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Our good friend Katie Bakes has compiled an oral history of the 1997 Knicks-Heat brawl.

Our good friend Katie Bakes has compiled an oral history of the 1997 Knicks-Heat brawl. It’s a reminder of an era when bad basketball was good. [The Ringer]

Kristaps Porzingis Claims He Was Hacked After Tweeting, Deleting "LA Clippers"

A rep for Kristaps Porzingis is saying that the Knicks forward’s Twitter account was hacked yesterday, the reason for a since-deleted post reading “LA Clippers” with three smiley faces.

Based On Nothing, The Knicks Getting Dwight Howard Seems Inevitable

Dwight Howard is suddenly unhappy with his situation in Atlanta, and the Hawks probably wouldn’t be averse to trading him if the right deal came along. But does anyone really want Dwight?

Report: Carmelo Anthony And His Wife La La Have Separated, Maybe Because The Knicks Suck

According to TMZ, the stress of the New York Knicks’ failure-ridden embarrassment of a season and ongoing incompetence contributed to the separation of Carmelo Anthony and his TV-star wife La La, who have been together for more than a decade and have been married since 2010.

Stephen A. Smith: "This Damn Phil Jackson Is Still In New York City!"

For anyone masochistic enough to still care about the Knicks, this weekend felt a lot like rock bottom. President Phil Jackson spent Friday afternoon publicly alienating his star player Carmelo Anthony. He also stated that no Knicks player—including Kristaps Porzingis—was off the bargaining table, questioned the value…

Reports: Frustrated Kristaps Porzingis Skipped His Exit Meeting With Phil Jackson

It’s been a long season for the Knicks—bizarre strategy, internal drama, messy trade conversation, a terrible record—and with Phil Jackson signing on for two more years as team president, the immediate future looks as if it might only hold more of the same. Kristaps Porzingis isn’t having it.

Phil Jackson Says Carmelo Anthony "Would Be Better Off Somewhere Else"

“We have not been to win with him on the court at this time,” Knicks president Phil Jackson said of Carmelo Anthony in a press conference this afternoon. “I think the direction of our team is that he is a player who would be better off somewhere else, using his talents where he can win or chase that championship.”

Phil Jackson's Pal Tries To Sell Knicks Fans On The Future

ESPN reported earlier today that the Knicks and team president Phil Jackson re-upped for another two years. Coincidentally, a few hours later, Charley Rosen of FanRag Sports published a postmortem of the team’s terrible 2016-17 season.

Report: The Knicks Are Stuck With Phil Jackson For Two More Years

Swallow all your hopes, Knicks fans: ESPN reports that Phil Jackson has been signed for the last two years of his contract as team president. Both Jackson and the team had the option to break after the third year, but owner James Dolan has apparently followed through on his public promise to ride with the old…

Joakim Noah Needs Surgery; Knicks Slip Deeper Into The Void

Joakim Noah’s tenure on the Knicks has resembled an expensive rehabilitation project for a large, ungainly, nearly extinct bird. (Except the bird also does drugs he’s not supposed to, and is somewhat refreshing in his openness about the whole thing.)

Karl-Anthony Towns Just Keeps Wrecking Shit, Even If You Aren't Watching

By now it feels like a past life. But not long ago, games between the Timberwolves and Knicks were among the small pleasures of the early NBA season: heated clashes between two flawed teams that still tried hard, and more importantly, sported the NBA’s two most intriguing sophomores, both seven-footers with range. In…

James Dolan Called Me An Asshole, Knicks Fan Says; "He Is An Asshole," Dolan Says

Mike Hamersky, a self-described New York Knicks superfan and season ticket holder from Astoria, claims that team owner James Dolan got in his face last night outside Madison Square Garden and screamed mean things.

Derrick Rose Has Another Season-Ending Knee Injury

The Knicks’ sad season got even sadder today, as the team announced that Derrick Rose would be out for the rest of the year with a torn left meniscus.

Carmelo Anthony Embraces Oblivion

This year has been a trying time for Melo.

Joakim Noah Suspended 20 Games For Violating Anti-Drug Policy

Joakim Noah will be suspended 20 games for violating the NBA’s anti-drug policy—reportedly for taking an over-the-counter supplement that is currently banned by the league but will no longer be prohibited under the next season’s new collective bargaining agreement.

