Tag: New York Knicks
Ranking NBA’s 10 most interesting contract extension candidates: Devin Booker, Trae Young on star-studded list
Once upon a time, the NBA’s best players used to move through free agency. Think about how many offseasons in the 2010s were dominated by where LeBron James or Kevin Durant would sign. Those days are over. No reigning All-NBA player has changed teams through free agency since 2019, when Durant, Kawhi Leonard and Kemba…
2025 NBA playoff bracket, scores, NBA Finals schedule as OKC pulls ahead vs. Pacers
The Oklahoma City Thunder are one win away from their first title in OKC. The Thunder are up, 3-2, against the Indiana Pacers after back-to-back wins. Jalen Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander combined for 71 points in a Game 5 win on Monday night. The Thunder are back in the NBA Finals for the first time…
Pistons’ J.B. Bickerstaff denounces Tom Thibodeau firing, slams Knicks for ‘final straw’ in NBA coaching trend
Figures across the NBA came to the defense of Tom Thibodeau after the New York Knicks fired their coach just days after a trip to the Eastern Conference finals, including Knicks players themselves. The move resonated throughout the league’s coaching ranks too, and Detroit Pistons leader J.B. Bickerstaff had sharp words for the Knicks and…
2025 NBA playoff bracket, scores, NBA Finals schedule as OKC evens series with gritty Game 4 road win
Once again we have a tied series in the 2025 NBA Finals, as the Oklahoma City Thunder evened things up at 2-2 with a gritty 111-104 Game 4 win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night in Indianapolis. The Thunder trailed by as many as 10 points in the third quarter, but Shai Gilgeous-Alexander took…
Knicks coaching search: New York to formally interview Taylor Jenkins, Mike Brown next week, per reports
USATSI The New York Knicks are slated to conduct their first formal interviews for their coaching vacancy next week. The Knicks are scheduled to meet with former Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins and former Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown, according to The Athletic and ESPN. Jenkins, 40, spent the last six years as the Grizzlies’ coach…
Knicks coaching search: New York denied permission to speak with Bulls’ Billy Donovan, Hawks’ Quin Snyder
Over a week after firing Tom Thibodeau, the New York Knicks‘ search for an experienced successor has hit some road blocks. One day after New York was rebuffed when asking permission to speak with Chris Finch (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Ime Udoka (Houston Rockets), according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Knicks were also reportedly blocked from talking…
Jason Kidd to Knicks unlikely as Mavericks not expected to allow coach to leave for New York, per reports
Imagn Images Jason Kidd to the New York Knicks has become one of the hottest rumors of the NBA’s coaching carousel, but for now, multiple reports indicate that it is unlikely to happen. The Athletic’s Sam Amick and Christian Clark reported Tuesday that Kidd is expected to remain in Dallas, and that the widespread belief…
2025 NBA playoff bracket, scores, NBA Finals schedule as OKC evens up series with dominant Game 2 win
The Oklahoma City Thunder tied up the 2025 NBA Finals with a dominant 123-107 Game 2 win over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday. OKC bounced back from a stunning Game 1 loss, in which the Pacers erased a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit. Game 2 went much more smoothly, with the Thunder leading comfortably from the end…
2025 NBA Finals: Can Thunder bounce back in Game 2? Three keys for OKC after stunning loss to Pacers
The Oklahoma City Thunder were the better basketball team for about 45 minutes of Game 1 in the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers. Through the entire first half, the Thunder executed with elite precision, showing on the grandest of NBA stages why this team was heavily favored to be crowned champions. The defense was…
John Mellencamp ’embarrassed’ at Pacers-Knicks. Blame Pat McAfee
Legendary rocker and Indiana native John Mellencamp apologized Thursday “on behalf of most Hoosiers” for the “poor, poor sportsmanship” displayed during the Pacers’ home win over the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals two days earlier. Although the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. did not call out any specific…