Month: July 2019

Earthquake causes early finish to Knicks-Pelicans Summer League game

In case you hadn’t heard, the New York Knicks didn’t blow away the NBA in free agency. After a putrid regular season that most fans endured with the hopes that Zion Williamson and some marquee free agents like Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were on the way, the team instead ended up with R.J. Barrett and Julius Randle. Those aren’t bad players, but few expect the Knicks to make the playoffs next year.

In case you hadn’t heard, the New York Knicks didn’t blow away the NBA in free agency. After a putrid regular season that most fans endured with the hopes that Zion Williamson and some marquee free agents like Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were on the way, the team instead ended up with R.J. Barrett and Julius Randle. Those aren’t bad players, but few expect the Knicks to make the playoffs next year.

The games at the Thomas & Mack Center were postponed until a later date. 

Yes, you read that right.

LAS VEGAS — The buzz began before noon local time Friday, well before the first of 10 games tipped off on the opening day of the Las Vegas Summer League. A hot sun was beating down on the concrete, though it did little to discourage the never-ending line of fans that zigzagged around the Thomas…

LAS VEGAS — Knicks center Mitchell Robinson will be back in Las Vegas in August. Robinson, coming off a season in which he garnered second-team All-Rookie honors, found out Monday he will be on the Select Team that will practice against the U.S. World Cup team from Aug. 2-8 in Las Vegas, according to a…

LAS VEGAS — Friday night’s Pelicans-Knicks matchup was expected to be a showstopper, just not like this. The summer league game was halted in the middle of play with 7:53 left in the fourth quarter, the Pelicans leading the Knicks, 80-74, after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook the Thomas & Mack Center. As the speakers and…

LAS VEGAS — The earth moved in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s ballyhooed summer league-opening showdown between the Pelicans’ Zion Williamson and the Knicks’ RJ Barrett at the Thomas & Mack Center — but not the way you would have expected it. With Williamson sitting out the second half because of left-knee soreness and…

LAS VEGAS — Spencer Dinwiddie wouldn’t say how much of a role his recruiting played in the Nets landing Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. But the guard wasn’t shy in vowing the Nets’ newfound star power will lift them up the standings and boost them up the New York sports pecking order. “We definitely are…

LAS VEGAS — With $70 million of cap space, Knicks brass bought time instead of a star player. Striking out shouldn’t be shocking when reviewing their past lack of conquests. The Knicks’ narrative for the last several months, despite the league-worst 17-65 record, is the company had changed its image league-wide, changed the culture. Knicks…

LAS VEGAS — The offseason for the Knicks has not gone as planned. They missed out on the top pick in the draft lottery, and struck out with both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in free agency. However, not all is lost. The NBA Summer League in Las Vegas tips off Friday, and despite the…

Stephen A. Smith’s new plan to save the Knicks involves … himself. The ESPN analyst and noted Knicks fan posted a highlight montage of himself piloting the franchise to NBA 2K glory on Twitter. This comes just days after a miserable Smith ranted on Twitter about his team’s failure to nab Kevin Durant and Kyrie…

Kawhi Leonard stunned the NBA early Saturday morning, committing to the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency and bringing Oklahoma City star Paul George along with him.

R.J. Barrett didn’t shoot the ball well in his Summer League debut, but Knicks Coach Jud Buechler had a simple message for the rookie after the game: don’t stop shooting.

The Knicks’ Summer League debut against the Pelicans was stopped with 7:53 left in the fourth quarter due to an earthquake.

To make matters worse, these stars would rather play for New York’s other team, the Brooklyn Nets, who do not carry as much cachet as the Knicks.

Elfrid Payton will have ‘every opportunity’ to win the Knicks’ starting point guard position over Dennis Smith Jr., according to SNY sources.

Knicks fans will get an early look at some of the team’s young talent during the Summer League schedule.

The Knicks’ Summer League team consisting of RJ Barrett, Mitchell Robinson and Kevin Knox may be tough to beat.

Mitchell Robinson will get a chance to play with USA Basketball this summer.

