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New York Knicks – Andrea Bargnani Makes Kevin Garnett Look Old
There’s a lot of bad blood between the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets. Both being two of the worst teams in the NBA didn’t really help make things any less chippier when the two sinkings ships collided. The end result? A 113-83 win for the Knicks, Andrea Bargnani ejected after making fun of Kevin Garnett and a lot of smiles on the faces of people like Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire, snapping a nine-game losing streak.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder & New York Knicks In Trade For Nick Collison & Iman Shumpert
Even deals that don’t really make any sense get made, so it wouldn’t be too much of a shock if the Oklahoma City Thunder and the New York Knicks get together and work out a trade that sends Iman Shumpert for Nick Collison.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Will Force Iman Shumpert Off The Team
It was already common knowledge that Iman Shumpert and the New York Knicks weren’t going to be an item forever, but his departure through a trade might be getting closer because he dared raise his voice to Carmelo Anthony in the most recent of Knicks debacles, resulting in Shumpert being benched for the rest of the game.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Not Getting Too Much Help
The New York Knicks are going to look the same way as they did last year: Carmelo Anthony taking most of the shots, while Iman Shumpert and Raymond Felton try to help. Andrea Bargnani isn’t worth the money he’s being paid, while Amare Stoudemire isn’t even healthy enough to play. Maybe when J.R. Smith returns things will look a bit better.
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New York Knicks – Preseason Wins Over Celtics Count Too
No one takes preseason games too seriously, but for the New York Knicks, beating the Boston Celtics and especially seeing their big rivals looking so hopeless going into the new season is quite cheerful site to kick of the preseason with.
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New York Knicks – Jeremy Lin as the Example of Petty & Megalomaniac Decision Making
The official reason Jeremy Lin left the New York Knicks? They didn’t match his offer from the Houston Rockets because of what they feared their cap situation will look like with another big contract on the payroll. The real reason? Just another example of their owner making wrong choices for reasons that are about serving his own ego.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Might Trade Iman Shumpert
Last season Iman Shumpert wasn’t happy with the position he was playing in after coming back from injury. This time? It’s not confirmed, but there seems to be mutual displeasure from both the player and the team about each other, which might eventually lead to a trade that everyone thought was coming last season.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Might Try Iman Shumpert as a Point Guard
There’s no doubt Iman Shumpert is a big part of the New York Knicks and their plans for the immediate and long term future, but they’re not quite sure in what role, and if it’ll be as a starter or coming off the bench. There’s a chance, that through the Las Vegas Summer League, they’ll discover his true and best value comes from playing point guard.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Isn’t Going to Lead This Team to Anything
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.
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New York Knicks – Iman Shumpert Finally Becomes the Third Weapon
The saying says that you can’t win in the NBA playoffs without a third scoring option. So with Carmelo Anthony being just OK and J.R. Smith being disappointing, it was up to Iman Shumpert to fill in the scoring void for the struggling New York Knicks, winning game 6 in Boston and sending the Celtics to what might be a painful summer while advancing into the conference semifinals for the first time in 13 years.