Schmeelk: Grizzlies Are Upstarts, Not Champions
The Grizzlies just got a reality check from the Oklahoma City Thunder. Memphis' turn-back-the-clock style of play was shut down by a more athletic team.
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The Grizzlies just got a reality check from the Oklahoma City Thunder. Memphis' turn-back-the-clock style of play was shut down by a more athletic team.
It's not a done deal just yet for Donnie Walsh, though the New York Post reported on Friday that "an agreement in principle for the Knicks president to return next season is in place."
The Knicks announced Wednesday that they are keeping the veteran point guard, deciding his leadership outweighs the savings they would have earned by waiving him this week.
Had the Knicks figured out a way to get past Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics, Carmelo Anthony likely would have been prepping for the second round of the NBA playoffs Tuesday night. But they couldn't - and he wasn't.
It seems Donnie Walsh's tenure with the Knicks is far from over. MSG chairman James Dolan "is on the verge of announcing" an agreement that would bring the Knicks president back next season, reports the New York Post.
Donnie Walsh's tenure with the Knicks may or may not end on June 30. Walsh will meet with Knicks owner James Dolan "today or tomorrow" to hash out his future with the club, the New York Post reported on Tuesday.
On Monday's show, Boomer & Carton focused on the conclusion of both the Knicks' and Rangers' seasons - today, early on, their focus on what's next for the Knickerbockers.
There's still building to be done for the Knicks. Though nobody knows for sure who will be doing it, Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire know of a couple of guys willing — maybe expecting — to help: themselves.
Putting an April post mortem on the Knickerbockers has become as predictable as the asters popping pink in Bryant Park. For all the hype, the Knicks left with a whimper and without a fight.
OK, so the Knicks were swept out of the playoffs. Now let's grade New York's 2010-11 season to figure out where the Knicks are -- and where they go from here.
The Knicks held a positivity pow wow in the locker room on Sunday after their four-game sweep out of the NBA Playoffs. On Monday, the mood on WFAN was quite different.
It shouldn't matter that the Rangers and the Knicks aren't playing anymore this spring because really we knew they wouldn't playing that long all along.
Donnie Walsh finally got the Knicks under the cap and back in the playoffs. According to CBSSports.com's Ken Berger, New York is "considering" handing Walsh a two-year contract extension.
The Celtics looked beatable in Boston, and the Knicks thought they could finish the job at home. Instead, the Celtics quickly finished off the Knicks. But it's not all bad, according to New York's superstar duo of Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony.
Chauncey Billups hardly had a chance to live up to his "Mr. Big Shot" moniker in the NBA Playoffs. If the Knicks' guard gets his way, he'll get to give it another go with New York in 2011-12.
