LeBron James is sympathetic towards his buddy Carmelo Anthony’s situation with the Knicks. This is to say, he feels bad that Anthony finds himself immersed in a dumpster fire. Ahead of the Cavaliers’ ugly, nail-gnawing win over the Knicks Thursday night, LeBron commented on the debacle Melo faces in New York, per Newsday‘s Jim Baumbach: The Cavaliers [...]
December 5, 2014
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Oh, what could have been. Ahead of the Knicks’ loss to the Rockets on Monday night, Carmelo Anthony—who left the game with back spasms—admitted that Dwight Howard, who didn’t even play, tried really hard to get him to sign in Houston. Not to spoil the end of this story, but it didn’t work. Anthony remained [...]
November 25, 2014
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New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has been playing through a sore left knee throughout almost all their games this season. He’s been enduring this pain since their 95-90 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Oct. 30. But last Tuesday night, in their 117-113 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, things got a little worse as [...]
November 19, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
As the 2014-2015 NBA season gets underway, everyone already wants to know how it will end. Will the San Antonio Spurs repeat? Will Cleveland finally win one? When will big market franchises in the basement (Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, and the Philadelphia 76ers) return to contention? Back on top, the Spurs [...]
November 15, 2014
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Here we go again. Related: Ughhhhhh. It’s not every year the Knicks have cap space. Rare is the offseason they actually have it. If they’re supposed have it, they tend to pull the trigger on a cap-clogging deal (see: Carmelo Anthony in 2011). If they do have it, they dream wild dreams—whimsical ambitions that typically [...]
November 13, 2014
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In their match against the Charlotte Hornets last night, the New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony nailed a three-pointer at exactly the 7:41 mark of the first quarter which made him the newest member to join the 20,000-point club. He’s also the 6th youngest player to ever reach the milestone in NBA history. The Knicks [...]
November 3, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
Just when we all thought the returning LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers can win it all this season or at least guarantee a win in their first game this season—the New York Knicks successfully spoiled everything tonight as they handed them their first loss (90-85), which also led to Derek Fisher’s first victory as [...]
October 31, 2014
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A lot of criticism has been bombarding Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant regarding his inability to play together with other players, and that it has been a factor leading to the downfall of the franchise. According to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelbuirne and Ohm Youngmisuk,—Carmelo Anthony — who had the chance to play alongside the Mamba, [...]
October 27, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
What if you were told that the reason the Los Angeles Lakers aren’t teeming with superstars not named Kobe Bryant right now is because of Kobe Bryant himself? Would you believe it? Probably. Perhaps most definitely. He’s notoriously hard to get along with—at least until last year—and the countless anecdotes we’ve been made aware of [...]
October 20, 2014
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Sour patch watermelons go a long way. Remember that, NBA teams, the ones planning on recruiting free agents between now and the end of time. It’s important. Owner Michael Jordan has slowly, surely put his Charlotte Hornets on the map. They’ve gone from lost laughingstock to playoff team and intriguing free-agent destination, the latter of [...]
October 16, 2014
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