Posted by Inside Hoops May 21 Knicks GM Glen Grunwald declined to fire back Tuesday at Jim Boeheim for the longtime Syracuse coach’s published comments eviscerating the team assembled around former Orange star Carmelo Anthony. “Jim’s a great coach and he’s obviously very loyal to Melo,” Grunwald said. “So I understand where his [...]
Jim Boeheim and Carmelo Anthony in 2003 (Getty Images) Syracuse men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim has long been known for being somewhat … irascible? Is that the nicest way to put it? He doesn’t often put things nicely, but because he is an NCAA champion all is usually forgiven. New York Knicks superstar Carmelo [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops May 20 New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony will have his sore left shoulder examined by team doctors, the New York Daily News reported Monday. The team is hoping that the injury is not serious and will not need surgery. Anthony played much of the postseason in pain and [...]
Duke’s Seth Curry addressed the media at the 2013 NBA Draft Combine. He discussed his health, his family’s success in the league and much more. Watch More Video Here Carmelo To Blame for Knicks’ Demise? For three quarters, Carmelo Anthony was nothing short of brilliant. Scoring with apparent [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops May 13 Carmelo Anthony wants to have a couple of words with Tyson Chandler before the Knicks try to even their series against Indiana Tuesday night. Anthony didn’t sound too happy about Chandler saying the Knicks are playing selfishly and guys are trying to win games on their own. [...]
by Sean Highkin, USA TODAY Sports Carmelo Anthony was widely ridiculed on Sunday. The controversy surrounding his one first-place MVP vote coincided with a terrible Game 1 performance in which he took 26 shots to score 27 points. On Tuesday, we were treated to the version of Anthony that made the New York Knicks one [...]
Posted May 07, 2013 Carmelo Anthony (7) shot just 36 percent against the Pacers in a Game 1 loss. (Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) The long-standing criticism of Carmelo Anthony’s offensive game is that, for a player of his size and skills, he’s far too content to settle. He has the strength and speed [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops May 7 Mike Woodson isn’t changing his lineup, Carmelo Anthony will keep shooting and the Knicks say they will start redeeming tonight. The Knicks face a genuine must-win Game 2 against the Pacers, who took Game 1 of the second-round series, 102-95, Sunday at the Garden. A loss would [...]
NEW YORK – A single voter kept LeBron James from making NBA history. LeBron James took home his fourth MVP trophy on Sunday. (Reuters) The Miami Heat‘s superstar fell one vote shy of being the league’s first unanimous MVP winner when the Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn, a sports writer who has covered the NBA for [...]
1. More like Most Vulnerable Player. 2. The refs didn’t call a foul on the cameraman because he went straight up; while Carmelo Anthony argued for a call, David West got wide open for another dunk. (It didn’t count, because the game was already over.) 3. Can’t wait to see the NBA’s Phantom camera footage [...]
by Marcel Mutoni / @ marcel_mutoni On Sunday afternoon, the inevitable became official, as LeBron James took home the Maurice Podoloff trophy for the fourth time in his career. Somewhat incredibly, not everyone thought he deserved it. According to one lone voting media member—Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe—Carmelo Anthony should’ve won the 2012-13 NBA regular [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops May 5 Carmelo Anthony, who is battling a sore left shoulder, was asked yesterday yesterday if he will play in Game 1 today against the Pacers. “I ain’t dead. I’m here,” he said. “I’ll be ready to rock at 3:30.” Anthony said he can play and denies that his [...]
LeBron James appears to be handling this well (Getty Images) LeBron James seemed like the perfect candidate to not only win the NBA’s MVP award for 2012-13, but become the first unanimously-voted MVP winner in the award’s history. Not only would James had deserved the unanimous vote, based on his brilliant season, but the process [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops May 1 Carmelo Anthony believes his Game 4 shooting struggles were an isolated incident. In the Knicks’ 97-90 overtime loss to the Celtics on Sunday, Anthony’s shot was as erratic as J.R. Smith’s behavior. The superstar forward suffered through a miserable 10-for-35 afternoon, clanging all seven of his 3-point [...]
New Rat Pack. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images) During the New York Knicks‘ Thursday media session in Boston, where the team practiced and prepared for Game 3 of its opening-round series against the Boston Celtics, the talk turned, as it often does, to respected hit-making singers of the 1950s and ’60s, and how best to enjoy their [...]