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NBA coaches react with dismay over firing of 2-time coach of the year Mike Brown
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Not even two years ago, Rick Carlisle publicly lauded Mike Brown for the job he did on the way to winning the NBA's coach of the year award. And on Friday, Carlisle was among a slew of coaches reacting with dismay — some even with anger — that Brown was...
Towns relishes an enjoyable return to Minnesota, from the roar of the crowd to a blowout win
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns took some time to reflect on nine formative NBA seasons in Minnesota, arriving to the arena early for the morning shootaround before the rest of the New York Knicks. Playing against a team he always figured he'd be with his whole career was...
A month after the trade, Karl-Anthony Towns looks very settled in New York
MIAMI (AP) — Someone asked coach Tom Thibodeau before New York's game Wednesday what else he's looking to get from Karl-Anthony Towns as this season goes along. Thibodeau didn't sound worried. A couple hours later, Towns showed why. In only his fourth...
New-look Knicks blown out by defending champion Celtics
BOSTON (AP) — The new-look New York Knicks were no match in their first test against the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics. After a pair of big offseason moves that landed them Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges, the Knicks fell behind early and were blown out by the Celtics...
Knicks make big moves to get Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges and look like an NBA contender
New York Knicks Last season: 50-32, lost to Indiana in Eastern Conference semifinals. COACH: Tom Thibodeau (5th season with Knicks, 13th season overall, 527-389). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 22 at Boston. DEPARTURES: F Julius Randle, G Donte...
Knicks tiptoe into training camp while waiting for acquisition of Towns to become official
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns was in the Knicks' building, though not yet on their team. The trade bringing the All-Star center to New York and sending out Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo hadn't been completed Monday by the time the Knicks reported for training camp...