The biggest obstacle standing the way of the Knicks’ season
NY Post
These first five paragraphs will be utilized to praise the Knicks, so if you are among that faction who prefers to ignore all the good that’s transpired over the first 54 games of this season, you have my permission to proceed to paragraph six, no hard feelings, no questions asked.
(Other than this question: Would you really prefer a season like — oh, pick one: 2020, 2014, 2009, 2006, 2003 — to talk about instead?)
The Knicks enter the All-Star break at 36-18 — their best 54-game record since 1996-97, the ill-fated season that essentially ended in a tangle of anger one dreadful night in Miami. Those 36 wins are the most a Knicks team has had at the break since the 1972-73 team went 39-12, and it’s never a bad thing for any Knicks team to compare itself to 1972-73.
Plus, if you discount the getting-to-know-you first 11 games of the season, they are 31-12, better than any team in the sport other than the runaway trains in Oklahoma City and Cleveland. The Knicks have two All-Star starters in Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns, and easily could’ve had a third in Josh Hart.
PORT ST. LUCIE — Frankie Montas’ triceps soreness following his first bullpen session last week has turned into a rotation vacancy for the Mets to begin the season.
PORT ST. LUCIE — Juan Soto’s one-season stop with the Yankees may have served as the perfect primer for the All-Star outfielder as he begins the first of potentially 15 spring trainings with the Mets.
Former Dolphins offensive lineman Richie Incognito went on a tweet spree Sunday after former Miami teammate Jonathan Martin, whom he was accused of bullying in a scandal that led to Incognito being suspended by the NFL, told ESPN that he never felt bullied.
I am trying to envision Adam Silver’s reaction — just a few hours before he called “the state of the game excellent” — to hearing that Draymond Green, a high-profile employee and active NBA participant, labeled his league “very boring.”
The allegations against Justin Tucker keep growing.
BOSTON — The 4 Nations Face-Off is giving the NHL its moment.
TAMPA — This will begin with your recency bias alert. Because, yes, I do not watch much hockey, and yet I could not take my eyes off the USA-Canada game Saturday night.
Draymond Green did not hold back when giving his view of the NBA All-Star Game’s new format.
Dion Jordan’s NFL career didn’t go quite as planned.
TAMPA — Devin Williams is used to it by now.
SAN FRANCISCO — Jalen Brunson isn’t ruling out a return to the 3-point competition after losing in his second try.
Giants — and NFL — history nearly looked very different.
MONTREAL — Canadian coach Jon Cooper put it better than anyone.