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martin
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3/24/2026  9:25 PM
Jose no bueno?
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3/24/2026  9:26 PM
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3/24/2026  9:26 PM
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3/24/2026  9:36 PM
Fears might be decent when he's not a teenager any more.
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3/24/2026  9:38 PM
martin wrote:Jose no bueno?
He is not a very good halfcourt PG. He has trouble making entry passes
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3/24/2026  9:49 PM
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3/24/2026  9:52 PM
My observation - end of the 3rd on the bench, Towns with his head down says something. Bridges sitting next to him looks like he says ‘he doesn’t see you”. This makes perfect sense to me. As a small PG you can’t really see the floor. He is either looking to pass or to score. His strength is to score. Our other small guards are looking to pass first - Jose, Kolek - but they are average at D so you can’t really play them and Brunson together. Deuce, also small, plays D, but not really a PG is better but not ideal even though he can score.

Bottom line- Knicks need to fix their guard rotation if they are going to contend. Brunson is not a PG, but is worse than bad playing off the ball. I don’t know how you fix this

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3/24/2026  9:58 PM
I don't understand playing small ball when both KAT and Big Mitch playing well
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3/24/2026  10:00 PM
Clarkson subbed in for his defense. What a swing
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3/24/2026  10:16 PM
Rookie wrote:My observation - end of the 3rd on the bench, Towns with his head down says something. Bridges sitting next to him looks like he says ‘he doesn’t see you”. This makes perfect sense to me. As a small PG you can’t really see the floor. He is either looking to pass or to score. His strength is to score. Our other small guards are looking to pass first - Jose, Kolek - but they are average at D so you can’t really play them and Brunson together. Deuce, also small, plays D, but not really a PG is better but not ideal even though he can score.

Bottom line- Knicks need to fix their guard rotation if they are going to contend. Brunson is not a PG, but is worse than bad playing off the ball. I don’t know how you fix this

A lot of the guard issues will be sorted out somewhat when Deuce is back.

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3/24/2026  10:21 PM
MaTT4281 wrote:Clarkson subbed in for his defense. What a swing

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3/24/2026  10:44 PM
We love to play down to the competition
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3/24/2026  10:45 PM
Tied for 2 seed and we own the tiebreaker with Boston.
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3/24/2026  11:28 PM
NYKBocker wrote:
martin wrote:Jose no bueno?
He is not a very good halfcourt PG. He has trouble making entry passes

He ain't no Teen Wolf

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3/24/2026  11:37 PM
Philc1 wrote:Tied for 2 seed and we own the tiebreaker with Boston.

Now we need to hold that no.2 seed. It'd suck having a team like the Magic as a first round opponent but we'd win anyway

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3/25/2026  7:37 AM
martin wrote:Jose no bueno?

Not looking good - his handle is poor especially when he is slowed down and or pushed left, he can't get the ball into the post - sometimes can't even see the post thru the defender and the 3-point shot that looked so nice vs say Philly is GONE.

That was a bad performance by him specifically last night and lately he's been sketch -- assumed we'd see Kolek.

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3/25/2026  7:44 AM
- we played with our food tonight -- all of Kat, Mikal, Jose were sleepwalking or just bad (Kat seemingly made wrong decision 90% of time)
- Clarkson offensively was beautiful with the late cuts and late shot clock passes - love how he can find a shot in traffic
- Clarkson D scares the hell out of me - he's putting in effort but he's hacking & hacking with lots of kung foo fighting (fouling) tossed in
- thought during game man we look like crap relying on Brunson so much (Shamet/Deuce would have been nice to have last night)
- it's amazing how often the ball ends up in Mikal's hands on perimeter and he can't do anything with the ball (goes left 90% off the dribble)
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3/25/2026  7:50 AM
Philc1 wrote:We love to play down to the competition

It really is a grind of a season and with so many **** teams/games I can hardly blame these guys with being bored/tired/playing with food.

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3/25/2026  8:12 AM
Nola lacked depth and Fears did his job, but he was cracking under the pressure.
They went small, and we won the game.

The Demon kept Zion at bay.

Knicks found a way to keep it going. Play down to the comp? Maybe. But after a rough start and now healthy Pels are not bad.

WE won the game. Brunson did his ****ing job. 7 in a row. Momentum is good for now. Big test tomorrow night vs a young hungry team on the road coming together.

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3/25/2026  8:21 AM
LivingLegend wrote:- we played with our food tonight -- all of Kat, Mikal, Jose were sleepwalking or just bad (Kat seemingly made wrong decision 90% of time)
- Clarkson offensively was beautiful with the late cuts and late shot clock passes - love how he can find a shot in traffic
- Clarkson D scares the hell out of me - he's putting in effort but he's hacking & hacking with lots of kung foo fighting (fouling) tossed in
- thought during game man we look like crap relying on Brunson so much (Shamet/Deuce would have been nice to have last night)
- it's amazing how often the ball ends up in Mikal's hands on perimeter and he can't do anything with the ball (goes left 90% off the dribble)

I thought Borego did a good job coaching that team last night and it was said they are over .500 after a bad start an injuries. There starters did well and bench did give hold it knicks lead.
They were effective on KAT. YOu not wrong about "Playing with food". It happens. Good teams find a way to win. We won. Nola better than its record.

Orlando is on the way down.

Clarkson play has been impressive. Was not a fan but with Shamet out he getting some good minutes.
Jalen is our closer. Its how we built.

If anying its like OG is getting more touches and Bridges is not in rhythm?

GameThread: GTA reunion night, Knicks vs Pelicans 730 MSG

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