Mike D’Antoni has had a rough history with Spurs head coach Greg Poppovich, and tonight was a prime example of how their rivalry has gone. Popp owns D’Antoni dating all the way back to when D’Antoni was coaching out in Phoenix.
The Knicks effort tonight was really poor. They came out slow and were down 9 after the first and never really recovered. Shooting 11.8 from 3 didn’t help either. Seeing this team live and die by the 3 is getting very frustrating and doesn’t seem to be changing anytime soon.
McGrady was a non-factor along with Gallo. Gallo has been [...]

On NBAPlaybook.com, Sebastian Pruiti writes and diagrams how The Knicks Use Defense To Get A Win:
The title of this post isn’t a joke, as one would assume. The Knicks were up by 1 with the ball and about 20 seconds left, but they turned it over. The Hawks were now breaking down the court with the chance for a win. How did the Knicks stop them? Let’s look:
Wilson Chandler meets Josh Smith at the top of his dunk attempt and gets the block. Now, his physical ability is what allowed him to get the block, [...]

With conference tournaments currently going on, and the NCAA tournament right around the corner, I felt now is the perfect time to address, which prospects Knicks fans should pay most attention to.
Remember though, the Knicks do not have a first rounder, but we do have 2 second round picks each in the top half so things aren’t all that grim in terms of the draft.
This draft is centered around John Wall and then everyone else. Well, contrary to popular belief I find this to be a very deep draft in terms of overall talent at every position.
Each team has a [...]

This year the Atlanta Hawks picked up former Knick Jamal Crawford, who is second on the team in scoring and is the likely winner of the Sixth Man Of The Year Award for the most valuable player off the bench.  In addition, their should-be-All-Star power forward, Josh Smith, aka JSmoove, has taken his game to the next level by no longer settling for hoisting up three-pointers, thus greatly improving his field goal percentage (& shot selection).  As a result, the Hawks have taken that next step to where they’re almost up there with the big boys in the league.  No [...]

Maybe all the cold weather in New York this year has made the Knicks think it’s still Christmas, ‘cuz they’ve been non-stop giving out the gift of victories to any team that comes near them.  The New Jersey Nets, who had won only 6 our of 61 games, were on a path to be the team with the worst record in NBA history.  The previous record low is only 9 games (out of an 82 game season) held by Washington in like 1982 or something (their leading scorer was Fred Carter).  If the Nets kept at that 6 of [...]

Okay, I’mna write about the Knicks’ disastrous weekend tomorrow, and yes, the Academy Awards ain’t got nuthin’ to do with bball (particularly since the doc about LeBron didn’t even get nominated).  However, I figured I’d quickly post my Oscar picks before the big event so that they’re etched in stone.  Or html code.  Note that these are not what I WANT to win, but what I think WILL win.
Best Picture – actually the toughest of the “Big Eight” and while many are going with The Hurt Locker, I think the new voting system for best picture will result in a [...]

In Part I of this, I looked at what each team (that will have $) has to offer to this summer’s free agent crop.  In this section, I’mna go from the team to the player and try to understand a bit more what they want.  You may think, “Duh, what they want is to win and make buckets o’ money.”  However, the truth is that, while none of theses guys are selfish, a lot of the determination comes down to ego.  I’d initially assumed that if the Knicks could free up enough cap space (which they now have) that they’d [...]

Wow, the Pistons came out last night with less energy than a tortoise high on Madame Mary Jane.  I was offended ‘cuz I thought they were mimicking & mocking us.  Until I realized that they possess that wondrous ability to play basketball while half-asleep, which I thought was a unique New York talent.  Okay, okay, we actually won, so I probably shouldn’t use this as a chance to give the Knicks a front-handed insult.  So let’s accentuate the positive, ‘cuz the Boys In Blue (& Orange) did have moments where they played really well.
Wilson Chandler missed his second game, er [...]

These are not good times to be a former Knick.  In less than a month, we lose our third old-timer.  From the New York Times, here’s some of the obituary on Hank Rosenstein:
[...] played in what is considered the National Basketball Association’s first game, in 1946, as an original member of the New York Knicks, died on Saturday in Boca Raton, Fla., where he lived. He was 89.
[...] He was a member of the newly christened Knickerbockers when they faced the Toronto Huskies before an estimated crowd of 8,000 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on Nov. 1, 1946. At [...]