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      <title>Knicks' Carmelo Anthony to have shoulder examined</title>
      <description>The New York Knicks have been eliminated from the playoffs, and now MVP candidate Carmelo  Anthony is slated to have his ailing left shoulder examined, according to Frank Isola of The New York Daily News.Anthony experienced discomfort in his shoulder earlier in the playoffs, prompting the Knicks to have it examined. The injury wasn't determined to be significant, and he continued suiting up for the team.Now that New York's season has come to an end, the Knicks will have Anthony's shoulder re-examined. They're not expecting anything major to be uncovered, as the team is hoping simple rest and therapy will be enough to allow the shoulder to heal. Worst-case scenario, Anthony would require surgery, but again this isn't expected at this point.Anthony initially injured his shoulder in April, and it again became an issue during the team's first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. After the Knicks eliminated the Celtics, Anthony told reporters that his shoulder had &quot;popped i</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>NBA rumors: J.R. Smith hopes to retire as a Knick</title>
      <description>New York Knicks shooting guard J.R.  Smith is expected to opt out of the final year of his current contract this summer, becoming a free agent in the process. While there have been questions surrounding the potential of New York re-signing the sharpshooter to a more lucrative and long-term agreement, Smith told Peter Botte of The New York Daily News that he hopes to retire a Knick, adding that he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;want to go anywhere else.&#8221;&#8220;I want to retire a Knick. I don&#8217;t want to go anywhere else,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;I love my teammates, I love my coaches. I was standing in the locker room looking at my jersey after the game and just knowing that I don&#8217;t want to be anywhere else except in the orange and blue. We&#8217;ll see.&#8221;Currently, Smith is set to make $2.8 million next season. This is considered to have him significantly undervalued, which is why he&#8217;s expected to opt out.Considering the boost Smith&#8217;s market received following his impressive campaign, it&#8217;s not clear if the Knicks have what it take</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Carmelo To Have Shoulder Examined, Right Knee Won't Need Surgery</title>
      <description>Carmelo Anthony will have his injured left shoulder re-examined in order to determine how to treat it moving forward.
The New York Knicks are hopeful that Anthony will not need surgery and that it will improve with rest.
Anthony originally injured his shoulder during an April 14th win over the Indiana Pacers.&#160;Anthony reported that his left arm &quot;popped in and out&quot; when Kevin Garnett yanked his arm in Game 5 against the Boston Celtics.
Anthony had fluid drained from his right knee two months ago but according to the team official Anthony's knee has improved and won't need arthroscopic surgery.&#160;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:10:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Stoudemire Wants Woodson To Make Commitment To Frontcourt</title>
      <description>Amar'e Stoudemire knows his contract will not allow him to leave the New York Knicks, and he plans to meet with Mike Woodson to explain how he, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler can coexist.
&#8220;We never gave it a chance,&#8221; Stoudemire said after Indiana&#8217;s 106-99  victory eliminated the Knicks from the postseason. &#8220;So I think just the  opportunity of allowing them to understand exactly what my style of play  is and what I bring to the table is something that I think I&#8217;m going to  have to sit down with Coach Woody and express to him.&quot;
Stoudemire has two years remaining on his uninsured contract and is nearly impossible to trade. He played just six minutes on Saturday.
&#8220;It&#8217;s tough, it&#8217;s tough,&#8221; Stoudemire said. &#8220;It&#8217;s never easy to sit there and watch. But again, it&#8217;s Coach&#8217;s decision.&quot;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:40:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Five Reasons Why The New York Knicks Should Part Ways With J.R. Smith</title>
      <description>J.R. Smith proved his worth throughout most of the 2012-13 NBA season by averaging 18.9 points per game, enough to take home the Sixth Man of the Year Award. The scoring punch he gave the New York Knicks off the bench was irreplaceable&#8230;or was it? Smith&#8217;s&#160;postseason was unspectacular to say the least. It seems inevitable that he will at least test free agency&#160;come July, and most New Yorkers would agree that he probably wore out his welcome.

