Day: March 3, 2019

Game Thread: New York Knicks @ Los Angeles Clippers

So many interesting possibilities today.

1. The Clippers play the Lakers on Monday. There is a real possibility that they might look past the Knicks today, making today a proverbial “trap game.”

2. Afternoon games always seem to be weird. Remember when the shitty Lakers beat the Warriors during the season when the Warriors won 73 games? That game was an afternoon game, as well. Right around this point in the year, too (March 6, 2016).

3. Afternoon games in Los Angeles for New York teams tend to be sketchy due to the players partying, but this young Knicks team seems oddly more disciplined than some of the Knicks past veteran teams, so I am not expecting them to be lethargic today.

4. The Clippers had some reason to miss the playoffs this year (they lose their first rounder this year if they make the playoffs), but they just keep playing so damn well. Honestly, if they keep this current team and ONLY add Kawhi Leonard to the team, I think they could be in the mix for home court next year and they have room to add a lot more than just Kawhi. They have some free agents that they’re bound to lose, though, so it is unlikely that we will see this particular Clippers team next season.

Let’s go, MitchRob!

Knicks Morning News (2019.03.03)

  • [Hoops Rumors] Knicks Re-Sign Henry Ellenson To Two-Year Deal
    (Saturday, March 02, 2019 1:48:53 PM)

    MARCH 2: The Knicks have officially signed Ellenson for the rest of the season, the team announced today in a press release. As indicated below, the deal will feature a team option for 2019/20. FEBRUARY 28: Henry Ellenson‘s 10-day contract with the Knicks will expire tomorrow night, but the former first-round pick won’t be going […]

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks bring in Marcus Camby to meet Mitchell Robinson
    (Saturday, March 02, 2019 1:52:07 PM)

    As DeAndre Jordan passes along what he learned from Marcus Camby to Mitchell Robinson, the former Knick decided to meet and see the rookie himself.

  • [NBA] New York Knicks Sign Henry Ellenson
    (Saturday, March 02, 2019 10:18:45 AM)

    NEW YORK, NY (March 2, 2019) – The New York Knicks announced today that the team has signed forward Henry Ellenson for t

  • [NYPost] ‘I don’t eat bad’: Dennis Smith Jr. denies food fight with Knicks
    (Saturday, March 02, 2019 8:05:21 PM)

    LOS ANGELES — New Knicks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. doesn’t want the perception he’s a junk-food maven. Obtained in the Kristaps Porzingis blockbuster, the 21-year-old from North Carolina State just needed a tweak. This past week, Smith went food shopping with Erika Whitmore, the Knicks sports dietician. A week ago, coach David Fizdale sat…

  • [NYPost] The brash goal driving Mitchell Robinson’s Knicks emergence
    (Saturday, March 02, 2019 5:31:52 PM)

    Rookie Knicks center Mitchell Robinson blocked out some time for a shot at a Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Whose shot would you want to block in today’s game that you haven’t blocked yet? A: [Steph] Curry. … He’s shooting that thing from anywhere. If I can get a piece of that, I’d…

  • [NYPost] The real Knicks-Clippers battle will involve Kevin Durant
    (Saturday, March 02, 2019 4:57:34 PM)

    LOS ANGELES — The Knicks face the Clippers twice in their final 20 games, starting with Sunday’s matinee at Staples Center. The third battle, though, will be lots more important — the clash for Kevin Durant. Much like the Knicks, the Clippers executed a trade-deadline deal to clear cap space for nearly two max players….

  • [NYPost] Tavares and Harper events more proof ‘fan’ is short for ‘fanatic’
    (Saturday, March 02, 2019 4:46:01 PM)

    It really was a perfect confluence Thursday afternoon. Islanders fans had been sipping tea with lemon all day, alternating that with cheery-flavored cough drops to make sure their vocal cords were strong and primed for two-plus hours of booing and jeering and taunting John Tavares, who was back in the neighborhood for the first time…

  • [NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: Giannis Antetokounmpo Is N.B.A. Must-See TV, and Maybe the M.V.P.
    (Sunday, March 03, 2019 8:00:04 AM)

    Nearly two years after he was challenged to win the league’s Most Valuable Player Award, the Bucks star may be on the verge of upending the Eastern Conference to do so.