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Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images The Knicks head coach is excited to see how far his team can go in Year 4 In a Q&A with Steve Aschburner of NBA.com , Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau had some interesting tidbits. The full Q&A is linked below for expanded answers and quotes. Thibs noted that continuity is important, and most of the key Knicks have now been playing together for...
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Photo by Michael J. LeBrecht II/NBAE via Getty Images Strangely positive pundits. Today, Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Knicks have promoted Gersson Rosas to Senior VP of Basketball Operations. Having served as a team consultant last season, Rosas now officially joins the Knicks circle of power. Before joining the Knicks he was President of Basketball Operations with the...
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Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images Sweating it out down south. In my mental file for South Carolina, there’s an Archers of Loaf song , fading details about the Battle of Fort Sumter , and a note about palmettos . But, indeed the Knicks practiced there in the nineties—at the College of Charleston—and are returning to the birthplace of barbecue to sweat it out yet again. ...
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Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images The GOAT is 78. Walt “Clyde” Frazier is a staple of New York Knicks games on the MSG Network, broadcasting with outlandish style and endless smiles. Teamed with co-GOAT, Mike “Bang” Breen, Clyde has presided over Knicks games from coast to coast, usually while wearing a ridiculous coat. Check out Clyde So Fly for the goods. ...
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Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Betcha Jalen gets a tech. This upcoming season, you may enjoy your NBA basketball product with less flopping. In a punitive move against the league’s finest thespians, the NBA Board of Governors voted last July to instate an in-game flopping penalty. This week, Monty McCutchen, senior vice president of referee development and training, explained the...
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Photo by Julio Aguilar/2023 Julio Aguilar The 30-year-old sharpshooter is looking for a new jersey to wear at the start of the 2023-24 NBA season After a report from Sham Charania of The Athletic, it would appear Buddy Hield and the Indiana Pacers are looking to part ways. After contract extension negotiations stalled out, Buddy Hield and the Indiana Pacers have started...
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Photo by Barry Williams for NY Daily News via Getty Images Dolan’s mind is one of a kind. James Dolan, owner of the New York Knicks and MSG among many other things out of my financial reach, conceded a very saucy interview to The New York Times ($) on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Saucy and spicy, to say the least. The exchange with the outlet is based around Dolan’s latest investment:...
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Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Revisionist history lessons. On an episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast airing today , Austin Rivers discussed, among other things, his time in the NBA and his pursuit of another contract. While there, he discussed his brief tenure with the New York Knicks . In November 2020, the Houston Rockets traded Rivers and three other...
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Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Is there a bigger story here? New York Knicks star Julius Randle has parted ways with Creative Artists Agency LLC, better known as CAA. Randle has been a member of CAA since his 2014 rookie year with the Los Angeles Lakers . He now reunites with former CAA agent Andrew Thomas at William Morris Endeavors (WME). Thomas left CAA back in February 2022. In...
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Triumph Books The Knicks’ team historian was 66. Dennis D’Agostino, the New York Knicks ’ team historian and a significant figure on the New York sports scene, has died at 66. The native New Yorker was a public relations member with the Mets and spent 36 seasons with the Knicks as a team historian and writer. Notably, D’Agostino wrote the 2003 book, Garden Glory: An Oral...
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Photo by Tom Berg/WireImage His story told via one all-time jam and two less-so. Three dunk attempts summarize the arc of John Starks’ career. Knicks fans know the first as “The Dunk.” The sequence remains a beautiful thing to behold. It was the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals, and New York held a 91-88 lead over the Chicago Bulls with less than a minute left. A victory would...
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Photo by Steven Freeman/NBAE via Getty Images Are NYK boats circling Jay Wright? In a bit of end-of-bench maneuvering, the New York Knicks have waived Dmytro Skapintsev and re-signed Ryan Arcidiacono. Arcidiacono previously played for New York from 2021-2023. He appeared in 21 games, averaging about five minutes per outing. The 6’3”, 195 lb point guard has been on the Knick’s...
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Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images And besides Berman, neither do most of us. This week, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was in New York City to meet with the NBA Board of Governors. At a subsequent press conference, Silver said that one of the agenda topics of the meeting was “Reinforcing the notion that we are an 82-game league.” Specifically, the Board met to change league...
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Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Will New York rise from the middle of the pack? Today at The Athletic , their writer roundtable previewed the upcoming season for the Atlantic Division . (Paywalled) Considered last season’s best division, all five of its teams finished .500 or better. The Knicks went 47-35 and placed third in their group, behind the Celtics (57-25) and 76ers...
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Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images The Knicks forward helped Canada to a bronze medal as the second leading scorer. Heading into the 2023 FIBA World Cup, Canada was one of the favorites to win the tournament. The Canadian team featured NBA players such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dillon Brooks, Luguentz Dort, Dwight Powell, Kelly Olynyk, and RJ Barrett. ...