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Amid the Chinese virus pandemic, the Knicks remain a punch line. At least to comic Trevor Noah of “The Daily Show.” During a recent rant on the fast-spreading disease, Noah referenced the NBA’s ongoing woes in an online video: “We’ve found out four Brooklyn Nets players, including Kevin Durant, have coronavirus,’’ Noah began. “So now …

In a blow to keeping players in game shape during the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA issued a memo to the players’ union stating team practice facilities are to be closed starting Friday. It also prohibits players from working out in public gyms or at universities. The edict doesn’t bode well for picking up the regular …

Five point-guard prospects have emerged as lottery options for the upcoming NBA Draft — whether it is held on June 25 or pushed back because of coronavirus. In what is considered a mediocre class, LaMelo Ball, Cole Anthony, Tyrese Maxey, Tyrese Haliburton and Killian Hayes have separated themselves. Knicks president Leon Rose has a giant …

Though health officials do not believe Jazz stars Rudy Gobert or Donovan Mitchell were contagious on their March 4 game at Madison Square Garden, a new coronavirus exposure has emerged for the Knicks. The Pistons announced Saturday one of their players tested positive for COVID-19. According to The Athletic, that player is Christian Wood, who …

Spike Lee and Charles Oakley starred in full-page newspaper ads Friday as heroes of the downtrodden. But where would racial hustlers be if not for selectively sighted, pandering, frightened media? Since the Lee-Jimmy Dolan hassle — an epic struggle between the excessively self-entitled — Oakley, who had his own war with Dolan, has repeated his …

We are all looking for ways to Fill the Void right now. There are missions both noble (for me: clean the attic!) and trivial (for me: filling inexplicable pop-culture voids by planned binge-watching of “The Simpsons” and “The Office”). We can pretend to be excited if we can pull in a cricket match somewhere deep …