New York Knicks: NY Daily News News Articles
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
The trade happened on the same day as Vija Garvey’s first rehearsal. Kristaps Porzingis, the reason her group was practicing Latvian folk dancing, had been shipped to the Mavericks, a blockbuster that sent shockwaves throughout the NBA and suddenly put Garvey’s halftime performance in jeopardy. ...
NY Daily News (kyle wagner) —
Twenty years ago this June, the Spurs whipped the Knicks in a five-game gentleman's sweep in the NBA Finals. The Spurs spent the following two decades entrenched at or near the top of the league, year after year. The Knicks did the same, just at the far end of the standings. The Spurs come to the...
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
A little under two years ago, Derrick Rose’s Knicks career finished in disappointment – with another knee injury, with another knee surgery. After Phil Jackson was fired, new team president Steve Mills had very little desire to re-sign Rose in free agency. That was it for the youngest MVP in NBA...
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
The Knicks caught a break in their quest to snap their franchise-record home losing streak when Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns was ruled inactive under unusual circumstances. According to the Timberwolves, Towns entered concussion protocol following a car accident Thursday night on his way to the...
NY Daily News (Andy Clayton) —
When Enes Kanter was a member of the Knicks he talked plenty, played little and lost a lot of games. Now that the chatty center is a member of the Trail Blazers he can expect to play more and start winning. Just don't expect him to stop talking ... or poking his former team on social media. Kanter,...
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
Isiah Thomas was ditched by the Liberty, but James Dolan will keep his old buddy around for the time being. Thomas, as expected, will no longer be president of the WNBA franchise following the sale from Dolan to Joe Tsai. But MSG will not fire Thomas, who, as it appears from a statement provided...
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
In case Zion Williamson has lost faith in Nike soles, Kevin Knox believes his brand — Puma — has a strong base. “They’re really good (soles),” Knox said of his Puma Clyde sneakers. “I like these. They’re a great shoe.” Puma is trying to mount a comeback in the basketball sneaker game and signed...
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
Emmanuel Mudiay went a different route than Zion Williamson. As a standout at Grace Prep Academy, in Texas, Mudiay bypassed the NCAA and jumped straight into the pros for a season in China. But like Williamson, Mudiay found himself injured in the middle of the season. “(My draft stock) was in jeopardy,”...
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
After the mutual and amicable separation from the Knicks, Enes Kanter said he chose the Trail Blazers over the Lakers and about three other teams. The Blazers have Dame Lillard and a clear path to the playoffs. The Lakers, of course, have the greatest player of his generation. But Kanter wasn’t...
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
More so than any other franchise, the Knicks have been discussed and dissected as a free agent destination for the better part of a decade. No transcendent star has signed (at least not yet), but that hasn’t ceased the year-round speculation and coverage of New York’s pending summers. Blazers guard...
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
Any careful reading of Kevin Durant’s behavior – be it his testy exchanges with media or deploying a fleet of fake Twitter accounts to argue with fans – leads to the conclusion that he seeks two things Golden State cannot fully offer: validation and adulation. On a Harlem night nearly eight years...
NY Daily News (Daily News Sports Staff) —
Bill Simmons is giving Knicks fans a glimmer of hope — and it doesn’t include Kevin Durant nor Zion Williamson. James Dolan is actively seeking out offers for the Knicks, Simmons reports in his latest podcast : “Multiple people told me this, who know things. James Dolan is courting offers for the...
NY Daily News (Mark Fischer) —
J. Cole is used to putting on shows. None, though, quite like this. The famed rapper, clad in a tie-dye hoodie, looked terrified as newly-acquired Knick Dennis Smith Jr. came barreling down on him during Saturday’s NBA All-Star Dunk contest. Smith Jr., donning J. Cole’s high school basketball jersey,...
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
CHARLOTTE – The tanking strategy, such as the Knicks have plainly instituted, is “corrosive” and detrimental to the organization, according to NBA commissioner Adam Silver. With his new anti-tanking rules clearly not deterring in their first year of implementation, Silver urged for a wait-and-see...
NY Daily News (Stefan Bondy) —
CHARLOTTE — Dennis Smith Jr.’s dunks Saturday night will be touched by the premier lyricist. J. Cole has been part of the creation process for Smith Jr., who has been bouncing ideas off the platinum-selling rapper in a group text. J. Cole and his manager, Ibrahim Hamad, were part of this process. ...