New York Knicks: NY Post News Articles
NY Post (POST STAFF REPORT) —
Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire will work out with Rockets legend Hakeem Olajuwon in August in hopes of improving his post-up game, ESPN.com reports. Olajuwon, who led Houston over the Knicks in the 1994 NBA Finals, has tutored NBA stars Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and LeBron James in recent...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Carmelo Anthony has his wax figure, unveiled Tuesday at the famed Madame Tussauds in Times Square. LeBron James has his championship ring, won Thursday in South Beach.Anthony called Tuesday’s honor at “the top of my list,’’ but said winning a title and dethroning his buddy James would trump...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Amar’e Stoudemire acted with remorse after being whacked with a $50,000 fine by the NBA for using a homosexual slur, saying he was “disappointed’’ in himself and there was “no excuse.’’As expected, the league punished Stoudemire for using what the league termed “offensive and derogatory language’’ in...
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Pat Cummings, who played forward for the Knicks in the mid-1980s, died yesterday afternoon in a friend’s apartment on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village. He was 55.The medical examiner will perform an autopsy today to determine the cause of death, though as of last night there were no...
NY Post (ANTHONY SULLA-HEFFINGER) —
Baron Davis is not going to let his latest injury stop him from coming back and ending his career as a Knick.Davis, who suffered a dislocated kneecap in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, has been on the mend following the gruesome injury that some viewed as potentially...
NY Post (PETER VECSEY) —
Donnie Walsh and I have been playing a little game for almost three decades. This is how it works: I call and leave a message, asking for verification on this, that or the third thing. No response means he can’t tell me the truth and doesn’t want to...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Mike Woodson may have sealed the deal in Hollywood with Jeremy Lin. Woodson returned from a five-day bonding session in Los Angeles with Lin, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler, and is more positive than ever Lin will re-sign with the Knicks this July.In his first in-person interview since being...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
J.R. Smith will become a free agent Sunday as he has decided not to exercise the opt-in clause on his contract at today’s deadline, according to sources.The Knicks remain confident he will re-sign with them for the 20-percent raise that is allowable, according to a source. With...
NY Post (PAUL SCHWARTZ) —
There is a chance that the Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets will be in pursuit of Jason Kidd, and the 39-year-old point guard admits that is an intriguing scenario. “It’s a possibility, I wouldn’t rule that out, to come back here to New York to finish my career...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Kansas senior point guard Tyshawn Taylor will be with family in a Hoboken restaurant Thursday, watching the NBA Draft — a 10-minute drive from the Prudential Center.“I’ll be so close, I’ll be able to hear the cheers,’‘ Taylor quipped.Taylor, out of prestigious St. Anthony’s High, is...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
The NBA held its first annual social media awards last week to commend the best tweeters, with the Knicks’ Jeremy Lin and Landry Fields copping honors. Now the league is looking into the dark side of player Twitter interaction with fans.A source told The Post the NBA plans to...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Apparently, NBA commissioner David Stern wants to be a candidate for most hated man in New York.According to a league official, Stern’s plan to appeal the union’s victory in the Jeremy Lin/Steve Novak Bird rights war may carry over into the July 1 start of free...
NY Post (PETER VECSEY) —
So, as I’m waiting to flotilla out of Florida, I felt compelled to support the newspaper industry by purchasing some of the local periodicals to get their take on what I had just seen. Not surprisingly, I guess, nearly every editorial “celebrated” the launching of LeBron James’ shamelessly prophesied...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
The union won and so did the Knicks.In a bonanza to their free-agent summer, Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak have been granted their “early-Bird rights” by an arbitrator, giving the Knicks more financial flexibility this summer, allowing them use of their mid-level exception on a free agent.Arbitrator Kenneth...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Jeremy Lin has been granted his “early-Bird rights” by an arbitator, giving the Knicks much more financial flexibility this summer, The Post has learned.The arbitrator’s ruling means the point guard, who became an international star this season, will be able to re-sign with the Knicks without taking into...