The Knicks, led by No. 3 overall draft pick RJ Barrett, are the 8-1 favorites to win the Las Vegas Summer League title, according to Caesars Sportsbook.

Zion Williamson’s day included a chat with AD, an energetic crowd that included LeBron, a sore knee and a game cut short by an earthquake.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit in Southern California on Friday night and was felt all the way in Las Vegas, forcing the postponement of a summer league game between the Pelicans and Knicks.

The Knicks, led by No. 3 overall draft pick RJ Barrett, are the 8-1 favorites to win the Las Vegas Summer League title, according to Caesars Sportsbook.

Zion Williamson’s day included a chat with AD, an energetic crowd that included LeBron, a sore knee and a game cut short by an earthquake.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit in Southern California on Friday night and was felt all the way in Las Vegas, forcing the postponement of a summer league game between the Pelicans and Knicks.

The New York Knicks may have missed out on Zion Williamson and every major free agent, but at least their fans can hang their hats on this: They are the odds-on favorite to win the 2019 NBA Summer League. The Summer League seems like an odd thing to bet on — I certainly wouldn’t recommend it — but sportsbooks are always looking for extra ways to print money. Thus, the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook released its odds for the 11-day rookie symposium.

LAS VEGAS — An earthquake shook the ground near Cox Pavilion Thursday morning. Contrary to popular belief, Zion Williamson was not throwing down dunks. But there may be another one Friday night when the Pelicans’ prized No. 1 pick will finally make his anticipated debut — no less against former Duke teammate RJ Barrett and…

LAS VEGAS — Ignas Brazdeikis worked out with 13 teams but never for the Knicks. His representatives couldn’t imagine the 6-foot-7 freshman forward from Michigan falling to New York and their 55th pick of the second round. The 21-year-old from Canada never fell that far, but dropped far enough. With Sacramento at bat at 47,…

LAS VEGAS — The NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League tips off Friday on the campus of UNLV. Here’s what to watch for: Star watch Only three of June’s top-10 picks are expected to be in action Friday night and two of them will take the court together. Zion Williamson (No. 1) and RJ Barrett (No….

LAS VEGAS — RJ Barrett has faced Zion Williamson countless times in practice as teammates at Duke. Now they get the Las Vegas stage as opponents. Barrett, the Knicks’ new 6-foot-7 lefty lottery pick, doesn’t have any grand advice for his Knicks teammates as the summer league team debuts Friday (9:30 p.m. ET) at UNLV…

LAS VEGAS — Elfrid Payton certainly didn’t sound like he was going to be a backup point guard for the Knicks. In fact, Payton said he had “so many options,” but picked the Knicks partly because of playing time. One of GM Scott Perry’s favorites, Payton agreed to terms on a two-year deal for $16…

And ahead of RJ Barrett’s Summer League debut, he has already impressed some of his teammates, including Mitchell Robinson.

NBA Summer League, how you’ve been missed.

In a post on Instagram earlier this week, Kyrie Irving shed some light on his decision to sign with the Brooklyn Nets.

The Knicks pulled out of a scheduled meeting with Kawhi Leonard, a source tells Marc Berman of The New York Post. Leonard agreed earlier in the week to meet with Knicks officials, but not until today after he completed sessions with the Lakers and Clippers. New York decided its chances of luring Leonard were remote […]

Kevin Durant‘s decision to go to the Nets was not an easy one to make. Golden State, New York, and Brooklyn were reportedly in contention, but it’s beginning to sound like the two Atlantic Division teams were always the frontrunners, as Mark Berman of The New York Post writes. There were people in Durant’s camp […]

Former Knicks center Amar’e Stoudemire is reportedly planning a comeback.

The Knicks reportedly declined a meeting potential free agent meeting with Kawhi Leonard.

Kevin Knox has worked on his strength, efficiency and passing, among other things, so far in the offseason. And he’s eager to get on the court in Summer League following a few weeks of training.

Bobby Portis, the Knicks’ new versatile big man, has been doubted since his high school days and still considers himself an underdog.

SNY’s documentary on the magical year of 1969 in New York for the Mets, Jets, and Knicks premieres tonight after Mets Post Game!

