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Ex-Knic🐽k never got call from team despite desire to stay ♔

PORTLAND -- Mario Hezonja desperately wanted to be back with the Knicks -- he just never got the call 💟to return. When𝓀 the Trail Blazers gave him a take-it-or-leave-it offer...

🔴 Breaking down what the future could look like for current Knicks

Team president Steve M🐬ills and general manager Scott Perry were holding exit interviews with Knicks players𒉰 Thursday and Friday to discuss each player’s uncertain future. Coach David Fizdale expects “a...

It was a fitting end to the Knicks' disgraceful season

And in the 82nd game, the Knicks stunk out the Garden. The Knicks made the history books of infamy and let down Charlꦐotte in their 115-89 Garden blowout loss to...

These Knicks can't be franchise worst — by themselves

CHICAGO — The Knicks won’t be the very worst. Point guard Dennis Smith Jr., starting in place of an ailing Mario Hezonj🍒a, scored 25 points and had five assists, while...

Knicks' point guard mystique now more complicated than ever

CHICAGO — During this rubble of a season, the Knicks auditioned a mill❀ion point guards — or so it seemed. Yet the position still is a gloppy mess entering the... ඣ

Knicks have uncovered unlikely point guard force🎃

David Fizdale has created a point-guard monster. Mario Hezonja, in his second straight star♌t at the point, carried the Knicks on his back to a furious fourth-quarter rally, posting a... 🌃

It's official: Knicks worst in NBA despite Mario Hezonja's heroics

HOUSTON — Making his first Knicks st♔art at point guard, Mario Hezonja got his first career triple-double and was feisty in the locker room against tho🥃se who had mocked his...

Mario Henzonja's first task as Knicks' point guard: James Harden

HOUSTON — First LeBron James, now James Harden. It’s gone from the aܫbsurd to the surreal as Mario Hezonja starts at point guard Friday vs. the red-hot Rockets and faces...

♎  Knox, Robinson have reversal of fo🌄rtunes as Knicks fall again 

 ORLA🔜NDO, Fla. — This was a rookie role reversal𒅌, and the way it actually was expected to be. For one night, Mitchell Robinson looked like a second-round project center and...

Kni♛cks keep their promise to Mario Hezonja, and it 🌳pays off

ORLANDO, Fla. — If Mario Hezonja played all the time the way he did Wednesday, he never wꦡould have been shown the ꧃door by the Magic in the first place....

Hezonja is still adapting to his 'ridiculous' post-LeBron-block world

TORONTO — St. Patrick’s Day hero Mario Hezonja had one idea flash through his mind when LeBron Ja𝔍mes got the ball in the backcourt with 15 seconds l🎃eft and the...

Knicks see LeBron James' best and worst in huge choke job

LeBron James has🎀n’t won the season — and couldn’t even win the Garden. After el💦ectrifying his favorite haunt for three quarters in his first Manhattan appearance in purple and gold,...

How Lance Thomas knows the Knicks haven't quit

Lance Thomas has been here before. In the waning weeks of a wretched season, the Knicks’ unofficial captain has seen teammates’ minds wander to suܫmmer vacation in other years. Soඣme...

DeAndre Jordan doesn't regret his Anthony Barr moment

SAN ANTONIO — Knicks center DeAndre Jordan doesn’t have much love lost for the Maver♑icks, who traded him amid his fi꧅rst season in Dallas. Asked to reflect on his pulling...

David Fizdale defends 'delightful' James Dolan after latest fan incident

INDIANAPOLIS — Charismatic Knicks coach David👍 Fizdale gets along with everybody — except some select Europeans. So it’s no surprise Fizdale has maintained a good connection with Long Island-bred James...

Mario Hezonja doesn't see a lost season: 'I don't give a s--t about myself'

INDIANAPOLIS — Super ꧃Mario doesn’t lack for confidence in himself despite a season that lacks victories. On the surface, it also lacks personal growth. Call him naive or just a...

Knicks get first piece of hope for a Frank Ntilikina retu🉐rn

Frank Ntilikina finally took part in what the Knicks described as a more active workout on Friday, albeit without fully returning🔯 to practice. The second-year guard will be reevaluated by...

Frank Ntilikina's Knicks return is growing nearer

Knicks injured point guard Frank Ntilikina hasn’t ruled out making his return during the Knicks’ three-game Weste꧋rn trip that begins Sunday in Los ꧋Angeles versus the Clippers. Ntilkina has been...

 Allonzo Trier getting back into the flow offensively 🍨

Allonzo Trier is starting to perform again like the player who was such a bright spot 🌞over the ꦛseason’s first two months. The undrafted rookie from Arizona keyed a fourth-quarter...

 Mario Hezonja disappoi🎃nted he never go♏t to play with Porzingis

As fellow Europeans who were in the same draft class and had faced each other since they were 15, Mario Hezonja grew close to Kristaps Porzingis. “It’s a little disappointing𒀰...