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The pendulum swings back and forth, as the Knicks have now won four games in a row after a brutal start to the new year. The team’s post-Thibodeau hangover looked real, as Mike Brown hung his hat on the offensive side of things. The strategy worked – until it didn’t. After another brutal loss at […]
Cue the Robert Randolph. Tonight New York (29*-18) will host the Portland Trail Blazers (23-25) at Madison Square Garden in their second and final meeting of the season. And this time the vibes are good. Friday night Knicks! Wee wheedle wheedle wheedle wheedle wump! Just last week the sky was falling in New York. They […]
When Tom Thibodeau was relieved of his duties after the Knicks’ unceremonious exit at the hands of the Indiana Pacers in May, there were a few prevailing grievances that led to the coach’s downfall. One of them was a stubbornness to lineup construction. Thibodeau’s defense always required a rim protector, preventing him from ever considering […]
The Nets, 76ers, Kings, and Raptors are not necessarily the Mount Rushmore of contenders in the NBA today. So a four-game winning streak against them alone shouldn’t, and doesn’t, overwrite the 2-9 11 game stretch the Knicks experienced not too long ago. But, if you look at the way they have played since players spoke […]
In the early hours after Kevin Durant became a Brooklyn Net, I wrote that the Knicks were lucky to have missed out on a 30-year-old generational superstar: For the first time, there will be expectations and the heat of the Gotham spotlight. Durant struggled with the press in Oklahoma City. Even with all his individual […]
If you are reading this, chances are you know by now that one, Karl-Anthony Towns has been underperforming and that he’s been floated around as a potential trade candidate, and two, the Knicks have been targeting Giannis Antetokounmpo for quite some time now. Given those two truths, the contracts of the two players, and the […]
The Knicks seemingly cannot lose a game these days. Remember when New York was closer to tanking the season than winning the East like, three days ago? Yeah, right. Here’s a bunch of quotes as we approach the trade deadline coming off another dub on Wednesday. Mike Brown On adjusting offensively on Wednesday: “We had […]
The New York Knicks (29*-18) played at MSG last night and fought deep into the night before finally knifing the Kings. Just 24 hours later, they took the floor in Toronto to face the Raptors (29-20). The Raps had rested since Sunday and won four straight. A fatigued Knicks team versus one of the hottest […]
The Knicks (28*-18) sweep into the frigid northlands to face off with the Toronto Raptors (29-19) tonight. It’s a battle for third place in the east, and while the oddsmakers favor New York, you’d be justified to have concerns. It’s the second night of a back-to-back for the ‘Bockers, who had trouble knocking off the […]
Is any player off limits? With the trade deadline a week away, Giannis Antetokounmpo has become the biggest name to watch on the market, and the Knicks have hovered around the center of the conversation all season. From a salary standpoint, a one-for-one deal centered on Karl-Anthony Towns is the cleanest match for both teams. […]
As their number two behind Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns is central to the Knicks’ plans. Lately, though, he hasn’t been central to how games are ending. Over the past week, a new strategy has emerged from New York’s coaching staff. When the screws tighten, their most effective lineups have often come with Towns watching from […]
From mid-December until just last week, the Knicks played the worst stretch of basketball they’ve played since 2022. So naturally, it’ll take more than a three-game winning streak, with two of the wins coming against the Nets and Kings, to win back the trust of the fanbase and the belief of the national media. But […]
These are the Knicks, so obviously they lost a thousand games only so they could then win another thousand straight. Best of all (for us fans)? It’s the second leg of a home-road back-to-back, so we get to enjoy New York Basketball once again today! Here’s what was said after the third consecutive dub. Mike […]
Coming into the Pride Night game at Madison Square Garden, the Sacramento Kings (12-36) had lost five straight and nine consecutive road games. They lost by 23 in Detroit on Sunday. One of the highlights of their season was the January 14 win over the Knicks (28*-18), which surely must have been a fluke. Not […]
The Knicks (27*-18) are back in NYC tonight as heavy favorites against the Kings (12-35), who surprised New York just two weeks ago. Sacramento arrives in even worse shape now, having dropped five straight and nine in a row on the road. Tip-off is 7:30 pm EST on MSG. This is your game thread. This […]
Trade rumors are, well, just rumors at the end of the day. Look no further than the reporting of the Knicks’ midseason intentions. Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen reporters, notable ones at that, flip-flop on how likely, or unlikely, New York is to make big changes this season. We’ve heard that they […]
The Knicks play the Kings today. Kings. Knicks. Knicks. Kings. That’s it. Here are a few words I gathered in the past few hours. Mike Brown On Mitchell Robinson as a roll threat:“Whoever’s guarding Mitch is aggressive. So if teams keep stepping up and trying to be aggressive on the ball screens, Mitch has to […]
Giannis Antetokounmpo, the consensus top-five player in the world, former MVP, and NBA champion, has been linked to the Knicks for quite a while now. It started with analysts wondering what Giannis in New York could look like, and slowly, but surely, it evolved into full-blown rumors that both sides were interested. Now, we don’t […]
The Knicks (27*-18) return to Madison Square Garden tonight as heavy favorites against a lowly Kings (12-35) team that spanked New York just two weeks ago. When the teams clashed on January 14, coach Mike Brown’s former club won almost wire-to-wire, beating the Knicks 112–101 behind DeMar DeRozan’s 27 points. DeRozan and OAKAAKUYOAK Precious Achiuwa […]
The Knicks led by 17 points with just over eight minutes to go on Saturday against the Philadelphia 76ers. After a choppy first half that saw the Knicks get dominated by Joel Embiid and allow the Sixers to shoot 65% from the field, the Knicks had dominated the first 16 minutes of the second half […]
The Knicks played a home game on the road. Make that make sense, Philadelphians. Here’s your crew dropping some gems after yesterday’s affair. Mike Brown On parity across the NBA: “In the NBA anything can happen. It doesn’t surprise me at all because teams are a lot more even in today’s NBA than back in […]
The New York Knicks defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 112-109 yesterday, a win familiar for anyone who has ever sat on the edge of their bed at the end of a long day of getting a small child through shopping and vaccinations and missed naps and vegetables and vomiting and felt that peculiar buzz that’s a […]
In today’s matinee, the Knicks (27*-18) absorbed a Joel Embiid onslaught, survived cold shooting from the wings, and steadied themselves just enough in the final seconds to leave Philadelphia with a 112–109 win, holding off the 76ers (24-20) after nearly squandering a 17-point fourth-quarter lead. Through the first quarter, New York mostly controlled the flow […]
The Knicks (26*–18) take the court in Philly today, trying to avoid an 0-3 hole in their season series with the 76ers (24-19). New York comes in buoyed by Wednesday’s record-setting rout of Brooklyn, but the Sixers have already solved them twice, in fairly convincing fashion. Will New York’s wings finally neutralize Tyrese Maxey? Will […]
The Knicks rested yesterday and will probably make us suffer today. New York visits Philly for a heated matchup with an early tip-off. What can go wrong? Here’s a bunch of quotes! Mike Brown On adjusting his offense for Towns: “He’s getting more comfortable. But also, too, I’ve had to make some adjustments to help […]