" THE NEW LOOK NEW YORK KNICKS" NEW UNIFORMS ARE LEAKED ON NBA 2K13 VIDEO GAME

"NEW UNIFORMS, SAME OLD KNICKS?!"

Some things in New York aren't meant to be kept under wraps. In the case of the NY Knicks their new uniforms are an example of that! news of their new uniforms were leaked on a video game, YES A VIDEO GAME! In the new 2012 vision os NBA 2K12, the images of a new uniform were revealed showing a new look to their traditional New York name  and colors on the front of their jerseys. Compared with lasyt year's version, the new look uniforms gives the Knicks a more retro look with a new feel. So with their new neighbor's in Brooklyn getting a new arena, new logos, and new uniforms, do you think the Knicks had to revamp something new like their uniform? How about revamping management too? Lets see how they perfom together this year with a new team?

source:cbssports/newyorkknicks/urbanmessmagazine



" BITTER, BITTER SWEET - GOODBYE "

" IN KNICKS LAND - EVERYTHING REMAINS THE SAME, WELL KINDA?! "

So in recent weeks "Us" die hard NY Knicks fans have been playing close attention to the sports news. There have been a level of excitment and disaappoint within days of signings of new players and failure to sign star players already within the organization. The NBA free agency frenzy clocked started on July 3rd, and the Knick were granted early "Bird Rights" to Jeremey Lin and Steve Novak early. The Knicks went out and signed new free agent point guard Jason Kidd was acquired to be a metor to Jeremy Lin, and they also signed former Knicks star Marcus Camby as well. Things look to be shaping up in Knicks land adding more experience to a much needed Knicks team.

But we are talking about the knicks right?! What would life be in Knick world without a little "drama"? So not everything you hear is all good when it comes to the Knicks, and so the saying goes "All good things seem to come to and end". So the drama begins starting last week when the Hoston Rockets offered Jeremy Lin a $25 million dollar contract offer, coming from a team who initally waived Lin last year in which the Knicks were able to sign him and thus began the "Lin-Sanity" era in NY last season.

 But it seems as if the Knicks were going to match any offere made by the Rockets. But oh! How we are all mistaken! It seems as if The terms of the Rocket contract are more complicated than we know. It seems as if the Rockets will pay $5 million for the first and second year of the contact and a cool $15 million in the third year of the contact forcing the Knicks to basically withdraw from Linsanity sweepstakes. The Knicks will not be able match that offer because it will mean that the Knicks have to pay a total of $30 million over the luxuary tax. Some players on the team feel that it's not worth paying one player over $30 million in his 3 year of his contact, which many people including current Knicks star Carmelo Anthony says the current offer to Lin by the Rockets is quote  "Ridiculous!". So was the Rockets playing the Knicks a little knowing they weren't going to get J.Lin and just wanted to up the offer out of spite?! It seems as if The Rockets may be getting their wish after all.

So reports have indicated that the Knicks are not going to further pursue Jeremy Lin and have already signed former PG Raymond Felton in a sign and trade deal with the Trailblazers also getting former Knicks star Kurt Thomas back. The Knicks feel that Lin will do what he has to do to get his big money contract else where and the Knicks are planning to do what they must do and move on in the situation and sign players that will fill that void left by J.Lin. The Knicks will have until tomorrow night ( 11:59pm, est. to be exact! ) to match that offer or else Lin can sign with the Rockets. Does jeremy really want to end up in H town where he will not get the same ytype of love as he did back in  Madison Square Garden?! Thing couldn't get more worst right?! Wrong! As of last night more bad news follwed as J.Kidd was involved in DWI incident in The Hamptons causing a quite stir this past weekend.  

So should Knicks still sign Jeremy Lin? Or should they allow him to walk and let Jeremy Lin go for the money he wants and sign with the Rockets? Well whatever happens stay Tuned this is not over by any means!

source:nyknicks/nba/urbanmessmag

" PUERTO RICAN PRIDE THIS SUNDAY! "

" STARS WILL SHINE THIS SUNDAY JUNE 10, 2012 @ THE NATIONAL PUERTORICAN DAY PARADE IN NYC "

Giants' Superbowl Champion Victor cruz and NY Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony will be present this Sunday@ The National Puerto Rican Day Parade on 5th Ave in NYC! Be there live and get there early to feel what Puertorican Pride is like in the great city. But if you can't get there then don't miss the live broadcast of the biggest Latin event in the nation. It all happens this  Sunday June 10th, 2012  from 11am - 3pm on Fifth Avenue and broadcast live on Fox5 and My9 and Telemundo Puerto Rico.

" NY KNICKS STARS CELEBRATES THIS WEEKEND "

" BUSY WEEKEND FOR CARMELO AND AMAR'E "

New York Knicks captain and six-time NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire proposed to Alexis Welch, the mother of Stoudemire's three children, in Paris Saturday night. Stoudemire asked Welch for her hand in marriage while overlooking the Eiffel Tower lights outside of their penthouse at Le Meurice Hotel Belle Etoile Royal Suite at 11 p.m. local time. He surprised her with a dinner after they spent the day taking a private historical tour of Paris that included stops at the Louvre and other landmarks. "I have been planning my proposal for a while and overlooking the entire Paris skyline seemed like a perfect place.  I am so happy she said 'yes,' and now we can continue to build our life together as husband and wife," Stoudemire told PEOPLE from Paris. Stoudemire designed the 8.5-carat radiant-cut ring, worth more than $1 million, with Los Angeles-based celebrity jeweler Shayan Afshar. The setting has 3.50 carats of flawless diamonds set in 18-carat white gold. The couple met in 2002 after Stoudemire was drafted with the Phoenix Suns. They plan to wed in 2013. 

