New York Knicks: NY Post News Articles
NY Post (MIKE VACCARO) —
If The Knicks were a blackjack hand, they’d be an 18. It’s a good hand, not a great hand. No matter what the dealer was showing, you’d get a chorus of groans if you decided to hit on it. The dealer would make sure you were serious...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald said Jason Kidd gave him no indication he was retiring during their exit interview Monday.“We had a great meeting with Jason,’’ Grunwald said. “He was a big part of our success and we look forward to having him back next year.’’Asked if Kidd...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald thought Mike Woodson should have won Coach of the Year this season. So he is hardly listening to fan and media complaints that Woodson had a bad playoff.Woodson, 55, finished third in the Coach of the Year voting, won 54 games, the Atlantic Division...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
It’s risky business, but Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald said the major core of the roster will be back next season as the franchise banks on Amar’e Stoudemire’s knees and J.R. Smith’s head healing.Grunwald confirmed the Knicks are unable to do a sign-and-trade for...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim went on a verbal tirade against Carmelo Anthony’s Knicks teammates, shocked his former player is receiving blame for the team’s second-round flameout to Indiana.In the Syracuse Post-Standard, Boeheim ripped Tyson Chandler, whom he coached on the U.S. Olympic Team, point guards Raymond...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Next season could conceivably be the last as a Knick for Carmelo Anthony — who has a player opt-out clause in his contract he can use after the 2013-14 season.If he does opt out next summer, he sounded as if he intended to re-sign a long-term deal with the Knicks...
NY Post (MARK HALE) —
It wasn’t until he was 28 years old that Chris Copeland made the NBA, and this summer he will hit free agency as a 29-year-old. So attaining maximum financial security would seem to be a very important priority for the Knicks forward.Yesterday, though, Copeland said he never has...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN and MARK HALE) —
The truth hurts, and it was delivered yesterday not by Carmelo Anthony but by the Knicks’ youngest player, 22-year-old Iman Shumpert.Shumpert branded the Knicks season a failure after Saturday’s heartbreaking, second-round KO in Indiana. The Knicks’ young swingman could almost taste South Beach and a matchup against the...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
The Knicks’ lofty regular season — 54 wins, an Atlantic Division title, a second seed — was rendered meaningless by their second-round exit from the playoffs. A team that believed it was better than the Heat — the Knicks beat Miami in three of four regular-season games — never got there to challenge them...
NY Post (MIKE VACCARO) —
It doesn’t settle easily, not for you, not for them. On a day when the Knicks wanted to be shooting around at their training headquarters in Westchester County, preparing for Game 7 against the Pacers — and beyond — they were having exit interviews instead, saying goodbye, shutting the door on...
NY Post (STEVE SERBY) —
Carmelo Anthony, as the face of the Knicks franchise, clearly sees his obligation to make sure to portray a happy public face to New York, orange-and-blue-colored glasses covering his eyes.It’s a delusional face.“We’re right there,” Melo says.Right where?Nowhere near Miami, nowhere near the Heat...
NY Post —
Carmelo Anthony: Can opt out after next season, but the Knicks will ride him once again in 2013-14.Amar’e Stoudemire: Coming off 29-game regular season, was too rusty in playoffs to help, but could return to the starting lineup next season if healthy.Tyson Chandler: Might be the best...
NY Post (MARK HALE) —
Next season, Carmelo Anthony’s main sidekick could be a healthy, emerging Iman Shumpert.One major issue with the Knicks’ roster going forward is its lack of upside: The team is ancient, and few players have real room for NBA growth. One of the exceptions is Shumpert, who just emblazoned...
NY Post (MIKE VACCARO) —
He was the first one who said it, whether or not he really believed it, or understood it. This was July 5, 2010, and Amar’e Stoudemire and the Knicks had just agreed to a five-year, $99.7 million, and Stoudemire, looking to summarize the transaction, did so simply and...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Carmelo Anthony did a better job spinning in the postgame interview room late Saturday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse than spinning in the lane for a bucket in the fourth quarter of ill-fated Game 6.“It’s a learning curve for us and we’ll be back better and stronger...