The Knicks have room on the roster for one more standard contract. One name they are considering: Lance Thomas.

Ex-Net Jared Dudley has some interesting insight on Kevin Durant’s decision to sign with the Nets (over the Knicks) and DeAndre Jordan’s role in Brooklyn’s acquisition of Durant and Kyrie Irving.

The major moves of the 2019 New York Knicks’ offseason are, in all likelihood, behind us. The roster is beginning to resemble one of a competent NBA team, with perhaps the best talent sitting in the frontcourt.

Amar’e Stoudemire is looking to make a comeback, but that doesn’t mean he’s seeking a reunion with the Knicks. Stoudemire, who played in the NBA for 14 seasons, and Monta Ellis want to try to hook up with a contending team such as the Lakers, and will workout privately for at least five NBA teams,…

LAS VEGAS — Knicks 7-foot-1 center Mitchell Robinson is back in Sin City with newly dyed blond hair, a new jersey number and a more disciplined defensive game. Kevin Knox II returns stronger and more accustomed to the speed of the NBA. Look out, Las Vegas. “I feel I can guard anybody,’’ Robinson said following…

LAS VEGAS — The Knicks brain trust of Steve Mills, Scott Perry and David Fizdale were enjoying a laugh on the sidelines of a practice court at UNLV Wednesday, watching summer league practice. They were a 3 ½-hour drive from Los Angeles, where in an alternate universe they would have been meeting with Kawhi Leonard….

LAS VEGAS — Bobby Portis — one of the new Knicks who arrived in a free-agency flurry — has become a health-food fanatic and workout demon. He has a stake in a healthy-snack company and is known for his 12-hour workouts in June and July when many NBA players are taking it easy. That is…

The Jazz continued their offseason of quietly building themselves into contenders on Wednesday, by signing former Knick Emmanuel Mudiay and Jeff Green, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Mudiay’s deal is for one year, though financial terms weren’t reported. Green agreed to a one-year, $2.5 million deal, per ESPN. Though nobody will mistake these for world-beating…

Amar’e Stoudemire is looking to make a comeback, but that doesn’t mean he’s seeking a reunion with the Knicks. Stoudemire, who played in the NBA for 14 seasons, and Monta Ellis want to try to hook up with a contending team such as the Lakers, and will workout privately for at least five NBA teams,…

LAS VEGAS — Knicks 7-foot-1 center Mitchell Robinson is back in Sin City with newly dyed blond hair, a new jersey number and a more disciplined defensive game. Kevin Knox II returns stronger and more accustomed to the speed of the NBA. Look out, Las Vegas. “I feel I can guard anybody,’’ Robinson said following…

LAS VEGAS — The Knicks brain trust of Steve Mills, Scott Perry and David Fizdale were enjoying a laugh on the sidelines of a practice court at UNLV Wednesday, watching summer league practice. They were a 3 ½-hour drive from Los Angeles, where in an alternate universe they would have been meeting with Kawhi Leonard….

LAS VEGAS — Bobby Portis — one of the new Knicks who arrived in a free-agency flurry — has become a health-food fanatic and workout demon. He has a stake in a healthy-snack company and is known for his 12-hour workouts in June and July when many NBA players are taking it easy. That is…

The Jazz continued their offseason of quietly building themselves into contenders on Wednesday, by signing former Knick Emmanuel Mudiay and Jeff Green, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Mudiay’s deal is for one year, though financial terms weren’t reported. Green agreed to a one-year, $2.5 million deal, per ESPN. Though nobody will mistake these for world-beating…

The Mavericks have interest in free agent forward Marcus Morris, tweets Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News, confirming a report from Mike Fisher of DallasBasketball.com (Twitter link). However, Dallas has “a few [players] ahead” of Morris on their wish list, according to Townsend. Danny Green is one of those names believed to be ahead […]

The Knicks have signed R.J. Barrett to his rookie contract scale contract, according to the team’s Twitter feed. Assuming he signed for 120% of the rookie scale, Barrett will take home $7.84MM during his first season in the league. Barrett is expected to play for the Knicks’ Summer League team in Las Vegas. Barrett was […]

NEW YORK, NY (July 2, 2019) – The New York Knicks today announced the team’s 16-man roster for the MGM Resorts NBA Summe

Emmanuel Mudiay, Noah Vonleh and Luke Kornet all found new teams in NBA free agency on Tuesday.

