Eleven NBA championships as a head coach? Check. Two NBA titles as a player? Check. Stainless legacy? Check. A fat $60 million contract to run the New York Knicks? Check. Supportive fiancee? Check again. Knicks president Phil Jackson really does have it all. His fiancee Jeanie Buss has seemed nothing but supportive of him in [...]
April 24, 2014
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Mike Woodson is history, Phil Jackson has a lot of work to do and Carmelo Anthony—well, he wants to be Dwight Howard. Okay, then. On the same day the New York Knicks parted ways with their embattled head coach, Sporting News’ Sean Deveney (h/t Bleacher Report) brought word that Anthony is looking for a free-agency [...]
April 21, 2014
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I give up. When it comes to matters of Mike D’Antoni and the Los Angeles Lakers, I give up. Their relationship is complicated, compounded by being a big-market team in the midst of the worst season in franchise history and playing host to an overwhelming number of rumors and speculation and questions and various other [...]
April 15, 2014
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Holy. Crap. On a Sunday teeming with what-ifs and regrets for the New York Knicks, Amar’e Stoudemire managed to steal the show. Prior to the Knicks’ victory over the Chicago Bulls, the always confident, rarely pigheaded Stoudemire uttered 11 words that may alter your perception of him for ever: 'On paper we might be the [...]
April 14, 2014
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Not even Jesus Christ can save the New York Knicks now. Then again, Raymond Felton isn’t asking him to. J.R. Smith launched an NBA-record 22 three-pointers during the Knicks’ Sunday afternoon loss to the Miami Heat. So, wow. He drilled 11 of them, also setting the Knicks franchise record for made three-pointers in a single [...]
April 7, 2014
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On April 1st in NYC, the guys from RUVILLA hosted their first ever VILLA Invitational basketball tournament at the Jordan Terminal 23 training facility is in New York City designed for Carmelo Anthony and the release of the Jordan Melo M10, his 10th signature sneaker with Jordan Brand. For those unaware, RUVILLA started as a [...]
April 4, 2014
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Why do now what you can put off until later? That’s the mantra Phil Jackson and Carmelo Anthony are apparently parroting at this point. Though the two have held dialogues, they’ve yet to talk about the free-agent-to-be’s future with the New York Knicks. Here’s what Jackson had to say on their contact, per ESPN New [...]
April 3, 2014
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On most nights, Carmelo Anthony doesn’t sound like a man who’s going to leave the New York Knicks. After watching the franchise nab Phil Jackson, it seems even less likely. He’s waxed nothing but support and optimism for the Zen Master. The Knicks’ season-long seven-game winning streak even has him smiling in spurts again. But [...]
March 20, 2014
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Whoa. All we can say to this is, “Whoa.” Amid all this Phil Jackson and James Dolan business, some of us have forgotten about Carmelo Anthony’s impending free agency. Sort of. It’s been tabled, really. Anthony’s future cannot be dealt with until July, so there’s no use focusing on it now. More pressing things, such [...]
March 14, 2014
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Enough Phil Jackson talk. Let’s discuss Andrea Bargnani. You know Bargs. The bouncy-haired Italian who hasn’t played since Jan. 22. The one the New York Knicks gave up three draft picks, Steve Novak, Marcus Camby and Quentin Richardson for. Yeah, that Bargs. Well, according to Bleacher Report’s Howard Beck, Bargs is with the Knicks largely [...]
March 13, 2014
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