Also  6 time NBA all-star Carmelo Anthony celebrated his 28th birthday with wife La La Anthony and a group of friends at Lower East Side restaurant Sons of Essex. A fellow diner tells us Melo and his group “were drinking red and white wine all night, and they got a round of shots before they left. The party ordered a lot of appetizers to share and stayed for three hours, nodding their heads to the hip-hop.” La La tweeted, “Happy birthday to my husband, my baby daddy . . . LOL, my best friend & the man I love.”


source:peoplemag/thewindyapple/umessmag

" DENIED TWICE! "

" DAMN!!!! FIRST NO RING! THEN NO JOB! "

As if it couldn't get worst for NY Knicks legend Patrick who was recently rumored to be interviewing for the Michael's Jordan's Charlotte Bobcats. From their fierce battles against Patrick's Knicks and Michael's Bulls were the best rivalries in the in NBA past. But Micheal has won 6 titles and Patrick? Well not one! But wait, It gets worst! Patrick was a clear favorite to win the head coach vacancy left by the last coach who was fired (Paul Silas) who lead the Bobcats to their worst franchise record 7-59.

And then, the Charlotte Bobcats President of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins says the team will hire a new head coach within the next couple of weeks, but it won't be Patrick Ewing.Higgins said that owner Michael Jordan informed Ewing that the team plans to hire someone other than him to replace Paul Silas. Exactly who that is remains to be seen.Higgins says ''Patrick has a lot of great qualities as a coach and he will one day be a head coach.''The Bobcats have interviewed eight candidates for the job and plan to talk with more in the next week or so. Once they conclude that process, they'll narrow the list down to the final few candidates who will then meet with Jordan face-to-face before a final decision is made.

Wait! there might be a light at the end of the story and it's called KARMA! Last night Micheal's Bobcats were denied themselves losing the NBA draft lottery to the New Orleans Hornets who are gauranteed to pick the 2012 #1 pick in the draft. Sorry Patrick, we will keep rooting for you to get a head coaching job soon!

source:yahoosports/urbanmessmag

" LET'S DO IT AGAIN! "

                 

        SO SHOULD THE NBA CONSIDER A 66 GAME SEASON OVER AN 82 GAME SEASON FOR 2013?

Now consider this! Should the NBA consider of re-doing another 66 games season for next season for a second time? The season started on Christmas day and it didn't disappoint any one it's fans, including me!
Now who wasn't home watching the games all day on tv ?! We waited months for the lockout to end and The NBA to return especially on Christmas day which was like a gift to all it's fans like me!

Ok, so what they started later than expected and 16 games was shaved off the season. I didn't hear not one fan complain about seeing more games on TV every week, right?! It was cool to have the season end with basically every teams fighting for a playoff spots to the very end of the season and then to have the playoffs start without anything less than drama instead of the slow regular 82 game season, which seems to have teams drag themselves into the playoffs come May.The short season didn't a real neagtive effect on the players as much as I thought it would, some people may think that that the lockout effected some players getting hurt at the end of the season, but was it really that? or that lack of players non-commitment to maintain their fitness during the lockout? 

Yes it makes better sense for the NBA to keep their 82 game season intact for finacial reasons. But trust me the NBA didn't hurt money wise, because the fans still came out to see their teams play and merchandise was at a all time high even with the shorter season than any other season. We don't look forward to preseason NBA games as we do preseason NFL games or MLB games, so to me it wouldn't matter much if they started the season again next December so that it wouldn't clash with NFL season. So by the time the NBA opens in Decemember the NFL will be already scheduling the playoffs for January, so it will be perfect! Think about this?! The NBA owned the Month of February giving way to Jeremy Lin aka "Linsanity" who bought the NBA fans to their feet,as a kid from Harvard took the hopeless nowhere Knicks, to suddendly playoff contenders. Not to take away from all the Jeremy Lin's record sales of Jeremy Lin's NBA merchandise which were flying off the shelves.

Lebron James had a phenominal MVP season the best of his career and the Chicago Bull still founds a way to win without Derick Rose making it as the #1 team in the east. The Bobcats were bad, I mean really Bad! But they will get the #1 pick in the NBA draft next month so they wil be ok for next season. As far as the rest of the league, the good teams were basically GOOD! and the bad teams were well basically BAD! But again the shortened season didn't hurt the NBA or it's fans not one bit!

So I say bring back the 66 game season next year in hopes that we've have another great season as last year! But this is all a pipe dream and the 82 season will be back, but no matter what i will be a fan again whether it's 66 or 82 games, but you never know what the NBA has up their sleves for next year. I guess we will have to wait and see?!

Can't wait!!!!!!