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Enes Kanter is not a superstar. He is also not an All-Star. He is not even the best player on the New York Knicks. That would be unicorn Kristaps Porzingis. But there’s a wave of pride in Kanter right now after he was recently included by Bleacher Report on its list of Most Influential People […]

The New York Knicks are adding another young player to the already youthful roster. According to the Knicks Public Relations, the team has signed Vonleh to an undisclosed contract. Vonleh turns 23-years of age in August. The former lottery pick has spent four seasons with three teams during his NBA career. His most successful stint […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Jimmy Butler is less than a year away from becoming an unrestricted free and signs are starting to point towards him going to the Big Apple to play for the New York Knicks. There have been rumors this offseason that Butler isn’t getting along with Karl-Anthony Towns and if the Wolves don’t […]

Carmelo Anthony went back to his old stomping grounds, back in Manhattan with his trainer Chris Brickley and this time around, engaging on some one-on-one battles against Compton native Brandon Jennings and L.A. wing Stanley Johnson. Melo is seeing torching an up-and-coming defensive talent in Johnson while giving Jennings a barrage of fakes and off-the-dribble […]

Enes Kanter has complete confidence that his New York Knicks will be big players during the much-awaited 2019 offseason. The Knicks were recently rumored to be a potential landing spot for New Jersey native Kyrie Irving, who considered the Knicks as one of his options before being traded to the Boston Celtics last summer. Forward […]

When it comes to the NBA, there are a few NBA teams that easily come to one’s mind. One might think of the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers, or New York Knicks. Generally speaking, the number of NBA championships won or the locations of certain teams tend to affect the […]

After star player Kristaps Porzingis suffered a gruesome injury in the middle of a losing streak, the New York Knicks saw their promising season come into a crashing halt. Sure enough, the team only managed to win six of their remaining 27 games, stumbling into a 29-53 finish. Head coach Jeff Hornacek was promptly fired […]

Mitchell Robinson, who has been electric for the New York Knicks in Summer League, has dropped his agent, according to multiple reports. Of the multiple people and outlets to have reported on this story, Marc Berman of the New York Post seems to have the most current information regarding the matter. Supposedly, the big man […]

New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale intends to fly all the way to Latvia to have a sit down meeting with cornerstone player Kristaps Prozingis with regards to the future of the franchise. Porzingis is currently spending his summer in his native Latvia, and newly-appointed head coach Fizdale appears to have a strong desire […]

The New York Knicks may have found a steal in the second round of the draft. Mitchell Robinson put on a show at the Las Vegas Summer League and showcased why the Knicks took a chance on him with the 36th pick in the draft. Robinson averaged 4.0 blocks per game in the summer league, […]

Will anyone be surprised when Carmelo Anthony lands with the Houston Rockets? Probably not. Since the news broke that Anthony and the Thunder were parting ways, Houston was always the most logical destination. The bigger question is whether or not Anthony and Mike D’Antoni can put their tenuous past behind them. According to Jordan Schultz […]

The New York Knicks know they need to try and clear some cap space before next offseason if they want to chase a couple of max players. One guy whose name has been floated around that they might need to unload is Tim Hardaway Jr. who the Knicks might have overpaid for, especially now when […]

Superstars teaming up with one another has been a trend over the last several years in the NBA. It has triggered some fans to fantasize about their dream scenarios, too. A fan commented that Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving and Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Jimmy Butler would suit up for the New York Knicks in 2019. […]

Enes Kanter picked up his player option and has at least one more year with the New York Knicks. On the court, he is a solid player who is going to be a big part of the Knicks team this year, but off the court, he has a lot of problems in his personal life. […]

The New York Knicks are unlikely to offer fourth-year forward Kristaps Porzingis a contract extension this offseason, according to ESPN’s Ian Begley. Instead, they could choose to do so in 2019, when a friendlier salary cap will kick in, allowing them to offer him a max deal while they shed contracts throughout this summer and […]

In his three seasons in the NBA, Kristaps Porzingis has managed to transform his image from a draft day magnet of boos and jeers to being a major asset for the New York Knicks in the franchise’s quest to attract future free agents to come and play in Gotham. That’s exactly what Knicks general manager […]

Kevin Durant remains an intriguing future free agency chip after signing another one-and-one deal with the Golden State Warriors this summer. The New York Knicks could make a pitch to Durant, who could consider playing at The Mecca of basketball due to his relationship with business manager Rich Kleiman, a New York native, and with general […]

The expectations were high for Kevin Knox when he was drafted by the New York Knicks just a few weeks ago. Going into New York, there is always a little more pressure, and with the way he has been playing during the Summer League, the expectations have grown. In the three games played so far, […]

Rumblings of a potential reunion between Oklahoma City Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony and coach Mike D’Antoni could come true if the Houston Rockets agree to a deal. Yet their turbulent past is more than just a sour note in his career, as Anthony had given the New York Knicks an ultimatum in 2012 — it […]

The New York Knicks will look to lock down their cornerstone player, Kristaps Porzingis, in the near future, but to do so, they’ll have to roll up their sleeves some more during this offseason. The Knicks have until October to extend their 7-foot-3 unicorn a contract extension, but doing so would cost them $10 million […]

