Knicks rally past Bulls in Rose and Noah’s homecoming (Yahoo Sports)
Derrick Rose tried watching the video tribute to him and Joakim Noah during a first-quarter timeout in their return to Chicago on Friday night. ”I watched some of it, but Jo was telling me to stay focused,” Rose said. Perhaps inspired by the emotional homecoming, the New York Knicks shrugged off their early season struggles […]
AP Source: Knicks working to hire Jeff Hornacek as coach (Yahoo Sports)
A person with knowledge of the details says the New York Knicks are working on a deal to hire Jeff Hornacek as their coach. Knicks President of Basketball Operations Phil Jackson has had discussions with the former Suns coach and there is mutual interest, but they have not begun negotiations on a contract, the person […]
Knicks fire coach Derek Fisher; Rambis gets interim job (Yahoo Sports)
Derek Fisher had just finished a long playing career when Phil Jackson picked him to coach the New York Knicks. Associate head coach Kurt Rambis was promoted to interim head coach at least through the rest of the season. Rambis, like Fisher an ex-Laker player and a former assistant under Jackson, went 56-145 in two […]
Leonard has double-double; Spurs hold off Knicks 100-99 (Yahoo Sports)
The San Antonio Spurs got the test they were expecting all season at home, and it almost proved too much for them to overcome. Kawhi Leonard had 19 points and 12 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs held off Kristaps Porzingis and the New York Knicks 100-99 on Friday night to remain unbeaten at home. […]
Knicks player Cleanthony Early shot in leg outside club (Yahoo Sports)
New York Knicks player Cleanthony Early was shot in the leg as he left a strip club Wednesday by masked robbers who demanded his ”gold,” law enforcement officials said. Early missed two months of the 2014-15 season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, the same one injured in Wednesday’s shooting. Yahoo Sports – […]
Matt Barnes: NBA looking into incident with Knicks’ coach (Yahoo Sports)
The NBA is investigating the incident between Grizzlies forward Matt Barnes and Knicks coach and former teammate Derek Fisher, a situation Barnes said is ”personal matter” involving someone who was a good friend at one point. ”Life happens, and being a professional athlete, you have to be able to maneuver and separate your personal life […]
Matt Barnes: NBA looking into incident with Knicks’ coach (Yahoo Sports)
Grizzlies forward Matt Barnes says the NBA is investigating what happened with his former teammate, Knicks coach Derek Fisher, in California and called the incident a ”personal matter” involving someone who was a good friend at one point. Barnes spoke Thursday after the Grizzlies’ morning shootaround. ”Life happens, and being a professional athlete, you have […]