A team built around the scoring abilities of Carmelo Anthony is destined to fail, and it has nothing to do with the selfishness of J.R. Smith or the fact that Amare Stoudemire played a total of 33 minutes during the series. James Dolan wanted a superstar to build around, but chose the wrong one, and all the coaching prowess of Mike Woodson isn’t going to matter when the New York Knicks play in the most predictable and easy to counter way possible. More
With their winning streak ending and confidence probably slightly hurt, the New York Knicks needed a terrible defense to make Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith feel good about their selfish way of playing basketball again, and luckily enough, the right team came along to do the trick. More
The New York Knicks began the season with unselfish ball movement, unstoppable three point shooting and excellent defense. It was too good to last for a very long time, and are once again at the mercy of individual performances – usually those of Carmelo Anthony, but for a second straight game, J.R. Smith coming off the bench is the one who steals the show. More
Who knew that the combination of Kenyon Martin, Kurt Thomas, Marcus Camby and Jason Kidd might be enough to stop the losing streak the New York Knicks were on, doing just about enough at their advanced age to put the absence of Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and Amare Stoudemire off the headlines, just for once? More
Playing in the London O2 Arena does the Knicks and New York teams a world of good, improving to 3-0 when playing across the Atlantic. More
One of the weirdest stories to make its way to the headlines this season is Carmelo Anthony actually going for two entire weeks without meat or carbs, which might be one of the reasons the New York Knicks haven’t been looking so hot in recent weeks, just like their star hasn’t. More
It’s nice for his individual stats and for his position in the scoring title race. For the New York Knicks, leaning only on Carmelo Anthony to score their points isn’t how it should be done. More
Where are the New York Knicks that led the Eastern Conference and were talking about nothing less than a conference final? After losing five of their last eight games, no one is talking about Carmelo Anthony as the MVP or how Amare Stoudemire is going to fit in with him and the others. They’re talking about what went wrong, and how they move on from here. More
No Carmelo Anthony is the perfect opportunity for J.R. Smith to lead the New York Knicks and show off his potential with not one but two impossible game tying and game winning shots, making us wonder once again why this guy is only a sixth man and how much more he can be when his game is on. More
It wasn’t a good basketball game from the New York Knicks, but you have to know how to win these as well. Especially the bad ones, and you need a special player for that. Carmelo Anthony has been there at every turn so far this season, stepping up whenever he was needed to carry the game, on his back, to victory. More