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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Suffering from C3P-fatigue yet? Head spinning from all the Dwight Howard rumors? Maybe it’s time to take a little break from the madness, and think about a player that the Knicks might actually be able to afford and/or acquire. Thus far, all indications are that the team doesn’t think very… Read More →
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… a group of talented men united in furtherance of one goal: to bring an NBA Championship to Gotham, a city in which you’ll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. For over a thousand generations – it… Read More →
Dear Iman Shumpert, First of all, let me congratulate you on being drafted in the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft. Prior to your stellar performances – both at the draft combine and during individual team workouts – no one could have predicted your meteoric rise up draft boards,... Read More →
Shiver me timbers (it’s approximately 146º in the NYC right now, so please forgive me), but might Steve Nash actually be a viable target for the Knicks? No, not after the 2011-12 season – if there is one – but right now. Yesterday, an unsubstantiated rumor made the rounds over… Read More →
6’6”, 220 lb., 20-year-old point guards don’t grow on trees, and reading recent scouting reports from the NBA combine, it’s hard not get at least a little excited about Georgia Tech draftee Iman Shumpert. Lots of debate has been had about what the Knicks need — either in free agency… Read More →
The 2010-11 New York Knicks, if nothing else, were vastly more entertaining than their predecessors had been throughout the last decade or so. And so when I tried to put some season-postmortem thoughts on paper, I quickly realized that the franchise’s indisputable return to relevance deserved more points of view… Read More →
We recently suggested that the Knicks take a look-see at Kenyon Martin, mostly because the team won’t have much money to spend on upgrading its roster, and also due to the fact that Martin should come relatively cheaply. Remember, even more than a third superstar — Chris Paul or Deron… Read More →
Often lost amidst the incessant talk of Dwight Howard this, and Chris Paul that, is the fact that the Knicks’ most glaring need this off-season is for players that come cheaply, understand their respective roles, and complement the existing roster. And there isn’t much doubt that the player attribute that… Read More →
