December 25th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo
Hey Knick fans, what’s there to be unhappy about? (And for those needing a little extra Christmas cheer, I highly recommend Twas The Night Before Knicksmas.) Wait before you answer this question, I want to put things into perspective.
First, the Knicks will have cap space this offseason. And not just a few million through the [...]
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Tags: Basketball-Reference, D'Antoni, Danilo Gallinari, David Lee, Heat, Herb Williams, Isiah Thomas, Jamal Crawford, Jared Jeffries, Jerome James, Jordan Hill, Kobe, Lenny Wilkens, Marcus Camby, Nate Robinson, Suns, Toney Douglas, Van Gundy, Zach Randolph
November 28th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo
According to Wikipedia, “In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal, meaning that he or she was ‘assisting’ in the basket… Only the pass directly before the score may be counted as an assist.”
So check [...]
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Tags: Heat, Some Plays Count
November 19th, 2009 by Robert Silverman
Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America, from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea! Recap Robert here. For those who chose to say, take in the theater or perhaps venture out to the local motion picture house or perhaps to play the role of social gadfly and sally forth [...]
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Tags: Al Harrington, Chris Duhon, Danilo Gallinari, David Lee, Eddy Curry, Heat, Jordan Hill, Larry Hughes, Magic, Pacers, Shaq, Toney Douglas, Wilson Chandler
November 16th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo
Lots of good info from the Knicks’ beat writers. Whoda thunk a 1-9 team with no draft pick and no game for a few days would merit so much good ink?
First, Newsday’s Alan Hahn nails it with “Knicks had to get it right, and didn’t”.
Meanwhile, Donnie Walsh and his staff had to get this draft [...]
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Tags: 2009 Draft, Alan Hahn, D'Antoni, Danilo Gallinari, Donnie Walsh, Eddy Curry, Heat, Jared Jeffries, Pacers, Shaq, Warriors, Wilson Chandler
October 30th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo
Here are two video clips on the Knicks defense in their home opener. Both show the Knicks switching on every pick. The first one is of the technique working, as Miami struggles to find an open man. The other is two possessions showing different ways the Heat took advantage of this strategy.
[Note: There's no [...]
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Tags: Heat, Some Plays Count
October 28th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo
The Knicks lost the 2010 opener in Miami 93 to 115. New York tied the game at 46 on a Lee layup with 2:49 left in the 2nd quarter. But the game fell apart for them shortly after. Miami would score 10 consecutive points in the next 2:19 and then outscore the Knicks 34-15 in [...]
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Tags: Al Harrington, Danilo Gallinari, Darko Milicic, David Lee, Dwayne Wade, Heat, Jared Jeffries, Toney Douglas, Wilson Chandler
October 26th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo
The Knicks 2010 season, prognosticated through pie charts.
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Tags: Basketball Prospectus, D'Antoni, Darko Milicic, David Lee, Eddy Curry, Heat, Jared Jeffries, Jordan Hill, Kevin Pelton, Magic, Nate Robinson, Toney Douglas