PACERS 123, KNICKS 109 You would think that scoring 107.3 points per game over the last eight games would mean good things for any NBA team. But for the Knicks, it’s still not enough. Their defense continues to be exploited by opponents. In that same span of eight games, they’re allowing 113.5 points per game, […]
KNICKS 116, BUCKS 11 There will come a time later in the season, if a playoff berth or winning record is secured, when we’ll look back at this as The Ron Baker Game. But for the Knicks to become the team that Jeff Hornacek envisions, it would be better to look back on these last […]
Brandon Jennings has played in almost 500 NBA games, scored almost 7,500 points, dished out almost 3,000 assists, made almost 650 steals and played for four teams. There isn’t much he hasn’t experienced. Unless you consider his experience this season. “I just feel like it’s my whole rookie year all over again,’’ Jennings told MSGNetworks.com. […]
NEW YORK KNICKS (14-10) The Knicks have been four games over .500 twice since 2001-02 at this point of the season, so there is growing excitement around the team. They’ve won nine of 12 and 11 of 15 including four straight on the road. This morning before shootaround, the Knicks were downplaying where they are […]
KNICKS 118, LAKERS 112 The last time Brandon Jennings won a game in Los Angeles, he was in high school. Since then, he has come back to his hometown 12 times as an NBA player and, with a host of friends and family in the crowd at Staples Center, his team has lost every game. […]
WIZARDS 119, KNICKS 112 It was too little, too late and Brandon Jennings called out his team for losing “a game we should win.” But on a night the Knicks had a chance to get to .500 against the struggling Wizards (3-8), coach Jeff Hornacek lamented that his team “kind of fell back to where we […]
As Carmelo Anthony faced the reality of a third straight season without the playoffs, he sat across from Phil Jackson in his exit interview and asked the questions that were the most important for the two of them, together, to answer. “How do we get better? How do we move forward?” Melo said. He then […]
Though they’re all woven the same, the New York Knicks have the heaviest jersey in the NBA. And each year it gets heavier. Some have crumbled under its weight. Others dare not even put it on. That brings us to last Friday at MSG Training Center, where Joakim Noah smiled broadly and spoke boldly as […]
Phil Jackson, Steve Mills and the rest of the Knicks’ front office have been aggressive this offseason by adding eight new players to the roster. Here’s the lowdown on the new faces. Derrick Rose, Point Guard Acquired Via Trade With Chicago Listed at 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds, Rose will be 28 when the 2016-17 season begins. […]
**COURTESY NEW YORK KNICKS** Two-time NBA All-Star Joakim Noah & Guards Courtney Lee and Brandon Jennings Added To Roster NEW YORK, July 8, 2016 – New York Knickerbockers President Phil Jackson announced today that the team has signed center Joakim Noah and guards Brandon Jennings and Courtney Lee to contracts. Terms of the deals were not disclosed. […]