Knicks Morning News (2019.03.07)

  • [NYDN] Suns crush Knicks in tanking bowl
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 8:50:00 PM)

    PHOENIX — Devin Booker predicted a big night for himself. And, he was right.

    The Phoenix star scored a season-high 41 points, and the surging Suns rolled to their fourth victory in five games with a 107-96 win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.

    Booker made 14 of 23 shots, including six…

  • [NYDN] The Knicks’ race to the bottom isn’t only about Zion Williamson
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 8:50:00 PM)

    The race to the bottom — the very bottom — isn’t about Zion Williamson.

    With the pitiful Suns crushing the Knicks on Wednesday night — and the moribund Cavs falling to Brooklyn — it’s worth remembering that Adam Silver changed the rules so that the three worst teams all have the same chance of…

  • [FOXsports] Booker’s season-high 41 power streaking Suns past Knicks
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 11:58:43 PM)

    Devin Booker made 14 of 23 shots, including six of 10 3-pointers.

  • [FOXsports] Booker’s season-high 41 points power Suns past Knicks
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 11:42:49 PM)

    Booker’s season-high 41 points power Suns past Knicks

  • [TheRinger] Booker’s season-high 41 power streaking Suns past Knicks
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 11:58:43 PM)

    Devin Booker made 14 of 23 shots, including six of 10 3-pointers.

  • [TheRinger] Booker’s season-high 41 points power Suns past Knicks
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 11:42:49 PM)

    Booker’s season-high 41 points power Suns past Knicks

  • [Hoops Rumors] Knicks Notes: Hardaway, Tanking, Draft, Kidd
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 7:32:50 PM)

    “Mind blowing” is the phrase Tim Hardaway Jr. used to describe the experience of being traded away from the Knicks twice, relays Stefan Bondy of The New York Daily News. Hardaway, who returned to New York Monday to face the Nets, said he was surprised and disappointed to learn he had been shipped to Dallas […]

  • [Hoops Rumors] Atlantic Notes: Celtics, Irving, Knicks, Sixers
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 1:39:04 PM)

    It was just yesterday that we were relaying the latest stories on the dysfunction in Boston, including Jaylen Brown‘s comments from earlier this week on the “toxic” environment created by the Celtics‘ losing. Just 24 hours later, the team appears to be in a better place – at least for now – after hammering the […]

  • [YahooSports] GAME RECAP: Suns 107, Knicks 96
    (Thursday, March 07, 2019 5:40:59 AM)

    Devin Booker goes off for 41 points as Phoenix protects home to beat New York.

  • [NYTimes] Keeping Score: LeBron James Passes Michael Jordan on N.B.A.’s Career Scoring List
    (Thursday, March 07, 2019 7:21:20 AM)

    James’s first season with the Los Angeles Lakers has been disappointing, but passing his idol goes beyond winning and losing.

  • [NYTimes] Andrew Bogut’s Rule for an N.B.A. Return: ‘Golden State or Nothing’
    (Thursday, March 07, 2019 3:04:02 AM)

    Bogut, who won a championship with the Warriors in 2015, had been playing in Australia before signing with his former team Wednesday for another playoff run.

  • [NYTimes] Play About LeBron James to Highlight New Steppenwolf Season
    (Thursday, March 07, 2019 5:18:10 AM)

    Sure, LeBron is doing another “Space Jam” movie. But a play about LeBron is also heading to Chicago.

  • [NYPost] Knicks prove once again they are the worst team in the NBA
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 7:00:02 PM)

    PHOENIX — Knicks coach David Fizdale called this contest a shootout between two teams aching for wins. “Two desperados,’’ Fizdale said before tipoff. “Fighting for crumbs on the table.” The Suns proved not as crummy as the Knicks — faster, more talented, better ball-movers and already with a bust-out star in the fold. Devin Booker…

  • [NYPost] Jason Kidd is latest legendary mentor recruited by David Fizdale
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 11:51:21 AM)

    PHOENIX — Another ex-Knick was summoned by coach David Fizdale to impart his wisdom, even if this point-guard legend spent just one season in orange and blue. Newly inducted Hall of Famer Jason Kidd appeared at the Knicks shootaround at the Talking Stick Resort Arena and spent nearly 20 minutes huddled with Knicks point guards…

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks Takeaways from Wednesday’s 107-96 loss to Suns
    (Thursday, March 07, 2019 12:26:01 AM)

    The Knicks officially own the worst record in the NBA after the Suns took them down 107-96 on the road Wednesday night.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks and Suns face off in battle for NBA’s worst record at 9 p.m.
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 8:00:35 PM)

    The Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks will square off Wednesday night in Arizona in a rare late-season battle of the two teams vying for the worst record in the NBA.

  • [SNY Knicks] Latest on Knicks target Kevin Durant: Warriors worried he has ‘one foot out the door’
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 12:52:56 PM)

    Warriors star Kevin Durant can be a free agent after the season, and the idea that he could team up with fellow free agent Kyrie Irving on the Knicks this summer has picked up steam since the Kristaps Porzingis trade cleared two max slots for New York. Here are the latest rumors…

  • [SNY Knicks] NBA analyst says Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are leaning away from Knicks
    (Wednesday, March 06, 2019 11:50:25 AM)

    The Knicks’ dream lineup in 2019-20 that they hope will feature Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving could be a pipe dream — at least according to one NBA analyst.