New York Knicks: New York Magazine News Articles
New York Magazine (Will Leitch) —
All right, it's Christmas Eve, so get off the Internet and start tracking Santa, or going to the movies, or ordering delivery while you still can ... whatever it is you do on Christmas Eve. The Knicks and Nets both play tomorrow, and MSG will be running 24 "Knicks in 60" episodes hosted by the esteemed Mr. Frazier up top there. All Santas should be like Clyde. We'll see you Wednesday. Happy...
New York Magazine (Seth Rosenthal) —
Each week throughout the year, we'll track the highs, lows, ins, and outs of Mike Woodson's ever-evolving rotation. Come with us for this edition of the Knicks Power Rankings. 1. Carmelo Anthony. (Last week: 1) Melo's return to the lineup helped the Knicks salvage a couple victories despite their own spotty defense ( soundtrack for this week's rankings). The first game back against...
New York Magazine (Will Leitch) —
There have been too many of these Nets-Knicks games, too quickly. Last night's game, a 100–86 Knicks victory , was the two teams' third matchup in less than a month. They only have one more game left, a month from tomorrow at MSG, and then this whole two-teams-in-the-city-playing-games-that-people- still -don't-have-a-catchy-name-for series is done for the season. It's happening too...
New York Magazine (Devin Kharpertian) —
The Nets Power Rankings, written by the excellent Devin Kharpertian from the Brooklyn Game, run every Thursday. Enjoy. 1. Joe Johnson. Johnson wins the dubious distinction of No. 1 because he was the only Brooklyn Nets player to look sentient this week. Johnson has started to hit his jumpers with the regularity the Nets paid for this off-season, hitting the game-winner for the Nets' only...
New York Magazine (Will Leitch) —
Heading into December, the Brooklyn Nets were 11-4, in the midst of a five-game winning streak, and tied for first with the Knicks in the Atlantic Division. It was just a week after the Nets' thrilling overtime win over the Knicks at Barclays, and one wondered if we were looking at two top-tier Eastern Conference teams right here in the city. But every time the Nets have opened up a door of...
New York Magazine (Seth Rosenthal) —
Here we go again! Thanks partly to Hurricane Sandy and partly to some weird scheduling, the Knicks and Nets are set to play their third game in under a month tonight. At least there's a change of scenery: After splitting a pair of games at Barclays Center, the teams will take their battle across the East River and match up for the first time this year at Madison Square Garden. And in keeping...
New York Magazine (Seth Rosenthal) —
It's easy to forget now that the Knicks are good and fun and happy, but a portion of our off-season unrest revolved around Isiah Thomas, ex-Knicks president, coach, and curator of awful, overpaid teams. The reports didn't smell significant and, indeed, proved to be nothing meaningful, but James Dolan's "business meeting" with Isiah in September prompted a moment of "it's the Knicks; anything...
New York Magazine (Will Leitch) —
Last night was surely a joyous evening for Jeremy Lin and his family and friends, many of whom are still bewildered and angry about how his time with the Knicks ended. ( As we reported in GQ , his sister-in-law, who is also one of his business managers, actually went on vacation during free agency, they'd had so many assurances from the Knicks that he'd be staying here.) Lin scored 22...
New York Magazine (Seth Rosenthal) —
Each week throughout the year, we'll track the highs, lows, ins, and outs of Mike Woodson's ever-evolving rotation. Come with us for this edition of the Knicks Power Rankings. 1. Carmelo Anthony. (Last week: 2) After an outstanding game and a half against Brooklyn and Los Angeles, Melo spent another couple of games off the floor. Anthony's scary fall and subsequent sprained ankle...
New York Magazine (Will Leitch) —
When the NBA schedule initially came out, everyone's eyes immediately scanned the games for one word: "HOUSTON." They landed on tonight, December 17, Jeremy Lin's return to Madison Square Garden. But the storylines seemed a lot simpler then than they do now. After all, back then, to many NBA observers (and sad Knicks fans), the Knicks looked like the team in chaos, the many MSG factions...
New York Magazine (Seth Rosenthal) —
Once the Knicks had gamely survived a Lakers comeback last night, the main thing on our minds was the health of Carmelo Anthony. After an amazing, effervescent first quarter and, in total, 30 points in 23 minutes, Melo took a hard, mid-flight foul from Dwight Howard and hit the floor with all of his weight crashing upon his bent left leg . It was not pleasant to watch, and it may or may not...
New York Magazine (Will Leitch) —
The first quarter of last night's 116–107 Knicks win over the Lakers was sort of surreal to watch for anyone who has watched these two teams closely over the last fifteen years. The Knicks were the team with the overpowering superstar, the one whose offense was flowing, the one making the other defense exhausted/disinterested, the one who was in complete and total control. These are...
New York Magazine (Seth Rosenthal) —
This week was the one in which the long-despised Kevin Youkilis joined the Yankees . It took a little effort to come to terms with that . We wondered how John Sterling might treat this new addition and also marveled at Alex Rodriguez — the man for whom Youkilis is presumably filling in at third base — and his ability to evade incisive questions with mythological...
New York Magazine (Devin Kharpertian) —
We're a two-team city now, and we cannot subsist on Seth's Knicks Power Rankings alone. Thus, the Nets Power Rankings, written by the excellent Devin Kharpertian from the Brooklyn Game . Enjoy. If the Nets keep losing, the BrooklyKnight may lead next week. 1. Brook Lopez. With a stellar zero minutes played, Lopez sweeps the competition this week after...
New York Magazine (Will Leitch) —
The last game Mike D'Antoni coached at Madison Square Garden very well might have been the lowest point of his professional career. The Knicks had already lost four in a row, Linsanity was waning and Carmelo Anthony was openly questioning his coach. In the fourth quarter of a 106-94 home loss to the Philadelphia 76ers , D'Antoni threw up his hands and nearly gave up, benching both Anthony and...