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Knicks’ Anthony On Free Agency: Winning, Not Money, Is Top Priority
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Carmelo Anthony said he wants to stay in New York, and said he wants to win. It will be up to Phil Jackson to convince him that he can do both. With the Knicks’...
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Report: Steve Kerr ‘Absolutely Expects’ Offer From Knicks; Woodson In Limbo
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Steve Kerr has been rumored to be Phil Jackson’s coach-in-waiting since last month, before the New York Knicks’ new president officially signed on to run the team’s basketball...
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Schmeelk: Knicks’ Coaching Search — Steve Kerr Is Best Choice Of Weak Crop
By John Schmeelk » More Columns With Mike Woodson officially relieved of his duties as Knicks head coach, the search begins for his replacement. I don’t expect it will be a very long one, especially...
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Report: Steve Kerr Has Concerns About Knicks’ Coaching Job
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The New York Knicks hiring Steve Kerr might not be such a slam dunk after all. That’s because Kerr has concerns about coaching at MSG, where so many respected coaches have been...
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Keidel: Make No Mistake, Dolan Will Find A Way To Rain On Jackson’s Parade
By Jason Keidel » More Columns The book on Mike Woodson is that his act wears thin on players, which is pro forma on pro coaches, on any level, in any sport. Woodson coached well enough to win 54 games...
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Schmeelk: Jackson Is Exercising His Complete Control Of The Knicks
By John Schmeelk » More Columns The most telling move the Knicks made Monday was not firing Mike Woodson. That was inevitable. It was firing Herb Williams. Williams had been with the Knicks as an...
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Schmeelk: Despite Reports, Jackson’s Basketball Autonomy With Knicks In Place
By John Schmeelk » More Columns Frank Isola of the Daily News tried to drop a bombshell Wednesday morning, but the story’s own headline betrays how minor the story really is. The headline said that...
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Phil Jackson Won’t Coach But Confirms Interest In Kerr; Ron Harper In Mix?
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The coaching search is on in New York, and the best possible candidate has already been eliminated. Phil Jackson won’t be hiring himself to coach the Knicks. Two days...
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Schmeelk: Too Early To Anoint Kerr — Or Anyone Else — As Knicks Coach
By John Schmeelk » More Columns I got an interesting tweet from a Knicks fan after writing Monday’s column about Steve Kerr. @BNR1986 pointed out how the franchise was rightly criticized by the media...
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Steve Kerr Says He Spoke With Phil Jackson About Knicks Job
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Steve Kerr said Sunday he spoke with Phil Jackson twice over the weekend and that they will continue discussing the possibility of him becoming coach of the New York Knicks....
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Report: Phil Jackson Aiming To Have Steve Kerr Hired By Early May
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Knicks might have a new head coach sooner rather than later. According to ESPN, team president Phil Jackson is aiming to hire TNT broadcaster Steve Kerr by early next...
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Schmeelk: Knicks Taking Different Course Than Lakers In Finding Coach
By John Schmeelk » More Columns When Mike D’Antoni stepped down as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, the number of coaches rumored to be in line for their top job was mind-boggling. There was...
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Report: Jackson Tells Melo That He Plans To Hire Kerr To Coach Knicks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Phil Jackson is playing the transparency game with Carmelo Anthony. Whatever I know, you will know. At least that seems to be the case according to a report in the Wall Street...
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Report: Kerr Gives Hardaway Jr. Only First-Place Vote In ROY Voting
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — If Steve Kerr ends up as the next head coach of the Knicks we won’t have to worry about his opinions of Tim Hardaway Jr. It’s clear he loves the guy. Hardaway finished in fifth...
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Report: Despite Interest From Warriors, Kerr Leaning Toward Knicks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Knicks remain the frontrunner to land Steve Kerr as their next head coach, but they have some competition. According to the New York Post, the TNT analyst will listen to the...
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Schmeelk: Knicks President Phil Jackson Needs To Get His Man
By John Schmeelk » More Columns The Knicks’ pursuit of Steve Kerr won’t end. Every day there has been a story in the paper saying that after broadcasting one more game for TNT, Kerr would sign on as...
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Keidel: It’s Too Bad Mark Jackson Is Not Phil Jackson’s Guy
By Jason Keidel » More Columns The NBA is rather fickle, even by the transient standards of team sports. George Karl was fired right after winning Coach of the Year. And now, despite a robust opening...
