#Levels
The Knicks will need to step their game up down if they want to hold their lead in the Jahlil Race.
Knicks Out-Tanked: Sixers miss 5 layups in 6 seconds
Leave a reply
Tag Archives: KNICKS
Langston Galloway’s one-handed putback slam (video)
Langston Galloway has been impressive in his first couple weeks as an NBA player, and made another terrific play in the Knicks’ (long-overdue) win on Monday:
It wasn’t quite a “Shumpert,” but it’ll do just fine.
LIKE & SHARE
Is this the weirdest JR Smith quote ever?
JR Smith has said and done some pretty questionable things over the years. So we shouldn’t be surprised when he goes off the wagon now and then. But his quote about defense after the Knicks’ loss to the Pistons on Friday was, well, impressively strange. Here’s what JR had to say:
“If you don’t get offended by somebody scoring on you then I don’t know what to tell you. That is like somebody breaking into your house and just taking your video game out of your hand and you just let it happen. I know if you do that to me, it ain’t going to happen. I love my Xbox.”
JR Smith might claim to love his Xbox, but given that defense is one of the weaker parts of his game, I suspect he’s more of a PlayStation guy…
-Tommy Rothman
LIKE & SHARE
Andrea Bargnani returns to Knicks
The long wait is over.
Knicks forward/center Andrea Bargnani is expected to play on Wednesday night against the Clippers, in what would be his first game since he injured himself in a much-parodied (mostly by me– see the bottom of this article for another example) dunk attempt on January 22nd, 2014. Bargnani is not expected to start, but he should get some minutes, especially with the Knicks so short-handed right now. Some think Bargnani could be a good fit in the triangle, but thanks to his big contract, his lack of production thus far, and the price we paid to get him, he has drawn nothing but ire from Knicks fans up to this point in his New York tenure.
Follow our Instagram, by the way:
LIKE & SHARE
Quincy Acy & John Wall fight on Christmas (Vine)
John Wall took a foul from Quincy Acy and made a rash decision. Acy immediately reminded him WHY it was a rash decision.Wall’s face in the photo above is one of a man who is genuinely afraid for his life. Watch a quick clip of the fight below:
UPDATE: Acy has been suspended 1 game
Carmelo Anthony helped break up the fight, presumably by reminding Acy that they could corner Wall in the locker room after the game.
LIKE & SHARE
Carmelo Anthony to get shut down due to knee injury?
Carmelo Anthony has tried to play through his knee injury for the last week or two, but admitted Thursday that the pain is getting to him, and that people close to him are encouraging him to shut it down for at least a few weeks.
It had previously been reported that Melo might require surgery, but Anthony has made it clear that he will not do this unless he feels it is absolutely necessary.
Melo has always been a bit reckless when it comes to injuries— he always tries to avoid medical treatment, and allowed excess fluid in his knee to tank his performance for a couple weeks a couple seasons ago because he was “scared of needles.” Knicks doctors have told Melo that if he plays through this knee injury, it “won’t get worse, but it won’t get better.” After another setback in the game against Dallas on Tuesday, it looks like they might have been wrong about it not getting worse.
Melo definitely needs rest. And he probably needs surgery. The Knicks are NOT going anywhere this season, so he should probably get the surgery now, rather than get it in May or June (or not get it at all, or try to skip it and then need it next November) and throw away NEXT season as well in the process. Hopefully the Knicks (and Anthony) go about this the intelligent way.
On the flip side, it’s hard to get new stars to come team up with injured stars; we saw that with Derrick Rose this offseason. The Knicks might feel that they need to be respectable and need Melo to be healthy to have a shot at landing guys such as Marc Gasol this summer.
As things stand, Melo is day-to-day, questionable for every game, deciding whether or not to play based on how he feels on gameday. ESPN has some more details on the story.
-Tommy Rothman
New York Knicks Memes 