[NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: The Difference Between the Nets and the Knicks? The Nets Have a Plan (Friday, March 17, 2017 7:59:57 PM) As fans try to guess what the Knicks are doing, the Nets have set out to rebuild the team from the ground up. [NYTimes] Dave Stallworth, Bulwark for Knicks’ First N.B.A. Title, […]
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[SNY Knicks] Nets beat up on Knicks again (Thursday, March 16, 2017 10:15:00 PM) Brook Lopez scored a game-high 24 points and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson added 20 points and 10 rebounds as the Nets defeated the Knicks for the second time in five days, 121-110, Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. [SNY Knicks] Stefan Bondy joins […]
[NY Newsday] Jeff Hornacek blames everyone for Knicks missing playoffs (Wednesday, March 15, 2017 7:59:00 PM) GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Jeff Hornacek said he didn’t feel undermined by team president Phil Jackson conducting a triangle tutorial last week, and doesn’t seem concerned about someone being the fall guy if and when the season ends with the […]
[NYPost] Porzingis spoils Knicks’ inspiring rise after Hornacek white flag (Tuesday, March 14, 2017 5:59:54 PM) Jeff Hornacek finally gave his playoff concession speech Tuesday, then the Knicks showed why it’s a pity they are all but out of it in mid-March. If they had just played a little more defense … Despite Kristaps Porzingis […]
[NYDN] John Andariese, longtime Knicks broadcaster, dead at 78 (Monday, March 13, 2017 7:39:25 PM) “Johnny Hoops” has died. [NYDN] Why Phil Jackson may be looking to dump Hornacek after the season (Monday, March 13, 2017 7:28:29 PM) Phil Jackson has never really been sold on Jeff Hornacek as his head coach. That was painfully […]
[ESPN] Monday’s Knicks News: Anthony hits scoring milestone in loss to Nets (Monday, March 13, 2017 4:47:48 AM) Monday’s Knicks News: Anthony hits scoring milestone in loss to Nets [ESPN] Kristaps Porzingis: Knicks’ scheme changes have led to mass confusion (Monday, March 13, 2017 1:30:46 AM) Kristaps Porzingis: Knicks’ scheme changes have led to mass […]
[NY Newsday] Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony takes only nine shots in loss to Pistons (Saturday, March 11, 2017 9:33:00 PM) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — On the surface, Carmelo Anthony is trying to be the perfect soldier. [NY Newsday] Nets feel as if offense is improving since return of Jeremy Lin (Saturday, March 11, 2017 9:03:00 PM) […]
[NYTimes] The N.B.A.’s ‘Turkish Thunder’ Excels at a Painful Task (Friday, March 10, 2017 12:00:27 PM) Ersan Ilyasova, a power forward for the Atlanta Hawks, steps in front of runaway human trains to take a charge better than anyone else in the game. [NYTimes] The Triangle: A Simple Name for a Complex Basketball Scheme (Saturday, […]
When I was a child, my grandfather would pick me up from school every Wednesday. We’d walk over to the local Off Track Betting office, pick up some horse racing sheets, sit in a mostly-empty bar, and pour over the data. “It’s not the horses,” my grandfather insisted “it’s the jockeys.” That was his system, […]
[NYPost] Sal Alosi: From ex-Jet ‘tripper’ coach to Derrick Rose conditioner (Friday, March 10, 2017 12:12:01 AM) It’s a small world,’’ Sal Alosi chuckled on the phone from Westwood, Calif. on Thursday. On the UCLA campus, Alosi, the former Jets strength and conditioning coach, spent May through August in Westwood working with Knicks point guard […]