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Knicks Or Warriors? Steve Kerr Decision Reportedly Expected In Coming Days
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The New York Knicks could have Steve Kerr on board by early next week. If not, it’ll be back to the drawing board. Kerr is expected to make a decision on the Knicks’ coaching...
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Report: Steve Kerr Close To Deal That Would Make Him Knicks’ Coach
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Knicks President Phil Jackson is making headway. According to the New York Daily News, TNT broadcaster Steve Kerr is close to finalizing a deal that would make him the next head...
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Keidel: If Not Your Admiration, Nets At Least Deserve Your Attention
By Jason Keidel » More Columns A few weeks ago I asked the five boroughs and beyond if anyone noticed or cared that pertinent basketball were being played in New York City. My goal was to see if we...
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Schmeelk: Wait On Steve Kerr Is All About Dollars And Sense
By John Schmeelk » More Columns As it turns out, it appears the Knicks was Steve Kerr’s preferred destination all along. All this waiting and speculation had much more to do with money than it did with...
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Report: Knicks Lead, But Warriors Set To Make One Final Push For Kerr
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s not a done deal, not yet anyway. While Steve Kerr’s representatives reportedly work out the details of an offer that, if accepted, would make the former NBA champion,...
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Reports: Steve Kerr Spurns Knicks, Headed To Golden State
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Steve Kerr, who was reportedly on the verge of becoming the Knicks’ next coach, is not coming to New York after all, instead accepting the head coaching job with the Golden...
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Boomer & Carton: Steve Kerr Leaves Jackson, Knicks In The Lurch
Thursday's OpenBoomer & Cartonplaypause Subscribe to the Boomer & Carton Podcast » Well, well, well. Despite Masahiro Tanaka’s Subway Series brilliance and the Nets season coming to an...
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Schmeelk: Kerr Uses Knicks On Way To Big Money With Warriors
By John Schmeelk » More Columns As the Steve Kerr negotiations dragged on longer and longer, it became more and more clear that something wasn’t right. It was truly an “I’ve got a bad feeling about...
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Steve Kerr’s Agent On WFAN: New York Isn’t For Everybody
NEW YORK (WFAN) – The Knicks managed to convince Phil Jackson to move east. Jackson couldn’t do the same with Steve Kerr, who spurned New York on Wednesday for a five-year deal to coach the Golden...
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Keidel: Phil Jackson, Brought To NYC To Bring Juice To MSG, Fails 1st Test
By Jason Keidel » More Columns What could the Knicks apologist possibly say about this? Phil Jackson, the NBA monolith whose hunched, coaching silhouette is just below Jerry West’s dribbling logo, was...
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LISTEN: Joe Benigno Says Kerr ‘Stuck It Right Up Phil’s Rear End’
NEW YORK (WFAN) — It seemed inevitable that Steve Kerr would be the next head coach of the Knicks. For weeks we heard that Kerr was the favorite of Knicks President Phil Jackson, and that Kerr was...
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Report: Knicks Shake Off Kerr Snub, Set Their Sights On Derek Fisher
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Derek Fisher is still playing basketball. But if the Knicks have their way he’ll be coaching them very soon. Fisher, whose Oklahoma City Thunder will attempt to close out the...
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Schmeelk: Time For Phil Jackson’s Plan B — And It Better Be Good
By John Schmeelk » More Columns What, you thought this was going to be easy? C’mon, it’s the Knicks! Phil Jackson just learned what that means when his top (and only?) candidate for the Knicks coaching...
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Marv Albert Told Steve Kerr ‘It Never Ends Well’ With Knicks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s no secret that Knicks President Phil Jackson had his heart set on Steve Kerr. But the Zen Master didn’t get what his heart desired. Kerr surprisingly rejected the ‘Bockers...
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Report: Nuggets Coach Brian Shaw Ahead Of Fisher On Knicks’ List
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Derek Fisher is Phil Jackson’s Plan B, right? Right? Maybe not. Denver Nuggets coach Brian Shaw is actually ahead of Fisher on Jackson’s backup list to fill the Knicks’ head...
