the Hornets on French Heritage Night at the Garden and were trounced on Sunday, 119-107.

    Except Frank Ntilikina. He was tremendous until he fouled out on questionable calls…

  • [Newsday] Spencer Dinwiddie takes shot at Knicks a night after going off against them
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 7:50:00 PM)

    Spencer Dinwiddie is really milking his 25-point performance at the Garden Saturday night.

    The Nets guard took a shot at the Knicks one day after Brooklyn trampled the home team, 112-104, in the third meeting of the crosstown rivals this season. The Nets hold a 2-1 advantage in that series.

    Answering…

  • [Newsday] Frank Ntilikina impresses on French Heritage Night, but Knicks’ defense is dreadful again in loss
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 7:05:00 PM)

    French Fried. French Toasted.

    However you want to characterize it (just not French Kissed), the Knicks couldn’t hang with the Hornets on French Heritage Night at the Garden and were trounced on Sunday, 119-107.

    Except Frank Ntilikina. He was tremendous until he fouled out on questionable calls…

  • [Hoops Rumors] Knicks Notes: Walker, Knox, Ntilikina, Trier
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 3:00:49 PM)

    Bronx native and current Hornets guard Kemba Walker is set to play at Madison Square Garden when his team takes on the Knicks Sunday, one of three games between the clubs this season. His homecoming return to New York will commence just seven months before the 28-year-old reaches free agency. â??Iâ??ve been hearing it for years […]

  • [SNY Knicks] Potential Knicks target Kemba Walker hasn’t thought about free agency yet
    (Monday, December 10, 2018 12:56:29 AM)

    Kemba Walker told reporters he was focused on this season and not free agency after he scored 25 points to lead Charlotte past New York 119-107 on Sunday at Madison Square Garden.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks Kevin Knox joins LeBron James, Patrick Ewing in elite company
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 11:10:41 PM)

    Only two teenagers have recorded a 25-point, 15-rebound double-double. The first was LeBron James. The second is Knicks rookie Kevin Knox.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks takeaways from Sunday’s 119-107 loss to Hornets
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 9:53:09 PM)

    The Knicks dropped their fourth straight game with a 119-107 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday at Madison Square Garden.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks face Hornets and Kemba Walker, Sunday night at 7:30
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 12:00:23 PM)

    After dropping a 112-104 decision to the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks welcome the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Sunday at MSG for the first of two matchups with the Hornets in three games.

  • [NYTimes] New Format for Basketball’s World Cup Has Very Good Players Feeling Very Frustrated
    (Monday, December 10, 2018 1:31:48 AM)

    A format change means N.B.A. players like Slovenia’s Luka Doncic are unable to participate in most of the qualifying games, likely costing their countries a slot.

  • [NYPost] Former Knick certain Kristaps Porzingis ‘will be a beast again’
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 9:21:34 PM)

    Willy Hernangomez is taking the line from “The Dark Knight” — “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain” — to heart. The one-time fan favorite may become a sworn Garden enemy with comments like these. “Now my job,” he said of close friend Kristaps Porzingis, “is to…

  • [NYPost] Kemba Walker isn’t ruling out coming home to join Knicks
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 8:12:40 PM)

    Kemba Walker didn’t shut the door completely, leaving it open just enough to give Knicks fans a glimmer of hope. “I don’t have any interest in coming back home — right now,” the Hornets’ free-agent-to-be point guard said when asked if playing for his hometown Knicks would appeal to him. At least the dynamic Bronx…

  • [NYPost] Kevin Knox’s career-best night couldn’t save the Knicks
    (Sunday, December 09, 2018 5:12:48 PM)

    If the Knicks were hoping to convince Kemba Walker to join them next summer as a free agent, at least their youthful core put up a fourth-quarter fight in their latest eyesore defeat of the season. One night after a late rally fell short against the rival Nets, the Knicks couldn’t climb all the way…