Latest news with #theKnicks
New York Post
5 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Pacers staring down critical free agency decision with staple Myles Turner
INDIANAPOLIS — None of the Knicks' starters are headed for free agency this summer, but the Pacers will have to make a decision on whether to retain one of their longtime staples: starting center Myles Turner. The 10-year career Pacer will become an unrestricted free agent once Indiana's playoff run ends and his $19.9 million-per-year contract expires. Advertisement The Pacers hope to keep Turner, and ESPN's Brian Windhorst reported last week that 'ownership has indicated a willingness to increase spending next season and potentially reenter the luxury tax to keep this core together.' The 29-year-old Turner was held to five points and two rebounds Thursday in Indiana's Game 5 loss to the Knicks after he'd averaged 15.5 points on 53.7 percent shooting over the first four games of the Eastern Conference Finals, with Game 6 slated for Saturday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Myles Turner dunks the ball during the Pacers' game against the Knicks on May 23. Jason Szenes for the NY Post Advertisement Turner averaged 15.6 points, 6.5 boards and two blocked shots per game in 72 appearances this season, while shooting a career-high 39.6 percent from 3-point range. All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton is signed through 2029 after landing an extension worth up to $260 million in 2023. Follow The Post's coverage of the Knicks in the 2025 NBA Playoffs Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series. Myles Turner grabs a rebound during the Pacers' game against the Knicks on May 21. Jason Szenes for the NY Post Advertisement Fellow starters Pascal Siakam (2028), Andrew Nembhard (2028) and Aaron Nesmith (2027) all are under contract for multiple seasons, according to Spotrac. As for exceeding the luxury tax to re-sign the 6-foot-11 Turner, Windhorst also reported earlier in the series that 'rival teams remain skeptical at this point, having for generations seen the Pacers make decisions to avoid the tax penalty, as they monitor the Turner situation. But internally, the Pacers are hoping to be able to keep him without sacrificing their outstanding depth.' Advertisement Veteran guard T.J. McConnell and former Knicks forward Obi Toppin also are signed through 2028, and former lottery pick Bennedict Mathurin is eligible for an extension this summer after the team picked up his $9.18 million option for next season. Turner's current backup, Thomas Bryant, also will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, and the team holds a $2.9 million option on reserve big man Tony Bradley.
New York Post
6 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Aaron Nesmith not letting his sprained ankle become a Pacers ‘excuse'
INDIANAPOLIS — It didn't take long for Pacers coach Rick Carlisle to notice something wasn't right with Aaron Nesmith. Barely three minutes into Thursday's Game 5 loss to the Knicks, Nesmith — the hero of Indiana's comeback victory in the opener of the Eastern Conference finals — was on the bench and replaced by Ben Sheppard. Nesmith, who has been playing through a sprained right ankle since late in Game 3, missed seven of eight field-goal attempts in the game for a playoff-low three points while logging only 16 minutes in the Knicks' 111-94 Game 5 victory. 'We were just looking for people to go in there and battle,' Carlisle said when asked about Nesmith after the game. 'He got off to a bit of a slow start. I wasn't sure if maybe he was slowed a little bit by the ankle. Aaron Nesmith defends Jalen Brunson during the Pacers' Game 5 loss to the Knicks on May 29. Charles Wenzelberg 'So I got Sheppard in there right away, and then [Bennedict] Mathurin got a game going, so that dug into Aaron's minutes some. But everybody's just gonna have to be ready for Game 6 [on Saturday].' Mathurin scored a team-high 23 points in 25 minutes off the bench in his second straight 20-point performance following a slow start to the series with 11 combined points in the first three games. Follow The Post's coverage of the Knicks in the 2025 NBA Playoffs Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series. Aaron Nesmith defends as Jalen Brunson attempts a shot during the Pacers' Game 5 loss to the Knicks on May 29. Charles Wenzelberg Nesmith had been labeled 'a warrior' by teammates Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin after remaining in the starting lineup and scoring 16 points in 32 minutes in Game 4, two days after suffering the ankle sprain that has had him listed as questionable on the injury report for each of the past two games. 'It's stiff. It hurts, but it's no excuse,' Nesmith said after Game 5, according to the Indianapolis Star. 'Gotta be better. I was able to play Game 4. I could play today. There was no excuse. … I just need to play better.' The 25-year-old Nesmith buried six 3-pointers and scored 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Pacers stormed back from a 14-point deficit with under three minutes to play before taking Game 1 in overtime. He suffered the ankle injury in the third quarter of Game 3 before returning to the court in the fourth.
