It was a battle between two of the worst teams in the league, as the Kobe-less Lakers visited Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks for a Sunday night showdown in Madison Square Garden. And unsurprisingly, this match didn’t garner that much thrill and interest from most fans, especially, since almost everybody wasfocused on Phoenix and the [...]
February 2, 2015
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Highlights, Hoops TV
Question of the week: Do any of the NBA’s Eastern Conference fringe playoff teams actually want to make the postseason? Asking for a friend or 50 here. Seriously, once you leave the East’s top-six teams—Hawks(!), Raptors, Wizards, Bulls, Cavaliers and Bucks—it feels like you’ve entered the “Let’s try and suck as much as possible in order to [...]
January 29, 2015
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Power Rankings
There’s something truly zany about the 2014-15 NBA season. It’s been weird. It’s still weird. It’s truly, utterly, completely, wholly, wonderfully, purely, perfectly zany. Allow me to offer up Exhibit A: These here power rankings. Collective movement is neither enormous nor insubstantial. There is virtually no change at the top. But then we get into the [...]
January 21, 2015
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Power Rankings
Well it’s official: The NBA is a forest fire of craziness. To wit: A lot has happened since we last met. Kevin Garnett decided to head-hump Dwight Howard amid the Net’s demonstrative downturn; the Pistons decided to be an actual basketball team; the Knicks and Celtics let Sam Hinkie know they’re coming for his (pingpong) balls; [...]
January 16, 2015
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Blogs
Another day, another chance for the New York Knicks to contradict themselves. Team president Phil Jackson has already pillaged through the roster’s limited talent supply, trading Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith for jack. It’s widely known he may not be done either, which, in layman’s terms, means Jose Calderon better not get too comfortable. It [...]
January 15, 2015
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The New York Knicks want to trade Jose Calderon and Andrea Bargnani. No word yet on what their third and final wish will be. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley and Marc Stein: The New York Knicks are actively trying to trade veterans Jose Calderon and Andrea Bargnani as part of their ongoing roster clear-out, according to [...]
January 12, 2015
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Reggie Jackson is the player the Knicks almost had, even though they never really had him. Twitter was aflutter when the three-team deal between the Knicks, Cavaliers and Thunder began unfolding. Jackson was identified as the player the Knicks were taking back. But Twitter was wrong. The move was a salary dump; the Knicks gave [...]
January 6, 2015
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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 [...]
January 6, 2015
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The New York Knicks are certainly experiencing one of the worst seasons in franchise history, and on Sunday night against the Bucks, nothing much changed as they were handed their 11th straight loss with a score of 95-82. But for at least one play, there was something to cheer about thanks to their forward Quincy [...]
January 5, 2015
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Highlights
Playing through what is, as of now, the worst season in franchise history has left the New York Knicks searching for answers. On the heels of their Sunday loss to the Milwaukee Bucks—the team’s 11th in a row—the Knicks now sit at 5-31, with the most losses in the NBA. And just about everyone, from [...]
January 5, 2015
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