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Kobe Doesn’t Want D’Antoni to Coach Lakers Next Season

Kobe Doesn’t Want D’Antoni to Coach Lakers Next Season

If Kobe Bryant’s will be done, then Mike D’Antoni’s tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers will soon be over. According to the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney, Bryant wants the Lakers to hire a new coach before next season: ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith reported on Wednesday morning that he had heard D’Antoni would be out, and [...]

March 12, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Phil Jackson Wants Assurance Melo Will Stay With Knicks

Phil Jackson Wants Assurance Melo Will Stay With Knicks

Phil Jackson apparently wants the world if he’s to sync up with the ever-dysfunctional New York Knicks. Rumors have flooded the airwaves, papers and Internet, most of them pointing toward the same thing: a union between the Zen Master and championship-starved, James Dolan-owned Knicks. But with all that’s going around, you’d have expected it to [...]

March 11, 2014 admin Blogs 13

Mike Woodson Not Happy Noah Is Recruiting ‘Melo

Mike Woodson Not Happy Noah Is Recruiting ‘Melo

New York Knicks head coach Mike Woodson isn’t happy that the Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah is trying to sell Carmelo Anthony on The Windy City. Because, duh. ESPN’s Chris Broussard brought word on Thursday that Noah started selling Anthony on Chicago while the two were in New Orleans for the NBA All-Star Game: Well, over [...]

March 7, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Carmelo Anthony ‘Can’t Even See Next Year’

Carmelo Anthony ‘Can’t Even See Next Year’

Carmelo Anthony is blind. You knew he was frustrated, what with the New York Knicks losing at warped paces. You knew he was probably even hardened, deadened to the fact that the Knicks are this listless and browbeaten one season after winning 54 games. But I bet you didn’t know he was blind to the [...]

March 3, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Playing Amar’e Will Stop Knicks From Making Playoffs

Playing Amar’e Will Stop Knicks From Making Playoffs

More than one person is at fault for the New York Knicks. From the front office to the sidelines, there is no shortage of scapegoats. Coach Mike Woodson’s stubbornness, owner James Dolan’s attempt to dabble in business dealings he knows nothing about, J.R. Smith’s poor play, Raymond Felton’s poor shooting and defense and Tyson Chandler’s [...]

February 28, 2014 admin Blogs 1

LeBron, D-Wade and Bosh Unlikely to Take Pay Cuts

LeBron, D-Wade and Bosh Unlikely to Take Pay Cuts

The Miami Heat of tomorrow aren’t going to come cheap. This, of course, will be assuming the Heat of tomorrow still comprise LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. If they do, then it’s going to cost Miami. Truth told, it was always going to cost Miami. Even if each member of the Big Three [...]

February 28, 2014 admin Blogs 2

George Karl Says He Wouldn’t Start ‘Melo, Love in All-Star Game

George Karl Says He Wouldn’t Start ‘Melo, Love in All-Star Game

Carmelo Anthony doesn’t appear to be a favorite of George Karl’s anymore. Not to say he ever was. He could have been. If he was, forcing his way off the Denver Nuggets and onto the New York Knicks is a good way to ensure he never would be again. Anyhow, Karl, a veteran NBA coach [...]

February 17, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Melo Still Seeks Advice from Former Coach Jim Boeheim

Melo Still Seeks Advice from Former Coach Jim Boeheim

New York Knicks fans will want to listen up. And those who value Carmelo Anthony may want to cry. Anthony, the Knicks’ free-agent-to-be, still takes advice from his former head coach at Syracuse, Jim Boeheim. From the New York Daily News‘ Peter Botte: He’s a guy I kind of bounce a lot of stuff off [...]

February 14, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Top 10 Wealthiest Players in the NBA: Paper Chasers

Top 10 Wealthiest Players in the NBA: Paper Chasers

With all the talk about where Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James will end up this summer, money and salary are on the minds of NBA GM’s as usual, but it got us thinking about the richest players in the NBA today. 10-T. Shawn Marion 35-year old 4-time All-Star Shawn Marion has made about $10 million [...]

February 12, 2014 Rob Lists, Offbeat 0

Knicks Won’t Trade Carmelo Anthony Before Deadline

Knicks Won’t Trade Carmelo Anthony Before Deadline

Carmelo Anthony is a member of the New York Knicks and that’s not going to change—at least not until this summer. A source told Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears “there is ‘no chance’ the Knicks will deal Carmelo Anthony, who owns a contract opt-out this summer, before the trade deadline.” Although it’s been said before, [...]

February 10, 2014 admin Blogs 0