New York Post
28-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Brian Windhorst reveals surprising details of Knicks postgame incident: ‘There is other footage'
The fan experience has certainly featured the good, bad and ugly this NBA postseason. After ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst was harassed after the Knicks eliminated the Celtics in six games, he recently revealed that it wasn't just heckling that he experienced while leaving the arena. Advertisement 'Those were not Knicks fans. Those were hooligans,' Windhorst said on the 'Pardon My Take' podcast. 'Knicks fans were not a block away from the Garden at 12:30 in the morning. Knicks fans were off celebrating with themselves … the truth is, that there is other footage that apparently is not going to become unearthed where hands were put on me. 'Nothing serious happened. People put their hands on me and I had to shove their hands off and I basically jaywalked across 35th Street to get away.' Advertisement A clip of Windhorst walking to his hotel from Madison Square Garden went viral after the Knicks' dominant 119-81 series-clinching Game 6 win over the Celtics. In the clip, a man asked Windhorst a question before yelling at the ESPN reporter as others threw things in his direction. 3 Brian Windhorst gets coerced into a fake interview with a Knicks supporter. YouTube Sports Illustrated Advertisement 3 Brian Windhorst said the people heckling him were not Knicks fans. YouTube Sports Illustrated 'I was never in serious danger. But it was not a pleasant experience at 12:35 in the morning. Those were not Knicks fans,' Windhorst said. 'Those were not the same people that I saw two hours earlier, enjoying one of the great moments in the Garden of most of their lives. So, I don't equate the two things.' After Game 6, Windhorst recorded a podcast with co-host Tim Bontemps inside an empty MSG, where he asked 'How long are we going to have to be in here until we can safely go outside?' Follow The Post's coverage of the Knicks in the 2025 NBA Playoffs Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series. Advertisement Windhorst. who had been bullish on the Celtics' chances of a comeback in the series, knew before he even left that this would be a dicey situation regardless of when he attempted to leave the arena. The questionable fan behavior has not been limited to Knicks supporters. It was reported Tuesday that a Pacers fan stabbed two Knicks fans at an Indianapolis bar during Game 2. 3 Brian Windhorst said on Pardon My Take that there is other footage of the incident. YouTube Pardon My Take The Knicks have since followed up their series with the Celtics with a disappointing showing against the Pacers, going down 3-1 in the Eastern Conference finals and blowing a 17-point fourth quarter lead at home in Game 1. They face the Pacers in a potential elimination game in Game 5 at home on Thursday.
New York Post
26-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Knicks delivered best defensive half of playoffs when they had to have it
INDIANAPOLIS — It took two-and-a-half games, but the Knicks defense finally showed up in the Eastern Conference finals. They wouldn't have sliced their series deficit in half without it. Advertisement The Knicks guarded like they haven't this entire series, locking down the Pacers over the final 24 minutes to secure a much-needed 106-100 Game 3 victory at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Sunday night. There were plenty of heroes. Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 of his 24 points in a heroic fourth quarter. Jalen Brunson shook off a shaky night to hit the game-winning shot with 1:17 left. The bench was terrific, and that included seldom-used reserves Landry Shamet and Delon Wright. Advertisement The Knicks defend a shot during their Game 3 win over the Pacers on May 25. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post But the Knicks were able to overcome a 20-point deficit for the third time in this postseason, becoming the first team to achieve that feat in the play-by-play era (dating back to 1997), because they finally were able to contain the Pacers. 'It's just firing away and moving around and being alert every time, no laziness on that end, no ball give up, no the ball leaves the hand and you relax,' Mikal Bridges said. 'Nobody's relaxing. Everybody's ready to step up and step up for the next guy. So we need that every time.' Advertisement Follow The Post's coverage of the Knicks in the 2025 NBA Playoffs Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series. OG Anunoby blocks a shot during the Knicks' Game 3 win against the Pacers on May 25. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Over the final two quarters, Indiana managed just 42 points. They were held to 20 in the final stanza. Advertisement The Pacers shot just 36.8 percent from the field after halftime, made only two 3-pointers in 12 attempts, committed eight turnovers and were limited to two fast break points after piling up 14 in the first half. Pascal Siakam and Tyrese Haliburton were kept under wraps, combining for 37 points. It was, arguably, their best defensive half of the playoffs. 'We have to come out with the intensity, the physicality, the ball pressure to start the game,' Josh Hart said. 'We rebounded the ball and we got out in transition and got easy baskets. Defensively, we communicated at a high level, we recognized mismatches, we put out fires, we rotated.'
New York Post
22-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Tyrese Haliburton's dad shown in wild bar celebration — as Charles Barkley pleads for his mercy
Tyrese Haliburton's game-tying jumper would have been the kind of shot that his father, John, would have been hyped to have seen in person, but after a run-in with Giannis Antetokounmpo earlier in the playoffs, he agreed to stay away from Pacers games at home and on the road. But the older Haliburton still seemed to be in good spirits on Wednesday night, at least in a video that circulated on social media that showed him dancing and partying after the win and his son's buzzer-beater that forced overtime in the Pacers' 138-135 win in Game 1. It was unclear where exactly he was, but he was surrounded by people wearing Pacers gear. Amid all that, Charles Barkley used his platform on 'Inside the NBA' on TNT to call on NBA commissioner Adam Silver and Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard to allow John back in the building when the series between the Knicks and Pacers returns to Indiana. 3 Charley Barkley said the Pacers should allow Tyrese Haliburton's dad back into arenas to watch the team's games. Awful Announcing/X 'It's time to let Mr. Haliburton back in the building,' Barkley said after the Pacers beat the Knicks 138-135 in overtime in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. 'Adam, I'm asking you, hey, my man paid his dues. He did something really, really stupid, but he's been punished. And I'm asking you and the Indiana Pacers to let Mr. Haliburton back in the building for Game[s] 3 and 4. 'Listen, he paid his dues. It shouldn't be indefinite. He's been punished enough. He would never do anything that stupid again.' The comment led host Ernie Johnson to ask if he was only referring to the Pacers' home games and not any of the games in New York. 'He come up to New York doing that crazy stuff, he won't make it back to Indy,' Barkley said. Follow The Post's coverage of the Knicks in the 2025 NBA Playoffs Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series. 'He come in New York, he still may not make it back even if he's acting right,' Draymond Green added. John got into a verbal confrontation with Antetokounmpo following the Pacers' Game 5 win over the Bucks in the first round. 3 Tyrese Haliburton sent Game 1 into overtime. Jason Szenes / New York Post 3 Tyrese Haliburton celebrates with his father, John Haliburton, after the Pacers' first-round series-clinching win over the Bucks. NBAE via Getty Images Antetokounmpo told reporters afterward he felt John's actions were 'very disrespectful' when he had waved a towel and yelled, 'this is what we f–king do.' John acknowledged that going on the court 'was wrong' following the incident, though he said that he had never shouted in the Bucks' star's face.
