Knicks Morning News (2019.02.02)

This was no Marc Gasol situation.

David Fizdale worked at his relationship with Kristaps Porzingis and the two communicated even after the Latvian was sent to the Mavericks. Porzingis, by all accounts, liked Fizdale as a person. But he never got to know him as a coach.

“We talked (Thursday night),”…

Seated, coincidentally, at Madison Square Garden and next to a Knicks logo, Kyrie Irving walked back his verbal commitment to re-signing with Boston and opened the door for ramped up speculation about teaming up with another superstar (ahem, Kevin Durant) in New York.

Buckle up.

“Ask me on July…

This was no Marc Gasol situation.

David Fizdale worked at his relationship with Kristaps Porzingis and the two communicated even after the Latvian was sent to the Mavericks. Porzingis, by all accounts, liked Fizdale as a person. But he never got to know him as a coach.

“We talked (Thursday night),”…

Seated, coincidentally, at Madison Square Garden and next to a Knicks logo, Kyrie Irving walked back his verbal commitment to re-signing with Boston and opened the door for ramped up speculation about teaming up with another superstar (ahem, Kevin Durant) in New York.

Buckle up.

“Ask me on July…

After clearing the books by trading Kristaps Porzingis to the Mavericks on Thursday, the Knicks should pursue Kyrie Irving while they can.

Knicks fans, please pull yourselves together. Trading Kristaps Porzingis was not the end of the world. In fact, it moved your franchise one step closer to contending for a title.

New York foolishly traded Kristaps Porzingis. But what else is new? Except for the fact that some fed-up Knicks fans might be turning their gaze toward Brooklyn.

In his first game since Christmas, James returned from injury and came an assist short of a triple-double as the Lakers beat the Clippers.

The Knicks’ losing streak reached 10 games after they fell apart in the fourth quarter in a 101-92 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Monday.

The Knicks created the cap space necessary to sign two max players this offseason. But does that mean a trade for Anthony Davis is off the table?

Pelicans star Anthony Davis has requested a trade, informing the team he has no interest in re-signing. With news of Davis wanting out came reports that the Knicks have strong interest in trading for him. Here are the latest rumors…

Knicks head coach David Fizdale details the fallout of the Kristaps Porzingis breakup.

In their first game since trading Kristaps Porzingis, Knicks host Celtics at 7:30 p.m.

Kristaps Porzingis appeared to be close to a return to the court before the Knicks traded him to the Mavericks.

St. John’s will get an up-close glimpse of Zion Williamson on Saturday, who could end up in New York next year.

Kyrie Irving has a message for the Celtics, Knicks and any other team that might pursue him in free agency: “Ask me July 1.”

Knicks officials are reportedly highly optimistic in their chances of landing Kevin Durant in free agency should he opt out of his player option and become an unrestricted free agent this summer.

Former Knicks All-Star Carmelo Anthony is set to become a free agent after he was waived by the Bulls.

The Knicks trade of Kristaps Porzingis warranted the back page for all three New York tabloids.

The only true return that will impact the Knicks immediately will be 21-year-old PG Dennis Smith Jr., who the Mavericks have been shopping prior to the Feb. 7 trade deadline. So what can we expect from Smith?

In the Kristaps Porzingis trade, the Knicks also dealt Tim Hardaway Jr., Courtney Lee and Trey Burke. Emmanuel Mudiay and Frank Ntilikina are hurt. So who’s left for Friday’s game vs. the Celtics?

Celtics guard and pending free agent Kyrie Irving received a warm welcome from the Madison Square Garden crowd on Friday night, hours after he strongly implied that he isn’t fully committed to re-signing in Boston.

Kristaps Porzingis will probably not play for the Dallas Mavericks this season as he continues recovering from a torn ACL in his left knee suffered a year ago, team owner Mark Cuban told ESPN.

Here are the dream scenarios for the Knicks, and what it would take.

With the trade deadline just days away, players are taking control of their own destinies more than ever before, and the league’s teams are scrambling to keep up.

As fellow Europeans who were in the same draft class and had faced each other since they were 15, Mario Hezonja grew close to Kristaps Porzingis. “It’s a little disappointing I never got to play with him,’’ Hezonja said before the Knicks’ 113-99 loss to the Celtics. In fact, the only current Knicks who played…

Enes Kanter was witness to another Knicks’ loss Friday at the Garden — their 12th straight and 13th in a row at home. It was a night that featured chants of “We Want Kyrie’’ for free-agent-to-be Kyrie Irving — along with “Let’s go Celtics.’’ Kanter is glad Kristaps Porzingis no longer has to witness the…

The fans at the Garden did their part, cheering Kyrie Irving when he was introduced as part of the Celtics’ starting lineup Friday night and again in the third quarter when they began chanting: “We want Ky-rie.” The Celtics guard had said earlier in the day to wait until July 1 to ask what his…

Kyrie Irving got warm cheers during pregame introductions Friday, was applauded on the first two possessions in which he touched the ball — and then came the Garden chants. On his way to 23 points, six assists and nine rebounds in the Celtics’ 113-99 victory over the Knicks, free-agent-to-be Irving was the recipient of “We…

It’s not on me. That was coach David Fizdale’s claim the day after Kristaps Porzingis expressed dissatisfaction with the direction and culture of the Knicks and wouldn’t give the franchise a long-term commitment. That precipitated Knicks president Steve Mills to cut his losses, ship Porzingis to Dallas and to open up two max-salary slots before…

While we can debate all night whether the Knicks did the right thing in trading Kristaps Porzingis, what’s not debatable is the team’s treatment of Stefan Bondy, the Knicks beat reporter for the Daily News. It was unacceptable. The News and the Garden have been feuding for more than a decade, but when the Knicks…

The Knicks can’t start officially talking to Kyrie Irving until 12:01 a.m. on July 1. Their fans began the recruitment Friday night. On the same day Irving backed off his preseason declaration that he planned to re-sign with the Celtics, the point guard was showered with a loud ovation and chants of “We Want Kyrie”…

Do the Knicks know something the rest of the league doesn’t? “It means they’re pretty sure they’re getting [Kevin Durant],” one NBA executive told Bleacher Report. Otherwise, Thursday’s Kristaps Porzingis trade — which created two max contract slots that could lead to the Knicks landing Durant and Kyrie Irving — makes little sense. Another executive…

Kristaps Porzingis was spotted for the first time since the Knicks traded him on Thursday afternoon. The Post photographed the Latvian forward on Friday coming out of a spa in Hastings-on-Hudson with a grin on his face. “I dunno man. I dunno,” Porzingis told The Post when asked if he would play this season, as…

If you want a Kristaps Porzingis Knicks shirt or jersey as a memento, now would be the perfect time to go shopping. The day after the 7-foot-3 Latvian and one-time face of the Knicks was stunningly dealt to the Mavericks, prices on his Knicks merchandise dropped quickly. At the Modell’s Sporting Goods location near Madison…

Sitting in a chair across from the Knicks bench at the Garden on Friday morning, Kyrie Irving tossed a can of gasoline on the fire surrounding his future. Nearly four months after he told thousands of fans in Boston he planned on re-signing with the Celtics this summer, Irving left the door wide open for…