1. MOST IMPORTANTLY &#8211; HIS MINUTES IMPEDE ON THE PROGRESSION OF SHUMP
Nothing should be more important to this team than seeing seeing Iman Shumpert out to his full potential. The Knicks showed every bit of their age throughout a roller coaster season of injuries, re-injuries, and extended shooting slumps (cough! cough!&#160;Jason Kidd!). While the veteran based, win now method proved to be successful in hindsight, the playoff roster age of 31-plus years must be addressed. Shump showed that he can be a force offensively in the postseason, regaining his...</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:03:58 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>NY Daily News &#8211; keeping things classy</title>
      <description>When you think of New York Newspapers, the NYDN is likely not the first or even second paper on your list. &#160;The Times and the Post have fought for that top spot for an awful long time now, so maybe it&#8217;s not surprising that sometimes the NYDN feels the need to push the envelope, generate a little controversy, and get some eyeballs to their pages. How else, then, do you explain this particular caption under the photo of New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony being serenaded off the court in the morning online edition of the Daily News, after the team&#8217;s season-ending loss to the Pacers in Game Six of the second round of the playoffs last night? (And don&#8217;t be surprised if by the time you click that link, the caption is gone.) Now, I don&#8217;t exactly have any love lost for either of the fanbases included in this series. The Boston/NY city rivalry is well documented, and any team that eliminates a NY team from playoff contention is fine by me. And even if the caption is pretty much writing ...</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:03:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Slow Motion Video:The Indiana Pacers advance to the Eastern Conference finals</title>
      <description>The Indiana Pacers needed a career-high game from Lance Stephenson to take down the New York Knicks in Game 6.
Stephenson chipped in 25 points on Saturday as the Pacers walked away with a hard fought 106-99 win to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.
Stephenson also secured 10 rebounds while Paul George contributed 23 points to the Pacers&#8217; collection plate.
Roy Hibbert  also game up big with a double-double of 21 points, 12 boards and five blocks.
The Pacers now go on to face the top-seeded Miami Heat in the East finals.
Across the court, Carmelo Anthony had a strong outing but stumbled hard down the stretch when New York needed him the most.
Anthony drained 39 points, but only four came in the final quarter for New York.
The Knicks superstar turned the ball over three times at crucial points, which more or less handed the contest to the Pacers.
Please click here to watch this video.
Video:The Indiana Pacers advance to the Eastern Conference finals appeared first on Players View.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:36:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>J.R. Smith: &#8216;I want to retire a Knick&#8217;</title>
      <description>J.R. Smith will become a free agent this offseason but said after Saturday night&#8217;s 106-99 season-ending loss to the Indiana Pacers that he hopes to return to the New York Knicks. &#8220;I want to retire a Knick,&#8221; Smith said when asked about his future&#160;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:43:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>J.R. Smith and Amar&#8217;e Post Game: Game 6</title>
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The post J.R. Smith and Amar&#8217;e Post Game: Game 6 appeared first on Knickswag - A New York Knicks Blog - News, Rumors, and more!.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:35:25 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Knicks Finish Season with a Heartbreaking Game 6 Loss</title>
      <description>Let&#8217;s get right to it Knicks Nation. At two separate occasions in the first half the Knicks found themselves down by double digits. They were getting outplayed, out hustled, and going into the locker room, outscored as they found themselves down by 8 points.
However, a team that for every single one of their 94 games that lived and died by the three-point ball, started to show life. In the first half, Carmelo Anthony was the only Knick with double-digit points at the end of the half with 20, as the next closest was Pablo Prigioni, a player that hardly shoots, with 6.
In the third, the Knicks got some scoring from a very unlikely source: Iman Shumpert. Shumpert has been nursing an injured knee the past few games, but he didn&#8217;t let it affect him in the quarter. While Anthony was back to &#8220;April form&#8221; scoring 15 points on 5/6 shooting, Shumpert was the superstar of the quarter. Iman scored the most points in a single quarter of his career by dropping 16 on 4/4 shooting from beyond the a...</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:16:13 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>New York Knicks &#8211; Season Over After Game 6 Loss</title>
      <description>Well that just sucks, eh? The New York Knicks season came to an end tonight with a 106-99 loss to the Indiana Pacers. It was a frustrating end to an enjoyable season and kicks off an off-season of limited flexibility for the Knicks, who will still have their share of question marks to sort out.

