Day: May 21, 2019

Congratulations to Mitchell Robinson for Making the Second Team All-Rookie Team!

Woj tweeted out the results for the All-Rookie Team!

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Wow, the first five picks all made the first team of the All-Rookie team! That must be the first time that that has ever happened, right?

Mitch should be first team, but hey, better than not being on the team at all!

How grainy is that photo? Weird to see Woj tweet out such a grainy photo.

Knicks Morning News (2019.05.21)

  • [NYDN] NBA draft profile: Knicks target RJ Barrett of Duke
    (Monday, May 20, 2019 12:34:00 PM)

    With Zion Williamson and Ja Morant seemingly already off the board, the list of prospects the New York Knicks will have available for them with the third pick starts with Duke’s RJ Barrett.

    The top recruit in the 2018 class, Barrett did not disapppoint during his only collegiate season, despite…

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks’ Frank Ntilikina reportedly switches agents amid trade rumors
    (Monday, May 20, 2019 8:01:48 PM)

    Knicks guard Frank Ntilikina has reportedly switched agents amid trade rumors.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks target Kevin Durant takes shot at Chris Broussard on Twitter
    (Monday, May 20, 2019 3:39:29 PM)

    Kevin Durant is growing tired of criticism that his rings do not mean as much because he joined Golden State Warriors.

  • [SNY Knicks] Latest on Knicks target Kevin Durant: KD ‘recruiting guys to go to New York with him’
    (Monday, May 20, 2019 3:15:54 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] RJ Barrett’s high school coach explains why he could be ‘the best guy in the draft’
    (Monday, May 20, 2019 9:50:52 AM)

    RJ Barrett’s high school coach, Kevin Boyle, knows NBA talent well. He’s coached Kyrie Irving, Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, D’Angelo Russell and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist at the high school level.

  • [SNY Knicks] Kyrie Irving’s high school coach thinks there’s a ‘good chance’ he signs with Knicks
    (Monday, May 20, 2019 8:44:50 AM)

    If Irving signs with the Knicks, Boyle — who also coached RJ Barrett — thinks Barrett can fit in well with the All Star point guard.

  • [NYPost] Knicks’ draft target RJ Barrett has ‘great’ case for No. 1 pick
    (Monday, May 20, 2019 5:06:42 PM)

    RJ Barrett’s high school coach believes his former player didn’t get the attention he was due at Duke because of Zion Williamson and feels there could be a case made for the 6-foot-7 stud to be the No. 1 pick of the draft. Kevin Boyle, head coach at national powerhouse Montverde Academy in Florida, said…

  • [NYPost] The Anthony Davis snub that changed Zion Williamson
    (Monday, May 20, 2019 9:17:00 AM)

    Zion Williamson is used to getting snubbed by Anthony Davis. Williamson, in a documentary made in 2016 in which he extols the importance of signing autographs, revealed he was once turned down by Davis — a rejection that made an impact on his life. Williamson, who will be headed to New Orleans after the Pelicans…