Month: April 2019

[NYDN] Knicks TV rating dropped 38 percent last season (Monday, April 29, 2019 4:19:55 PM) Lots of losing and no Kristaps Porzingis meant very little interest in Knicks games. Ratings on MSG network dropped a massive 38 percent last season, according to figures released Monday by the Sports Business Journal. Only the Cavaliers, who lost […]

[SNY Knicks] Carmelo Anthony does not rule out reunion with Knicks (Sunday, April 28, 2019 3:26:45 PM) Could Carmelo Anthony re-join the Knicks if Kevin Durant signs with New York this summer? [NYTimes] Warriors 104, Rockets 100 | Golden State leads series, 1-0: Warriors Start Hamptons Five, Showing Urgency in Win Over Rockets (Monday, April […]

[NYTimes] Virginia Men’s Basketball Will Not Go to the White House (Sunday, April 28, 2019 3:54:35 AM) A trip to the White House from a team based in Charlottesville would have been fraught, regardless of the head coach citing scheduling conflicts.

[Hoops Rumors] Knicks Rumors: Offseason, Durant, Kyrie, Kawhi (Friday, April 26, 2019 9:53:55 AM) Despite winning just 17 games in 2018/19, the Knicks repeatedly suggested they were happy with the direction the franchise was headed. As Ian Begley of ESPN.com details, head coach David Fizdale said that he had heard praise from people around the […]

[Hoops Rumors] 2019 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: New York Knicks (Thursday, April 25, 2019 6:00:42 PM) There was plenty not to like about the Knicks‘ 2018/19 season. They lost an NBA-worst 65 games; they traded a potential franchise player, Kristaps Porzingis, to Dallas in a deal primarily aimed at creating cap flexibility and acquiring […]

[Sports Illustrated] Watch: Enes Kanter Thanks Knicks For Waiving Him After Blazers Win over Thunder (Wednesday, April 24, 2019 9:51:09 AM) Kanter was waived by the Knicks on Feb. 7 after two seasons in New York.  [NYPost] Knicks’ biggest threat for signing Kevin Durant could be Nets (Wednesday, April 24, 2019 11:02:45 PM) As Nets […]

[NYTimes] 76ers 122, Nets 100: The Nets’ Season Ends, but They’re Just Getting Started (Wednesday, April 24, 2019 4:08:05 AM) A first-round playoff series loss to Philadelphia is the postscript to a season that saw a young team overachieve and build for its future. [NYTimes] Luke Walton, Coach of the Sacramento Kings, Is Accused of […]

[SNY Knicks] How David Fizdale feels about expectations for the Knicks entering NBA free agency (Monday, April 22, 2019 5:05:11 PM) The expectations could not be higher for the Knicks as they enter free agency this summer, having bottomed out during the 2018-19 season. But what if things don’t work out as hoped? [SNY Knicks] […]

[Hoops Rumors] Knicks Notes: Draft Picks, Ntilikina, Dotson, Dolan (Sunday, April 21, 2019 1:59:26 PM) The Knicks will miss out on a valuable pick in this year’s draft because of a trade former team president Phil Jackson made nearly five years ago, according to Marc Berman of The New York Post. New York would own […]

[NYPost] Duke great: Zion Williamson would be a star in NBA playoffs (Saturday, April 20, 2019 7:07:55 PM) Sixers sharpshooter JJ Redick played a full four seasons at Duke, but has no issues that the Blue Devils’ hyped freshmen trio have chosen to be one-and-doners. And as far as Zion Williamson, Redick believes the dynamic […]