Steve Popper
Writer and Columnist at Newsday
Knicks writer and NBA columnist for @newsdaysports. I've done this for a long time at a lot of papers. Opinions my own, not usually ones anyone else would claim
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2 days ago |
newsday.com | Steve Popper
For Cooper Flagg, finally hearing his name announced with the first pick, bound for the Dallas Mavericks, Wednesday night provided a conclusion to a process that was set in stone for months — maybe longer. There was no confusion about where Flagg would go. But there certainly could be uncertainty about what comes next.
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3 days ago |
newsday.com | Steve Popper
The Knicks added another name to the list of potential coaches with Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori interviewing earlier this week. Nori’s interview, which was confirmed by a league source, was the first assistant to be interviewed, joining former head coaches Mike Brown and Taylor Jenkins, both of whom were let go by their teams this season, as the Knicks search for a replacement for Tom Thibodeau.
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3 days ago |
newsday.com | Steve Popper
With a can’t-miss prospect at the top and questions surrounding the group of five players projected behind him, this NBA draft is filled with question marks after No. 1. And fittingly, there is a lot of talk of trading up and down. So these picks are more big board than fit for teams. Speaking of moves, we include the Knicks at No. 50, although the front office has made a habit of shifting up and down through the second round. 1.
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4 days ago |
newsday.com | Steve Popper
Champagne was flowing Sunday night — at least once the barely legal to drink Oklahoma City Thunder players figured out how to open the bottles. And while the Thunder had plenty to celebrate, winning the first title since the franchise relocated from Seattle, they weren’t the only ones toasting victories. The Houston Rockets had swung a deal to obtain Kevin Durant for a bargain price, pushing their roster into a win-now mode.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Steve Popper
In an ideal Madison Square Garden world, the Knicks already would have made the phone calls, held the talks and had a coach ready to put into place when they fired Tom Thibodeau just days after the season finally came to an end. Actually, in an ideal world for most franchises, the coach who’d stabilized the franchise and brought it to a level that had not been reached in 25 years would have enjoyed a day off and then done what he always does — gone back to work on taking the next step.
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