Funny, but LeBron James seemed more upset that he did not win the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year Award than he was elated that he was again honored as the league’s MVP. That disposition, if nothing else, speaks to the unique mindset that makes him game’s preeminent player. The Miami Heat guard/forward/center took the [...]
Knicks’ J.R. Smith Wins Sixth Man of the Year Award
April 23, 2013 | Posted by
J.R. Smith arrived in New York before this season believing he would be a starter. When he was relegated to coming off the bench, he was not happy. But Smith showed something he had not in his career: maturity. That personal growth allowed him to accept the role and then flourish in it, culminating with [...]
Knicks’ Tyson Chandler to Miss a Week with Bulging Disc
March 20, 2013 | Posted by
Tyson Chandler, the New York Knicks’ all-star center, with a small bulging disk in his cervical spine, a blow to a team already decimated by injuries. Chandler underwent an MRI on Tuesday that revealed the injury to his neck area. He has already missed two games with the injury. He also suffered a bone contusion [...]
Cavs’ Kyrie Irving Does Not Want To Rest Ailing Knee
March 8, 2013 | Posted by
Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving has been having a breakout second-year in the NBA, despite being bothered by injuries. And the apparent heir to the throne as the league’s next top point guard does not want it to end prematurely, despite a lingering knee pain. “The only way I would get better is if [...]
Carmelo Anthony Suspended For KG Tunnel Confrontation
January 10, 2013 | Posted by
Carmelo Anthony’s urge to confront the Boston Celtics’ Kevin Garnett has cost him. The NBA suspended the New York Knicks’ forward for one game after it reviewed details of Anthony’s post-game foray to the Celtics team bus after a Boston win Monday at Madison Square Garden. Anthony and Garnett engaged in multiple confrontations and verbal [...]
Latrell Sprewell Arrested on New Year’s Eve
January 2, 2013 | Posted by
Former NBA star Latrell Sprewell was arrested on New Year’s Eve and charged with disorderly conduct after Milwaukee police received several phone calls about loud music coming from his residence, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Tuesday. Police declined to give explicit details about the incident, but responded to Sprewell’s house after receiving two complaints within [...]
Jeff Van Gundy Becomes Strong Back-Up Coaching Candidate for the Nets
December 29, 2012 | Posted by
The Brooklyn Nets are looking at current ESPN NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy as a strong back-up coaching candidate if they are unable to persuade 11-time champion coach Phil Jackson to fill the vacancy, according to ESPNNewYork.com. ESPNNewYork.com also reported that before Van Gundy would even consider taking the job that he would need to get to [...]
Knicks’ Raymond Felton Out With Fractured Finger
December 27, 2012 | Posted by
New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton, the team’s second-leading scorer and floor general, will be sidelined up to six weeks because of a broken finger. It is a blow to the Knicks, who have been among the strongest teams this so far this season. While Carmelo Anthony has been mostly brilliant, it has been [...]
Don’t Look Now: Lakers Hot, Beat Knicks For 5th Straight
December 25, 2012 | Posted by
This was more like what was envisioned when the Los Angeles Lakers teamed Kobe Bryant with Dwight Howard and Steve Nash. The Lakers looked formidable on Christmas Day, handling the scorching New York Knicks, 100-94 to pull to .500 on the season. Bryant had a jolly good time, scoring 34 points to lead L.A. to [...]
Lakers’ Steve Nash Eyes Christmas Day Return
December 21, 2012 | Posted by
Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash, who is still recovering from a fractured left fibula, is eying a Christmas day return to the lineup against the New York Knicks. “There’s a chance I play (Saturday),” Nash told reporters after Friday’s practice as the Lakers hit the road to play the Golden State Warriors. “But I [...]
