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Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The franchise’s fantasies are coming into focus. In the 2000 election, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader was denied a seat at multiple presidential debates. I don’t simply mean he wasn’t permitted on-stage as a participant. I mean that more than once , when Nader had a ticket or pass to attend the event, he was barred from entering ....
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Photo by Rodolfo Molina/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images The Knicks have an award-winning playmaker, if they can only lure him across the pond. FC Barcelona point guard Rokas Jokubaitis , the New York Knicks ’ draft-and-stash pick in 2021, has been named the 2021-22 EuroLeague’s Rising Star . The EuroLeague is considered the top international basketball...
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Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports Fans were left with some familiar questions in an inconsistent season. After spending the last five years or so getting into Knicks debates on some form of internet forum, I’ve taken a bit of a backseat this year. There are a few reasons for this, partly that arguing team decisions amongst your fellow fans without decision-making power is a bit...
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Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images He’s a Badger on both ends of the floor. By my lights, and the lights of many, the most improved college player this season was Jonathan “Johnny” Davis (6’5”, 196 lbs), the shooting guard from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Big Ten Conference’s Player of the Year. In Johnny’s freshman season, his defense was noteworthy, with...
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Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports 2023 playoffs on lock. Happy weekend, friends. Both New York baseball teams were rained out today. The NBA playoffs are still going on, if that’s your sort of thing. But what about the young Knicks? What have they been up at the start of the offseason? Well, I have some good news. Some of those young Knicks are already preparing for next season by...
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Memphis-Golden State boils over, Celtics-Bucks heats up and why no involved will win the Harden-Simmons trade. Hey everyone! Here is what’s to come on this week’s episode: -Memphis vs Golden State fireworks and hard fouls -Drama in Bucks vs Celtics -Why no one wins the Harden-Simmons trade -The Suns battle through the Devin Booker injury And much more! To follow me on Twitter click...
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Jeremy Sochan/MarJon Beauchamp | Getty Images Should you draft a freshman, or should you draft a senior? Here are some answers This is a continuation of part I of a study on the importance of draft age in the NBA and the rookies arriving in the league. After we introduced the background and explored some historical context, it’s time to try and get the ultimate answer about whether...
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Jabari Smith/Keegan Murray | Getty Images Should you draft a freshman, or should you draft a senior? Here are some answers If you have ever read my work elsewhere (shout-out the late FakeTeams ) or are familiar with me at all, then you already know that I’ve been working the fantasy sports beat for a while. If you have never done so, well, now you know. That explanation is only...
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Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images I.Q. 2.0? The Commonwealth of Kentucky may not have an NBA team, but the bluegrass state produces a ton of professional players via the prestigious University of Kentucky . On the New York Knicks alone, you’ll find Julius Randle , Nerlens Noel , and Immanuel Quickley . Across the league, other notable ex-Wildcats include Devin...
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Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images The Knicks love the former, but they might have to conform with the latter. With the Utah Jazz ending in disappointing fashion after just six games of play against the Dallas Mavericks , you knew this was going to happen. There would be obituaries, there would be recaps, and most of all there would be tasty rumors. The franchise from Salt...
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Jalen Brunson update, Game 5 and Game 6 drama in the playoffs and looking ahead to the conference semifinals. I’m back with another podcast this week! Here is the show rundown: -An update on the Knicks pursuit on Jalen Brunson -The Heat, Celtics, Bucks and Warriors advance -Memphis and Minnesota playoff drama -The Sixers letting the Raptors back in the series (nearly). -Looking ahead to...
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Hearing voices. | Photo by Lance King/Getty Images A big, talented power forward who doesn’t play consistent defense? Sounds familiar... This college basketball season was a great one for names. My personal favorite is Leaky Black , and Chet Holmgren sounds like a 1940’s gumshoe, but for pure majesty, you can’t beat Paolo Napoleon James Banchero . Paolo is a 6’10”, 250...
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Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports Little man got what’s coming to him. When the Brooklyn Nets were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Boston Celtics, it completed one of the most stunning collapses in sports history. That’s neither hate no hyperbole speaking. It’s truth. It’s one thing to be the 2021 Nets, a title favorite who lost in the second round — that’s...
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Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports RJ Barrett has arrived It’s been said a player's third season is when they show you who they’re going to be for the rest of their career. If that’s the case, then RJ Barrett is going to be a star. This year, the young Canuck took his game to another level, achieving the 20 PPG mark many Knicks fans dreamed for him averaging this season. He...
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Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images It would be big...but how big? Some time ago, with a good bunch of regular-season games still to be played, there was a chance for the Knicks to snatch a top-8 draft pick without having to rely on lottery luck. That was when the fanbase, but definitely not the front office nor Tom Thibodeau, were trying to sell the “gotta bring the...