New York Knicks: NY Post News Articles
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Julius Randle isn’t worried about Obi Toppin. The Knicks first-round pick plays the same power-forward position as Randle. There’s concern among NBA cognoscenti whether the two can share the floor. Entering his sixth season and figuring to be the Knicks No. 1 option, Randle said they’ll find a way. Neither seems suited for the small-forward...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
At age 36, Carmelo Anthony didn’t see a fit in New York. Not this season. Anthony, who trained in New York during the brief offseason, said it was an easy decision to go back to Portland and decline a Knicks reunion when he saw the franchise was still rebuilding. The Post and others reported Knicks...
NY Post (Michael Blinn) —
Leon Rose’s first full-season campaign with the retooled Knicks will begin on Dec. 23 in Indiana. The Knicks president, who took over the team midway through last season, has begun the process of remaking the team, most notably by hiring coach Tom Thibodeau to help mold emerging stars RJ Barrett and Mitchell Robinson. They’ll get...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Immanuel Quickley was predicted to be a second-round pick — not even an early second-round pick. ESPN’s mock-draft kingpin, Jonathon Givony pegged Quickley at 45. Matt Babcock, former agent now in the mock-draft business, put the Kentucky combo guard at 53. NBA Draftroom plugged him in at 48, The Athletic at 42. The Ringer was...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
They say the NBA season — even a shortened 72-game campaign — is a marathon. Let’s hope Obi Toppin’s record-setting conditioning pays off in his rookie season. Toppin, the eighth pick in the draft last month, revealed he scored the highest in the franchise’s conditioning test, which is believed to consist of mostly running drills....
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Knicks small forward Kevin Knox is anxious to rid the stench of his sophomore campaign, coming back more muscled and believing this season will be “huge.’’ Buried on the bench last season after a promising rookie campaign, Knox, selected ninth in the 2018 NBA Draft, said he’s even looking to earn the starting slot with the...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
New Knicks swingman Alec Burks was in Utah for eight seasons and cherished his stability. Now that he’s bounced around of late, Burks found at least some familiarity in New York. Knicks assistant GM Walter Perrin made Burks Utah’s 2011 first-round pick. New Knicks assistant Johnnie Bryant was with him in Utah for seven seasons. ...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
The biggest surprise of Knicks president Leon Rose’s modest free-agent signings late last month was Elfrid Payton returning after the Knicks declined his $8 million team option. But it was no surprise to Payton, the Knicks’ starting point guard most of last season and a client of Rose’s former Creative Artists Agency. “From the beginning...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Welcome to the Austin Rivers Monologues, coming very soon to Broadway. The Knicks new combo guard on Wednesday went on a 16-minute spiel — much of it revolving on why players around the league should be dying to come play in New York for the Knicks. The 28-year-old said he’s been mystified why this hasn’t...
NY Post (Ted Holmlund) —
A long-time NBA veteran’s career looks to be over. The Los Angeles Clippers are waiving the 35-year-old Joakim Noah, which likely means its the end of the big man’s career, his agent, Bill Duffy, told ESPN Tuesday night. Noah, who has played 13 seasons in the NBA, is best known for his first nine years...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
No tanks. Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said repeatedly Tuesday on Media Day he’s not playing the younger guys if they don’t give the team the best chance at winning. The Knicks’ newly remixed roster is geared more for future success than the present, but don’t tell that to the new head coach. In ignoring dire...
NY Post (Brian Lewis) —
The NBA is all about the holiday drama. So it’s no surprise the league schedule-makers jumped at the chance to send the Nets to Boston on Dec. 25. Kyrie Irving, who had an ugly divorce from the Celtics, should make his regular-season return to TD Garden on Christmas Day at 5 p.m., according to ESPN,...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
New free-agent signee Nerlens Noel wants to be “a mentor’’ to youngster Mitchell Robinson, but sounded like he’d prefer to do it as the Knicks’ starting center. The 26-year-old, 6-foot-10 defensive big man will battle Robinson for the starting job. Last season, veteran Taj Gibson won the starting role and was a terrific adviser to...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Shooting guard RJ Barrett is considered the key young cornerstone in the Knicks’ rebuild. That cornerstone didn’t make it onto the two All-Rookie Teams. The snub was a surprise to a lot of people, including Barrett himself. More obscure players such as Terence Davis, Brandon Clarke and PJ Washington were chosen ahead of him. “It...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
The 2020-21 NBA training camp is upon us. Here is a look at the Knicks roster to date. RJ Barrett SG, Age: 20, 6’7″, 200 pounds Barrett’s efficiency numbers were brutal in his rookie season after being the No. 3 pick. The former Duke slasher has the ferocity and work ethic to make major strides,...