Jay Williams is close to Kevin Durant. He’s a partner on Durant’s show, The Boardroom, on ESPN. So his insight into Durant’s decision to join the Brooklyn Nets carries weight. He offered some thoughts on Durant’s decision to join the Nets on Zach Lowe’s The Lowe Post Podcast on Monday.

The Knicks have brought in six new faces into the locker room, so what should fans know about their new players?

Mitchell Robinson will wear a new number this season and the Knicks center has good reason for the change.

Barrett, the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, will be one of the focal points of the upcoming Knicks season after they didn’t land their top targets in free agency.

Knicks fans will get an early look at some of the team’s young talent during the Summer League schedule.

The Knicks completed a flurry of signings before the calendar even flipped to July, filling out a roster of legitimate NBA players, something they haven’t often possessed lately.

Emmanuel Mudiay, Noah Vonleh and Luke Kornet all found new teams in NBA free agency on Tuesday.

Jay Williams is close to Kevin Durant. He’s a partner on Durant’s show, The Boardroom, on ESPN. So his insight into Durant’s decision to join the Brooklyn Nets carries weight. He offered some thoughts on Durant’s decision to join the Nets on Zach Lowe’s The Lowe Post Podcast on Monday.

The Knicks have brought in six new faces into the locker room, so what should fans know about their new players?

Mitchell Robinson will wear a new number this season and the Knicks center has good reason for the change.

Barrett, the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, will be one of the focal points of the upcoming Knicks season after they didn’t land their top targets in free agency.

Knicks fans will get an early look at some of the team’s young talent during the Summer League schedule.

The Knicks completed a flurry of signings before the calendar even flipped to July, filling out a roster of legitimate NBA players, something they haven’t often possessed lately.

If there’s a perception Kevin Durant’s decision to choose the Nets over the Knicks was easy, it wasn’t. Jay Williams, an ESPN broadcaster and Durant buddy, told The Post the free-agent superstar had associates trying to pull him toward Broadway over Barclays Center. “To give insight, there were people in his camp that wanted him…

Two days after the NBA Draft, RJ Barrett was in Santa Monica presenting the Rookie of the Year Award at the league’s awards banquet. “The NBA Awards was great,’’ Barrett said. “Hopefully I’ll win the award next year. It was good to experience that.” The Knicks’ new 6-foot-7 swingman sniper was talking on a conference…

Knicks center Mitchell Robinson is changing his number from 26 to 23 to honor two dead high school classmates. The Knicks released their Summer League roster and Robinson is expected to play at least two games. The first practice is Tuesday in Las Vegas. Robinson, the No. 36 pick from last year’s draft who went…

The Knicks missed out on Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Kemba Walker in 2019 free agency, but maybe 2021 could be their year to become a title contender.

There’s an avalanche of deals to process from Day 1 of NBA free agency. The Crossover grades the wild start to the summer and weighs in on the Knicks, Nets, Sixers and more.

Elfrid Payton: Payton and the Knicks have agreed to a two-year, $16 million contract, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.

Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

The Knicks didn’t sign every role player on the planet. It only seems that way, creating a roster that may be the league’s deepest but without one proven standout. In a historic signing flurry following Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving marching to Brooklyn, the Knicks attempted to save face with quantity over quality. They added…

ESPN’s Jay Williams, a Kevin Durant confidant, believes the Knicks trading Kristaps Porzingis could have hurt the team’s chances of landing the two-time NBA Finals MVP. Back in Porzingis’ rookie year, when Durant visited the Garden, he gave the 7-foot-3 Latvian a nickname that stuck. “Who gave Porzingis the nickname, the Unicorn?” Williams said Monday…

There has been so much celebration in and around Brooklyn since late Sunday afternoon you would have thought the Dodgers had announced they would be coming back home and a new-age Ebbetts Field was under construction. Kyrie Irving first, then Kevin Durant — KD is how we all know him, of course — Nothing But…

