Schmeelk: Key to Kristaps Porzingis' Improvement Is His Teammates
It was clear from the beginning of preseason that Porzingis had made a number of improvements to his game.
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It was clear from the beginning of preseason that Porzingis had made a number of improvements to his game.
The team looked disorganized and sloppy. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that Derrick Rose has been away due to his trial and Joakim Noah missed plenty of practice time with a hamstring injury.
LeBron James had his 43rd career triple-double, Kyrie Irving scored 29 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who raised their championship banner before the game, beat the New York Knicks 117-88 on Tuesday night in the NBA season opener.
"Congratulations to Cleveland," Noah told reporters at the Knicks' shootaround Tuesday morning. "Even though it's not a vacation spot, you guys got your championship."
The Knicks will begin their season Tuesday night in Cleveland with the kind of optimism they haven't had since 2013-14, the season after their 54-win foray into the second round of the playoffs.
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The New York Knicks waived forwards Lou Amundson and Cleanthony Early and injured guard Chasson Randle on Friday, trimming their roster to 15 players.
For every reason to believe in the Knicks, there's another reason to question them. Even the guy who assembled them is optimistic but unsure.
The jury reached the verdict Wednesday after hearing dramatically different accounts of the August 2013 sexual encounter.
Derrick Rose will miss the Knicks' final two preseason games due to his rape lawsuit trial in Los Angeles, coach Jeff Hornacek said Wednesday.
Anyone can cook up a curse to irrationally justify a team's losing streak. Including us.
The 6-foot-8 Early averaged 1.8 points in 17 games for New York during his second NBA season in 2015-16, a season shortened after he was shot in the right knee and robbed in December 2015.
Rose connected dots he felt outlined consent, including the woman's racy texts that started 17 hours earlier saying he made her "horny."
Chasson Randle, trying to make the New York Knicks' roster as a backup guard, is expected to miss at least three weeks with a broken orbital bone around his left eye.
Detective Nadine Hernandez, who was frequently assigned to high-profile cases, was found shot to death in Whittier, California, said LAPD Officer Liliana Preciado.
If it's any indication of the NYC area sports scene, WFAN's Boomer & Carton were talking Yale soccer Wednesday morning.
A judge has refused to declare a mistrial or dismiss the rape lawsuit against Knicks star Derrick Rose and two of his friends.
The New York Knicks have signed Damien Inglis, a 6-foot-8 forward who played sparingly for the Milwaukee Bucks last season.
The night after Derrick Rose and two of his friends had sex with his ex-girlfriend, he had a hunch she was going to claim they raped her, the Knicks star testified.
The judge in the trial of a rape lawsuit against Knicks star Derrick Rose and two other men said Tuesday that he's considering a mistrial after criticizing the plaintiff's lawyers as "unbelievably careless" in the production of exhibits.
The woman accusing Knicks star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape is testifying in the trial of her $21.5 million civil lawsuit.
Saying he doesn't believe in war, Knicks center Joakim Noah skipped a dinner with West Point Army cadets Thursday.
Derrick Rose admits he and some of his Knicks teammates are facing a learning curve with the triangle offense.
Carmelo Anthony couldn't wait to get started. Maybe that's because he looks at the Knicks and sees real NBA talent around him for the first time in a few years.
So far this young century, the Knicks have given you few reasons to like them, and even fewer reasons to root for them.
