2015 NBA Draft Recap

With the 4^th Overall Pick, The Knicks Take… Who?

The New York Knicks are in the unenviable position of wanting to win right now but needing a to improve at just about every position in order to do so. There probably isn’t another team so ill-equipped to make a playoff run that is not trying to rebuild. Carmelo Anthony, at the age where most players hit their physical peak, is surrounded by a cast with little NBA experience and that Knicks fans would be hard pressed to be able to name. But yet, he is under contract until 2019 so it seems like the team is committed to winning with him. So with the goal of winning now, you’d think the Knicks would try and fill out the team with rookies ready to contribute immediately, right?

Well, in one of the deepest drafts in recent memory and with the highest pick the team has had since 1985, the New York Knicks selected Kristaps Porzingis, a 19-year old 7’1” Latvian who played

Why The Knicks Should Trade Carmelo Anthony

This article is meant to convince everyone that the New York Knicks should trade Carmelo Anthony this season and why they should absolutely not give him a maximum contract worth about 5 years and $130 million when he inevitably opts out of his current contract at the end of this season. I hope to convince you using both the “eye test” and through statistics. In the end, if Anthony is the problem, I will provide some solutions with some possible trade options.

The Jeremy Lin Decision

Passing on Lin

I wanted to wait until it was official that the New York Knicks would not match the Houston Rocket’s offer and therefore pass on re-signing Jeremy Lin before I wrote an article about it, I don’t like counting my chickens before they hatch. For the first time since I can remember, the Knicks’ front office, and specifically I mean owner James Dolan, did not bend to marketing pressure and finally made a smart basketball decision. Yes, the Knicks technically have people employed at General Manager, Glen Grunwald, and Head Coach, Mike Woodson, but for a long time Dolan has called all of the shots, regardless of what everyone else has said, especially when it comes to bringing in

New York is getting (L)insane

And So It Begins

I’m studying in Seville, Spain this semester and am currently sitting in a hostel in Madrid. I’m about 5,000 miles away and 6 hours ahead of New York and the Eastern Time Zone. But yet, Linsanity (much like Lin himself) knows no boundaries. I don’t want to sit here and run through his life story, as impressive as it is, because I’m sure everyone has heard all about it: Harvard grad, undrafted rookie, released by the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets in the same summer, Knicks last man off the bench. But just when things got desperate and Coach D’Antoni entered his “I’ll try anything” phase due to the continued poor execution of the Knicks offense and rain of boos and chants coming from the Garden crowd, in came Lin against the New Jersey Nets. And the rest, as they say, is history.

New York Knicks: 2011-2012 Season Preview

          The shortened, 66-game NBA season tips off tomorrow with a matchup at Madison Square Garden between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics. The Knicks have made some big changes to the team that got swept out of the first round of the playoffs by this Celtics team last season. Here is a preview of the Knicks upcoming 2011-2012 NBA season, summing up what the team has done in the shortened offseason, what to watch out for during the season, and what the Knicks need to do to be successful, as well as best and worst case scenarios for the team.

Knicks Land Carmelo Anthony

Long Awaited Trade

It’s been a long first half of the season for the Denver Nuggets but they have finally traded Carmelo Anthony. After much drama over the past months, it’s finally over. The Nets gave a hard push in attempting to get Carmelo Anthony, as well as teams such as the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets, but he has finally found a team, the New York Knicks. The Knicks, Nuggets, and Minnesota Timberwolves have completed a trade that sends F Carmelo Anthony, G Chauncey Billups, F Renaldo Balkman, F Sheldon Williams, and G Anthony Carter from the Nuggets as well as F Corey Brewer from the Timberwolves to the Knicks. The Nuggets get F Danilo Gallinari, F Wilson Chandler, G Raymond Felton, C Timofey Mozgov, a 2014 1st round pick, two 2nd round picks, and $3 million all from the Knicks. Finally, the Timberwolves receive from the Knicks both C Eddy Curry and F Anthony Randolph.