When looking back on this series, it really came down to a few factors. Roy Hibbert completely dominating a likely injured Tyson Chandler. JR Smith being awful. Ray Felton being inconsistent. Mike Woodson making questionable line-up decisions. Tonight featured just about all of those things.
The Knicks played a weak first half and got themselves down by 12 midway through the 3rd quarter. The only reason it wasn&#8217;t by 24 was because Carmelo Anthony was utterly phenomenal up until that point&#8230;then Iman Shumpert caught fire, knocking down 3 three pointers and leading a charge that tied the game heading into the 4th quarter. The game was tied with about 4 minutes left but the Knicks got sloppy lat...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 23:52:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Should Game Six Be Steve Novak's Opportunity to Break Out?</title>
      <description>Defense win championships. Every smart basketball mind seems to understand this, and Knicks' Coach Mike Woodson is no different. Over the last year and a half, he has spearheaded a movement that's helped New York elevate their collective defensive effort immensely. Such an elevation has clearly been key to the Knicks advancing to where they are today.But whereas Woodson may be a defensive guru, his lack of adjustments on the offensive end has (and will continue to be, should the Knicks lose in their series against the Pacers) been the team's undoing as of late.Too stubborn to perhaps give up relying upon the likes of J.R. Smith and Jason Kidd in recent games, Coach Woodson has hung on to his belief in certain individuals that they will break out of their slumps to once again get New York back to where they need to be.Having confidence and instilling faith in such individuals can undoubtedly be a good thing sometimes, but as the coach's eventual nod to Chris Copeland ...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:41:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Rihanna Instagrams Her Knowledge As To Why JR Smith Has Been Slumping</title>
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(Source)&#160;- Is&#160;Rihanna&#160;to blame for&#160;J.R. Smith&#8217;s struggles during the&#160;Knicks/Pacers playoff series? Some Knicks fans out there think so. Rih-Rih and J.R. were spotted partying together after a Knicks win in Game 2 of the series last week and he hasn&#8217;t been the same since.
So one Knicks fan in particular who goes by the name @peruvian_gawd took it upon himself to call Rihanna out for it on Instagram today. And, according to a screen grab that he&#160;posted to his own Instagram page&#160;a little while ago, Rihanna responded by going&#160;in&#160;on the Knicks and J.R.

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Dropping desert thirsty racist rants? &#160;Rasshole? &#160;Rihanna doesn&#8217;t seem to be a Knicks fan. &#160;She went hard after @peruvian_gawd. Telling her the Knicks were a wack ass team was child&#8217;s play compared to the other two. &#160;I have to admit, I&#8217;m kind of surprised. &#160;Thought for sure she was the thirsty one and back on JR&#8217;s pipe. &#160;I guess I was wrong. &#160;Rih-Rih&#8217;s just doing Rih-Rih- chillin in the club, while JR&#8217;s doing JR- getting tipsy</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:22:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>JR Smith responds to Rihanna club claims with &#8216;Men in Black&#8217; meme</title>
      <description>JR Smith responded to all the Rihanna gossip by posting a &#8220;Men in Black&#8221; meme to his Instagram account on Friday.
The meme shows Will Smith&#8217;s character in &#8220;Men in Black&#8221; holding up a neuralyzer, which is a tool he and Tommy Lee Jones&#8217; character use in the movie series to erase the memory of subjects by flashing a light in their eyes. 
Smith and Rihanna were rumored to be dating a year ago. The rumors flared up again last week after the two were photographed nearby each other at a club. 
It&#8217;s not clear whether Smith meant he wanted to use a neuralyzer on Rihanna to erase her memory of their relationship, or on all the club-goers who have ratted him out for partying. 
