New York Knicks: Out Of Town Articles
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
The Bucks and Lakers raised banners in their arenas after winning the first two NBA Cups in 2023 and 2024, and head coach Mike Brown told his players prior to the 2025 final on Tuesday that the Knicks would do the same if they won. However, the team has reversed course on that plan, according to […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
The Knicks‘ team salary this season is nearly $208MM, which is the second-highest figure in the NBA, behind only the Cavaliers ($228MM+). However, five of the 14 players on New York’s standard roster are on minimum-salary contracts, while a sixth is earning just slightly above the minimum. So while the $530,933 bonus for winning the […]
HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) —
The Knicks won Tuesday’s NBA Cup final, defeating San Antonio, 124-113, to claim their first in-season tournament title. Star point guard Jalen Brunson was named MVP of tournament, the NBA announced (via Twitter). Brunson’s statistics in the championship game were fairly run-of-the-mill by his lofty standards; he finished with 25 points, eight assists and four […]
HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) —
An MRI conducted on Monday confirmed that Magic guard Jalen Suggs suffered a left hip contusion during Saturday’s NBA Cup game against the Knicks, the team’s PR department tweets. His return will depend on how he responds to treatment. Suggs had 26 points and seven assists in 29 minutes on Saturday. He suffered the injury […]
HoopsRumors (Eli Cohen) —
In a league that is increasingly looking for ball-handlers who are 6’6″ or taller, Jalen Brunson‘s scoring mastery makes him something of a modern-day unicorn for the Knicks, writes James L. Edwards III of The Athletic (subscriber link). “He’s got good pace, and he’s really smart. He doesn’t really get too bored with the game,” […]
HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) —
Guerschon Yabusele‘s first season with the Knicks hasn’t gone the way either side envisioned after the team signed the veteran big man to a two-year, $11.25MM contract over the summer. After averaging 11.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists on .501/.380/.725 shooting in 70 games (27.1 minutes per contest) with Philadelphia last season, Yabusele’s numbers […]
HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) —
Behind game highs of 40 points and eight assists from star guard Jalen Brunson, the Knicks defeated the Magic by 12 points on Saturday in Las Vegas to advance to the final of the NBA Cup, also known as the in-season tournament. “When you have an MVP of the league candidate in Jalen Brunson, you […]
HoopsRumors (Arthur Hill) —
Magic guard Jalen Suggs engaged in a scoring battle with Knicks star Jalen Brunson during the first half of Saturday’s NBA Cup semifinals matchup, but pain forced him out of the game after he hurt his hip in the third quarter, writes Tim Bontemps of ESPN. Suggs was in obvious discomfort as he talked to […]
HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) —
Unless Guerschon Yabusele‘s play and role with the Knicks change substantially over the next several weeks, both sides would probably be better off parting ways prior to the February 5 trade deadline, writes Stefan Bondy of The New York Post (subscriber link). As Bondy explains, Yabusele was New York’s primary free agent addition over the […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
The Knicks will be without guard Miles McBride for at least another seven days, according to the team, which announced today that McBride will be reevaluated in one week (Twitter link via Andrew Crane of The New York Post). McBride was injured in the third quarter of Sunday’s win over Orlando when he drove to […]
HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) —
The Magic and Knicks advanced to the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas with victories on Tuesday. They’ll face each other in the East semifinal on Saturday at 5:30 ET, NBA Communications tweets. Orlando was carried by a big outing from offseason acquisition Desmond Bane. He scored 37 points, while Jalen Suggs had 20 points […]
HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) —
Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley will miss his team’s NBA Cup quarterfinal game against the Knicks tonight due to an illness, Steve Popper of Newsday tweets. It’s a big blow to Toronto’s chances of advancing. The Raptors are already without RJ Barrett, who is sidelined by a right knee sprain. The good news is that Jamal […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
Veteran NBA forward Cam Reddish, who signed with BC Šiauliai in September, has officially left the team and returned to the U.S. for personal reasons, the Lithuanian club announced in a press release. The 10th overall pick in the 2019 draft, Reddish spent six years in the NBA, playing for the Hawks, Knicks, Trail Blazers, […]
HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) —
While Josh Hart says the pressure of the NBA Cup is “not even close” to competing in the playoffs, he and the rest of the Knicks are focused on winning their first in-season tournament title after falling in the quarterfinals each of the past two years, writes Stefan Bondy of The New York Post (subscriber […]
HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) —
Magic guard Desmond Bane has been fined $35K for throwing the game ball at Knicks forward OG Anunoby with force and in an “unsportsmanlike manner” the NBA announced today (via Twitter). Bane was assessed a technical foul for the incident, which occurred with 6:13 remaining in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s contest in New York […]