NEW YORK — Tyson Chandler, the NBA’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year, has been conspicuous by his absence, even if the Knicks have won seven games in a row entering play on Sunday. Fortunately for the club, the 2013 NBA All-Star broke his silence Sunday night and revealed that he is eyeing a return to the lineup as soon as Tuesday night when the club travels to Miami to battle LeBron James and the Heat. [Read more…]
NEW YORK — Five general managers, eight coaches, 19 years, and amazingly, 225 different players. The cast of characters that have come and gone since the Knicks last won a division title in 1994 is as expansive as the shadow that Madison Square Garden casts between 31st and 33rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan. Now, here, in 2013, the team is poised to end the 19-year drought. And whether or not the Knicks do that this season, the fact that they have that
Our man Moke Hamilton, who covers the Knicks and ranks free agents for this site, wrote a strong piece nearly two weeks making the argument that J.R. Smith should be given serious consideration for the Sixth Man Award. Smith would prefer to start, but he has kept his mouth shut and gone about his business without complaining — even while the likes of James White were getting inserted and then yanked from the starting five. [Read more…]
When J.R. Smith joined the New York Knicks back in February 2012, the Knicks were 15-16 and Mike D’Antoni was still trying to figure out how to win with Jeremy Lin. Today, the Knicks are in position to win the franchise’s first division title since 1994 and still have a chance to win 50 games for the first time since 2000. For that, Smith deserves an immense amount of credit, and – despite the recent struggles of the Knicks – deserves serious
I know that the Miami Heat don’t really have a free agent of consequence this coming offseason. But if they did, he would probably need to have a spot in our weekly Top 15 “just because.” After erasing a 17-point first half deficit and a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter, the Heat overcame Jeff Green’s career-high 43 points and extended their winning streak to 23 games. Now, 30 is actually in sight. The second-best NBA winning streak of all time
With just 19 games remaining in the regular season, can things get any worse for the New York Knicks? After Thursday night’s 105-90 loss at the Portland Trailblazers, the Knicks are 0-3 on their current West Coast swing and have lost those three games by an average of 22.3 points. They will face the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday and the Utah Jazz the following night before returning to Gotham, perhaps looking up at the Brooklyn Nets in the standings. [Read more…]
It’s been a very interesting week in the Association. Aside from the obvious jostling in our weekly free agent rankings, the Miami Heat have now won 18 games in a row and have our very own Chris Sheridan wondering whether or not they can challenge the NBA’s all-time winning streak of 33 consecutive games. That record belongs to the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers, who began their championship season by winning every game they played in November and December. [Read more…]
NEW YORK — After his Carmelo-less New York Knicks put forth a valiant effort against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night, Mike Woodson fielded questions about Carmelo Anthony’s health. “He’s day-to-day right now,” is all Woodson would offer. He would not rule Anthony out for Saturday’s home game against the Utah Jazz, but with the Knicks, we’ve seen and heard this before. Rasheed Wallace was “day-to-day” for months, and now, the fractured fifth metatarsal that was recently revealed has probably ended