• Examining best and worst of New York sports teams owners

    Examining best and worst of New York sports teams owners

    Every aggrieved sports fan has the same blueprint: Just get me a new owner, any new owner, and things are going to get better. They have to get better. Of course, they don’t always get better, but
  • Knicks’ 1990s glory days captured in two compelling books

    Knicks’ 1990s glory days captured in two compelling books

    Knicks fans will get to reminisce like it’s 1999. During this gloomy Knicks century of basketball, two books are emerging about the 1990s Knicks to brighten the day. The first, written by
  • LaMelo Ball NBA draft drama starts with interview rumor

    LaMelo Ball NBA draft drama starts with interview rumor

    LaMelo Ball knew teams would have questions about him. Now it’s a matter of deciphering whether his answers to them are raising legitimate concerns or if teams are just trying to send out a
  • Jeremy Lin’s emotional and risky NBA comeback plan

    Jeremy Lin’s emotional and risky NBA comeback plan

    Jeremy Lin is returning to America, giving the NBA another shot. The former Knick announced the move following a strong season in the Chinese Basketball Association with the Beijing Shougang Ducks. “This decision has really been the hardest in my life,” Lin told his 7 million followers in Mandarin in a tear-filled video on Weibo. …
  • Knicks’ first workout back could feature Chris Paul irony

    Knicks’ first workout back could feature Chris Paul irony

    The Knicks are back. It’s the first organized team activity since March 11 when the Knicks won in overtime in Atlanta before the pandemic shut down the league. Last month the NBA granted “The Delete 8’’ — teams not included in the July restart — this opportunity. According to a league source familiar with the …
  • Kevin Durant was quickly turned off by idea of being Knicks savior

    Kevin Durant was quickly turned off by idea of being Knicks savior

    Kevin Durant insisted again that as his last season in Golden State wore on, he wanted no part of the Knicks’ spotlight. Too bad former Knicks president Steve Mills didn’t anticipate that as he traded Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas in late January of the 2018-19 season to clear cap room for KD and a star …
  • Mike Woodson officially back with Knicks after unceremonious firing

    Mike Woodson officially back with Knicks after unceremonious firing

    More than six years after Phil Jackson never met with him to discuss the possibility of coaching the triangle, Mike Woodson is officially back with the Knicks. The Knicks finally announced the rest of their coaching staff under Tom Thibodeau with Woodson, Utah’s Johnnie Bryant, Andy Greer and Dice Yoshimoto being officially named. The Knicks …
  • Carmelo Anthony’s Trail Blazers prayer makes Knicks reunion unlikely

    Carmelo Anthony’s Trail Blazers prayer makes Knicks reunion unlikely

    Sorry Leon Rose, Tom Thibodeau and Mike Woodson. Carmelo Anthony’s first choice is returning to Portland. Following the Blazers’ first-round elimination late Saturday night against the Lakers, the 36-year-old Anthony emphatically stated he wanted to return to the franchise that “revived” his dead career. “I pray that it could be Portland,” Anthony said on Zoom. …
  • Mailbag: Why do some NBA players hate the Knicks?

    Mailbag: Why do some NBA players hate the Knicks?

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Knicks. Why do so many NBA players hate the Knicks? They all celebrated when we fell to the eighth draft …
  • Knicks eyeing ‘relentless’ Isaac Okoro as NBA Draft option

    Knicks eyeing ‘relentless’ Isaac Okoro as NBA Draft option

    He’s not a scoring point guard, he’s not even a good shooter. But he’s got a reputation for being a winner and defender — and that might be what the moribund Knicks need with their No. 8 draft pick. According to an NBA source, Auburn’s 6-foot-6 small forward Isaac Okoro has support among Knicks brass …