Tag Archives: New York Knicks

Shadenfreude Alert: Ex-Boston Celtics Bomb in the Big Town

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

This past year in the NBA, there was a lot of shipping down from Boston – to New York. In June the Celtics shipped point guard Kemba Walker to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who promptly waived him, allowing Walker to sign … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Boston Garden, ‘The Old Barn on Causeway Street’

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

The building was forty-one years old [in 1969]. Hard years. In a cramped and shopworn corner of the city, one flight up from the train station, surrounded by elevated subway tracks and an elevated highway that kept sunshine and clean … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1981 Eastern Conference Finals, 1982 Eastern Conference Finals, 1984 Heat Game, 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals, Andrew Toney, Atlanta Hawks, Basketball for the Player the Fan and the Coach, Beat LA, Billy Knight, Bob Ryan, Boston Celtics, Boston Globe, Danny Ainge, Dominique Wilkins, FleetCenter, Hubie Brown, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kevin McHale, Larry Joe Bird, Leigh Montville, Magic Johnson, Marvin Barnes, Mike Fratello, Nate Archibald, New York Knicks, Nightfall, Philadelphia 76ers, Red Auerbach, Shawmut Center, Sports Team History, Tall Men Short Shorts, TD Garden, The Boston Strangler, The Great Sidney Wicks/Curtis (Skid) Rowe Dumpster Fire, The Hick From French Lick, Tiny Archibald, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin | 4 Comments

Why Do New York Knicks Players Keep Getting Robbed?

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Because they’re morons, that’s why. Call the roll. • From The Root: NY Knicks Player Robbed by 2 Women Knicks forward Derrick Williams took two women he met at a New York City nightclub back to his apartment. When Williams … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cleanthony Early, Derrick Williams, Knicks shaman, New York Knicks, New York Post, Phil Jackson, The Root, triangle defense, triangle offense, Uber, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Why the New York Times Is a Great Newspaper (Phil Jackson Triangle Offense Edition)

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The New York Times Sunday sports section is topped by this Nicholas Dawidoff piece about the origins of the triangle offense that Phil Jackson rode to 11 NBA championships but that the current New York Knicks just can’t get. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 11 NBA championships, Fred "Tex" Winter, New York Knicks, New York Times, Phil Jackson, The Obtuse Triangle, triangle offense | 2 Comments

Quote o’ the Day (Dean Meminger Edition)

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Al McGuire, Meminger’s coach at Marquette, once said he was “quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.” From Saturday’s New York Times: Dean Meminger, Who Helped Knicks to a Title, Dies at 65 Dean Meminger, a speedy guard and … Continue reading →

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LinsADity!

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

New York Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin is the new Lindorser for Volvo, as Bloomberg New reports: Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks signed a two-year contract to promote Volvo Cars in China and the U.S. Lin, a 23-year-old Harvard University graduate, sparked the … Continue reading →

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