It’s a loaded rookie class with a lot of players who should make big impacts on their teams right away, but that hasn’t stopped New York Knicks rookie Kevin Knox from having lofty goals. Knox sat down with Steve Serby of the New York Post and was asked what his goals were for his rookie season […]

Veteran big man Kyle O’Quinn has never made it to the playoffs in any of his first six seasons in the NBA, three of which he spent wearing New York Knicks colors. While New York can provide a fun environment to play in, the basketball atmosphere there has not been conducive for winning over the […]

The New York Knicks have made some mistakes in free agency the last few years, and it’s something that David Fizdale doesn’t want to keep repeating. One of those contracts was signed by Joakim Noah in 2016 for four years and $72 million. The Knicks still have to pay him the next two seasons, even though […]

The first two seasons with the New York Knicks have fizzled out a bit for veteran big man Joakim Noah, with his role becoming a sparsely used bench body. This has put his future with the franchise in question heading into the third year of his four-year, $72.5 million deal. With that in mind, Noah […]

David Fizdale was among the hottest names in the coaching world as several teams looked for a new man at the helm following the 2017-18 season. The former coach of the Memphis Grizzlies was offered the Phoenix Suns job, but turned it down, later opting to become the head coach of the New York Knicks, […]

Restricted free agents are such a pain for prospective suitors. This statement, at least in regards to Nigel Hayes, will make sense in a second. By signing them to an offer sheet, you are setting their market value. Make an offer that’s too low and you make it easy for his team to match it and […]

Mario Hezonja may have proven to be the lucky charm for the Croatian national football team after the New York Knicks forward proclaimed his own name to be the celebratory cheer for his country’s FIFA World Cup quarterfinals matchup. Croatia took on hosts Russia last night in the final match of this edition’s World Cup […]

The New York Knicks have used this offseason to get younger, and with the rebuild on, they have let some of their older guys walk. Kyle O’Quinn has signed a one year deal with the Indiana Pacers, and it appears that Michael Beasley won’t be back with the team next year either. According to the New […]

The New York Knicks are going through a rebuild and it sounds like next year might get a whole lot more difficult. There really hasn’t been a timetable set for when Kristaps Porzingas, and when he will return from his ACL injury, but according to Ashish Mathur of Amico Hoops, the Knicks are preparing for […]

David Fizdale, the New York Knicks’ newly minted head coach is raving about Mitchell Robinson — the 36th overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft. Via Marc Berman of the New York Post, Fizdale referred to the 7-foot Robinson as a “fun project,” seemingly impressed by his athletic prowess. What makes it more stunning is […]

Most athletes who tore their ACL returned back to action but were never the same again. Fortunately, it seems that the same will not be true for the New York Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis, or at least, it’s starting to look like that. In Episode 2 of Porzingis’ documentary entitled Porzingis’ Comeback, his surgeon, Dr. David Altchek […]

For a team that has shown remarkable ineptitude in getting anything off the ground the past several seasons, the New York Knicks sound just like the kind of franchise that needs at least a few modifications if it ever wants to have any semblance of success in the future. Enter new head coach David Fizdale, […]

New York Knicks point guard is among the many players with a lot to prove this coming season. After an uninspiring rookie year in the NBA, Frank Ntilikina will look to show he’s capable of making a big leap toward a more relevant role for the Knicks, beginning in this offseason’s Summer League. The key […]

Jud Buechler, a new member of the Knicks coaching staff, is OK admitting that his move to New York is in effort to take coaching more seriously. Most recently with the Los Angeles Lakers, Buechler told the San Diego Tribune that going to the Knicks was essentially doing just that. “I’ve decided I really want […]

The honeymoon might be over for David Fizdale and New York Knick fans, as the new head coach has an interesting idea for his lineup that resulted in fans not exactly being thrilled. David Fizdale says he's thought of playing a big Knicks lineup with Kevin Knox at the 2 and a frontcourt of Kristaps […]

Damian Lillard has been among the names rumored to be a target of the Los Angeles Lakers after the franchise missed out on Paul George and DeMarcus Cousins as a potential sidekick to LeBron James. According to what ESPN’s Steven A. Smith (via Thomas Duffy of Bycycle) said on his radio show, the Portland Trail […]

The New York Knicks’ toughest decision in the coming weeks has nothing to do with the free-agent class of 2018. Instead, they’ll have to weigh whether to sign star big man Kristaps Porzingis to an extension now rather than next summer. Porzingis became eligible to sign a new deal on July 1, and he’ll be […]

If New York Knicks players want to be atop the pecking order of their respective positions, they will have to prove they deserve to be so this offseason. New Knicks head coach David Fizdale does not seem to care about the team’s performances from last season and would rather judge his wards and their capacity […]

The post-Carmelo Anthony era of the New York Knicks was off to a promising start during the 2017-18 season. With the Latvian sensation Kristaps Porzingis putting up MVP numbers, the playoff-starved franchise was making a strong push for the eight seed and could have finished the year with a comparatively better record than their previous […]