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Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images A generous ranking, perhaps. Today NBA.com published their power rankings for the first week of the season . The Denver Nuggets ranked first, the Milwaukee Bucks were second, and the Boston Celtics came in third. The New York Knickerbockers placed seventh on the list. Last season, the Knicks were a bottom-middle-third team on defense. Their...
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Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Thibs, by the book. On Ahmad Rashad’s YouTube show, New York Legacies , Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau submitted to questions about the upcoming season. As usual, Thibs did not waiver on his message of preparation, mental toughness, and starting over every year. “The advantage is, we have a lot of guys coming back from last year’s team, and you...
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Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images More Embiid talk because the weekends are slow. This week on FS1’s First Things First , Nick Wright predicted that the inevitable James Harden trade will trigger a Joel Embiid -sized domino to fall in Philadelphia . Unsurprisingly, Wright expects the New York Knicks would surrender a sizable package in a trade for the big man. The disgruntled...
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Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Weekend soundbites and reps before playing a real game. Following Wednesday’s Poole Party at the Garden and having wrapped up the preseason with a 1-3 record, the vibes around those belonging to the New York Knicks organization weren’t quite immaculate. On the second night of a back-to-back series of games, the Knicks didn’t really rest...
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Photo by Elsa/Getty Images New York already completed all of the necessary moves ahead of Monday’s deadline Update (Sunday, 10:30 p.m. ET): The Knicks are reportedly re-signing Duane Washington to a two-way deal, according to Ian Begley of SNY. That transaction brings the number of players under contract to 15 and fills the three two-way spots. The 2024 Knicks roster is...
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Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images Real games start! Three of them! Opening night of the NBA season is just like my senior prom. Everyone dresses up, everybody’s a little nervous, and I’ll be home thinking about the Knicks. Here’s what we have to look forward to this week. Opening Night: Knicks vs Celtics, Wed., Oct. 25, 7:00 PM EST, ESPN New York and Boston split their...
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Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports A big week for the big men. Another week brings another Player of the Week award to hand out. Unfortunately, in the Knicks ’ world, there isn’t much positive news to debate over. The squad lost three straight preseason games in what has been an underwhelming game-to-game effort. A subpar showing versus the Timberwolves didn’t do much to impress fans,...
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Photo by: Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Preseason tally: 442 points scored and 482 points allowed. Nearly a Jordan Poole-size difference! “Horrific,” Jalen Brunson said . “I’ve got to be better.” Put in a current-day context, you might have probably thought Brunson was talking about his performance on Wednesday in the Knicks ’ preseason finale loss to the Wizards. ...
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Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images A damn hard worker on a pitch count. While fans of other teams may never suspect it, Miles “Deuce” McBride has surprisingly become somewhat of a fan favorite over his two-year NBA career thanks in large part to his stellar play in the G-League, where he has averaged 27.9 points and 10.3 assists per game. In the NBA, however, his production...
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Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images A definitive account of the greatest hair cuts in New York Knicks history If the title of this article intrigued you, there’s a good chance that at some point in your life, you walked into a barbershop with a picture of your favorite Knick, telling the barber, “I want this look.” If you grew up idolizing the Knicks of the ‘90s, much...
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Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images One out, two in, and still 20 players under contract with the cap at 15. Something has to give. You cannot say the New York Knicks aren’t working night and day, can you? Just one day after cutting Isaiah Roby and Jaylen Martin , the front office kept things going by tweaking the roster once more following those transactions with three fresh...
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Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images How the Knicks deploy and play around the Sims-Hartenstein lineups could be crucial While Jericho Sims is one of the last names you think of on this Knicks’ roster, he’s an interesting player. The former Texas Longhorn is an undersized center at 6’9”, which hurts him offensively because he lacks the ability to create his own shot,...
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Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images The Knicks center made the most of his time on the floor The New York Knicks’ starting center is looking good heading into the 2023-24 NBA regular season. Mitchell Robinson In his four-game preseason sample, Robinson was efficient and active. He averaged 10.5 points, eight rebounds, one block, and 1.8 steals. Very notably, he...
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Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Only 12 guaranteed contracts signed with three places yet to be filled before Oct. 23rd The New York Knicks started to trim their roster on Wednesday ahead of the final day to apply such touches set for Oct. 23rd and their final preseason game of October—yes, that one . The two casualties: forward Isaiah Roby and guard...
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Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images 96 hours. Four days. Two parties. One decision. Tom Thibodeau decided to sit most of the Knicks starting five in the first leg of the back-to-back preseason matchups against Boston (Tuesday) and Washington (Wednesday). But Immanuel Quickley didn’t get to start, nor even play, against the Celtics . Tom Thibodeau decided to start...