New York Knicks: NY Daily News News Articles
NY Daily News (STEPHEN LORENZO) —
The Nets might be starting their postseason on the road, but Barclays Center was still booming on Friday when the Jordan Brand Classic high school basketball showcase came to Brooklyn.
NY Daily News (FRANK ISOLA) —
Phil Jackson vowed to make changes to the roster during an impromptu speech to the Knicks players immediately following Wednesday’s season finale against the Toronto Raptors.
NY Daily News (ROCCO PARASCANDOLA) —
The former Knick was taken to the 1st Precinct stationhouse Friday but released a short time later. He was not charged with any crime, sources told the Daily News.
NY Daily News (PETER BOTTE) —
One of Steve Kerr’s former teammates with the Bulls weighed in on Friday about the possibility of the current TNT analyst becoming the next head coach of the Knicks. “I know Steve Kerr well and his basketball IQ is really high."
NY Daily News (Mike Lupica) —
Even with this rush in basketball New York to make Mike Woodson the fall guy for everything wrong at the Garden except ticket prices and get him out of here, maybe somebody at the Garden other than Carmelo Anthony could show some respect for the work Woodson has done here.
NY Daily News (FRANK ISOLA) —
Phil Jackson didn’t have time for Mike Woodson during the season, and now it appears that the head coach doesn’t have time for the Knicks’ new president. The standoff between the coaching legend and the coach in limbo is apparently underway with Woodson, according to a Knicks source, informing the organization that if Jackson plans on firing him there is no reason to meet formally.
NY Daily News (MITCH ABRAMSON) —
The final chapter of the book on Mike Woodson's career has basically been written when it comes to the Knicks. The beleaguered coach is not expected to come back next season, not with Phil Jackson conducting exit interviews.
NY Daily News (PETER BOTTE) —
An emotional Carmelo Anthony used words like "embarrassing" and "failure" while talking Thursday about missing the playoffs for the first time in his NBA career. The soon-to-be free agent also once again reiterated that he wants to remain with the Knicks.
NY Daily News —
LeBron James’ jersey remains the most popular in the NBA. The league announced Thursday that the Miami Heat star topped the list of jersey sales in the NBA for the sixth time. With teammate Dwyane Wade — whose jersey number hasn’t changed in 11 years — at No. 7, the Heat also had the top spot on the team-merchandise sales list.
NY Daily News (Mitch Lawrence) —
Over in Brooklyn they’re preparing for the playoffs, but at the Garden the lights are out on the basketball season and apparently so is Mike Woodson’s run as coach of the Knicks.
NY Daily News (PETER BOTTE) —
J.R. Smith still has hope that Carmelo Anthony, his longtime teammate with the Nuggets and the Knicks, will decide to stay in New York as a free agent this summer.
NY Daily News (FRANK ISOLA) —
The Knicks' season officially ended on Wednesday but it was doomed in early December when James Dolan vetoed a trade for Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry. Dolan, the Chairman of Madison Square Garden, was reluctant to give up a first round pick to the Raptors especially since Toronto GM Masai Ujiri received a first round pick from the Knicks in exchange for Andrea Bargnani.
NY Daily News (FRANK ISOLA) —
Mike Woodson went down swinging on Wednesday before what was expected to be his final game as Knicks head coach, defiantly declaring that firing him would be unwarranted. “Is it fair to let me go? I don't think so,” Woodson said before the Knicks closed out the 2013-14 season with a 95-92 victory over the Toronto Raptors.
NY Daily News (FRANK ISOLA) —
Lamar Odom’s first workout with the Knicks on Thursday could be a window into Phil Jackson’s immediate plans for Mike Woodson and his coaching staff. Odom, the veteran forward and Queens native, was expected to sign a contract with the Knicks either Wednesday or Thursday and begin training at the Knicks practice facility in Greenburgh immediately.
NY Daily News (PETER BOTTE) —
Phil Jackson and the Knicks are just about out of time if they want to keep up with Lamar Odom. ESPN reported the Knicks still were considering using their available roster spot to sign the troubled former Laker and reality-TV star, who won two titles under Jackson in L.A., for Wednesday’s season finale.