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Carmelo Anthony Doesn’t Deserve the Dwight Howard Treatment
The New York Knicks and Phil Jackson are moving fast: Mike Woodson is fired, and Steve Kerr might be coming in. All that doesn’t change the mind of Carmelo Anthony, who wants teams to make him feel like he’s special through free agency, even though he doesn’t deserve any royal treatment.
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NBA Head Coaches Fired at the End of the Season
Not all head coaches who left their teams at the end or during the 2013-14 NBA regular season were fired. Tyrone Corbin didn’t get his contract picked up by the Utah Jazz. Rick Adelman retired from coaching altogether, but the Minnesota Timberwolves wouldn’t have kept him. Maurice Cheeks was fired mid-season by the Detroit Pistons, while Mike Woodson got the axe from the New York Knicks a week after he failed to make the playoffs.
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New York Knicks – Rivalry is all That’s Left
It’s been a weird and mostly disappointing season for the New York Knicks, but at least they won their regular season series against the Brooklyn Nets, not needing Carmelo Anthony to beat a team that actually has something to play for 109-98.
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NBA Playoffs – No Celtics, Knicks & Lakers For the First Time Ever
The two royal dynasties of the NBA are the Boston Celtics with their 17 championships, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers winning 16. The New York Knicks only have two, but they’re a special part of the league’s history, and for the first time all three teams aren’t going to be in the playoffs, while Carmelo Anthony, part of his equation, missed the postseason for the first time in his career.
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New York Knicks – Playoffs Still an Option
In one of the most up & down seasons we’ve seen from the New York Knicks in recent years, the playoffs are still something they can reach but it’s not up to the them, as the 108-100 win over the Toronto Raptors keeps them in the race, but with their destiny in someone else’s hands.
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New York Knicks – Playoffs Slipping Further Away
It’s not over yet, but combined with other results the 102-91 loss to the Miami Heat makes making the playoffs a very difficult goal to reach for the New York Knicks, having to withstand another huge night from LeBron James that made J.R. Smith catching fire from beyond the arc almost redundant.
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New York Knicks – Almost a Playoff Team
The New York Knicks, a playoff team. Considering all that’s happened this season, that doesn’t make too much sense, but Carmelo Anthony, along with some newly found fighting spirit within the team and some smart changes from Mike Woodson, have led them to a 110-81 win over the Brooklyn Nets and a step closer towards ending up in the postseason.
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New York Knicks – Playoffs Just Within Reach
Making the playoffs isn’t just about the New York Knicks winning, but for now they’re playing their part, beating the Utah Jazz 92-83, getting a huge night from Carmelo Anthony who despite his murky future with the franchise is doing everything he can to make sure there’s some postseason basketball for his teammates this season.
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New York Knicks – Can Almost Smell the Playoffs
Maybe the most impossible team to understand in the NBA happens to be the New York Knicks, who travel the line between mediocre and awful and are still just one game away from making the playoffs, beating the Golden State Warriors 89-84 thanks to J.R. Smith taking over for Carmelo Anthony and pretty much having just one good quarter throughout the whole game.
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New York Knicks – The Interchanging of Streaks
The ending to this season for the New York Knicks is one weird roller coaster ride that goes from losing to winning streak. So what now? Well, a great shooting night for both Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith led them to a 107-99 win over the Sacramento Kings, but it really doesn’t mean anything.