All Entries Tagged With: "New York Knicks"
Knicks open round two with a thud
The Knicks are looking like the worst versions of themselves at exactly the wrong time. Sunday afternoon’s 102-95 loss to the Pacers at Madison Square Garden was a reminder of just how hard it’s going to be for this team, particularly in its recent games’ incarnation, to even win a game in this series let [...]
Celtic veterans leave court quickly, forget their class behind
Is a post-series handshake a common and expected part of an NBA Playoffs series? That’s a legitimate question. I won’t contend that the league is anything like the NHL, whose post-series lineup is just one of the absolutely stellar traditions that make its postseason so phenomenal. But I would contend at least a quick fist [...]
Calling Iman and Raymond!
The realistic Knicks fan enjoyed their team’s hot, early start but was under no delusions about its shortcomings and vulnerabilities. And guess what, those weaknesses are starting to show themselves. Shocking, but the Knicks are old. Old is not necessarily the problem. The sizzling start to the season had a lot to do with chemistry, [...]
The Battle of the Boroughs: NY Basketball Bragging Rights Fall to Brooklyn Nets
Thanksgiving weekend has always been notorious for football match-ups, but the beginning of a great New York rivalry began last week as well. After being rescheduled due to Hurricane Sandy, the season opener between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets finally took place on Monday night at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn. As [...]
You’re Kidding Right? New Knick Kidd Offers Lame DUI Apology via Twitter
Just gimme a f-in break already. Twitter’s cool for a lot of reasons. I won’t go into them. One thing that sucks about it is that it gives today’s athletes another easy and lame way out of any sort of accountability. Back in the day, if you f-ed up — and needed/wanted to show some [...]
The belt is back: Steve Novak re-signs with Knicks
Welcome back, Novak! The Knicks have reportedly re-signed free agent Steve Novak following a season in New York during which he led the NBA in three point shooting percentage. Novak had his best NBA season in 2011-12 averaging career highs in minutes per game (18.9), points (8.8) and rebounds (2.0). His 47% from beyond the [...]
Tyson Chandler an ESPN Body Issue cover boy
First off, ESPN the Magazine’s The Body Issue is just great marketing. That’s my opinion and debate for another day with any dissenters. For now, we’re just here to share that one of four athletes to be featured on various cover versions of the 2012 “Body Issue” is a familiar face for Knicks fans (note, [...]
Knicks fans react to selection of Kostas Papanikolaou
I wasn’t fired up for the NBA Draft last night. I admit it. The Knicks selection slot at #48 didn’t pump any extra adrenaline into the veins either. Still, it was fun to check out the message boards in the days leading up to the event and see who they were thinking about and what [...]
Landry Fields takes on “Billionaire”… and scores
If you’re a Knicks season ticket subscriber, it gets you some perks. Over the past few seasons, that’s meant overpriced seats for a terribly unwatchable product. Things may be a ‘changin. Juuuust sayin’. It’s only been one game back from the break, but the Knicks are becoming a hot ticket – if only for the [...]
The New York Knicks: an immensely watchable experiment
It may have started with Linsanity. The “drama” of Melo’s return added intrigue. J.R. Smith’s arrival and Baron Davis’s debut contributed more layers. But it’s no longer just about Lin, although he’s at the heart of it all. The bottom line is this: the 2011-12 New York Knicks have become an incredibly interesting experiment from [...]
MSG Network Tapping Into Linsanity to Lure Switch
Linsanity lives. I won’t belabor the point. What’s not to love, though? And in this insane world where Jeremy Lin reigns supreme, this may rank up there at the top of the heap of things that would’ve gotten you committed to a straightjacket not too long ago. Imagine if only a month ago, anyone would’ve [...]
Jeremy Lin Leads Knicks Past Jazz
We’ ve shared here recently that Mike D’Antoni is not our favorite coach. You can add talent evaluation to the list of our complaints about the Knicks head man. Why? Well, Jeremy Lin of course. This is what we wrote a week ago in pondering the dream of what could have been had the fall [...]
