More trouble for the Knicks: Captain Stephon Marbury was missing from the morning shootaround in Phoenix, where the Knicks are set to play the Suns tonight. Marbury's apparent absence comes after coach Isiah Thomas may have told him he wouldn't be starting tonight and a Daily News article suggesting that the Knicks were thinking about a Starbury-less team in the future. Coming off a bad loss in Miami where Marbury threw the ball away in......

When Larry Brown was fired after the Knicks' dreadful 2005-06 season, a battle began over how much of the remaining four-year, $41 million contract he would get. NBA Commissioner David Stern decided on a settlement in late October, and he hoped it would remain secret. But he didn't count on Cablevision's third-quarter filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the end, the Knicks will pay Brown $18.5 million in addition to the $10 million......

Hundreds of thousands of revelers enjoyed the beautiful weather and celebrated during yesterday's Puerto Rican Day Parade. And this year's theme was, "Boricuas...We count, We Vote!" Though Marc Anthony was the Grand Marshal, the real attraction was his wife, Jennifer Lopez. Mayor Bloomberg, who marched with the couple, said, "In the pictures tomorrow, I will be lucky if I am noticed at all." Anthony and Lopez ultimately needed the help of Guardian Angels to......

You need to really think about that Herb, because if Larry Brown pulls the disappearing act many expect (and some hope for) you will probably get the chance to be the head coach again. You deserve much better than this mess, but how could you turn down the chance to be in charge again? The thing is, you have witnessed all of this first-hand. You have seen the players quit on most nights. You have......

We get it Larry; none of this is your fault. It’s not your fault that you have had to use 40+ different starting lineups. It’s not your fault that there is no morale on this team. It’s not your fault that on a day when we should be enjoying a great 96-94 win, we are instead focusing again on all the off the court crap that comes with being a Knicks’ fan. There was Larry......

You have to make the most of your opportunities and Nate Robinson has certainly done that. With Steve Francis on the bench and a first quarter injury to Stephon Marbury, Robinson was called on to play big minutes and he responded with 34 points in the Knicks 117-112 loss. Yes, they lost the game, but the time to pay attention to wins and losses has long since past. What is important is that we see......

Instead of watching the actual game, Gothamist advises Knicks’ fans to just watch Larry Brown’s press conference after it. Once again Brown ripped into to his team for a poor defensive effort, allowing Boston to shoot 57% from the field on route to a 123-98 loss that wasn’t even that close. Brown reached a conclusion that fans have known for months when he said, “We can’t guard anybody,” but it was an opponent who summed......

Instead of dwelling on another pathetic loss by the Knicks Gothamist is going layout what he would like to see happen the rest of the season which thankfully lasts only 14 more games. First and foremost, the Knicks need to learn what the kids can do so Nate Robinson and David Lee need to start every game in place of Jalen Rose and Steve Francis. Jamal Crawford and Jackie Butler should be the first two......

When a team's effort in an 11-point loss at home is a positive, something's wrong. The Knicks came back to Earth after Friday's win against Detroit when they lost 111-100 against Miami Sunday. Despite the loss, the Knicks did not humiliate themselves, something they have done all too often this season. Gothamist didn't expect the Knicks to sprinkle magic two games in a row at the Garden. As the season winds down, most non-competitive......

Sometimes the Knicks and the NBA makes Gothamist scratch its head. That's what happened during the Knicks' 105-103 victory Detroit at the Garden Friday. A team that could be bound for its third straight NBA Finals lost to a team that would be bound for the lottery had it not traded its pick away unprotected to the Chicago Bulls. With a loss to the lowly Bobcats in the rear-view mirror, the Knicks knocked off......

When in crunch-time, most teams, most coaches, would turn to their star player, but not the dysfunctional Knickerbockers. As we all know, they are not most teams. They are a team with the highest payroll in the NBA and the team with the 2nd worse record in the NBA. Surely if the Bobcats played as many games as the Knicks have, our fine New York team would actually be the worst in the NBA. Last......

We all knew this would happen. Eventually, Larry Brown and Stephon Marbury were going to stop pretending they liked each other and openly feud. It took longer than we expected, but the fight is here. For his part, Marbury feels like he has played within Brown’s system and wants to return to his “Starbury” ways. Brown seemingly mocked his point guard before last night’s 108-96 loss by saying, “"I've never given a guard more freedom......

The Knicks managed to play well enough last night to keep the crowd from turning hostile. In fact, they looked like they were going to actually win a game, building a 16-point lead in the third quarter and holding a 9-point lead with five minutes left. That’s when things fell apart and the Knicks collapsed down the stretch of their 108-101 loss. Mount Vernon’s Ben Gordon lived up to his nickname “Madison Square Gordon” by......

