(Sunday, February 03, 2019 9:39:32 PM)
While there’s much discussion about New York’s recently freed up cap space and what they’ll be able to do with it, it’s important to remember that the Knicks landed a 2017 lottery pick heralded as a prized acquisition mere months ago. Ian Begley of ESPN writes about head coach David Fizdale‘s plans to utilize Dennis […]
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 11:59:02 AM)
DeAndre Jordan and Wesley Matthews may not be with the Knicks very long, but coach David Fizdale is preparing to use them, tweets Ian Begley of ESPN. Acquired in the trade that sent Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas, both players are veterans with expiring contracts who will be buyout candidates if they aren’t traded by Thursday’s […]
[Sports Illustrated] Kristaps Porzingis Tells Knicks Fans to ‘Stay Woke’ After Trade to Mavericks (Sunday, February 03, 2019 11:33:56 AM)
Kristaps Porzingis said New York “deserves better than that.”
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 3:00:00 PM)
Even after all that happened with the Knicks – with trading Kristaps Porzingis and showcasing a new cast of players – the dominant chant Sunday from the Garden crowd was, “We want Kanter.”
And for a moment, they thought they got their wish. Except coach David Fizdale called out “Dennis” for new…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 12:10:00 PM)
Kristaps Porzingis sent a warning to Knicks fans about their basketball team, posting early Sunday morning on Instagram that, “The city deserves better than that.”
“My suggestion for Knicks fans is to STAY WOKE!! Peace,” Porzingis continued.
Exactly what or whom Porzingis was addressing is unknown,…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 3:00:00 PM)
Even after all that happened with the Knicks – with trading Kristaps Porzingis and showcasing a new cast of players – the dominant chant Sunday from the Garden crowd was, “We want Kanter.”
And for a moment, they thought they got their wish. Except coach David Fizdale called out “Dennis” for new…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 12:10:00 PM)
Kristaps Porzingis sent a warning to Knicks fans about their basketball team, posting early Sunday morning on Instagram that, “The city deserves better than that.”
“My suggestion for Knicks fans is to STAY WOKE!! Peace,” Porzingis continued.
Exactly what or whom Porzingis was addressing is unknown,…
[FOXsports] Conley, Gasol help Grizzlies top Knicks to end road skid (Sunday, February 03, 2019 3:43:34 PM)
Mike Conley scores 25 points, Marc Gasol has 24, Memphis Grizzlies snap 9-game road losing streak with 96-84 victory over New York Knicks
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 7:41:31 PM)
Enes Kanter logged another DNP-coach’s decision in Sunday’s loss to the Grizzlies. And though he felt grateful for the fans’ support, he said he couldn’t completely revel in the moment.
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 3:24:41 PM)
In the second game since the Knicks sent Kristaps Porzingis to the Mavericks in a blockbuster deal, Dennis Smith Jr. and DeAndre Jordan made their debut as New York fell to the Grizzlies, 96-84 at Madison Square Garden.
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 1:59:37 PM)
“They made it clear to us that he did not want to play for the Knicks, that he was not going to re-sign with us as a free agent. And we in one way thanked him for the clarity because it gave us the information we needed to know.”
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 12:41:18 PM)
After bidding farewell to the fans, Kristaps Porzingis has been sounding off on social media since the Knicks traded him to the Mavericks Thursday in the deal that shook the NBA world. But his most cryptic message was posted on his Instagram story on Sunday morning.
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 12:21:26 PM)
The Knicks (10-41) will be playing their second game after trading Kristaps Porzingis and three other players to Dallas in an effort to get about $70 million in salary cap space this summer for a star-studded free agent class that includes Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 11:40:17 PM)
This wasn’t Dennis Smith Jr. going for a triple-double as he did Wednesday at the Garden when he was wearing a Mavericks uniform. But Smith’s Knicks debut became an exciting glimpse for David Fizdale on how he can mold the new point guard acquired in Thursday’s Kristaps Porzingis blockbuster. “The early foul trouble was tough,’’…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 10:39:19 PM)
There were three microphones set up on a table in the Knicks media room at the Garden on Sunday afternoon. The Knicks logo was everywhere, creating a setting that was really more about the team’s future than the present. The spaces were soon filled with the newest Knicks — DeAndre Jordan, Dennis Smith Jr. and…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 9:12:52 PM)
A wistful Joakim Noah returned to Madison Square Garden on Sunday, and if he wasn’t already thinking about how it all went so wrong with the Knicks — his hometown team, the team he grew up rooting for — he was reminded by a crowd that booed him every single time he touched the ball…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 5:04:06 PM)
Dennis Smith Jr. has a chance to be the Knicks’ point guard of the future, but coach David Fizdale says veterans DeAndre Jordan and Wesley Matthews could have a longer stay in New York than some think. The three new players acquired from Dallas in the Kristaps Porzingis trade were thrown right into the fire…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 3:03:41 PM)
It was a franchise-altering week for the Knicks. And as their fans gathered Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, you might have expected murmurs of excitement about a new-look roster and a potential free-agent shopping spree this summer — or else noises of complaint that the team suddenly would trade away a homegrown superstar in…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 1:41:43 PM)
The Mavericks will introduce Monday their new franchise gem, Kristaps Porzingis, who didn’t want anything to do with New York any longer — as his Sunday morning Instagram post suggested. Whether Porzingis made an exact trade demand, only he can confirm Monday in what figures to be a jovial affair at American Airlines Center in…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 10:52:55 AM)
The Knicks dropped a Super Bowl Sunday matinee at Madison Square Garden to the Grizzlies 96-84 and looked like a bunch of guys who had been introduced the day before. Probably because they had. The Knicks, still wobbling from the aftershocks of this past week’s stunning Kristaps Porzingis trade, featured new acquisitions Dennis Smith Jr.,…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 8:29:23 AM)
The three new Dallas pickups were thrown right into the fire on Super Bowl Sunday — with Dennis Smith Jr. starting at point guard and DeAndre Jordan at center when the Knicks face Memphis in a 1 p.m. Super Bowl Sunday matinee. With physicals all completed by Sunday morning, Knicks coach David Fizdale had no…
(Sunday, February 03, 2019 7:43:27 AM)
Three days after he was traded from the Knicks to the Mavericks, All-Star big man Kristaps Porzingis suggested in an Instagram post that his ex-team’s fans should “stay woke.”
[NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: N.B.A. By the Numbers: The League That Never Sleeps (Monday, February 04, 2019 7:59:04 AM)
Even the Super Bowl was no match for the N.B.A.’s power to seize the spotlight. Catch up on the season and find out what’s in store.