Iman Shumpert

Is runner-up fatigue a thing? LeBron James sure thinks so. Championship fatigue is a more accepted phenomenon. It’s when reigning NBA champions struggle to find inspiration and drive and the motivation to play at full tilt every night following their title-toting campaign the year before. Health plays a part too, since extensive postseason pushes take [...]

Breathe easily, and freely, Cleveland Cavaliers fans. LeBron James will be in uniform when his team opens up the 2015-16 regular season next Tuesday in a road tilt against the Chicago Bulls. If you didn’t know his status was maybe, quite possibly in doubt, well, where the hell have you been? According to the Akron [...]

The 2014-15 New York Knicks won 17 games, and it’s not hard to see why. Injuries, specifically that to Carmelo Anthony, played a big role. So too did the lack of talent on the roster. The Knicks, quite simply, weren’t very good. But they were also needlessly dysfunctional, especially before team president Phil Jackson blew [...]

Breaking: Iman Shumpert has some problems with the FOX series Empire. I know what you’re thinking: This is bigger than the NBA Finals, trade deadline and free agency. Combined. And you’re right. Anyhow, apparently Shumpert thinks the show is ripping him and his girlfriend off. One of the main characters, Hakeem, sports a Flat Top [...]

The New York Knicks are prioritizing cap space over winning and just about everything else. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Team president Phil Jackson dealt Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday as part of a three-team trade that also included the Oklahoma City Thunder. The latter will [...]

Knicks gonna Knicks. The New York Knicks registered interest in the Denver Nuggets’ Kenneth Faried last season. We know this. But what many didn’t know is that they apparently came off as desperate. Per BasketballInsiders.com Steve Kyler (h/t FanSided.com): [tweet https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/508270654496718848] This would seem to make sense. Back in February, when rumors first surfaced, it [...]

Phil Jackson and the New York Knicks have been busy this offseason and they might not be done just yet. A league source told ESPN New York’s Ian Begley that the Knicks are exploring trades for J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert and Shane Larkin: Working to clear the logjam in the backcourt, the Knicks are discussing [...]

Originally debuted on the feet of Kobe Bryant in 1998 as his third signature sneaker with adidas, the adidas KB8 II looks like it will be re-releasing this year. We know this because Iman Shumpert has been wearing a grey colorway in the last few Knicks games. The adidas KB8 II will definitely be re-branded [...]

Oh, Knicks. Some bad things you believe will get better. The New York Knicks aren’t one of those bad things. Leading up and into the Feb. 20 trade deadline, the Knicks were unable to broker a deal, though not for lack of trying. Iman Shumpert, the injury-prone third-year guard who routinely falls out of favor [...]

Kenneth Faried knows how to handle trade rumors. Leading up to the Feb. 20 trade deadline, the third-year forward was linked to plenty of scuttlebutt. Nothing ever came to fruition, so he remains a member of the (slumping) Denver Nuggets. Still, incessant rumors can damage a player’s psyche. Look at Iman Shumpert of the New [...]