Jeff Hornacek: We're Going To Keep Doing This Stupid Thing That Makes No Sense

Anything good that is ever created inside Madison Square Garden will eventually be dragged down 34th Street and dumped into the Hudson River, where it will somehow catch on fire. Remember when the Knicks were feisty and it was fun to sit around talking about how great Kristaps Porzingis was? That feels like 100 years…

MSG Went Silent For A Half, And Draymond Green Despised It

The Knicks tried something a little different for their game against the Warriors on Sunday afternoon. (They still lost, so some things remained comfortingly stable.) For the entirety of warm-ups and the first half, there was no in-arena entertainment, no music blaring during timeouts, no organ playing, no hype vids,…

Derrick Rose Threatens To Shoot The Knicks' Playoff Hopes To Death

Turns out that while Derrick Rose was trashing the Knicks triangle scheme, he was also busy concocting his own plan to kickstart the Knicks offense Today, Newsday helped with the big reveal:

Derrick Rose Sounds Incredibly Enthused About The Return of The Triangle Offense

The triangle offense is back in New York City! This is what will save the moribund Knicks’ season, some good old fashioned archaic basketball. Have you caught the fever? Derrick Rose has:

It's Time For Phil Jackson To Get The Hell Out Of Here

Phil Jackson wasn’t content to just watch all his major offseason moves combust in his face. Instead, he took all these failures as evidence that he needed to double-down on his personal fetish, the triangle.

Now Let Us Heap Scorn Upon The NBA Trade Deadline Fuck-Ups

So the NBA trade deadline was a big dud, again. It featured one blockbuster deal—the New Orleans Pelicans just straight-up robbing the Sacramento Kings for DeMarcus Cousins—and then a handful of minor deals, none of which seem likely to shake up the standings all that much. That’s butt.

Charles Oakley To Attend His First Post-Arrest Knicks Game In Cleveland Tonight

Dan Gilbert is a piece of shit—a slave master mentality-having grifter with skin as thick as tracing paper. That said, let’s laugh at this funny thing he’s doing by reportedly inviting Charles Oakley to tonight’s Cavaliers-Knicks game.

Is Carmelo Worth A Shit?

The NBA trade deadline is Thursday, and the biggest name who could potentially get moved is Carmelo Anthony. Anthony hates Phil Jackson (as any rational person now does) and has been subject to trade rumors all season—from supposedly going to the Cavaliers a month ago to supposedly going to the Celtics just a few…

NBA Teams Reportedly Want To Trade For Derrick Rose, But Why?

Here are two sets of Derrick Rose numbers.

Carmelo Anthony: Late All-Star Selection "Was A Downer," No Refunds On His Canceled Vacation

Carmelo Anthony found out on Wednesday that he was a last-minute All-Star selection, chosen to fill in for an injured Kevin Love and make his tenth appearance at the game. Good news?

This Is Still Russell Westbrook's Season

The Oklahoma City Thunder are 57 games into their season and Russell Westbrook is still—still!—averaging a triple-double. After laying 38-12-14 on the Knicks last night, Westbrook is heading into the All-Star break averaging 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists per game. It seems all but guaranteed that he will go…

Report: Charles Oakley Once Again Allowed To Watch Sloppy Basketball At MSG

Former Knicks great Charles Oakley can once again watch all the triangle offense he desires at Madison Square Garden. The Oakley ban is gone, according to The Undefeated’s Mike Wise:

Adam Silver And Michael Jordan Met With James Dolan And Couldn't Get Him To Back Down

This afternoon, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and Michael Jordan met with James Dolan and Charles Oakley to try and mediate a peaceful end to their very public dispute. (Frank Isola first reported the news, and the NBA confirmed it shortly after.)

Someone Wanted You To See This Sketchy And Feeble Pro-Dolan Protest Outside MSG

Yesterday afternoon, tipster John Rats sent us a link to a Craigslist post seeking “enthusiastic people to take part in a Pro-Knicks rally before this Sunday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs.” Naturally intrigued, we responded to the ad, which promised $50 to anyone who came out to “support the Knicks organization…

Knicks Claim Charles Oakley Said "All Of You Suck Dolan's Dick" As He Was Being Dragged Out Of MSG

Just two days after Charles Oakley got dragged out of MSG and arrested following a scuffle with stadium security and one day after Rangers fans let James Dolan have it for being a sensitive penis, the New York Knicks are back at home tonight. And thank God, because that short layoff means fans will surely lay into…