Knicks Chillin' on 21 Shump Street

On an off night in Indiana, the New York Knicks look like one big family. Here are some pics of them heading to dinner at New Orleans on the Avenue Restaurant in downtown Indianapolis.

Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, and a large portion of the team, including head coach Mike Woodson were present. You love to see the unity, especially with the head coach hanging out with the players.

Knicks have 13 games left with a 2 game lead on the Milwaukee Bucks for the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference. They play the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night without Amare Stoudemire and Jeremy Lin. Unfortunately for NY they will not be available till the playoffs.

- Genovese

Source: Iman Shumpert's Instagram

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Amare Stoudemire Update

Sources say Amare Stoudemire will know as early as Tuesday if he needs season ending back surgery. Stat was diagnosed with a bulging disc after the Knicks win against the Pistons on Saturday. In the last week Amare's hops were back and it really looked like he was turning the corner. This would be a big setback to the up and down Knicks, who are 7-1 under interim head coach Mike Woodson. Even if it's not season ending, the injury will most likely have Amare sidelined till the playoffs.

Knicks are 2.5 games ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks for the 8th playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. New York is 6-1 without Stoudemire in the lineup.

Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points Monday against the Bucks in a very important game for both teams. Melo tweaked his groin in the third quarter, he is officially day to day. Knicks will need Jeremy Lin, who was out Monday with a sore knee to get back to his "Linsanity" role and be more of a scorer like he was in his amazing run.

For a 29 year old and over 60+ million owed to Amare, this isn't looking good for NY.

Fingers crossed in MSG...

- Genovese

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Video: Speed Dating With Knicks

When your in the middle of a compressed season somehow this seems fitting. Speed dating Andy Rautins and Landry Fields style...



Have fun with it!

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Video: Another Jeremy Lin Song

With that there is a second song on the play of Knicks guard Jeremy Lin, in less than a week. You can see the first one here.

The Knicks have been in need of a point guard and they may have just found one... in the "Nick Of Time" as rapper MC Jin break it down. MC Jin lived in New York and is currently based in Hong Kong.



No word on when, "The Jeremy Lin Story" the movie will be hitting the silver screen. We'll keep you posted if we hear anything.

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Shao-Lin...The Jeremy Lin Saga Continues

If any body needed a spark it was the New York Knicks. Nobody thought the Harvard grad Jeremy Lin would be it. After a 25 point, 7 assist, 5 rebound night against the Nets on Saturday. Lin followed that up with a 28 point, 8 assist night against the Jazz.

Madison Square Garden has a new favorite, so does Mike D'Antoni, who might have been out of a job if it wasn't for Lin's incredible play. He's a fearless kid with eyes behind his head, and gets to the rack Nash-like. Lin is a perfect fit for D'Antoni's offense which lets the point guard create and make plays on the fly.

It goes to show you how in sports as well as anything else in life, you work hard, great things happen! The night before the amazing game against the Nets, Jeremy needed a place to crash and ended up on Landry Fields couch. Who would have thought 4 days later his contract will be guaranteed for the rest of the season. Jeremy will have $788,872 reasons to smile.






- Genovese

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Baron Davis...The Good Ole Days

With the Knicks struggling on offense this year, Baron Davis has become their so called "savior" to making a strong playoff run. With years of chronic back issues, BD has lost the springs that made him such an exciting point guard in his earlier years. When he does finally make it on the court for NY they will get a great leader, floor general, and most of all a "true" point guard, which the Knicks lack greatly.
So who remembers the younger Baron? This might refresh your memory. When you talk about in-game dunks like the "disgusting" one the other night Blake Griffin put on Kendrick Perkins neck. You have to add this one with Blake's, mind you it was a playoff game, Warriors vs. Jazz, 2007. You have to listen to the Warriors announcers, their lines are classic:
"Baron shoves it down on Kirilenko's head."
"That's your point guard in on your premier shot blocker, put that on your flat top!"




-Genovese

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Video: Amar'e and Carmelo Revamp Knicks Theme (Rap) Song

Alicia Keys husband, Swizz Beatz, teamed up with the Knick City Dancers, a few fans, and Knicks players Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire to shoot a video the new Knicks theme song "Go NY Go." 

courtesy RapRadar

Melo getshis groove on with Swizzy.

Producer/rapper Swizz Beatz and Carmelo Anthony

And here's a snippet of the video shoot:

*new Knicks = new song

UPDATE Here's the video:



*what do you think?

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Courtside: Cavs visit Knicks...Ciara visits LaLa Anthony

So we saw LaLa, Carmelo Anthony's wife, hanging with their son and her girlfriend this weekend when the Knicks played the Cavaliers at MSG.

Carmelo Anthony's son and wife hang with friend, singer Ciara.

Lala must see herself on the jumbo screen.

Ciara and Lala pose for a photo

We swear...this isn't the same old photo of Spike Lee. He literally wears it all the time.

Tracy Morgan was talking to some ladies.

*Fun times.

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Carmelo Anthony Thanks Denver Fans

Melo's people started negotiating his contract all the way back to when LeBron made his "decision."
It just took a whole lot longer. And once LeBron was done, the spotlight moved to Denver to see his move.

