New York Knicks: NY Post News Articles
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Knicks rookie center Mitchell Robinson was drafted 30 slots behind Orlando’s rookie Mo Bamba, but only one of them made the history books Sunday at the Garden. Robinson set a new Knicks rookie record for blocks with nine as the lone home-team standout in Sunday’s 115-89 shellacking by Orlando. Robinson, who had a handful of...
NY Post (Kevin Kernan) —
This is a good day to talk about effort since so many New York teams are in the throes of dark despair, especially the Giants and the beyond woeful Jets. The Knicks are trying to sell the city on their latest particular rebuild, and yes they have shown some signs of progress. And better days...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Sometimes during this wait-till-next-year season, it’s hard to judge a Knicks loss, but Sunday’s was unmistakably an embarrassing stinker. The Knicks heard their first boos of this developmental season when the first-quarter horror was over and it got worse as coach David Fizdale suffered his most horrific defeat since coming to New York in a...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Young centers Mitchell Robinson and Mo Bamba were teammates in the McDonald’s High School All-American Game 19 months ago. Since then, the 20-year-old 7-footers took different routes to the NBA. Robinson sat out a year after dropping out of Western Kentucky and was selected 36th by the Knicks in June as a project. Bamba, out...
NY Post (Zach Braziller) —
TORONTO — Slowly, Kevin Knox is regaining his form. In his third game back after missing the previous seven with a left ankle injury, the rookie wing scored 12 points in 24 minutes in the Knicks’ 128-112 loss to the Raptors at Scotiabank Arena. “I felt good, actually,” Knox said.“I thought I was going to...
NY Post (Zach Braziller) —
TORONTO — The Knicks’ big-ticket offseason possibilities may be dwindling. First, Kyrie Irving said he plans to re-up with the Celtics, and then, Jimmy Butler was traded to the 76ers on Saturday, with reports stating he likely will remain in Philadelphia. The disgruntled Butler, a four-time All-Star, reportedly was dealt, along with forward Justin Patton,...
NY Post (Zach Braziller) —
TORONTO – David Fizdale had no interest in discussing the blockbuster Jimmy Butler trade to the 76ers and the ramifications for the Knicks early Saturday afternoon. He had other problems on his mind. “This team that we’re playing [today] that’s so skilled watching the film, I haven’t even had time to process that,” the Knicks’...
NY Post (Zach Braziller) —
Kevin Knox missed Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo, but now that his sprained left ankle has healed, he will get to see how he matches up with Kawhi Leonard on Saturday afternoon in Toronto. “That’s kind of what I got in the NBA for,” the rookie first-round pick said Friday as the Knicks prepared to...
NY Post (Zach Braziller) —
Calling himself a “doofus” for being unaware of the progress Kristaps Porzingis had made recently, David Fizdale backtracked from his comments a day earlier. The Knicks coach said Thursday that the face of the franchise had yet to move past lightly jogging in his recovery from a torn ACL and made it sound like he...
NY Post (Post Sports Desk) —
The Knicks will be without forward Lance Thomas for at least the next month. The team announced on Friday that the forward underwent arthroscopic surgery of his left knee on Thursday for removal of loose bodies and would be re-evaluated in four weeks. “In the last week or so you could tell it was really...
NY Post (Post Sports Desk) —
Kristaps Porzingis turned to Instagram to dispute Knicks coach David Fizadale. Fizdale said on Thursday that Porzingis had not progressed recently in rehab and the Latvian was still doing “light running …. Sprinting, he’s not at that level yet.” A short time later Porzingis, who tore his ACL last February, posted two photos in an...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
If Celtics point guard Terry Rozier ever goes on the trading block, expect the Knicks to be one of the teams with interest. According to a report by The Athletic, seven teams are “monitoring’’ Rozier’s situation because of a perceived view he’s unhappy going back to the bench with Kyrie Irving healthy. Rozier was a...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Enes Kanter ripped Atlanta’s social media staffer who joked on Twitter about his scary somersault Wednesday as he grappled for the ball with Hawks powerhouse center Miles Plumlee. Kanter literally flipped over and somehow avoided hitting his head. But he wasn’t pleased at a snarky Hawks tweet on the team’s official account showing the video:...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Knicks coach David Fizdale acknowledged publicly for the first time the possibility of Kristaps Porzingis not playing this season, calling it an “if and when.” Fizdale said he’s not thinking about Porzingis at this point and not “planning” on a return, couching his remarks that he doesn’t want to lose focus on the current group....
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Five observations from the Knicks’ 112-107 road victory Wednesday over the Hawks at newly named State Farm Arena (formerly Philips Arena). 1. It took ex-Knicks PG Derrick Rose 11 seasons to find his three-point shot. He made a career-high seven Wednesday on nine attempts in Minnesota’s loss to the Lakers. Former Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek...