Picture this: Your gorgeous new 55” high-definition television set has just arrived. It looks great mounted in your family room above the mantle. In mere moments, you’ll fire it up for the first time, and life as you know it will never be the same. Except the power button brings… Read More →
Three years have passed since Mark Jackson almost became coach of the Knicks, and if last night’s game was any indication, the Garden-legend’s coaching philosophy stands in stark contrast with that of New York’s current coach. Ironically, it was Gotham’s offense – supposedly MDA’s specialty – that made Jackson… Read More →
Per ESPN’s Marc Stein, the Knicks have claimed PG Jeremy Lin off waivers from the Houston Rockets. The Harvard product played sparingly last season for the Golden State Warriors, but at 6’3”, 200 lbs., he’s an intriguing player, having averaged 18.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists for the D-League’s… Read More →
The funny thing about expectations is that they’re hardly ever met. But around this time of year, for a little while, anyway, we New Yorkers shed those cloaks of cynicism, and allow ourselves to bask in the glow of hope. Holiday-fueled optimism was (mostly) on full display in the Garden… Read More →
I’m excited to be coming at you LIVE from the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, on this Christmas morning as the New York Knicks get set to take on the rival Boston Celtics to open the 2011-12 NBA Season. This is entirely new territory for me, and I… Read More →
At least not this season, he won’t. I noticed an interesting little “nugget” within Marc Berman’s piece for the New York Post today regarding former-Knick, Wilson Chandler: Another Chinese league player of interest also would be ex-Knick Wilson Chandler, who still is playing in Asia and also wouldn’t be eligible until… Read More →
Forgetting for a moment that the true condition of Baron Davis’ spine is less certain than the ending to Inception, the most compelling aspect to the Knicks’ signing of the once-elite point guard is that he’s never really played alongside a superstar before; let alone two of them. Browse the… Read More →
The date was June 22, 1994. A day which continues to live in infamy for Knick fans. After more than two decades of occasionally tantalizing highs, often eclipsed by heartbreaking lows, the franchise was finally on the precipice of reacension to the championship heights not seen since the days of… Read More →
Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t; that’s the new bottom line for Mike D’Antoni. During appearances on the local airwaves last Friday, the Knicks’ coach may not have guaranteed a championship this season, but he surely guaranteed the brevity of his tenure in New York if the team… Read More →
“Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design.” That was essentially the Commissioner’s message to fans of the NBA last night, after the Emperor magnanimously approved the trade sending Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for a package centered around Eric Gordon and Minnesota’s… Read More →
Per Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal, the Cleveland Cavaliers have used their amnesty provision on talented, but oft-injured point guard Baron Davis. As if that wasn’t enough to whet the appetites of Knick fans – scorned earlier today by free agent Jamal Crawford – Newsday’s Alan Hahn suggests… Read More →
If you’re among the long-suffering Verizon FIOS customers without access to the MSG Network’s High-Definition feed, you’re in luck! The Knicks and Rangers will be seen in HD on FIOS, starting over the next couple of days, and in some markets, tomorrow.Here’s the scoop from Verizon.
Worried about getting fired over your lewd behavior at this year’s company holiday party? Fret not, this Friday at The Hill, you can celebrate the return of your New York Knicks with the best and brightest of the team’s blogging community, in an environment where groping is actually encouraged! Sponsored… Read More →
Multiple reports indicate that New York continues to pitch former-Knick Jamal Crawford to accept less money and years – likely the team’s $2.5 “mini-MLE” for one season – to rejoin the franchise. In the immortal words of Mr. Marv Albert: YES! The problem is that Crawford, 31, has undoubtedly garnered better… Read More →
Just over two hours remain until the start of free agency, but perhaps the most interesting story as training camps open – for Knick fans, anyway – is the revelation that the the newly-minted collective bargaining agreement appears to contain a provision whereby players can restructure their existing contracts. So… Read More →
