Knicks

With the New York Knicks’ 2015-16 regular season winding down, Carmelo Anthony has been given many opportunities to distance himself from the organization’s rebuilding process—to provide a shadow of a doubt that he wishes to remain in the Big Apple. He hasn’t seized any of those opportunities. And that didn’t change following the Knicks’ loss [...]

Kurt Rambis’ half-season audition with the New York Knicks is apparently about to pay off. According to ESPN.com’s Ian Begley and Marc Stein, Knicks president Phil Jackson is strongly in favor of hiring Rambis to indefinitely succeed the fired Derek Fisher: The New York Knicks are giving strong consideration to making Kurt Rambis their full-time [...]

Lance Thomas has, in all likelihood, played his last game for the New York Knicks this season. And perhaps his last game ever for them. Per the New York Daily News‘ Stefan Bondy: Glue guy Lance Thomas is likely done for the season, leaving the Knicks with 59 appearances to assess his value as a [...]

With all the rumors and speculation regarding Carmelo Anthony’s future in New York, with the Knicks, churning out new material at warp speed, it’s easy to lose sight of reality. And the reality is, it seems, that Melo remains committed to the Knicks’ future. Consider what he said about asking head coach Kurt Rambis to [...]

We have reached peak Kurt Rambis in New York. With the Knicks’ playoff hopes long since dashed, even if they were just recently mathematically eliminated from postseason contention, it would stand to reason that head coach Kurt Rambis would throw more minutes to the team’s youngsters. Not just Kristaps Porzingis, either. Jerian Grant. Langston Galloway. [...]

The whole “Phil Jackson might consider coaching the New York Knicks for at least half the time next season” thing didn’t last very long. It’s not going to happen, according to Jackson confidant Charlie Rosen, as told to the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: f you’re still holding out a shred of hope Phil Jackson [...]

Carmelo Anthony has the New York Knicks by the contractual balls. Phil Jackson and company, however, are hoping he’ll soon let go. Per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley (h/t RealGM): Anthony has said several times he’s committed to New York and has no plans to waive his no-trade clause. And he’s had the opportunity to do so. [...]

Whether or not Phil Jackson will eventually coach the Knicks has been a hot topic ever since he took the job. After he fired Derek Fisher several weeks ago, those rumors surfaced again, but he shot them down. Then, yesterday, it was reported that perhaps Jackson would be interested in coaching only the home games [...]

Carmelo Anthony isn’t messing around. Last summer, Anthony wasn’t involved in the New York Knicks’ free-agency process. This summer, he probably should be—not just because it makes sense to have him as an ambassador, but because he has essentially issued a free-agency edict to his team: Do something constructive, or else. Per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: [...]

The Knicks and Phil Jackson probably feel somewhat desperate to make a splash this summer. The Zen Master’s regime hasn’t quite turned out as he’d hoped. They failed to sign the big-named player or head coach last summer and the team hasn’t performed well. Jackson will have a chance to make up for himself this [...]