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Knicks dig out of another big hole, still fall in Kurt Rambis’ coaching debut: The Knicks have a new coach but still lost in the same old painful way. The night after firing Derek Fisher, the Knicks dropped their sixth straight game, 111-108, to the Wizards at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks have lost 10 of their last 11, including five in a row at home. -- Newsday Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony surprised by Derek Fisher firing, will continue to put trust in Phil Jackson: Carmelo Anthony is now playing for his fourth coach since March 2012 but he said that lack of continuity doesn’t have him looking for an escape route. Anthony said he doesn’t intend to waive his no-trade clause before February 18 deadline, he still believes in Knicks president Phil Jackson and he wants to remain in a Knicks uniform. -- Newsday Phil Jackson doesn’t expect overnight change in Knicks: MSG Network’s Al Trautwig interviewed Knicks president Phil Jackson during the first quarter of Tuesday night’s game against the Wizards about the firing of coach Derek Fisher Monday and other matters. Jackson said he does not expect an overnight change in the struggling team, adding the short-term goal is simply to “get ourselves going. We’ve been having trouble activating ourselves early in the ballgame.” -- Newsday Phil and Carmelo’s uneasy trust: What choice do we have?: Carmelo Anthony has been through worse. He played almost half of last season, the absolute worst year in the history of the Knicks. So yeah, seeing another coach fired in-season is not cause for him to wander into the woods and contemplate life or Phil Jackson’s essay posted on Twitter, the day after Derek Fisher was canned. -- New York Post ‘Intrigued’ Brian Shaw has eye on Knicks’ coaching job: Brian Shaw currently is doing commentary for NBA TV, but his eye isn’t too far from the Knicks situation. According to a friend, Shaw will be “intrigued’’ if the Knicks’ head-coaching job officially opens up after the season. -- New York Post Free-falling Knicks can’t get win for interim coach Kurt Rambis: If they all go like this, new Knicks interim coach Kurt Rambis’ beard will be all white by March. In a wild final minute featuring screeching turn after turn, the Knicks had a chance to send Rambis’ debut into overtime, but Langston Galloway’s 3-pointer from the right wing bounced off the front of the rim at the buzzer and the Knicks were bounced into the All-Star break with another tough loss — 111-108 to the Wizards at the Garden on Tuesday. -- New York Post Don’t know what the hell Phil Jackson means? We’ve got you covered: You could spot a Knicks fan out of a crowd Tuesday afternoon in New York City. He didn’t have to be wearing a blue-and-orange jacket with the team name stitched across the front. She didn’t need to be wearing a hat or a ski cap with the team logo splayed on it. Only a perplexed, confused, utterly flummoxed look. -- New York Post Knicks fall to Wizards, 111-108, as Carmelo Anthony keeps faith in Phil Jackson: The Knicks under Kurt Rambis looked a lot like they did under Derek Fisher. That is to say, they were losers. At least Carmelo Anthony is still willing to go down with the ship. -- New York Daily News Kurt Rambis makes debut as interim Knicks coach in loss to Wizards: Kurt Rambis ran through a growing to-do list on his first game night as interim coach of the Knicks, talking about connecting with players, establishing rotations and laying out his approach on how to lead a roster forever in flux. “I’ve just got to be me,” he said. -- New York Daily News Phil Jackson needs to think of coach outside triangle, namely Tom Thibodeau: Phil Jackson went back to tweeting cryptic messages just one day after sending out mix signals regarding the dismissal of Derek Fisher. After going Greta Garbo on us for nearly four months it’s nice to see Phil back and just as confusing as ever. -- New York Daily News Carmelo Anthony in Limbo: Carmelo Anthony said he was caught by surprise Monday morning when he learned that Phil Jackson, the president of the Knicks, had fired Derek Fisher as the team’s coach. -- The New York Times Knicks Fall to Wizards in Kurt Rambis’s Debut as Coach: On Tuesday afternoon, the day after dismissing Coach Derek Fisher, Phil Jackson logged on to Twitter and posted a picture of his iPad screen. On the device’s word processor, Jackson had typed out a meandering essay in which he reiterated his coaching philosophy, explained the concept of self-actualization and elucidated the differences between “transactional” and “transformational” leadership styles. -- The New York Times
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