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Andrea Bargnani Does Not Appear To Have Control Over His Own Body
Oh God, Andrea. What are you even doing right now?...
James Dolan Is On The Warpath Again
You'd think a team owner would want his new starting power forward to get more than three games under his belt, or wait until the reigning sixth man of the year returned from suspension before storming from his seat to find and berate the GM. But that's not how James Dolan does business....
Andrea Bargnani Attempted A Reverse Dunk, And It Did Not Go Well
If you were wondering how the Andrea Bargnani era is coming along in New York, look no further than this GIF. ...
Taj Gibson Has A Strange Happy Face
It's not every day your backup power forward hits a buzzer beater, albeit to end the first quarter, so we'll cut him some slack if he doesn't yet have the Kobe ice grill committed to muscle memory. Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images...
Watch Iman Shumpert Get A Very Somber Haircut
Iman Shumpert shaved off his signature flat top a few weeks ago, and everyone was kind of bummed about it. But nobody took the event more seriously that Shumpert himself, as evidenced by the extremely earnest vignette above....
Here Are The New (Ridiculous) Creamsicle Orange Knicks Uniforms
Oh dear god. ...
What happens when Metta World Peace gets on a tour bus with a bunch of children? Hijinks obviously ensued. "At one point, a fifth grader notices a billboard for Larry Flynt's Hustler Club. It's not subtle. The boy, being around 12, tells the whole bus about it. Soon, everyone is screaming." [Time]...
J.R. Smith Delayed Knee Surgery Until After He Signed His Contract
J.R. Smith had a pair of knee surgeries this summer, and could miss the start of the season. It wouldn't be an issue if he had the procedures done soon after the Knicks; season ended in mid-May; instead he waited until July 15th, a week after he signed a three-year $18 million extension. ...
Good Timing For A Sponsored Ghost-Tweet, Melo
Oh hey, your GM just got fired....
Knicks Owner Takes Beat Reporter's Question For First Time In 6 Years
According to Bleacher Report's Howard Beck, history was made at an otherwise routine press conference announcing New York as the host city for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game....
FBI Informants: 1981-82 Knicks Shaved Points For Drug Dealer
Three members of the 1981-82 Knicks reportedly fixed games as a favor to their drug dealer, according to FBI documents....
J.R. Smith Remembers 9/11 With A Poor Choice Of Words
Oh, J.R. You poor son of a bitch. We're sure you did this with good intentions, but this is not a good look....
Chris Smith Got His Brother J.R.'s Face Tattooed On His Back
Monday was J.R. Smith's birthday and to celebrate, Chris Smith apparently got a tattoo of his brother's face on his back. It also say "Always got my back" beneath the portrait. Kind of inspirational, when you think about it. Kind of really weird when you think about it some more. ...
James Dolan Complained To The NBA About Mikhail Prokhorov's Bullying
Yesterday, the New York Post reported that the David Stern brokered a détente between the feuding owners of the Knicks and Nets last season, apparently because the league hates fun. But the more interesting part comes farther down: this meeting wasn't initiated by the NBA. Instead, Dolan went to the...
The New MSG
Over at the New York Times' bookmark-worthy tumblr site, "The Lively Morgue," check this out:...
Iman Shumpert Releases New Track, And It's Good
Kendrick Lamar may have put a stranglehold on the rap industry last night, but he wasn't the only one to drop a new verse. Knicks forward and sometimes-rapper Iman Shumpert released "Versace (Freestyle)," and it happens to be very good....
J.R. Smith's Hair Has Gone Rogue
A couple of days ago, J.R. Smith showed up on Instagram looking like this. Rodman? Sisqo? Simon Phoenix? Nope. You'll never guess where the Knicks' swingman got the idea to go blond....
The Man Who Scored The First Basket In NBA History Has Died
Ossie Schectman, who scored the very first basket in the very first game of the Basketball Association of America (the predecessor of the NBA), passed away today at the age of 94....
Madison Square Garden Has 10 Years To Get Out
The demolition of the gorgeous old Penn Station in 1963 to make way for the construction of Madison Square Garden remains one of the country's great civic tragedies. Now, New York is finally trying to rectify its mistakes: the city council has given MSG 10 years to vacate the premises. ...