Kemba Walker has averaged 40.6 FG% and 33.8 3-FG% for his career, but after 13 games this season, those numbers are up to 47.0 FG% and 41.3 3-FG%. In turn, he is averaging 24.7 PPG — way up from 20.9 PPG last season. What do you think his FG% and PPG will be at season’s […]
Continue readingJ.R. Smith will replace Shumpert in the starting lineup. Shumpert hurt his shoulder in the first quarter of the Knicks’ win over Boston on Tuesday. The Knicks are listing Shumpert as day to day. The third-year guard dealt with shoulder soreness in training camp but has remained relatively healthy throughout the season, playing in every […]
Continue readingAs the only Wizards fan I know, I spend a lot of time trying to rationalize the machinations of Ernie Grunfeld. But I can’t think of the existential conditions that would justify this deal on any conceivable level of basketball sense, fantasy or reality. The Wizards gave away a young and cheap (albeit disgruntled) source […]
Continue readingThe severity of the injury was unclear. Coach Mike Woodson said after the Knicks’ 114-88 win that he wasn’t sure how long Shumpert would be out for. Shumpert dealt with shoulder soreness in training camp but has remained relatively healthy throughout the season, playing in every game. If Shumpert were out for an extended period, […]
Continue readingBut Wednesday night in the Garden, with the 9-1 Indiana Pacers in the house — the same Indiana Pacers who knocked him out in six games last spring — Anthony got 19 unexpected points from a backup playmaker named Beno Udrih and 21 off the bench from the suddenly revived J.R. Smith. That should’ve been […]
Continue readingBut Knicks star Carmelo Anthony believes the coach is safe. “As far as I’m concerned, he’s secure right now. I haven’t heard anything,” Anthony said Monday night after initially declining to answer a question about Woodson’s potential status. “There’s nothing to discuss. He’s our coach, and we’re rolling with him.” Woodson’s job security has come […]
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