Tommy Beer
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Author/Founder of the "Knicks Centric" Substack.
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What Can Brown Do For You?
A deep dive into what we can expect from the Knicks' offense (and which players will benefit most ) under Mike Brown…
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What Can Brown Do For You?
A deep dive into what we can expect from New York's offense under Mike Brown…
(I suspect Knicks fans will be pleasantly surprised)
tommybeer.substack.com/p/what-can-b...
What Can Brown Do For You?
A deep dive into what we can expect from New York's offense under Mike Brown…
(I suspect Knicks fans will be pleasantly surprised)
tommybeer.substack.com/p/what-can-b...
Three-point percentage in November:
Josh Hart: 44.4%
Norm Powell: 42.9%
Duncan Robinson: 42.6%
Donovan Mitchell: 37.8%
Steph Curry: 37.7%
Michael Porter Jr.: 34.3%
Josh Hart: 44.4%
Norm Powell: 42.9%
Duncan Robinson: 42.6%
Donovan Mitchell: 37.8%
Steph Curry: 37.7%
Michael Porter Jr.: 34.3%
🚨 New Words 🚨
Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets
Josh Hart is good again.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-fea...
Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets
Josh Hart is good again.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-fea...
Knicks Feast on the Hornets
Bridges has a chance to join Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley as just the third player ever to average 2+ steals and 1+ swats while posting a TS% north of 60%.
tommybeer.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Three-point percentage in November:
Josh Hart: 44.4%
Norm Powell: 42.9%
Duncan Robinson: 42.6%
Donovan Mitchell: 37.8%
Steph Curry: 37.7%
Michael Porter Jr.: 34.3%
Josh Hart: 44.4%
Norm Powell: 42.9%
Duncan Robinson: 42.6%
Donovan Mitchell: 37.8%
Steph Curry: 37.7%
Michael Porter Jr.: 34.3%
This month,
Mikal Bridges has:
* more blocks than Jaren Jackson Jr. or Mitch Rob
* more made 3PTs than Desmond Bane or KAT
* more steals than everyone in the NBA
Mikal Bridges has:
* more blocks than Jaren Jackson Jr. or Mitch Rob
* more made 3PTs than Desmond Bane or KAT
* more steals than everyone in the NBA
🚨 New Words 🚨
Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets
Josh Hart is good again.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-fea...
Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets
Josh Hart is good again.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-fea...
Knicks Feast on the Hornets
Bridges has a chance to join Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley as just the third player ever to average 2+ steals and 1+ swats while posting a TS% north of 60%.
tommybeer.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This month,
Mikal Bridges has:
* more blocks than Jaren Jackson Jr. or Mitch Rob
* more made 3PTs than Desmond Bane or KAT
* more steals than everyone in the NBA
Mikal Bridges has:
* more blocks than Jaren Jackson Jr. or Mitch Rob
* more made 3PTs than Desmond Bane or KAT
* more steals than everyone in the NBA
Most Stocks (Steals + Blocks) in the NBA over each player's last eight games:
1. Mikal Bridges: 37
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2. Scottie Barnes: 24
3. Derrick White: 21
4. Trey Murphy III: 21
5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21
1. Mikal Bridges: 37
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2. Scottie Barnes: 24
3. Derrick White: 21
4. Trey Murphy III: 21
5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21
🚨 New Words 🚨
Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets
Josh Hart is good again.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-fea...
Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets
Josh Hart is good again.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-fea...
Knicks Feast on the Hornets
Bridges has a chance to join Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley as just the third player ever to average 2+ steals and 1+ swats while posting a TS% north of 60%.
tommybeer.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Most Stocks (Steals + Blocks) in the NBA over each player's last eight games:
1. Mikal Bridges: 37
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2. Scottie Barnes: 24
3. Derrick White: 21
4. Trey Murphy III: 21
5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21
1. Mikal Bridges: 37
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2. Scottie Barnes: 24
3. Derrick White: 21
4. Trey Murphy III: 21
5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21
🚨 New Words 🚨
Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets
Josh Hart is good again.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-fea...
Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets
Josh Hart is good again.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-fea...
Knicks Feast on the Hornets
Bridges has a chance to join Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley as just the third player ever to average 2+ steals and 1+ swats while posting a TS% north of 60%.
tommybeer.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🚨 New Words 🚨
Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets
Josh Hart is good again.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-fea...
Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets
Josh Hart is good again.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-fea...
No player in NBA history has ever finished a season averaging more than two steals, more than two made three-pointers and more than one block.
Mikal Bridges is currently averaging 2.1 steals, 2.2 made 3PTs and 1.2 blocks.
Mikal Bridges is currently averaging 2.1 steals, 2.2 made 3PTs and 1.2 blocks.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
No player in NBA history has ever finished a season averaging more than two steals, more than two made three-pointers and more than one block.
Mikal Bridges is currently averaging 2.1 steals, 2.2 made 3PTs and 1.2 blocks.
Mikal Bridges is currently averaging 2.1 steals, 2.2 made 3PTs and 1.2 blocks.
Through the 12 games the Knicks have played this month, Josh Hart is averaging:
13.0 points,
7.4 rebounds
5.3 assists
while shooting
54% from the floor
44% from three-point range
80% from the FT line
The only player to match or exceed Hart in each of those categories in November is Nikola Jokic.
13.0 points,
7.4 rebounds
5.3 assists
while shooting
54% from the floor
44% from three-point range
80% from the FT line
The only player to match or exceed Hart in each of those categories in November is Nikola Jokic.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Through the 12 games the Knicks have played this month, Josh Hart is averaging:
13.0 points,
7.4 rebounds
5.3 assists
while shooting
54% from the floor
44% from three-point range
80% from the FT line
The only player to match or exceed Hart in each of those categories in November is Nikola Jokic.
13.0 points,
7.4 rebounds
5.3 assists
while shooting
54% from the floor
44% from three-point range
80% from the FT line
The only player to match or exceed Hart in each of those categories in November is Nikola Jokic.
Brilliant sequence from Mikal Bridges.
Sprints out from the paint to close out and deny a 3PT attempt.
Then blocks the shot in the paint and tips the ball to JB.
Then sprints down the floor for the layup (great feed from TK)
Sprints out from the paint to close out and deny a 3PT attempt.
Then blocks the shot in the paint and tips the ball to JB.
Then sprints down the floor for the layup (great feed from TK)
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Brilliant sequence from Mikal Bridges.
Sprints out from the paint to close out and deny a 3PT attempt.
Then blocks the shot in the paint and tips the ball to JB.
Then sprints down the floor for the layup (great feed from TK)
Sprints out from the paint to close out and deny a 3PT attempt.
Then blocks the shot in the paint and tips the ball to JB.
Then sprints down the floor for the layup (great feed from TK)
Certainly qualifies as good news.
Seems Shamet suffered a shoulder subluxation (where the humerus only partially slips out of the socket and slides back in) rather than a dislocation (a complete separation where the humerus is entirely out of the socket).
Seems Shamet suffered a shoulder subluxation (where the humerus only partially slips out of the socket and slides back in) rather than a dislocation (a complete separation where the humerus is entirely out of the socket).
New York Knicks guard Landry Shamet will be re-evaluated in four weeks with a right shoulder sprain, sources tell ESPN. Shamet has been one of the league's top shooters -- 42.4% from 3 -- and had emerged as a starter before sustaining the shoulder injury.
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Certainly qualifies as good news.
Seems Shamet suffered a shoulder subluxation (where the humerus only partially slips out of the socket and slides back in) rather than a dislocation (a complete separation where the humerus is entirely out of the socket).
Seems Shamet suffered a shoulder subluxation (where the humerus only partially slips out of the socket and slides back in) rather than a dislocation (a complete separation where the humerus is entirely out of the socket).
🚨 New Words 🚨
KAT Attack
“That’s what leadership is about.” - Mike Brown on Josh Hart’s defensive effort
tommybeer.substack.com/p/kat-attack
KAT Attack
“That’s what leadership is about.” - Mike Brown on Josh Hart’s defensive effort
tommybeer.substack.com/p/kat-attack
KAT Attack
“That’s what leadership is about.” - Mike Brown on Josh Hart’s defensive effort
tommybeer.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🚨 New Words 🚨
KAT Attack
“That’s what leadership is about.” - Mike Brown on Josh Hart’s defensive effort
tommybeer.substack.com/p/kat-attack
KAT Attack
“That’s what leadership is about.” - Mike Brown on Josh Hart’s defensive effort
tommybeer.substack.com/p/kat-attack
Mikal Bridges has been a demon defensively since OG went down.
Over NY's last five games, Bridges is averaging 3.2 steals and 2.0 blocks.
Averaging.
He is the first Knick with multiple steals and at least one block in five straight games since….
Patrick Ewing in 1989
Over NY's last five games, Bridges is averaging 3.2 steals and 2.0 blocks.
Averaging.
He is the first Knick with multiple steals and at least one block in five straight games since….
Patrick Ewing in 1989
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Mikal Bridges has been a demon defensively since OG went down.
Over NY's last five games, Bridges is averaging 3.2 steals and 2.0 blocks.
Averaging.
He is the first Knick with multiple steals and at least one block in five straight games since….
Patrick Ewing in 1989
Over NY's last five games, Bridges is averaging 3.2 steals and 2.0 blocks.
Averaging.
He is the first Knick with multiple steals and at least one block in five straight games since….
Patrick Ewing in 1989
Total number of wins at Barclays Center this season:
Knicks: 1
Nets: 0
Knicks: 1
Nets: 0
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Total number of wins at Barclays Center this season:
Knicks: 1
Nets: 0
Knicks: 1
Nets: 0
Knicks have ruled out Landry Shamet for Monday’s game vs Nets with what they are calling a right shoulder “sprain.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Knicks have ruled out Landry Shamet for Monday’s game vs Nets with what they are calling a right shoulder “sprain.”
🚨 New Words 🚨
The Knicks got away with some poor play and putrid defense in Dallas on Wednesday night, escaping with a win. However, matched up against an aggressive and relentless Magic squad in Orlando on Saturday, New York had no such luck.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/ugly-loss
The Knicks got away with some poor play and putrid defense in Dallas on Wednesday night, escaping with a win. However, matched up against an aggressive and relentless Magic squad in Orlando on Saturday, New York had no such luck.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/ugly-loss
Ugly Loss
Knicks fail to protect the paint… Shamet re-injures his shoulder
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November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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The Knicks got away with some poor play and putrid defense in Dallas on Wednesday night, escaping with a win. However, matched up against an aggressive and relentless Magic squad in Orlando on Saturday, New York had no such luck.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/ugly-loss
The Knicks got away with some poor play and putrid defense in Dallas on Wednesday night, escaping with a win. However, matched up against an aggressive and relentless Magic squad in Orlando on Saturday, New York had no such luck.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/ugly-loss
The Knicks will have a significant schedule advantage in the cross-town showdown b/w NY and Brooklyn on Monday.
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Knicks will have a significant schedule advantage in the cross-town showdown b/w NY and Brooklyn on Monday.
We get numb to Nikola Jokic’s excellence, but the dude is averaging:
30.4 points,
13.0 rebounds and
10.8 assists
while shooting
62.8% from the floor and
41.8% from three-point range.
Read that again.
Is that not the greatest offensive display over the first month of a season in NBA history?
30.4 points,
13.0 rebounds and
10.8 assists
while shooting
62.8% from the floor and
41.8% from three-point range.
Read that again.
Is that not the greatest offensive display over the first month of a season in NBA history?
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We get numb to Nikola Jokic’s excellence, but the dude is averaging:
30.4 points,
13.0 rebounds and
10.8 assists
while shooting
62.8% from the floor and
41.8% from three-point range.
Read that again.
Is that not the greatest offensive display over the first month of a season in NBA history?
30.4 points,
13.0 rebounds and
10.8 assists
while shooting
62.8% from the floor and
41.8% from three-point range.
Read that again.
Is that not the greatest offensive display over the first month of a season in NBA history?
The Pistons (14-2) have as many wins this season as the Pacers, Clippers, Mavs, and Pels COMBINED.
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Pistons (14-2) have as many wins this season as the Pacers, Clippers, Mavs, and Pels COMBINED.
In the six games the Knicks have played on the road this season, KAT is shooting 37% from the floor, 20% from 3PT range and has more turnovers than assists.
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In the six games the Knicks have played on the road this season, KAT is shooting 37% from the floor, 20% from 3PT range and has more turnovers than assists.
Over the Knicks' last five games, NY is allowing a whopping 130.6 points per 100 possessions with Mitchell Robinson on the court. That is, by far, the worst DefRtg on the team during this stretch.
New York’s Net Rating with Mitch on the floor is -15.1 during this 5-game span.
New York’s Net Rating with Mitch on the floor is -15.1 during this 5-game span.
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Over the Knicks' last five games, NY is allowing a whopping 130.6 points per 100 possessions with Mitchell Robinson on the court. That is, by far, the worst DefRtg on the team during this stretch.
New York’s Net Rating with Mitch on the floor is -15.1 during this 5-game span.
New York’s Net Rating with Mitch on the floor is -15.1 during this 5-game span.
Pride flag: inappropriate political signage
Swastika: potentially divisive
Yes, there will be an increase in desperate attempts by the current administration to distract the electorate, but we can’t allow this shit to be normalized
Swastika: potentially divisive
Yes, there will be an increase in desperate attempts by the current administration to distract the electorate, but we can’t allow this shit to be normalized
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Pride flag: inappropriate political signage
Swastika: potentially divisive
Yes, there will be an increase in desperate attempts by the current administration to distract the electorate, but we can’t allow this shit to be normalized
Swastika: potentially divisive
Yes, there will be an increase in desperate attempts by the current administration to distract the electorate, but we can’t allow this shit to be normalized
Ugly Win.
“Sometimes you got to win ugly.” - Mike Brown
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November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A total of 326 players have logged more than 100 minutes thus far this season.
Of those 326 players, only one is shooting below 32% from the field, below 26% from three-point range and 50% or worse from the free-throw line:
Guerschon Yabusele
Of those 326 players, only one is shooting below 32% from the field, below 26% from three-point range and 50% or worse from the free-throw line:
Guerschon Yabusele
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A total of 326 players have logged more than 100 minutes thus far this season.
Of those 326 players, only one is shooting below 32% from the field, below 26% from three-point range and 50% or worse from the free-throw line:
Guerschon Yabusele
Of those 326 players, only one is shooting below 32% from the field, below 26% from three-point range and 50% or worse from the free-throw line:
Guerschon Yabusele
Over the Knicks' past eight games,
Josh Hart is averaging:
12.6 points,
5.6 assists and
6.9 rebounds
while shooting
over 54% from the floor and
over 48% from three-point range.
Josh Hart is averaging:
12.6 points,
5.6 assists and
6.9 rebounds
while shooting
over 54% from the floor and
over 48% from three-point range.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Over the Knicks' past eight games,
Josh Hart is averaging:
12.6 points,
5.6 assists and
6.9 rebounds
while shooting
over 54% from the floor and
over 48% from three-point range.
Josh Hart is averaging:
12.6 points,
5.6 assists and
6.9 rebounds
while shooting
over 54% from the floor and
over 48% from three-point range.
KAT has attempted 72 shots from beyond 24 feet this season.
More than five per game.
That's too many.
He is shooting just 30.6% on those attempts.
(KAT has just four corner 3PT attempts in 2025-26).
More than five per game.
That's too many.
He is shooting just 30.6% on those attempts.
(KAT has just four corner 3PT attempts in 2025-26).
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
KAT has attempted 72 shots from beyond 24 feet this season.
More than five per game.
That's too many.
He is shooting just 30.6% on those attempts.
(KAT has just four corner 3PT attempts in 2025-26).
More than five per game.
That's too many.
He is shooting just 30.6% on those attempts.
(KAT has just four corner 3PT attempts in 2025-26).
Over the first 14 games of the season, KAT is shooting just 42.9% from the field and 31.7% from downtown.
Per @stathead.com, it’s the first time over any 14-game stretch in his entire career, that Towns has shot below 43% from the floor and below 32% from three-point range.
Per @stathead.com, it’s the first time over any 14-game stretch in his entire career, that Towns has shot below 43% from the floor and below 32% from three-point range.
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Over the first 14 games of the season, KAT is shooting just 42.9% from the field and 31.7% from downtown.
Per @stathead.com, it’s the first time over any 14-game stretch in his entire career, that Towns has shot below 43% from the floor and below 32% from three-point range.
Per @stathead.com, it’s the first time over any 14-game stretch in his entire career, that Towns has shot below 43% from the floor and below 32% from three-point range.
