Day: June 21, 2019

JUNE 21: The deal is now official, per a press release from the Kings. JUNE 20: The Knicks acquired the No. 47 pick from the Kings and selected University of Michigan forward Ignas Brazdeikis, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. Sacramento received the No. 55 pick in the draft and cash, Steve Popper of Newsday […]

These stories don’t get much better than this: The late maternal grandfather came from Jamaica to Brooklyn and cheered for Patrick Ewing and … well let his son-in-law tell it. “I used to sit and watch the Knick games every time I went over, especially when I was courting my wife,” Rowan Barrett told The…

General manager Scott Perry knew RJ Barrett eventually would be a Knick when he visited their Tarrytown campus June 10 and wowed them. “He came in and won our building over,’’ Perry said on a conference call Thursday night after Barrett officially became a Knick with the third pick in the NBA draft at Barclays…

The Knicks made a draft-night trade and moved up in the second round, but it was not to unload Frank Ntilikina. The Knicks swapped picks for cash considerations with Sacramento, moving from 55 to 47 to select Michigan lefty swingman Ignas Brazdeikis. Brazdeikis was born in Lithuania but grew up in Canada, meaning the Knicks…

Well, this was certainly a different kind of draft-night moment. At 7:51 p.m. Adam Silver, the NBA’s commissioner, walked to the podium at Barclays Center. This is when some of the best YouTube moments of all have been born: the hometown team makes a pick, the hometown fans take a moment to absorb that pick….

ESPN and a former Nets executive had a little fun with the Knicks on draft night. Before the Knicks selected RJ Barrett with the third overall pick in the NBA draft Thursday night at Barclays Center, ESPN flashed former Nets assistant general manager Bobby Mark’s “Team Needs” across its ticker. Instead of point guard or…

RJ Barrett has achieved the impossible — he’s made Knicks fans happy. Unlike four years ago when the Knicks used the fourth overall pick to draft Kristaps Porzingis, who was mercilessly booed by the Barclays Center crowd, the Knicks fans in Brooklyn Thursday night erupted — including Spike Lee — when Duke’s star freshman was…

RJ Barrett is trading in his flashy pink draft-night suit for the orange and blue. Barrett got his wish Thursday and fulfilled his late grandfather Noel’s prediction that one day he would be a Knick. The Knicks, as expected, took the Duke star with the No. 3 pick in the NBA draft at Barclays Center….

Kevin Durant may have a different path to the Knicks. According to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the Warriors are floating the idea of signing the injured forward and then later looking to trade him in a move that would potentially benefit both Durant and Golden State. The Warriors are the only team in the league that…

The Knicks are making the NBA draft look interesting from the outside. On Thursday, the team brought in North Carolina’s Coby White for a private workout at its facility, per ESPN.com. White, who averaged 16.1 points and 4.1 assists in his lone season at UNC, has been regularly projected to go in the bottom half…

The Knicks made their selection of RJ Barrett official and their new forward is ready for the spotlight of New York.

The Knicks stayed at No. 3 and selected RJ Barrett out of Duke — a move many saw the team doing. And GM Scott Perry explains why he was the right man for them in the first round.

The Knicks were not done adding players once the NBA Draft ended.

The Knicks traded up from the 55th to 47th pick to select Michigan forward Ignas Brazdeikis.

With the third overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, the Knicks selected Duke G RJ Barrett in a move everyone was expecting.

The Knicks selected RJ Barrett with the No. 3 overall pick, and he was immediately showered with cheers in Barclays Center as he made his way to the stage.

The first three picks fell into place the way most people thought they would, and the Knicks selected RJ Barrett, the player they had seemingly targeted throughout the draft process, with the third-overall pick.

RJ Barrett is going to be a Knick. SNY’s Ian Begley is hearing from a source that the Knicks don’t expect any surprises, and they will remain at No. 3 to select Barrett.

We know that the Knicks will still have interest in Kevin Durant, who is expected to miss next season as he rehabs from an Achilles injury. They are also going to be aggressive in their pursuit of NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard.

As the Knicks prepare to use their two picks in the 2019 NBA Draft tonight at Barclays Center, here’s a look back at their Top 5 Draft steals in franchise history.

We know that the Knicks are settled on taking RJ Barrett at the No. 3 pick if he’s available, but what will they do with their second round pick?

The Knicks held a private workout with UNC guard Coby White on Thursday, hours before the NBA draft.

This is all relevant to the Knicks, of course, because they have the No. 3 pick, right after the Grizzlies. And teams have reportedly been calling Memphis about trades for the No. 2 pick.