The official start to the NBA season is days away but Donte DiVincenzo and his viral exchange during the Timberwolves preseason game against the Knicks has been causing a lot of conversations in the basketball world.
The New York Knicks have emerged as one of the biggest favorites to make the NBA out of the Eastern Conference. While the journey to return to postseason relevance was complicated, Knicks fans wouldn’t have it any other way.
Jalen Brunson can no longer be ignored. He has emerged as an MVP candidate following an impressive second season with the New York Knicks. After a dominant playoff performance, Brunson has proved himself as one of the NBA’s top players.
The Knicks knew exactly what they were doing when they acquired Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves. Moving Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo created two significant voids that Towns was expected to fill.
The New York Knicks have been a dominant force in NBA headlines for the majority of the offseason. Pulling off two blockbuster trades - for Mikal Bridges and Karl Anthony Towns - that bookended the summer will do that.
The Knicks' biggest flaw could potentially be head coach Tom Thibodeau's commitment to overplaying his guys during the regular season.
This isn’t Karl-Anthony Towns‘ first Tom Thibodeau rodeo. The Knicks star big man played for the coach before — when the two were with the Timberwolves.
Minnesota Timberwolves’ Donte DiVincenzo teases his former teammate Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks. DiVincenzo and Brunson clashed against each other for the first time after being comrades in the past season, with the former making a daring greeting at his opponent.
When a player is traded from a team less than a month before the new season starts and then faces that team just two weeks later, the wounds are bound to still be somewhat raw.
DiVincenzo returned to New York to face his old team two weeks after being traded
DiVincenzo returned to New York to face his old team two weeks after being traded
On Sunday evening, the New York Knicks are playing the Minnesota Timberwovles for their third preseason game. They are facing off against the Timberwolves for the first time since the team's made a blockbuster trade earlier this month that sent Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to Minnesota.
Earlier this month, the New York Knicks made an exciting announcement about Patrick Ewing. The former Georgetown star is one of the best NBA players ever and is most known for his time with New York.
The New York Knicks initiated a pretty significant reunion by completing the trade for All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns, as he is now back with head coach Tom Thibodeau.
The New York Knicks are back in championship contention for the first time in a long time. Their offseason moves already had them poised for another great season, but the Karl-Anthony Towns trade further showed their hunger for an NBA championship.
"Thib-erwolves" doesn't roll off the tongue as well as "'Nova Knicks" but New York Knicks might find a way to make it work if it raises the number in the win column.
The New York Knicks made quite the splash before training camp, as the Knicks traded for Karl-Anthony Towns. That trade also sent Julius Randle, and Donte DiVincenzo to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
This won’t be the first NBA go-round for Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau and incoming star big man Karl-Anthony Towns. The two were previously together when Thibodeau coached Towns and the Timberwolves.
Reunited with Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau, Karl-Anthony Towns is back with the coach who helped guide him to his best seasons in the NBA.
Former league MVP and three-time All-Star Derrick Rose retired from the NBA Thursday, and current New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau offered strong words of appraisal on Rose’s career.
New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau is inheriting nearly the same team that he had a few months ago, but there's one big change. The Knicks acquired Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets back in June for a multitude of future first-round picks and some salary-filling contracts.
New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau is one of the most experienced people in the profession with 35 years on the sidelines in the NBA. Thibodeau, 66, has only spent about 15 of those years as the head coach, including the last five for the Knicks.
Losing Isaiah Hartenstein was a significant blow for the New York Knicks this summer. Their coach recently discussed his thoughts on replacing the big man.
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