http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2015/01/carmelo_anthony_and_the_new_york_knicks_how_did_we_get_here.html

On Tuesday the New York Times made the unusual announcement that basketball reporter Scott Cacciola would be removed from his beat covering the New York Knicks. Cacciola, the editors wrote, “deserves to see the game played at a higher level.” The Grey Lady has apparently given up on the Knicks, on the heels of the Knicks finally giving up on themselves. On Monday evening, with their record standing at 5-31, the team shipped off mercurial scorer J.R. Smith and cultishly adored defensive stopper Iman Shumpert for the proverbial “three players with nonguaranteed contracts,” all of whom were promptly waived. The Knicks will likely lose their 14^th game in a row tonight against the Houston Rockets, a contest that will inexplicably be shown on national television.