When the spotlight moved, Carmelo assured who oever was listening that he wasn't going to do it the way LeBron did it.

And he didn't.

Even though you may have been annoyed by how long it took and all the stories about it, Melo didn't dis' Denver.

Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony wrote a letter expressing "gratitude" and "appreciation" to fans of the Nuggets nearly two weeks after he was traded to the Knicks.

He posted a note on his website last Thursday telling Nuggets fans "you will always be a part of my heart."

In a letter titled "A NOTE TO MY DENVER FANS," Anthony thanks the Nuggets faithful for "embracing" him.

"I had to let you know how I felt about you, the city, my fans, my friends," he wrote. "You've been supportive of me and my NBA career for the past 8 years and that doesn't go unnoticed.

"Drafted when I was 19 I called Denver and the Nuggets my home. The city and the fans embraced me and watched me grow as a man and a player.

"There are no words to express the gratitude and appreciation I have for Denver, the Nuggets and all the fans."

Melo as a happy Knick

*This is a smoothe move! He'll get cheered when his new Knicks go to the Mountain High city. 

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Watch The Crowd At MSG Go Wild For Melo

You think Knicks fans are excited to finally have Carmelo Anthony in New York?



Anthony is wearing number 7 because it is the difference in 22 (his HS number at Oak Hill in VA) and 15 (his pro number in Denver/college number at Syracuse)

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Carmello In Big Apple Means Business for LaLa

No more photoshop needed. All pictures of Carmello Anthony in a Knicks uniform you see going forward should be real So real that the Knicks went throwback in honor of their 1969-70 championship team as they celebrated their 40th anniversary.

Well Melo has a lovely wife in La La Vasquez and it seems as though they will get back into the reality TV business with the focus on La La. There was so much success from their reality show behind their wedding ("LaLa's Full Court Wedding"), that when your in the number one media market in the nation you've got to put it to good use and Vasquez is.

From VH1...

“Viewers connect with La La because despite the fairy tale wedding and NBA star husband, she is a real, down to Earth, hardworking woman who stays true to herself. The best thing about the new series is that while pursuing and realizing her dreams, La La gets to take us back to her home in New York, where her story began.”

The Show, "LaLa's Full Court Life" will pick up where the last one ended and is slated for debut in August 2011. So that smile you saw on LaLa's face at the Garden is a really giddy smile.



Her husband is hooping where he wanted to and she can continue to handle her business as well, from home.



27 points (on 10 of 25 shooting) 10 rebounds, 2 rips and 1 dime in a W, in case you were wondering how the debut went. All in a days work for the AnthoNY/Vasquez household.

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NBA History: All Stars And Champions

The 60th All Star Game played in Los Angeles' Staples Center, gave us plenty of history and things to notice.

Kobe Bryant dropped in 37 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, added 3 dimes, and 3 rips to earn his 4th All Star Game MVP, tying him with Bob Pettit.



Bob Pettit? All he did was average 20.3ppg and 16.1rpg in 11 All Star Games winning the MVP four times and has a championship ring.




Pettit's #9 hangs in the rafters of The Highlight Factor along with The Human Highlight Reel's #21. How is it you didn't know who he was?

Micheal Jordan played his way to the tune of 14 points 11 rebounds and 11 assist in '97 for the first every triple-double in All Star Game History. Those are Rajon Rondo type numbers when he gets those type of triple-doubles.


LeBron James used 14 points in the fourth quarter to tally 29 points 12 rebounds and 10 assist for his triple-double and played with much emotion in the closing moments. It was an All Star Game and playing on the floor with the best in the game should bring out the competitive fire and with Kobe and LeBron it did. Jordan's '97 team won, LeBron's 2011 team didn't. Kobe's won with an MVP to boot.

And now that Carmello Anthony and Amare Stoudemire will wear the same uniform now...


it happens just in time for the celebration of 40th Anniversary of the 1969-70 championship Knicks team that will be honored at halftime.



The Garden should be festive as February 23rd 2011 will be written. Also for the movement made by Denver, they will receive the biggest trade exception in NBA History with the exception close to $17.15M.

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UPDATED: Carmelo in New York, Dressed In Gear

Carmello Anthony has arrived to suit up for the New York Knicks. He's accompanied by his wife LaLa Vasquez. The Knicks host the Milwaukee Bucks tonight to open the Melo Era.

Speaking with some faithful Knicks' fans, they are aware it's not going to happen overnight.

True indeed it may not but you can play your cards with them next year over Miami. Celtics are too much in 2011.



This my friends is "The Melo" sandwich. $22 will snatch you one from Carnegie Deli. This thing is huge much like a Ghettoburger from Ann's Snack Bar in Atlanta or the Ribs at Ms. Marian's in Chesapeake, VA.

From The New York Daily Times:

"We threw in bacon because he's gonna bring the bacon back to New York," said owner Sandy Levine. "And the salami - it's a spicy meat - he's going to spice up the team and spice up the fans."

Even the Russian dressing has meaning. Levine finished off the $22 sandwich with a slather of the dressing as a playful jab at Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, who failed to snag the four-time All-Star.

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