New York Knicks: NY Post News Articles
NY Post (Stefan Bondy) —
At the very top, the biggest gamble of them all is on a small point guard, Jalen Brunson.
NY Post (Jared Schwartz) —
The 23-year-old Australian will make his playoff debut Saturday at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of their first-round series, having spent more time defending Brunson over the past two seasons than any other player in the league, according to NBA tracking data.??
NY Post (Jared Schwartz) —
Having been around those championship teams, what were the common traits and similarities between them? Do the Knicks share them?
NY Post (Jared Schwartz) —
Now comes the defining part for the Knicks.
NY Post (Mike Vaccaro) —
There is every chance that all cards are on the table with this Knicks team if they don’t at least match what they did a year ago, when they fell two games shy of the NBA Finals.
NY Post (Jared Schwartz) —
Just what kind of challenge do the Knicks have on their hands?
NY Post (Jared Schwartz) —
The Knicks need KATlanta to reemerge all series against the Hawks. There is perhaps more pressure on Karl-Anthony Towns than any other Knicks player.
NY Post (Mike Vaccaro) —
The coach who looms over these playoffs for Mike Brown, starting Saturday, is a familiar one. It’s Tom Thibodeau. Call it the Ghost of Thibs.
NY Post (Jared Schwartz) —
So, if Brown wants to change things up in the postseason, it won’t be unprecedented. Each has received an opportunity to play important minutes at some point this year.
NY Post (Jared Schwartz) —
The Post’s Jared Schwartz breaks down the top Knicks-Hawks storylines for the first round of the playoffs.
NY Post (Stefan Bondy) —
At the very least, the Hawks did nothing to avoid the Knicks.
NY Post (Erich Richter) —
Knicks fans will be missing Mike Breen and Clyde Frazier in their opening-round playoff series against the Hawks.
NY Post (Howie Kussoy) —
Now, the Knicks will face off with one of the league’s hottest teams, who have thrived since trading Trae Young.
NY Post (Jared Schwartz) —
So, knowing a loss was likely without their main players, the Hawks made it clear they at the very least weren’t overly scared of the Knicks.
NY Post (Mike Vaccaro) —
This would all be a lot more interesting if the Hawks hadn’t rid themselves of Trae Young back at the trade deadline, of course, if they hadn’t exiled him to Washington, D.C., which has been pro basketball purgatory, seemingly, since Calvin Coolidge sat courtside.