Say goodbye to 2013 and hello 2014. New Year’s Day is one of my favorite days of the year because whatever mistakes or bad experiences you had during the old year the new year offers you a fresh start. I’m sure a lot of NBA teams would love to have a fresh start. The new … [Read more…]
The Knicks are a mess this year, and the game against Detroit was a perfect illustration. Carmelo Anthony was inefficient. He scored 25 points, but was only 8-for-20 shooting from the field. He turned the ball over a lot (seven times), fouled too much (five), and was such a complete ballhog (one assist) that one … [Read more…]
For someone who is supposed to be a most valuable player candidate this season, Carmelo Anthony still acts like an immature high school teenager. Anthony was suspended one game by the NBA on Wednesday for confronting Kevin Garnett after the New York Knicks’ loss to Boston on Monday. Anthony, who was angry about Garnett’s choice … [Read more…]
Carmelo Anthony and Kobe Bryant formed a close friendship when they were teammates on the United States Olympic team in 2008 and 2012.The two superstars found a common ground in the fact they both know what it feels like to be publicly scorned for shooting too much. Anthony went through a tough period last year … [Read more…]
The most impressive part about the United States’ 156-73 destruction of Nigeria in the preliminary round of the men’s basketball tournament at the 2012 London Olympics was Carmelo Anthony’s 37 points in 14 minutes. Think about it. Melo made13 of 16 shots from the field and was 10-for-12 from behind the 3-pointer arc (a couple … [Read more…]
LeBron James looks around the room at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas where USA Basketball is holding its Olympics press conference and he likes what he sees. It doesn’t matter that his Miami Heat buddies Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are not a part of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team because of injuries, and … [Read more…]
No Derrick Rose. No Dwight Howard. No Dwyane Wade. No Chris Bosh. Is USA Basketball in trouble? Hardly. The talent pool is still very deep and whomever the U.S. sends to London they will be heavily favored to win an Olympic gold medal. The team convenes in Las Vegas on July 5 to start training … [Read more…]
It went from bad to worse for the New York Knicks on Monday night, and it brought a whole new meaning to the warning sign that says “Break Glass In Case Of Emergency.” Moments after dropping to an 0-2 hole in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series with the Miami Heat, Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire … [Read more…]
Mike Woodson has a reputation as a good coach around the NBA. He was a solid head coach in Atlanta where he took over a team that won 13 games in his first season in 2004-05, but he was able to turn around the Hawks and had them making three straight playoff appearances by the … [Read more…]
A month ago the New York Knicks were riding a seven-game winning streak and the entire basketball world was going absolutely bananas over Jeremy Lin. Fast forward to March 12 and the Knicks are now on a steep downward spiral like roller-coaster on Magic Mountain. The Knicks are mired in a six-game slump, losers of … [Read more…]