Knicks Morning News (2018.12.15)

  • [NYDN] Emmanuel Mudiay’s career night helps Knicks stage frenzied comeback to beat Hornets in OT
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 6:45:00 PM)

    As bad as the Knicks have been this season, they rarely fold under David Fizdale. They’re young and they play hard.

    On Friday, that fight was rewarded with an improbable comeback victory.

    Emmanuel Mudiay dropped a career-high 34 points as the Knicks recovered from a 21-point deficit to stun the…

  • [TheRinger] Emmanuel Mudiay’s career night helps Knicks stage frenzied comeback to beat Hornets in OT
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 6:45:00 PM)

    As bad as the Knicks have been this season, they rarely fold under David Fizdale. They’re young and they play hard.

    On Friday, that fight was rewarded with an improbable comeback victory.

    Emmanuel Mudiay dropped a career-high 34 points as the Knicks recovered from a 21-point deficit to stun the…

  • [Hoops Rumors] Knicks Notes: Baker, Kornet, Lee, Trier
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 12:00:12 PM)

    It wasn’t easy for Knicks coach David Fizdale to part with Ron Baker, writes Marc Berman of The New York Post. Baker was waived yesterday to open a roster spot so that Allonzo Trier‘s two-way contract could be converted to a standard NBA deal. â??This was the hardest one Iâ??ve ever been a part of,â??â?? […]

  • [NBA] NEW YORK KNICKS SIGN ALLONZO TRIER
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 7:30:08 AM)

    NEW YORK, December 13, 2018 – The New York Knicks announced today that the team has signed guard Allonzo Trier

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks takeaways from thrilling overtime 126-124 win over Hornets
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 10:38:57 PM)

    Down as much as 21 points, the Knicks battled back to defeat the Hornets in a thrilling overtime bout, 126-124, in Charlotte.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks’ Mitchell Robinson leaves game with sprained left ankle
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 7:58:24 PM)

    Knicks rookie C Mitchell Robinson won’t return to Friday’s contest against the Hornets after suffering a sprained left ankle in the second quarter, MSG Network announced.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks, Hornets do battle in Charlotte at 7:00 p.m.
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 5:46:06 PM)

    Amidst a five-game losing streak, the New York Knicks face the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night at Spectrum Center.

  • [SNY Knicks] SEE IT: Ron Baker says goodbye to Knicks fans with ‘Anchorman’ meme
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 4:39:13 PM)

    Ron Baker knows how to keep it classy, and expects New York to do the same.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks rookie Allonzo Trier could play key role in landing Kevin Durant
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 10:25:00 AM)

    Trier and Durant reportedly have a relationship dating back to when the Knicks rookie was a high school player in Oklahoma City.

  • [ESPN] ‘Too lit’ for New York: Noah talks Knicks tenure
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 11:35:15 AM)

    Joakim Noah, now with the Grizzlies, says part of his struggles during his time with his hometown Knicks stemmed from him being “too lit” in New York City.

  • [NYTimes] N.B.A. Roundup: Knicks Come From 21 Down for Overtime Win Against the Hornets
    (Saturday, December 15, 2018 3:44:22 AM)

    The Nets also beat the Washington Wizards on Friday night, 125-118, for their fourth straight victory, the team’s longest winning streak of the season.

  • [NYPost] Mitchell Robinson, Frank Ntilikina injuries dampen night
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 6:51:56 PM)

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As center Luke Kornet and point guard Emmanuel Mudiay became heroes Friday against the Hornets, Mitchell Robinson and Frank Ntilikina became casualties — each suffering an ankle sprain in the Knicks’ 126-124 overtime victory. In a scary moment, Robinson, the Knicks’ rookie project, landed awkwardly on his left ankle after snatching a…

  • [NYPost] Unlikely heroes lead Knicks to shocking overtime victory
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 4:51:59 PM)

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The hip-hop music blared. The ice flew. This was one happy visitor’s locker room after point guard Emmanuel Mudiay and unlikely center Luke Kornet rallied the Knicks from an awful first half, during which they trailed by 21 points. The Knicks went on to stun Charlotte, 126-124, in overtime Friday night at…

  • [NYPost] Allonzo Trier doesn’t want to hear from fake friends after deal
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 12:38:35 PM)

    Allonzo Trier would like to know where all these people were when his bank account wasn’t so full. The Knicks’ undrafted rookie, who earned a two-year, $6.8 million contract Thursday after impressing on his two-way G-League deal, wasn’t falling for some of his supposed friends who have since checked in with him. “I appreciate the…

  • [NYPost] David Fizdale won’t let Knicks get down despite dismal record
    (Friday, December 14, 2018 12:06:54 PM)

    CHARLOTTE — After 29 games last season, Jeff Hornacek’s Knicks were 16-13 before it all fell apart — Tim Hardaway Jr.’s stress fracture in early December the start of the comedown. David Fizdale’s Knicks have already fallen apart — record-wise. You’d never know it, though, by the merriment surrounding the team across this mountain of…