The Knicks never even got a meeting. Knicks charismatic coach David Fizdale never got a chance to give his recruiting spiel. Maybe the Achilles tendon rupture changed everything in Kevin Durant’s head for good. Durant wasn’t coming alone — and Kyrie Irving wasn’t coming. Despite reports last week that Durant’s decision would not be based…

And as for the other team in town … OK, OK, we kid. If it is indisputable the Nets’ star-splashed Sunday made significant strides in their perpetual effort to gain equal footing with the Knicks, it is equally unarguable that the Knicks still remain the prime holders of the deed to the city’s basketball soul….

As usual, the potential drama of NBA free agency was discussed and dissected for months. For once, the upcoming season could be even more suspenseful. Following the myriad league-altering moves made during Sunday night’s wild opening to free agency, next season begins with the NBA championship appearing up for grabs for the first time since…

Turns out, Enes Kanter had a pretty solid reason to leave Portland. The former Knicks center reportedly inked a two-year, $10 million deal with the Celtics on Monday afternoon despite playing well in Portland and seemingly liking it there. “I was considering signing with (the) blazers, but they gave me only 6 (minutes) to make…

The Knicks have officially broken Stephen A. Smith. Smith, a lifelong outspoken Knicks fan, reached the brink of his own sanity after the Knicks whiffed on Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving as free agency opened on Sunday, with the stars instead opting to pair up with the Nets. “Somehow, someway I’m just trying to hold…

The Knicks may have found a new starting point guard. In the Knicks’ sixth signing of free agency, general manager Scott Perry landed a player he drafted in Orlando with the 10th pick in 2014: Elfrid Payton. Payton will receive a two-year, $16 million deal with the second year being a team option, according to…

Five observations on the Knicks’ calamitous opening of free agency, when their $72 million of cap space set for two max players did not lead to a superstar coming to the Garden. 1. Let’s hit this right away. It’s disingenuous and an oversimplification to spin that the Knicks weren’t interested in post-Achilles Kevin Durant for…

The Knicks continued their Plan B on Monday of throwing money at backup players on short-term contracts to use cap space that is not going to either Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant or Kawhi Leonard. The team added journeyman shooting guard Wayne Ellington with a two-year, $16 million deal. The Knicks have about $9 million left…

The Knicks have agreed to a two-year, $16 million deal with free-agent guard Wayne Ellington.

The Knicks have agreed to a two-year, $16 million deal with free-agent guard Wayne Ellington.

There are plenty of things to sort out as the dust settles from one of the most eventful NBA free agencies in recent memory.

The anger over the Knicks missing on Kevin Durant is warranted given the steps the club took to create max cap space. But they seemed to do well in their pivot to Plan B.

Charles Oakley pointed to his incident with Knicks owner James Dolan as one factor why players are avoiding the Knicks.

While the Knicks had hoped they would land Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in free agency, the two superstar free agents reportedly knew ‘months ago’ they would not join the Knicks.

If there is one positive out of the Knicks missing out on Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, it is their smart spending on the second-tier options they have brought in for next season.

The Knicks have made their sixth free agent signing of the summer as they brought in PG Elfrid Payton on a two-year, $16 million deal, agent Ty Sullivan of CAA sports told SNY’s Ian Begley.

After the Knicks cleared enough cap space to sign two max free agents and after months of rumors that had Kevin Durant all but guaranteed to land at The Garden, he went to Brooklyn instead. And Kyrie Irving went with him.

After an active Sunday night, the Knicks continue their free agent signings with veteran SG Wayne Ellington joining the team on a two-year deal.

Bullock joins Julius Randle, Taj Gibson and Bobby Portis. None of the deals were guaranteed for more than two years, so the club accomplished its goal of maintaining flexibility if big stars decide to go elsewhere.

