Knicks Morning News (2019.04.26)

  • [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 far-off assets; and young prospects Frank Ntilikina and Kevin Knox looked shaky. Still, there’s optimism in New […]

  • [NYTimes] John Havlicek, a Dynamo in Two Eras of Celtics Glory, Dies at 79
    (Friday, April 26, 2019 7:18:41 AM)

    “Hondo,” as he was called, was a relentless, clutch and consistently proficient player on eight championship teams in a 16-season Hall of Fame career.

  • [NYTimes] Finding Lonzo Ball’s Missing $1.5 Million, and Himself
    (Thursday, April 25, 2019 7:30:42 PM)

    The Uganda-born financial whiz who blew the whistle on the possibility of fraud in the basketball star’s accounts traveled a long, emotional journey to success.

  • [NYTimes] N.B.A. and Kings Will Investigate Claim Against Luke Walton
    (Friday, April 26, 2019 12:01:11 AM)

    The Kings coach was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit. He has denied any wrongdoing.

  • [NYPost] Knicks’ Mitchell Robinson has found the player he wants to emulate
    (Friday, April 26, 2019 12:45:53 AM)

    Mitchell Robinson has watched some playoff games, including those between the Nets and 76ers. And the Knicks rookie center has decided the Sixers’ Joel Embiid is the center he wants to emulate. “He’s a competitor. He just goes at it,’’ Robinson said at an autograph appearance Thursday at the NBA Store in Manhattan. “He goes…

  • [SNY Knicks] Potential Knicks free-agent target Kevin Durant selling Malibu home
    (Thursday, April 25, 2019 10:02:13 AM)

    Warriors star Kevin Durant will have his choice of where he wants to play and live next season when he becomes a free agent this summer. So is it a sign that he is selling his California home?