New York Knicks: News Articles
NY Post (FRED KERBER) —
The Knicks are in the market for point guard help. Isaiah Canaan of Murray State thinks he can fill the need. The Knicks like shooters, especially shooters from deep. Canaan feels he can supply that as well. With Carmelo Anthony terrorizing opponents, the Knicks favor guys whose passing can complement...
$Newsday —
Isaiah Canaan had never been to New York, so when the Murray State product looked out of the window as his flight made its approach to Manhattan the other day, he had that same feeling that nearly everyone experiences.
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
When Murray State point guard Isaiah Canaan rolls into the Knicks practice facility today, he may as well see a “Help wanted: Point guard’’ sign in the window.Two days after Jason Kidd’s retirement, the Knicks will hold their first pre-draft workouts. They select No. 24 in the June...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
On the day he retired, Jason Kidd said the Knicks have “a solid foundation” and can repeat as Atlantic Division winners, but admitted they have work to do in upgrading the roster.Apparently, Kidd didn’t feel he was enough to lift the Knicks to a championship or he likely...
NY Post (MIKE VACCARO) —
This was probably the equivalent of catching the Beatles in the Star-Club in Hamburg in the early 1960s, when they were still bound in leather jackets and greasy Elvis pompadours, a few dozen German kids dancing to the music, unable to understand even one word of the lyrics. But knowing...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —
Jason Kidd heard the basketball gods screaming loud and clear. Following a 10-game playoff scoreless streak and two second-half benchings by Knicks coach Mike Woodson to end the season, it was time to hang it up.Four days after wondering if he could “do the grind all over again,” Kidd...
NY Post (TIM BONTEMPS) —
MIAMI — LeBron James, who played on Team USA with Jason Kidd in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, had a glowing answer about Kidd’s retirement from the NBA before taking on the Pacers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals last night.“I mean, he’s a Hall of...
Bergen —
Carrer milestones of star point guard after 19 years in the league.
NY Post (FRED KERBER) —
Jason Kidd’s wife had just given birth to twin girls, so he was a late arrival to Nets training camp in 2001. Still, he attended the team dinner the night before the real work began. Coming off a typically dreadful 26-victory season, Nets coach Byron Scott addressed the players...
NY Daily News (Mike Lupica) —
The shame of it for Jason Kidd, at the end of one of the great careers any point guard has ever had in basketball, is that when he finally got to Madison Square Garden, to the kind of stage and the kind of spotlight his game always merited, he was already pushing 40.
NY Post —
New York Post columnist Mike Vaccaro talks about Jason Kidd's legacy after the future Hall of Famer decided to retire from the NBA on Monday.Vaccaro recalls what he was thinking when the Nets first traded for the point guard and what kind of impact he had on the...
Bergen —
Jason Kidd retired Monday from the NBA after 19 seasons, ending one of the greatest careers for a point guard in league history.
NY Times (HOWARD BECK) —
Although Jason Kidd, 40, signed a three-year contract last summer with the Knicks, he said all along that he would reassess in the off-season.
NY Daily News (FRANK ISOLA) —
Jason Kidd announced his retirement Monday, just two weeks after being benched in the second half of the Knicks final playoff game against the Indiana Pacers.
$Newsday —
Jason Kidd is calling it a career.