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Knicks’ Jackson Says Melo Will Consider Delaying Free Agency
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Phil Jackson says he has talked to Carmelo Anthony about postponing free agency, and the All-Star forward responded that he’ll think about it. Anthony can opt out of...
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Schmeelk: What? Phil Worry? No Chance; Days Of Knicks’ Panic Are Over
By John Schmeelk » More Columns On the surface, Phil Jackson looks like he is in a little over his head as the general manager of the Knicks. We learned Friday that he allowed Steve Kerr to get out of...
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Mark Jackson Offers Mixed Messages On His Interest In Knicks Job
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Does Mark Jackson want the Knicks’ head coaching job or not? Would it even matter if he did? Those are legitimate questions in light of the former Golden State Warriors coach...
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Schmeelk: This Time Jackson, Knicks Reel In Their Fish
By John Schmeelk » More Columns It would appear that Phil Jackson learned his lesson from the Steve Kerr debacle. This time he got his man by moving quickly, presenting an overwhelming offer at the...
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Welcome To NY! Derek Fisher Introduced As Head Coach Of Knicks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Welcome to New York! Derek Fisher was never the best player, certainly not the tallest or quickest. But whether on the court with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, or across...
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Keidel: Fisher May Be The Goods, But He’s Got Quite A Job Ahead Of Him
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Here we go. Again. The Knicks paraded Derek Fisher, the NBA’s elder statesman, quintessential team player and family man, down the halls of Madison Square Garden, to lead...
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Warriors Beat Knicks 106-92 In Kerr’s MSG Coaching Debut
Draymond Green had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat the New York Knicks 106-92 on Saturday night to give Steve Kerr a win in his first game coaching in the arena he nearly...
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Keidel: Kerr Cemented Himself As A Genius When He Told The Zen Master No
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Perhaps the greatest business decision over the last 20 years — other than buying Apple stock — was a choice to coach a basketball team.And to not coach another. In one...
View ArticleWhat Could Be The Difference In Knicks-Celtics? One Man: Carmelo Anthony
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — In their best chance to beat Boston this season, the Knicks went to Amar’e Stoudemire for a shot that came just after the buzzer. The Knicks have another option now — statistically...
View ArticleShaq, Barkley To Headline New Series On NBA TV
Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and other Turner Sports’ NBA analysts will share their stories and opinions in a new series debuting this week on NBA TV. The six-part “Open Court” series will air...
View ArticleSteve Kerr: Carmelo Anthony-Amar’e Stoudemire Duo Is ‘A Bad Fit’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s been said before, but apparently, it can’t be said enough. With the Knicks coming off a loss to the Nets and a rematch with the Celtics slated for Thursday, TNT analyst...
View ArticleB&C Morning Show: Steve Kerr Compares MJ To The Rest, Comments On Knicks’ Funk
Boomer and Craig were pleased to welcome Steve Kerr into the fray this morning, as the TNT analyst called in on the hotline shortly after 9 a.m. to talk a little basketball. Kerr played – and won three...
View ArticleB&C Morning Show: Steve Kerr Is All Over The NCAA Tourney
Steve Kerr will be a fixture in the NCAA Tourney coverage moving forward. So he called in to chat with Boomer and Craig about the colossal college basketball event before it gets started… Steve Kerr Is...
View ArticleAfter Coming Out, Jason Collins Needs A New NBA Home
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The coming-out part is over. Now Jason Collins needs a job. Collins’ stunning announcement that he was a gay athlete in a major sport won overwhelming support from other...
View ArticleBarkley: Phil Jackson Would Have Work Cut Out For Him With Knicks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Sources have said Phil Jackson is close to agreeing to become the next Head of Basketball Operations for the Knicks, with a deal that could be finalized by the end of the week....
View ArticleReport: Phil Jackson To Join Knicks As President Of Basketball Operations
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Phil Jackson is the Knicks’ new president of basketball operations. As CBS 2’s Otis Livingston reported, there was no word Wednesday on when Jackson will be officially...
View ArticleKnicks To Hold Press Conference Tuesday To Make ‘Major Announcement’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Knicks announced on Friday that they will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 11 a.m. to make a “major announcement.” The press conference is presumably to introduce Phil...
View ArticleNBA Playoff Talk Turns To Trump And White House Visits
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James knows there’s one thing that is certain, no matter who wins this year’s NBA title. There will be no White House visit for the champions....
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