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NBA announces All-Defensive First Team; Tyson Chandler snubbed
Today was the announcement of the NBA All-Defensive First Team. With a surprise, the payers chosen were: PG: Chris Paul SG: Tony Allen F: Lebron James F: Serge Ibaka C: Dwight Howard Reviewing all of these, they make sense…somewhat. Chris Paul is one of the best offensively complete point guards in the league, and he [...]
The New York Knicks 2011-12 Awards
The New York Knicks season is over. To say it was a wild one would be putting it mildly. Some good things happened like the emergence of a defense, something the Knicks have lacked for a few years, and the out-of-nowhere story that was Jeremy Lin. There was some controversy, like the Mike D’Antoni resignation, [...]
Landry Fields Will Not Be Back With The New York Knicks Next Season
Landry Fields has played great for the New York Knicks in the past two seasons that he has been on the team. In his first season Fields put up 9.7 points per game in his first season as a supplement to Amar’e Stoudemire and then to Carmelo Anthony. Then this season, in the same role, [...]
The New York Knicks are Facing Important Decisions This Offseason
After the New York Knicks lost to the Miami Heat in five games in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, they are now facing a long offseason filled with important decisions. J.R. Smith, Steve Novak, Jared Jeffries, Mike Bibby, and Landry Fields are free agents. Jeremy Lin is a restricted free agent. Oh, and [...]
Baron Davis’ Career Likely Over After Knee Injury
When New York Knicks point guard Baron Davis collapsed to the court in the third quarter during Sunday’s win over the Miami Heat nobody could have expected his injury to be this bad. Just how bad is it? Well, Davis, 33, will be lucky to ever play basketball again. Davis underwent an MRI and it [...]
New York Knicks Baron Davis out for 12 months after knee injury
In the midst of winning their first playoff game in 10 years, the New York Knicks and the NBA lost another player due to another gruesome injury. This time, it was Baron Davis. All he was doing was dribbling up the court in the middle of the third quarter when his knee gave out and [...]
New York Knicks Tyson Chandler Wins NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Tyson Chandler became the first New York Knicks player to ever win the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year Award. Chandler arrived this past offseason after helping the Dallas Mavericks win the championship last year and helped transform the Knicks from the 22nd ranked team in defensive proficiency to the fifth best. Last season the [...]
New York Knicks Tyson Chandler wins Defensive Player of the Year award
New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler became the first ever Knickerbocker to win Defensive Player of the Year, netting 311 total points and 45 first place votes. Coming in second was Serge Ibaka, who had a whopping 241 blocks on the season, the next highest (DeAndre Jordan) having 135. Dwight Howard was number 3 on [...]
New York Knicks fall to 0-2 vs Miami Heat; Amare Stoudemare injures hand after loss
Carmelo Anthony scored 30 points, but it wasn’t enough for the New York Knicks to suffer a devastating loss to the Miami Heat, 104-94. The Knicks shot a solid 49% from the floor, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Dwyane Wade’s 25 points, Chris Bosh’s 21, and Lebron James’s 19. Amare Stoudemare added 18 points [...]
New York Knicks clinch 7th Seed
The New York Knicks sat out most of their starters, yet the Charlotte Bobcats still couldn’t beat them. J.R. Smith scored 22 to lead all scorers as the Knicks won in a blowout, 104-84. Gerald Henderson for the Bobcats scored 21, as Charlotte fell to 7-59, leaving then with a measly winning percentage of .106, [...]