Here’s the good news; there are only 28 games left in the Knicks’ season. New York was simply outclassed by the Nets last night, losing 94-90, but it wasn’t that close. Steve Francis, who had 16 points in his debut, hit a three at the buzzer capping of a rally by the Knicks that made the game appear a lot closer than it was. In fact, the Nets jumped out to a 20-4 lead and......

Break open the champagne the Knicks are back in the win column! Ok, so beating the Raptors at home is hardly something to be excited about, but that is a good indication of the depths to which this team has sunk. Wednesday’s 98-96 victory wasn’t pretty and wouldn’t have happened without a jumper by Jamal Crawford with three seconds left in the game, but it’s still a win. So, the Knicks will head to the......

The Knicks keep finding new and more humiliating ways to lose. Tuesday night, it was an inbounds play that sunk them. Down by one with 2.2 seconds left in the game, Jalen Rose could not get the ball in play within five seconds and were whistled for a turnover that sealed their 85-82 loss. Rose actually could have been called for a technical foul, because he appeared to try and call a timeout, which the......

You may have missed it in the Super Bowl hype, but the Knicks actually played an entire game without giving up yesterday. They hung in until the end and almost pulled off a miracle in their 93-89 loss to the Rockets. Jalen Rose made an immediate contribution to the team by effectively distributing the basketball and ending the game with eleven assists, but he made a key foul late in the fourth quarter. Jamal Crawford......

Gothamist has a special request for Punxsutawney Phil. We’ll take our chances on the length of winter; just bring an early end to the basketball season at the Garden. Last night, it wasn’t so much Kobe, or his parade to the foul line, but another case of the Knicks quitting on their fans in a 130-97 loss. Gothamist also has a request for Jim Dolan, step in and fix this! Yes, we know that you......

Considering everything that has happened this year, could you really expect the Knicks to get an easy win? After cruising through three quarters and building a 20-point lead, New York managed to hang on to defeat Orlando 97-94. Perhaps it was because of his shoulder, but in a matchup of two of the better point guards in the league, Stephon Marbury didn’t show up. Steve Francis torched him for 36 points, including 14 in the......

It didn’t look like a foul and Stephon Marbury certainly got the worst of it getting cut as a result of it, but it was called a foul and that made all the difference. Marbury was whistled for a blocking foul with 1.3 second remaining in the game and the Knicks leading by one. Brad Miller missed the first free throw, but the second went in and the game went into overtime where Sacramento prevailed......

Let’s not get too excited by the fact that Larry Brown won his 1.000th game last night. Sure it is a nice achievement for him, but the other coaches who have reached it, Lenny Wilkens, Don Nelson and Pat Riley, all coached the Knicks and never won a championship. Instead, let’s focus on the fact that the Knicks have won six in a row, the latest a 105-94 victory over the Hawks. The streak has......

It almost got away from them last night. After building an 18-point first-half lead, the Knicks needed overtime to finally subdue the Mavericks 117-115. Stephon Marbury continued his resurgence with 28 points while Jamal Crawford added 25. The win is the fifth straight for New York and marks their longest winning streak in two years. Unlike their previous four wins, this one was not marked by a solid defensive effort. Dallas shot 53% from the......

The Knicks won again Sunday with Stephon Marbury leading the way. Marbury had 23 points, 15 assists and only one turnover as the Knicks beat Seattle 120-116. Once again, the Knicks shot over 50% from the field, exploiting the right matchups and getting mostly good looks at the basket. Trevor Ariza contributed seven big rebounds off the bench while Channing Frye added 15 points from the pine; but Maurice Taylor stole the show. Taylor poured......

Don’t look now, but the Knicks are on a winning streak. Channing Frye scored 30 points in only 26 minutes to lead the Knicks to a 113-92 victory over Washington Friday night. While Washington is not a very good team, there were a number of encouraging signs from this game. The Knicks shot over 54% from the field while holding the Wizards under 42%. They dominated the boards 49-30 including 16-10 on the offensive glass.......

The New York City Photobloggers are opening their first gallery show tonight at the Chrystie Street Gallery (167 Chrystie, between Rivington and Kenmare). Word to the wise: bring sunglasses, because there's going to be a lot of crazed photobloggers running around with giant flashes. Some of our favorite photobloggers are in the show, including Eliot Shepard, Rion Nakaya, David Gallagher, and Joe Holmes (disclosure: one of us has a couple of prints in the......

Tonight, Gothamist encourages everyone to check out the New York City Photobloggers 3 event at the Apple Store, featuring: - Work from Adam Pantozzi, Jesse Chan-Norris, Joseph Holmes, Redrick Deleon, Youngna Park, and Zach Klein; - And presentations from Flickr and Fotolog. Thanks to rion and Mike for designing the great gallery of past presenters' work. And Gothamist will be sponsoring drinks after the talk. See you there. NYC Photobloggers 3 Apple Store -......