New York Knicks: NY Post News Articles
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Dzanan Musa, known as the Bosnian Scoring Machine, received an unexpected phone call after being drafted by the Nets with the second-to-last pick of the NBA draft’s first round in June. It was from the Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis. “He encouraged me to just go for it,’’ Musa told The Post on Sunday at the NBA’s...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Trae Young has always talked about liking the big stage. That is why he can’t wait for Oct. 17 when the Hawks rookie point guard makes his NBA debut in the Knicks’ season opener at the Garden. Young, the electric point guard out of Oklahoma, said he has never set foot on the court of...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Knicks lottery pick Kevin Knox dominated Las Vegas last month and now thinks Vegas is giving the Knicks short shrift. While Knox sees the Knicks in the playoff hunt, Vegas’ Westgate Sports Book has put the Knicks with an over-under of 29 ½ wins. “I saw that,” Knox told The Post at the NBA’s rookie...
NY Post (Brian Lewis) —
Last season, the Knicks’ campaign went in the tank right after Christmas. Their holiday present this season is a grueling stretch that could sink them yet again. The Knicks, despite being without star Kristaps Porzingis indefinitely due to ACL surgery, will still get an NBA-record 53rd Christmas Day game. This one will be a nationally...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
The David Fizdale Era will open with a winnable game against Trae Young, The Post has learned. In their first season opener at home since 2014, the Knicks will play host to the Hawks on Oct. 17 at the Garden. The Knicks also opened their summer league schedule against Atlanta, a game in which rookie...
NY Post (Zach Braziller) —
Knicks and Rangers fans can stop dreaming. James Dolan isn’t going away. “We’re not going to sell,” Dolan said Thursday. The Madison Square Garden Company executive chairman said in June he was looking at a move to separate the Knicks and Rangers from the rest of the Madison Square Garden Company. As for where the...
NY Post (Fred Kerber) —
So, do you want a big man on the downside of a former All-Star career who played all of seven games last season, has had health issues and is owed $37.8 million over the next two years? If so, have the Knicks got a guy for you. If the Knicks can’t find a taker for...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
The NBA’s national networks seem to be banking on a Merry Kristaps. Despite the Knicks’ bleak prognosis for next season, they are part of the star-laden Christmas Day card, a source confirmed. With sources indicating Kristaps Porzingis could be back around Christmas from surgery to repair his ACL tear, the Knicks will face the Bucks...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
The personality differences between father and son are striking, according to Charlie Ward. The elder Kevin Knox was a brash 6-foot-3 wide receiver at Florida State. Kevin Knox II is a 6-9 forward out of Kentucky — the strong, silent type whom Ward believes has the mentality to become the Knicks next “superstar.” On draft...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Lance Thomas spent Friday at an Upper East Side school talking to kids about doing the right thing and playing the right way. In a sense, the Knicks co-captain and Brooklyn native will be doing the same thing when training camp starts Sept. 24. One of the integral roles for Thomas, the longest-tenured Knick and...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
His trainer Marcell Scott can now laugh at the notion of Knicks 7-foot center Mitchell Robinson getting seasoning in the G-League as a rookie. “I knew once they saw Mitchell on the court and saw all the stuff he brings to the table, the G-League would be eliminated from the conversation,’’ Scott told The Post...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Knicks coach David Fizdale, in a new interview from Latvia, said he told Kristaps Porzingis during his visit he wants him to be “the leader” of the Knicks this season despite an uncertain return from ACL surgery. Fizdale and his wife, Natasha, finished up their five-day trip to Liepaja over the weekend to meet Porzingis...
NY Post (Marc Berman) —
Mission accomplished. Knicks coach David Fizdale and his wife, Natasha, have moved on from Latvia to a seaside resort in Croatia, but the five days spent in Kristaps Porzingis’ home country thrilled Knicks brass, according to sources. The visit that concluded this weekend featured basketball talk and relaxation in Liepaja’s special saunas by the beach....
NY Post (Mollie Walker) —
Knicks coach David Fizdale has gone international to better his relationship with his best player. Fizdale, announced as the new head coach in early May, arrived in Latvia with his wife, Natasha Sen-Fizdale, earlier this week to spend time with Kristaps Porzingis. “The NBA is a small world and you kinda know people from afar,...
NY Post (Mollie Walker) —
No NBA star is off the table for the Knicks, according to big man Enes Kanter. Appearing on ESPN’s “The Jump” on Thursday, the Turkish center made his latest pitch for a star — this time Kevin Durant — to join the Knicks. Kanter was asked about the memorable trash-talking incident between the Warriors superstar...