The Knicks have reached a deal to sign free agent wing Reggie Bullock to a two-year, $21MM contract, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic (via Twitter). While New York missed out on its top free agent targets, the team has had a busy day, reaching eight-figure, multiyear deals with Julius Randle, Bobby Portis, Taj Gibson, […]

The Knicks will add Bobby Portis on a two-year deal, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com reports (Twitter link). Portis will make $31MM over the length of the deal. Washington is rescinding its qualifying offer for Portis, according to The Athletic’s Fred Katz (Twitter link). The move will allow him to sign with New York without the […]

The Knicks missed out on signing stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

For an extended period of time, New York Knicks fans hoped their team was on the cusp of a franchise-saving offseason. That isn’t happening.

Prior to the NBA lottery, Knicks fans had dreams of a lineup that could potentially include Zion Williamson, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. After dropping to the third pick in the draft and missing out on Sunday’s marquee free agency deals, Knicks fans will have to settle for RJ Barrett, Julius Randle and Taj Gibson.

Their fall in the odds is a great indication just how bad things have gone for the Knicks, who seemed to be pointing to this moment. As for the Sixers, their odds have gone unchanged, which is intriguing as well. Yesterday, the Sixers were 10-to-1 to win the NBA title and, after trading Jimmy Butler and adding Al Horford, they’re still 10-to-1.

Knicks owner Jim Dolan went on TV and predicted success in free agency. Everyone took that to mean Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. The Knicks and owner Jim Dolan were not prepared to offer Kevin Durant a full max contract due to concerns over his recovery from the Achilles injury, league sources tell me and @wojespn.

The Knicks have had so many low points over the last 20 years that it’s hard to rank them. But what happened on Sunday is near the top of the list.

Amid losing their pursuits of top free agents Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, Knicks president Steve Mills released a statement empathizing with ‘disappointed’ fans.

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are both coming to New York … but they’re not playing their home games at Madison Square Garden.

Hours after losing out on the Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving sweepstakes, the Knicks made their first big splash in free agency in Julius Randle.

The Knicks agreed to a two-year, $31 million deal with free-agent power forward Bobby Portis.

The Knicks reached an agreement with veteran forward Taj Gibson to a two-year, $20 million deal.

Former Knicks forward Mario Hezonja agreed to a deal with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Another top free agent has escaped the Knicks, as Tobias Harris will return to Philadelphia to play for the 76ers, per his agent and father Torrel Harris.

The Brooklyn Nets have two of the best players in the NBA — a gut punch to the New York Knicks.

In addition to striking out on Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the Knicks failed to sign Terry Rozier, who reportedly agreed to a three-year, $58 million deal with the Hornets.

Former Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis agreed to a five-year, $158 million max contract with the Mavericks on Sunday.

The decision is finally here on where Kevin Durant will sign as a free agent.

Kevin Durant will be looking for opportunities to expand his brand wherever he chooses to go in NBA free agency.

The Knicks were not prepared to offer Kevin Durant a max contract because of concerns about his recovery from his ruptured Achilles tendon, sources said.

The Nets are making a clean sweep in free agency. Kevin Durant has announced his move, and league sources told ESPN that Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan will join him in Brooklyn.

The Knicks have agreed to a three-year, $63 million deal with free-agent frontcourt player Julius Randle. They followed up that agreement by striking deals with veteran Taj Gibson and forward Bobby Portis.

Good for the Nets. Good for Brooklyn. Good for New York. It is important to remember today what the Nets were like yesterday, the profound wasteland that Sean Marks inherited when he agreed to take over the team three years ago, because it must serve as a reminder that a smart GM and a smart…

This likely isn’t the welcome new Knicks Taj Gibson and Julius Randle had in mind. “While we understand that some Knicks fans could be disappointed with tonight’s news, we continue to be upbeat and confident in our plans to rebuild the Knicks to compete for championships in the future, through the draft, targeted free agents…

The Knicks have their free-agent duo. The team agreed to a two-year, $20 million with forward Taj Gibson on Sunday night, according to ESPN. He joins fellow power forward Julius Randle, who landed a three-year, $63 million pact, as the Knicks’ first two free-agent signings. This day was believed to be about Kevin Durant and…

For their Kevin Durant consolation prizes, the Knicks went into a spending frenzy by signing four players — three power forwards and swingman Reggie Bullock. They added two young power forwards, former Lakers lottery pick Julius Randle and Bobby Portis to fill their vacant power-forward slot, according to sources. And the reeling Knicks also bulked…

James Dolan teased everyone… and became the punchline. In March, the Knicks owner declared: “Look, New York is the mecca of basketball. We hear from people all the time, from players and representatives about who wants to come.” On Sunday, Kevin Durant confirmed he’s off to the other New York team. Kyrie Irving is Nets-bound,…

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are headed to the Nets — the duo the Knicks once dreamed of signing. Many were shocked over the news, and social media quickly took aim at the Knicks and owner James Dolan, who failed to deliver NBA free agency’s biggest chip to the Garden.  

The market is open. There are a lot of big names available for 2019 NBA free agency, and where they end up could re-shape the league as everyone knows it. Kevin Durant is the league’s biggest domino and he’ll likely set the tone despite a torn Achilles that will keep him sidelined for the 2019-20…

Knicks owner James Dolan’s worst nightmare has unfolded as the crosstown rival Nets swiped Kevin Durant — and Kyrie Irving — from their hands. While the traded Kristaps Porzingis is expected to sign a long-term deal with the Mavericks, Durant announced on The Boardroom’s Instagram account Sunday that he’s going to Brooklyn to sign a…

The world won’t have to wait long to find out where Kevin Durant is going. Durant will announce his free-agency decision Sunday night, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. NBA free agency officially begins at 6 p.m. Sunday. The report says Durant will announce the move on the Instagram page of “The Boardroom.” Yahoo’s Chris Haynes…

Good for the Nets. Good for Brooklyn. Good for New York. It is important to remember today what the Nets were like yesterday, the profound wasteland that Sean Marks inherited when he agreed to take over the team three years ago, because it must serve as a reminder that a smart GM and a smart…

This likely isn’t the welcome new Knicks Taj Gibson and Julius Randle had in mind. “While we understand that some Knicks fans could be disappointed with tonight’s news, we continue to be upbeat and confident in our plans to rebuild the Knicks to compete for championships in the future, through the draft, targeted free agents…

The Knicks have their free-agent duo. The team agreed to a two-year, $20 million with forward Taj Gibson on Sunday night, according to ESPN. He joins fellow power forward Julius Randle, who landed a three-year, $63 million pact, as the Knicks’ first two free-agent signings. This day was believed to be about Kevin Durant and…

For their Kevin Durant consolation prizes, the Knicks went into a spending frenzy by signing four players — three power forwards and swingman Reggie Bullock. They added two young power forwards, former Lakers lottery pick Julius Randle and Bobby Portis to fill their vacant power-forward slot, according to sources. And the reeling Knicks also bulked…

James Dolan teased everyone… and became the punchline. In March, the Knicks owner declared: “Look, New York is the mecca of basketball. We hear from people all the time, from players and representatives about who wants to come.” On Sunday, Kevin Durant confirmed he’s off to the other New York team. Kyrie Irving is Nets-bound,…

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are headed to the Nets — the duo the Knicks once dreamed of signing. Many were shocked over the news, and social media quickly took aim at the Knicks and owner James Dolan, who failed to deliver NBA free agency’s biggest chip to the Garden.  

The market is open. There are a lot of big names available for 2019 NBA free agency, and where they end up could re-shape the league as everyone knows it. Kevin Durant is the league’s biggest domino and he’ll likely set the tone despite a torn Achilles that will keep him sidelined for the 2019-20…

Knicks owner James Dolan’s worst nightmare has unfolded as the crosstown rival Nets swiped Kevin Durant — and Kyrie Irving — from their hands. While the traded Kristaps Porzingis is expected to sign a long-term deal with the Mavericks, Durant announced on The Boardroom’s Instagram account Sunday that he’s going to Brooklyn to sign a…

The world won’t have to wait long to find out where Kevin Durant is going. Durant will announce his free-agency decision Sunday night, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. NBA free agency officially begins at 6 p.m. Sunday. The report says Durant will announce the move on the Instagram page of “The Boardroom.” Yahoo’s Chris Haynes…