ESPN.com presents New York Knicks http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks 60 en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 06:35:09 webmaster@espn.go.com http://assets.espn.go.com/i/espn/teamlogos/lrg/trans/espn_dotcom_black.gif 110 110 GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- J.R. Smith wants to retire as a Knick. His younger brother, Chris, tweeted, "I will be back with my big brother" next season. And Carmelo Anthony believes "without a doubt" J.R. will return. But GM Glen Grunwald is not making any guarantees about the NBA's 2012-13 Sixth Man of the Year. "I’m not going to comment on any individual player because we're not finished with our evaluation," he said Tuesday. "I don't think you should read that one way or another [about Smith].]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/44848/notebook-grunwald-non-committal-on-j-r Wed, 22 May 2013 00:49:25 EDT 44848 GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Memo to Knicks fans daydreaming about Chris Paul playing in an orange and blue uniform next season: general manager Glen Grunwald doesn't expect to make any major changes to the roster this summer. "In general, it's best to maintain continuity, familiarity," Grunwald said Tuesday on ESPN New York 98.7 FM's "The Stephen A. Smith & Ryan Ruocco Show." "I don't foresee substantial changes to our roster." Listen to the complete interview: The Knicks don't have much roster flexibility this summer.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/44839/grunwald-no-major-changes-this-summer Tue, 21 May 2013 22:23:01 EDT 44839 James White's agent, William McCandless, told ESPNNewYork.com Tuesday that the small forward will "unlikely" return to the Knicks for the 2013-14 season. White has a team option for around $1 million next season that the Knicks have to decide on by June 30. If they decline, White will become an unrestricted free agent. McCandless said White values playing time, which happened sporadically for him in New York. He started 16 games in the regular season and averaged 7.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/44817/white-unlikely-to-return-may-play-overseas Tue, 21 May 2013 20:54:27 EDT 44817 GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Bad news for any Knicks fans hoping Jason Kidd would retire: both GM Glen Grunwald and coach Mike Woodson said they expect Kidd to return next season. "We had a great meeting with Jason yesterday. We hope he's going to be back and from his comments to us we expect him to be back next year and he'll be a big contributor to the team like he was this year," Grunwald said on ESPN New York 98.7 FM on Tuesday after meeting with Kidd.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/44813/knicks-expect-kidd-to-return Tue, 21 May 2013 16:29:29 EDT 44813 Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim remains a big fan of the superstar NBA player who led his Orange to the 2003 national title, and still follows Carmelo Anthony closely. But after Anthony's latest ouster from the playoffs, Boeheim is convinced the forward will continue to fall short of a championship if the New York Knicks maintain the core of their current lineup. "Not on that team," Boeheim told the Syracuse Post-Standard over the weekend. "He did what he can do.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/44796/boeheim-melo-cant-do-it-alone Tue, 21 May 2013 13:12:31 EDT 44796 As Carmelo Anthony was winding down his interview with a group of reporters on Monday, someone asked if he thought Chris Paul would re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers this summer. “I don’t know,” he said. Everyone assumes, of course, that Paul will re-sign with the Clippers. But no one, Anthony included, knows for sure. The one thing we do know is, it will be extremely difficult for Paul to end up on the Knicks next season.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/44794/chris-paul-to-the-knicks-highly-unlikely Mon, 20 May 2013 23:25:13 EDT 44794 GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Tyson Chandler struggled on defense in the Pacers series. But he had no trouble defending himself Monday in the face of questions about his performance. When asked if he felt he let his team down in the series against Indiana, Chandler said, "No, no. You can’t let the team down if you give them 100 percent. I gave my teammates everything I had and I’m fine with that." A large segment of the Knicks' fanbase may disagree with Chandler there.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/44791/chandler-i-didnt-let-team-down Mon, 20 May 2013 21:37:57 EDT 44791 GREENBURGH, NY -- Carmelo Anthony will have his injured left shoulder re-examined by doctors in the coming days to determine the extent of damage and course of rehabilitation. "I don't think it's any major damage," Anthony said Monday after meeting with the Knicks' coaching staff for exit interviews. "But we'll see. We'll find that out shortly." Anthony first injured his shoulder on April 14 against the Pacers. He said Monday that it affected him throughout the postseason.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/44786/carmelo-getting-shoulder-checked-out Mon, 20 May 2013 19:12:05 EDT 44786 This isn't exactly breaking news, but Charles Barkley has no sympathy for Knicks fans. "If you guys had listened to me six months ago you wouldn't be so depressed today," Barkley said Monday on "The Mike Lupica Show" on ESPN NY 98.7 FM. "I told you, I said three things: No. 1, those old geezers can't stay healthy, which happened. You can't keep shooting 3's like that. The biggest problem they got, they can't rebound the ball. They got a little bit better when Kenyon Martin came along but that was going to be the thing that always came back to (hurt them).]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/44780/barkley-rips-knicks Mon, 20 May 2013 18:45:54 EDT 44780 GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Add Marcus Camby only playing 12 seconds against the Pacers to the head-scratching moves Knicks coach Mike Woodson made in the series. While the Pacers outrebounded the Knicks by 52 over six games, Camby was sitting on the bench pain-free, according to his agent, Richard Kaplan. "He has been healthy for a while now. I'm not sure why he didn't play," Kaplan told ESPNNewYork.com. Camby had been suffering from plantar fasciitis in his left foot down the stretch of the regular season.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/44729/agent-camby-was-healthy-for-pacers-series Mon, 20 May 2013 18:31:41 EDT 44729