New York Knicks: NY Post News Articles
NY Post (Mike Vaccaro) —
LOS ANGELES — He towers over Star Plaza at Staples Center, this 16-foot, 1,500-pound bronze version of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He is shooting a sky hook, of course, and it doesn’t take a lot of imagination to believe that if set free, this frozen version would roll the ball softly off his fingertips, swishing into an...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
LOS ANGELES — The Lakers won in a 117-87 rout, but the Knicks delivered the purple and gold a physical pounding. Lakers superstar Anthony Davis suffered a lower back injury after he contested a Julius Randle layup with 2:45 left in the third quarter and fell violently on his back. Davis stayed down for several...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
LOS ANGELES — Reggie Bullock was overcome by emotion during Sunday’s game against the Clippers, when the NBA’s trash-talking specialist, Patrick Beverly, came up to him at Staples Center to offer his respect. The Knicks swingman is in the early stages of a comeback from spinal fusion surgery — and from the murder of his...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
LOS ANGELES – Anthony Davis, who had the Knicks on his trade destination wish list last season, didn’t want to address why he may have wanted to be in the Big Apple. He’s a happy Laker now – forming a massive tandem with LeBron James, giving very little hope he’ll want to leave La-La Land...
NY Post (Jake Brown) —
The Knicks teased fans with a three-game win streak, but are now losers of two straight as their West Coast trip continues Tuesday night in Los Angeles against the Lakers. We have a brand-new episode of “Big Apple Buckets” available for your listening pleasure. Kazeem Famuyide opens the podcast talking about the Knicks at least...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Kevin Knox said it had no bearing on his slower sophomore campaign, but he revealed Monday a knee injury kept him off the court for between one and two months late last summer. “I got a lot of work in the beginning of the summer,’’ Knox said. “It was a little...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — It has worked out for Julius Randle, but it will always be bittersweet. After four seasons loving life as a Laker with a career trending upward, it came to a crushing end when his rookie contract expired on July 1, 2018 and Jeanie Buss’ club renounced his rights. The Lakers could...
NY Post (Mike Vaccaro) —
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — He has become the most reliable Knick, in addition to the most productive one. It isn’t just that Marcus Morris is having the best year of his life, he is also the one whose face always reflects the scoreboard. If he has 35 and the Knicks are losing by 15, you...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
LOS ANGELES — For a change, LeBron James laid off the Knicks’ front office. Several hours after Clippers coach Doc Rivers ripped the Knicks brass at Staples Center for their handling of fired coach David Fizdale, James was posed the same question in the arena late Sunday night following the Lakers’ 106-99 victory over the...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
LOS ANGELES — There are plenty of NBA scouts at Knicks’ games these days with the trade deadline approaching on Feb. 7. If Marcus Morris keeps racking up astounding numbers, he’s going to score himself off the Knicks. The Knicks arrived to glorious weather and looked invigorated early Sunday — dashing to a 16-point lead...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
LOS ANGELES — The Knicks need to get Steve Nash to all of RJ Barrett’s road games. With his godfather watching Barrett live for the first time in his NBA career, Barrett posted one of his best games of his rookie season Sunday. Barrett, the third pick in the NBA draft, made his first five...
NY Post (Mike Vaccaro) —
LOS ANGELES — The sign on the outside of the building insisted this was Staples Center, epicenter of the NBA universe in 2020, where the Knicks are spending this corner of January playing the Clippers and the Lakers within three days, having themselves a look at some of the best the Western Conference has to...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
LOS ANGELES — It was fun in the sun Sunday while it lasted. The Knicks arrived to glorious Los Angeles weather and looked invigorated early — dashing to a 45-29 lead after one quarter. The 45 points tied the 1978 franchise record for most points an opening quarter. The Knicks shot 19 of 25 from...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
LOS ANGELES — Clippers coach Doc Rivers took aim at Knicks management for not supporting ousted coach David Fizdale during the team’s long stretch of losing, even citing president Steve Mills’ ominous post-game press conference after 10 games as the wrong thing to do. Rivers added he hopes interim coach Mike Miller gets the support...
NY Post (Mike Vaccaro) —
LOS ANGELES — There are a couple of reasons to come here for a little junket at the beginning of January. Out the window is sunshine and blue skies as far as the eye can see. Step outside: ditch the jacket, it’s 70 degrees. Venice Beach hops with life and energy. The Ferris wheel is...