Tag: New York Knicks

  • New York Knicks – Defense no Longer a Dirty Word

    New York Knicks – Defense no Longer a Dirty Word

    While most of the New York Knicks starting the season with a 5-0 record (for the first time in 19 years) is attributed to Carmelo Anthony playing responsibly and unselfishly, a lot of it has to do with the way the team has been playing defense through the first five games, something which hasn’t been exactly a point of pride in recent seasons.

  • New York Knicks – Right now do not Have a Weakness

    New York Knicks – Right now do not Have a Weakness

    A small sampling pool of only three games doesn’t mean much, but the New York Knicks are impressive. They’ve scored at least 100 points in all three wins. They’ve won by at least 16 points three times, and they haven’t let anyone score more than 88 points on them. Not just Carmelo Anthony deserves praises. Everyone deserves it.

  • New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony and the Hot Shooters

    New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony and the Hot Shooters

    It simply had to be this way for the New York Knicks, playing in the Madison Square Garden against the NBA champions, with the numbers of victims from Hurricane Sandy’s wrath keep accumulating Carmelo Anthony spoke before the game about coming together, and backed up every single word with a great game, full of leadership some suggest Anthony lacked in the past.

  • 10 Highest Paid Players in the NBA

    People always care most about how much others make, especially when it involves athletes, like these NBA stars. LeBron James might be the best player in the league, but he isn’t even the highest paid player on the Miami Heat. The Knicks, with Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire, have two among the 10 highest paid […]

  • 5 Most Profitable NBA Teams

    Last summer and fall was all about big markets, small markets and owners making a profit. As you can see from the pinnacle of the NBA’s most profitable teams, consisting of the Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and way above the rest, the Chicago Bulls, playing in a big city is a pretty good way to make money off your team.

  • NBA Season Preview: All-Atlantic Division Team

    NBA Season Preview: All-Atlantic Division Team

    Quickly surveying the Atlantic division, we can see it’s deep in the point guard position (Rajon Rondo, Deron Williams, Kyle Lowry, Jose Calderon) and with pretty good big men (Kevin Garnett, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler, Brook Lopez, Andrew Bynum).

  • New York Knicks – Last Chance for Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire

    Having both Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire in the same lineup seems to be like a great idea to build a franchise around, hoping to win NBA titles. But the last couple of years has taught the New York Knicks differently, and might look to break the partnership up if they won’t see any improvement in their playoff performance.

  • New York Knicks – Another Isiah Thomas Warning

    What does James Dolan see in Isiah Thomas? The man who did a terrible job as the President of basketball operations with the New York Knicks and just as bad of a job as the team’s head coach might be returning to some managerial positions once again, if the owner gets his way.

  • New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Not Taking Them Far

    Hoping that the Carmelo Anthony of the Olympic games is going to show up and whisk the New York Knicks to uncharted territory, meaning a conference semifinal, where they haven’t been to since 2000, is simply putting all your money on a false idol; a player who’s very good, but not good enough to take teams on his back as the leading man.

  • 10 Oldest Teams in the NBA

    People like to talk about old teams, but eight out of the NBA’s 10 oldest teams heading into the 2012-2013 season were in the postseason last spring, with the Miami Heat (second oldest), with only LeBron James and Chris Bosh under the age of 30 among the key players, finishing as the NBA champions. Dwight Howard is also the only major piece for the Lakers still in the third decade of his life.