Via Howard Beck:

Gm1 – Sun 7p (on TNT)

Gm2 – Tue 7p

Gm 3 – 4/22 7p

Gm4 – 4/24 3:30p

Gm 5 – 4/26

Gm 6 – 4/29

Gm 7 – 5/1

Via TKB’s Pavlos Georgiou (@Pavvy8 on Twitter) and Amar’e Stoudemire :

I remember first hearing about Twitter when Senators were caught using it during congressional sessions. Despite initial doubts, Twitter has since taken off with the NBA at its forefront. NBA players, teams, and fans alike anxiously use the social media outlet to connect, but recently the #Knicks fan base has witnessed the true power of Twitter.

Gianna and Allan Houston - March 2010

11-year-old Gianna Gergoire was diagnosed with brain cancer last July.  Her brother, The Knicks Blog Radio host Anthony Donahue, turned to what he knew, Knicks fans. “It started in July, when the fans of my show rallied around my sister and everything,” said Donahue in a phone interview. (more…)

Via The Knicks Blog:

“They’ve definitely begun to speak about it (the option),” the source said.

Whether Walsh is 100% sure he wants to return is another question. With the whirlwind pressure to now get this group to the top of the Eastern Conference and the seemingly never-ending presence of Isiah Thomas looming over head, it would be hard to blame Walsh for heading back home to Indiana. But don’t assume if he leaves NY he’s going back to to his old job with the Pacers just yet.

“He has NOT spoken to Indiana about working again for the Pacers,” the source assured me. “He is too close and has way to much respect for Larry (Bird), who he thinks is doing a great job there.”

Via Sporting News (Via The Knicks Blog):

As one general manager told SN, “Now it’s inevitable. I don’t know how many other teams are going to want to get involved in any negotiation for him, because who wants to go through what the Nets just went through? It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.”

The question, then, is whether Anthony is traded to the Knicks before the February 24 trade deadline and signs the three-year, $64 million extension that the Nuggets have already offered, or if he simply waits for free agency and signs with the Knicks in the summer.

Via Posting and Toasting:

The Knicks played with more verve and much better defense than we’ve seen recently, but it would have taken a minor miracle (not unlike the season’s second best offensive performance earlier this month) to beat these Spurs again. With just 38% shooting and misfiring from pretty much every major offensive weapon, New York fell well short of that miracle. They still managed to make a game out of it, though, and that’s a step in the right direction. (more…)

Tommy Dee is a name that any die-hard Knicks fan instantly recognizes. His Twitter account boasts 7,800 followers and his SNY-backed blog, The Knicks Blog, has become one of the most coveted amongst fanatics.

Despite his background in traditional journalism, including a master’s degree in mass communications and field experience, Dee refers to himself as a blogger. “When people think of the term blogger, credibility doesn’t necessarily come to mind and that is completely unfair,” Dee told KnicksTweets.

Unfair because Dee is considered one of the most credible writers on the Knicks beat. “I’ve been around basketball a long time and I know a lot of people associated on every level and that helps me in terms of journalistically gaining information,” he said careful not to reveal too much about his sources.

Dee is a life-long basketball fan, but he traces his Knicks fanhood back to the days of Bernard King. He had a friend who was a ball boy and the two of them would go up to Purchase, NY and watch the team practice. “We used to go up to Purchase and really live Knicks basketball,” he recalled. A few years later as a high school basketball player he felt that when his “basketball career was at its best, the Knicks were at their best too.”

As journalism is evolving with the emergence of social media, Dee has taken advantage of Twitter to ensure that he is always on top of his game. “Twitter is the future in a lot of ways, it’s such an amazing tool in that you can connect with people,” he explained, “[it] is a forum and an outlet for everyone to be able to talk.”

While traditional beat writers do not always appreciate Dee’s input on the Knicks, fans continue to respect his insight. “Sometimes, they get irritated with me if I am taking a stance on what they say. Almost like who is this guy to say? I’m just trying to say how I see it,” he said of his journalist colleagues.

Right now, Dee sees the Knicks’ young guns as the key to their success. In his opinion, if Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Toney Douglas and Landry Fields can develop more consistent offensive efforts and do so with efficiency, the team will be hard to beat. However, he also noted that the Knicks are still a tier below Miami, Orlando and Boston.

As far as the much touted Carmelo Anthony situation goes, Dee thinks that the superstar is trying to avoid being made out to be the “villain” that some people see LeBron James to be. Factoring that in along with the fact that the Knicks do not have much to give up, he believes that Donnie Walsh, the Knicks President of Basketball Operations, will wait until Anthony becomes a free agent this summer to sign the current Denver Nugget.

Perhaps the most transparent thing to come across when talking to Tommy Dee is the pride that he takes in his work. “There needed to be a new market and a new voice and I feel like we’ve been able to do that. I’m really proud of that,” he said with a hint of humble shyness.

Via Tommy Dee at TKB:

“No one loves Wilson Chandler more than I do. I was the guy telling people to trade Balkman so the kid could play. Big East coaches were telling me about him before the Knicks drafted him. Everyone loved Balkman’s hustle. Balkman is barely in the league anymore.

But let’s get one thing straight, Chandler’s ceiling is no where near Melo’s. (more…)

Via NY Times (Via TKB):

The Knicks are perusing the league for backup candidates and have held multiple discussions with the Minnesota Timberwolves concerning Sebastian Telfair, according to an executive involved in the discussions. The Timberwolves will probably not make a move until they gauge the health of Jonny Flynn, their young point guard who recently returned from a hip injury.

Where there’s Telfair, a Marbury lurks.

Despite a number of rumors to the contrary, Tommy Dee of TKB is still hearing the Knicks are Melo’s preferred destination: