New York Knicks: Posting and Toasting Blog Articles
Posting and Toasting (Kento Kato) —
Unexpected record setting season from the Big Ragu Two A’s and a B plus. Those were the respective grades that Yahoo Sports, SNY, and Bleacher Report gave the Knicks for their signing of Donte DiVincenzo. They listed his outside shooting, which had jumped up to 39.7% the season prior, his energy, tendency to be in the right spots, secondary playmaking, and defense as reasons why the...
Posting and Toasting (Sam Stein) —
The Block Ness Monster. It might strain your memory to recall such a time, but for the first 21 games of the season, Mitchell Robinson was one of the best defensive centers in the NBA. No joke. He was averaging 10.3 rebounds per game, easily the highest mark of his career. Take into account the fact that on top of that, he was averaging nearly 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, and...
Posting and Toasting (Andrew Polaniecki) —
The Hart & Soul of the Knicks When Josh Hart joined the Knicks before the 2023 trade deadline, he was tinkering between becoming a solid role player and league journeyman. New York had become his fourth team in seven years. Prior to joining the Knicks, Hart’s stellar numbers as a role player since joining the league in 2017 always called for him to be the man to round out trade packages,...
Posting and Toasting (Russell Richardson) —
New York faces tough choices with Hartenstein’s free agency looming Stepping up after Mitchell Robinson was derailed by an ankle injury, Isaiah Hartenstein distinguished himself as a dominant center for the New York Knicks this season. The league took notice as he averaged a career-high 8.3 rebounds, 7.8 points, and 2.5 assists in 75 games, starting 49 of them, and logged a 108.1 defensive...
Posting and Toasting (Kento Kato) —
A special year from special player As we get ready to start our annual player recaps, it’s only fitting that we kick it all off with Jalen Brunson because it’s impossible to talk about the Knicks ’ 23-24 season without bringing up, and being in disbelief of, the season the 27 year old point guard just had. Whether it’s all of the 40-point games, the numerous clutch shots, the multiple...
Posting and Toasting (Antonio Losada) —
It's all good with the big man's arm. New York Knicks power forward Julius Randle provided an update on his shoulder injury and discussed his future with the team in an appearance on NBA Unplugged during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals in which the Celtics smoothly swept the hapless Pacers. Randle, who missed the playoffs due to shoulder surgery, told host Kevin Hart...
Posting and Toasting (Russell Richardson) —
Use ‘em, swap ‘em, or split ‘em? In a recent mock draft article for the NY Post , Brian Lewis named who he thought the Knicks would take with the 24th and 25th pick in the upcoming NBA Draft . The Knicks face a potentially tougher path next year as the Eastern Conference is predicted to be more competitive. Lewis’ first predicted pick, Tyler Smith of the G-League Ignite, could lend...
Posting and Toasting (Russell Richardson) —
Johnnie Bryant, Terry Stotts, and Kenny Atkinson are among names being considered for Cleveland’s HC role The Cleveland Cavaliers fired their head coach J.B. Bickerstaff one week after the team’s deepest playoff run since 2018 concluded with a semifinal loss to the Celtics . Per Fear the Sword , “According to Cleveland Cavaliers president of basketball operations Koby Altman, the...
Posting and Toasting (Russell Richardson) —
An affordable long-range shooter who could support the second-unit. This week, the Bleacher Report floated an interesting suggestion for bolstering the Knicks bench. As Zach Buckley observes, Donte DiVincenzo’s improvement as a three-point shooter has improved the Knicks’ spacing, but the team still lacks sufficient three-point threats off the bench. Their limited offensive depth could...
Posting and Toasting (Antonio Losada) —
All about the final gathering before the offseason hits New York! Knicks president Leon Rose has declined a request to hold an end-of-season media availability. No high-ranking Knicks executive has spoken on the record to independent media since September 2021. Rose is yet to do a solo press conference since taking over Knicks in April 2020. — Fred Katz (@FredKatz) May 24, 2024
Posting and Toasting (Sam Stein) —
The cruelest task in all of sports. The New York Knicks had one of those magical feels to them, and for a while, the city felt immortal. Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey put forth their best effort against the Knicks, but to no avail. And when the Knicks beat up on the Pacers in the first two games of their second-round series to go up 2-0, it was easy to forget that the Knicks were...
Posting and Toasting (Kento Kato) —
The wing is expected to decline a player option and enter July as an unrestricted free agent. Since the Knicks acquired OG Anunoby midseason, fans have assumed that he would be wearing a Knicks jersey come next season, and rightfully so. Leon Rose & Co. traded away RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley for the former Raptor and there is a strong belief that New York wouldn’t have done so if...
Posting and Toasting (Kento Kato) —
Another day, another accolade for Brunson. Just months after Jalen Brunson got his first All-Star game nod, the New York Knicks guard was named to the All-NBA Second Team averaging 28.7 PPG, 6.7 APG, and 3.6 RPG this past season. This comes as no surprise as Brunson had a very strong second half of the season to garner the attention and recognition from a lot of players, coaches, and...
Posting and Toasting (Russell Richardson) —
High marks all around for Jalen and the Knicks. Today at The Ringer , Howard Beck wrote about the Knicks in his article, “Behind the Scenes of the NBA’s Most Unlikely Revival.” He chronicles the transformation of the New York Knicks under the leadership of Leon Rose, William Wesley, and Steve Stoute, who were initially expected to attract marquee stars due to their high-profile...