Knicks Morning News (2019.05.20)

  • [Hoops Rumors] Eastern Notes: Brooks, Ntilikina, Lopez, Knicks
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 10:44:00 PM)

    Wizards coach Scott Brooks recently finished his third season with Washington and 10th season as an NBA head coach, reaching a full decade in the position and achieving a goal that very few coaches have done today. Brooks guided the Wizards through a tumultuous, injury-plagued season and finished with a 32-50 record, causing some around […]

  • [Hoops Rumors] Atlantic Notes: Knicks, King, Hernandez, Raptors
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 8:01:13 PM)

    Knicks president Steve Mills broke his silence last week but declined to address whether the team will look to trade its lottery pick in a deal for disgruntled New Orleans star Anthony Davis, as relayed by Marc Berman of the New York Post. The Knicks were awarded the No. 3 pick from the NBA’s Draft Lottery, something […]

  • [Hoops Rumors] Knicks Notes: Durant, Davis, Draft, Ntilikina
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 1:04:34 PM)

    The possibility of Kevin Durant signing with the Knicks overshadowed all other topics as NBA executives gathered this week for the annual combine, relays Steve Popper of Newsday. He states that most of those in attendance consider it a “fait accompli” that the Warriors’ star will be coming to New York when free agency begins in […]

  • [TheRinger] Eastern Notes: Brooks, Ntilikina, Lopez, Knicks
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 10:44:00 PM)

    Wizards coach Scott Brooks recently finished his third season with Washington and 10th season as an NBA head coach, reaching a full decade in the position and achieving a goal that very few coaches have done today. Brooks guided the Wizards through a tumultuous, injury-plagued season and finished with a 32-50 record, causing some around […]

  • [TheRinger] Atlantic Notes: Knicks, King, Hernandez, Raptors
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 8:01:13 PM)

    Knicks president Steve Mills broke his silence last week but declined to address whether the team will look to trade its lottery pick in a deal for disgruntled New Orleans star Anthony Davis, as relayed by Marc Berman of the New York Post. The Knicks were awarded the No. 3 pick from the NBA’s Draft Lottery, something […]

  • [TheRinger] Knicks Notes: Durant, Davis, Draft, Ntilikina
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 1:04:34 PM)

    The possibility of Kevin Durant signing with the Knicks overshadowed all other topics as NBA executives gathered this week for the annual combine, relays Steve Popper of Newsday. He states that most of those in attendance consider it a “fait accompli” that the Warriors’ star will be coming to New York when free agency begins in […]

  • [NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: Draymond Green Has Never Been Better. Or This Quiet.
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:16:58 PM)

    Golden State’s Green is known for his constant stream of chatter, but of late he has redirected it from the referees to the game with results a teammate could only describe as “ridiculous.”

  • [NYTimes] Joe Tsai Is Big in Business. Now He’s Taking On Women’s Basketball.
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 5:57:11 PM)

    Tsai, the new owner of the Liberty and part owner of the Nets, has made a fortune as a founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. He’s hoping his skills can produce needed revenue for the W.N.B.A.

  • [SNY Knicks] Current NBA postseason players the Knicks could target in free agency
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 10:38:48 PM)

    There are many postseason players who will soon enter free agency. How could they fit into the Knicks’ plans?

  • [SNY Knicks] How Knicks feel about 7-foot-7 Tacko Fall after NBA Draft Combine
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 8:43:24 PM)

    Before the NBA Draft Combine, 7-foot-7 Tacko Fall wasn’t projected to be selected in the draft. Did his combine performance change the Knicks’ perception of him?

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks will reportedly look into trading Frank Ntilikina for draft pick
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 6:31:17 PM)

    The Knicks will reportedly explore the idea of trading former top-10 pick Frank Ntilikina for another draft pick.

  • [NYPost] Knicks getting close look at Tacko Fall as soon as they could
    (Sunday, May 19, 2019 10:38:43 AM)

    The Knicks will begin private draft workouts Monday at their Tarrytown headquarters, and the first one up is also the tallest: 7-foot-7 Tacko Fall, The Post has learned. The gargantuan Central Florida big man is coming off a rousing draft combine in Chicago, to which he was not even invited at the start. Fall needed…