Rihanna responded to a fan on Thursday by saying Smith is performing poorly in the playoffs because he&#8217;s hungover from partying at clubs every night. Before the Knicks&#8217; 85-75 Game 5 win over the Pacers, Smith dismissed the questions about Rihanna. He went 4-for-11 and had 13 points. He is shooting 29.3 percent for the se...</description>
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      <title>Rihanna Puts JR Smith On Blast</title>
      <description>What she saying now T&#8230;
Rihanna wants to set the record straight on NY Knicks sixth man of the year JR Smith. Last week we posted about the Rihanna effect, and how she&#8217;s the one responsible for J.R. Smith&#8217;s prolonged slump. Well she&#8217;s not taking that theory very well, and has gone hard to the hole at Smith and one of his fans &#8212; One Knick fan lashed out at Rihanna, essentially blaming her for the Knicks woes, then she wrote this back. J.R. in NYC is just a bad mix.-TO

JR Smith Celebrates Victory With Rihanna
JR Smith Got Boozy Before Game 5</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:06 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>This tells me two things. 1- JR Smith took some time out to see what Rihanna was saying about him on Instagram Rihanna Says JR Smith is &#8220;Desert Thirsty&#8221;, Who is Hungover During Games 2- JR was ready for the question. JR Smith on Rihanna: &#8220;I&#8217;m not worried about Instagram, I&#8217;m worried about the playoffs.&#8221; #Knicks &#8212; Ian Begley (@IanBegley) May 17, 2013  It is important that he takes the high road, because if the Knicks have any chance to win the series, they need his head in the game, not at the club and definitely not on Rihanna.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:18:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Rihanna: JR Smith slumping because he&#8217;s hungover from partying in clubs</title>
      <description>J.R. Smith has been shooting the ball terribly during the playoffs, and Rihanna says that&#8217;s because the New York Knicks guard is hungover from partying in clubs every night.  Smith shot the ball well in Games 2 and 3 of the Knicks-Boston Celtics series, which the Knicks won in six games. He went 13-of-27 (48 percent) including 4-9 (44 percent) on 3-pointers those two games. But after being suspended for Game 4 of the series for his elbow to Jason Terry in Game 3, Smith began shooting terribly.  Smith has shot an abysmal 28.6 percent from the field since Game 5 against the Celtics. No surprise, New York has struggled accordingly and only gone 2-4 in those playoff games. Now Rihanna has an explanation for his struggles. Smith and Rihanna were rumored to have been dating last year. The gossip about them picked up again last week after they were pictured partying at the same club. Rihanna also confirmed she broke up with Chris Brown.  The singer posted a photo to her popular Instagram a...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:55:05 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Rihanna says JR Smith is thirsty and the Knicks are WACK</title>
      <description>Rihanna has never been one to hold her tongue. A few weeks ago tongues were wagging that she and Knicks star JR Smith had a &#8220;situation&#8221; developing. Well Rihanna made it clear to one fan who is blaming her for JR&#8217;s shooting slump that not only is she not responsible, she thinks JR is just as parched as the Sahara desert&#8230;
It&#8217;s Rihanna, there is profanity. You&#8217;ve been warned!


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Well there you have it. I bet Andrew Bynum is thinking welcome to the club kid.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:45:05 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Smith takes blame for Pacers series</title>
      <description>New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith says blame&#160;him for&#160;the team being down 3-1 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series&#160;against the Indiana Pacers. &#8220;I take the blame for this whole series,&#8221; Smith said, via ESPNNewYork.com,&#160;after shooting 7-for-22 in the</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:10:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>The New York Knicks fell apart against the Indiana Pacers in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series.
Now they continue to unravel publicly with Game 4 just around the corner.
Earlier today, Players View ran comments from Knicks center Tyson Chandler regarding his opinion on the Knicks lack of ball movement.
In that piece, Chandler put it all the way out there that certain players are&#160;hogging the basketball.
Since Chandler did not mention Carmelo Anthony by name, we did not use his name in that piece.
However, it was pretty obvious that Chandler was probably speaking about Anthony. Anthony has a new set of comments about what Chandler had to say.
Please click here to read/watch this story.
The post Carmelo Anthony on Tyson Chandler and his comments appeared first on Players View.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:31:33 -0400</pubDate>
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