New York Knicks: NY Post News Articles
NY Post (Greg Joyce) —
Allonzo Trier would like to know where all these people were when his bank account wasn’t so full. The Knicks’ undrafted rookie, who earned a two-year, $6.8 million contract Thursday after impressing on his two-way G-League deal, wasn’t falling for some of his supposed friends who have since checked in with him. “I appreciate the...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
CHARLOTTE — After 29 games last season, Jeff Hornacek’s Knicks were 16-13 before it all fell apart — Tim Hardaway Jr.’s stress fracture in early December the start of the comedown. David Fizdale’s Knicks have already fallen apart — record-wise. You’d never know it, though, by the merriment surrounding the team across this mountain of...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rev up the Luke Kornet hype train again. Having escaped the roster guillotine Thursday, the 7-foot, 23-year-old center out of Vanderbilt has a new lease on his Knicks career and coach David Fizdale has promised to use him more. Fizdale already spotted Kornet on Wednesday in a 113-106 loss to Cleveland, playing...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If David Fizdale needs an assistant coach in the distant future, he wouldn’t hesitate to call on Ron Baker. And that’s what he told Baker when they spoke on Thursday morning. The Knicks cut Baker on Thursday, ending his 2½-season Knicks run to make room for Allonzo Trier’s two-way contract conversion. The...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Knicks’ conversion of Allonzo Trier’s two-way G-League contract into a standard NBA deal for two years and $6.8 million — completed Thursday — could eat into some cap space reserved for Warriors’ free-agent-to-be Kevin Durant. According to a source, the second year of the deal is a team option, but the...
NY Post (Anthony Barstow) —
It would be kind to describe Joakim Noah’s time in New York as tumultuous. Now newly with the Memphis Grizzlies, the big man has opened up about what he thinks went wrong with the Knicks, and at least some of it has to do with enjoying the New York City night light a bit too...
NY Post (Post Sports Desk) —
The Bake Show has been canceled. The Knicks have agreed to a two-year deal with stud rookie Allonzo Trier that will force them to release reserve guard Ron Baker, according to The Athletic. The deal with Trier was a matter of when, not if, as the 45-day limit on his two-way G-League contract was soon...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
CLEVELAND — Kevin Knox rocked the city that houses the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Despite the Knicks’ tough-to-swallow, 113-106 loss to the moribund Cavaliers on Wednesday night, many fans will most remember Knox’s emphatic fast break, right-handed dunk over Matthew Dellavedova with 32.5 seconds left that put the Knicks up one point. They couldn’t hold...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
CLEVELAND — The Knicks haven’t won since Trey Burke started missing games. Now it looks like Burke’s sprained knee ultimately will keep him out more than two weeks. Burke, who sprained his knee against Milwaukee Dec. 1, is with the club but won’t be cleared for contract drills until later this week. He hopes, but...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
CLEVELAND — David Fizdale has identified one pure trait of his 2018-19 Knicks. They’re never out of a game. There’s also another undeniable trait Knicks president Steve Mills, general manager Scott Perry and the team’s first-year coach all but promised: This team will deliver lots of losses — to the good and the bad. Rookie...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
CLEVELAND — It might be time to feature Fort Knox. Armed with a four-game losing streak, Knicks coach David Fizdale is mulling a promotion of rookie lottery pick Kevin Knox into the starting lineup at small forward over offensively struggling Mario Hezonja on Wednesday, when the lowly Knicks (8-20) face the lowly Cavaliers (6-21). This...
NY Post (VSiN) —
Both the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks are hoping a few days off will have them fresh and ready for this week’s challenges. They played each other Saturday night and haven’t taken the court for game action since. Brooklyn is on the road at Philadelphia on Wednesday. The Sixers are still trying to incorporate...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
CLEVELAND — If David Fizdale is doing push-ups on the Garden sidelines during a game, you’ll know rookie shotblocking center Mitchell Robinson has improved his defensive posture. Fizdale has a fun bet going with Robinson, the Knicks second-round project who has been plagued by foul trouble. Robinson’s problems, according to the coaching staff, stem from...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
CLEVELAND — His three-game penance is over, and Frank Ntilikina said his mind is now “free’’ after he looked like a young Tony Parker on Sunday at the Garden — on French Heritage Night. Indeed, Ntilikina looked like a superstar in the second half of the Knicks’ 119-107 loss to the Hornets, scoring all of...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
As LeBron James reaffirmed Monday night at Staples Center, Madison Square Garden has always held a special grip on his heart. Not the Knicks, mind you, but the arena on 33rd Street, sandwiched between 7th and 8th avenues. In a private conversation with Dwyane Wade after they played against each other for the final time,...