New York Knicks: Out Of Town Articles
HoopsRumors (Alex Kirschenbaum) —
Knicks All-Stars Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns have benefitted greatly from being coaches’ sons, writes Steven Popper of Newsday. Brunson’s father, former nine-year NBA point guard Rick, is currently an assistant coach guiding his son in New York. “I think when you’re the son of a coach, regardless of what level, I think you’re consistently […]
The Dream Shake (Armin Khansari) —
Thomas Shea-Imagn Images The Rockets look to build a 3-game winning streak when they return to Toyota Center to take on the 4-1 Warriors Are the Golden State Warriors still “light years ahead?” Can they succeed once their stars have departed to other teams or free agency? Well, we’ll get a glimpse of that tonight. Already gone is Klay Thompson, he of the “never misses against the...
CelticsBlog (Bobby Manning) —
Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Sam Hauser discussed his back pain that forced him to miss three games early this season before a back-to-back in Charlotte. CHARLOTTE — Sam Hauser is day-to-day with back pain and called his recovery a work in progress after returning from a three game absence with the pain on Wednesday at Indiana. Hauser played only 13:50 while shooting...
CelticsBlog (Jacob Issenberg) —
Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The Celtics are not their championship-level selves. How can they clean it up on D? Five games into the season, the Boston Celtics defense has been underwhelming. It’s not something to be concerned about long term, but it has been jarring to watch the same team that made life hell for Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving in the NBA Finals , cruise...
SBN: Fear The Sword (Oren Kessler) —
As Cleveland sports fans it is easy to have your guard up but with some (very) early season success when is it time to believe? The NBA season is long. Not baseball long or Euro soccer long but long enough that the trees outside our doors will lose all their leaves and then magically regrow them all again before playoff basketball starts. That being said Cleveland loves to fall in love with...
CelticsBlog (Nirav Barman) —
Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images What did the young superstar see when he received his ring? With the 3 rd overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft , the Boston Celtics selected Jaylen Brown. At the time, he was booed. He wasn’t expected to be selected until the 8 th pick according to scout rankings. Many of them said that he was “too smart,” and they weren’t sure if he...
CelticsBlog (Oliver Fox) —
Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Jayson Tatum mysteriously doesn’t show up for practice. What comes next may shock you October 31st was one of those gray days in Boston. Not sunny but not dark either — with no rain on the horizon. There was nothing foreboding about it. The wind was calm over the streets of downtown, the air sang of cigarettes (but not too many) and tasted of clam chowder...
Basketball Insiders (James Foglio) —
ESPN “First Take” commentator Stephen A. Smith was shocked by New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns’ 44-point outing in Wednesday night’s 116-107 come-from-behind win over the Miami Heat. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith praises Karl-Anthony Towns for helping the New York Knicks rally against the Miami Heat More importantly, Towns had the fourth-most points for the...
HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) —
The Knicks’ bold move to acquire Karl-Anthony Towns paid off in a big way on Wednesday. The former Minnesota big man, who averaged 15.3 points in his first three games with his new team, erupted for 44 points in a victory over Miami. Towns had 25 field-goal attempts after not attempting more than 11 in […]
Basketball Insiders (Antonio Kozlow) —
His first three games in a Knicks jersey weren’t spectacular, as Karl-Anthony Towns hit 12, 21 and 13 points during those performances. This is why the press asked coach Tom Thibodeau about what he was expecting to get from his new recruit before confronting their classic rivalry against the Heat last night in South Beach. […] The post Karl-Anthony Towns dropped 44 points on Heat...
NBA Math (Dan Favale) —
In their first BOUNCE AROUND of the 2024-25 NBA regular season, Dan and Grant discuss what we’ve seen so far from the Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers and also go on a New Orleans Pelicans tangent. After that, they catch The post Breaking Down The Warriors, Knicks, Lakers and Latest NBA News first appeared on NBA Math .
SBN: Fear The Sword (Corey Walsh) —
Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Donovan Mitchell came out aggressive and left the Lakers behind early The Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 5-0 after opening the game strong and never letting the Lakers whiff a comeback. The grades are based on what our expectations are for each player. Donovan Mitchell 24 points (10-20 shooting), 7 assists, 3 rebounds, 3 steals It became apparent...
CelticsBlog (flceltsfan) —
Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Celtics head out on the road to take on the Indiana Pacers in a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics look to win their 5th straight game as they head to Indiana to take on the Pacers in a rematch of the Eastern Conference Finals. In spite of the fact that they swept the Pacers in the ECF, the Celtics felt that...
CelticsBlog (Oliver Fox) —
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images In this highly analytical survey, I subjectively decide how cool different types of shots the Celtics take are and give them all funny names. There are a lot of ways to put a basketball in a hoop, but I think it’s high time we start ranking all these moves so we know how to react when someone pulls it out of the bag. I pulled a bunch...
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
Following up on the NBA’s announcement that the Sixers were fined $100K for violating the league’s player participation policy, Sam Amick and Joe Vardon of The Athletic attempt to parse the somewhat vague language of the NBA’s statement, which said the team was penalized not for resting Joel Embiid but for “public statements inconsistent with […]