Vacillating Pace
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Knicks. That's it. "Back and forth we go."
You guys did not wish hard enough.
New Year's Resolution: Stay Positive About The Knicks rather than dipping back into my deep well of doom. Wish me (and them) luck!
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM
You guys did not wish hard enough.
Congrats to October through Xmas Jalen - Looking forward to his return.
January 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Congrats to October through Xmas Jalen - Looking forward to his return.
Phoenix NBA team is named after the object that makes the city absolutely unlivable for 5 months of the year, btw. It's like if Chicago was plagued by murderous bulls that gave everyone cancer, and they were like... let's name our team after that!
January 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Phoenix NBA team is named after the object that makes the city absolutely unlivable for 5 months of the year, btw. It's like if Chicago was plagued by murderous bulls that gave everyone cancer, and they were like... let's name our team after that!
Yeah I have some questions
Knicks upgrade Jalen Brunson to QUESTIONABLE Saturday vs Suns
Brunson sprained his right ankle and left the game Wednesday in Sacramento then sat out Thursday at Golden State
Brunson sprained his right ankle and left the game Wednesday in Sacramento then sat out Thursday at Golden State
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Yeah I have some questions
I like the way Deuce is pushing and the way the ball is moving in the non-JB minutes. Now if only Mitch helping on D didn't destroy the entire defensive scheme.
January 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I like the way Deuce is pushing and the way the ball is moving in the non-JB minutes. Now if only Mitch helping on D didn't destroy the entire defensive scheme.
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very glad i hung 95% of my emotional wellbeing on the knicks season. that was really smart to do
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 AM
very glad i hung 95% of my emotional wellbeing on the knicks season. that was really smart to do
New Year's Resolution: Stay Positive About The Knicks rather than dipping back into my deep well of doom. Wish me (and them) luck!
December 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New Year's Resolution: Stay Positive About The Knicks rather than dipping back into my deep well of doom. Wish me (and them) luck!
the pessimist in me says - he's gone. Or, at least, they are working on something and he's a part of it. Better be getting a big in return...
Mitchell Robinson will miss his second straight game tomorrow with ankle injury management.
Brown said after the game yesterday nothing new happened and they’ve just played a lot lately.
Brown said after the game yesterday nothing new happened and they’ve just played a lot lately.
December 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
the pessimist in me says - he's gone. Or, at least, they are working on something and he's a part of it. Better be getting a big in return...
Saddiq - 25 in the first half. 1 in the second. Knicks win.... mostly because they don't have someone who thinks like Jordan Poole thinks on their team.
Ordinarily, giving up 75 pts in a half means you lose. But Knicks score 72 on the other side of the floor and I actually expect them to win this one, simply because Saddiq is not scoring 50 tonight.
December 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Saddiq - 25 in the first half. 1 in the second. Knicks win.... mostly because they don't have someone who thinks like Jordan Poole thinks on their team.
Man... OG is worth every penny.
December 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Man... OG is worth every penny.
Ordinarily, giving up 75 pts in a half means you lose. But Knicks score 72 on the other side of the floor and I actually expect them to win this one, simply because Saddiq is not scoring 50 tonight.
December 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Ordinarily, giving up 75 pts in a half means you lose. But Knicks score 72 on the other side of the floor and I actually expect them to win this one, simply because Saddiq is not scoring 50 tonight.
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Average offensive rebounds per-36 minutes this season:
Celtics: 9.4
76ers: 9.4
MITCHELL ROBINSON by himself: 9.1
Magic: 8.9
Spurs: 8.9
Warriors: 8.7
Wolves: 8.4
Heat: 8.1
Nuggets: 7.8
Lakers: 7.6
Mavs: 7.5
Thunder: 6.9
Bucks: 6.4
Celtics: 9.4
76ers: 9.4
MITCHELL ROBINSON by himself: 9.1
Magic: 8.9
Spurs: 8.9
Warriors: 8.7
Wolves: 8.4
Heat: 8.1
Nuggets: 7.8
Lakers: 7.6
Mavs: 7.5
Thunder: 6.9
Bucks: 6.4
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Average offensive rebounds per-36 minutes this season:
Celtics: 9.4
76ers: 9.4
MITCHELL ROBINSON by himself: 9.1
Magic: 8.9
Spurs: 8.9
Warriors: 8.7
Wolves: 8.4
Heat: 8.1
Nuggets: 7.8
Lakers: 7.6
Mavs: 7.5
Thunder: 6.9
Bucks: 6.4
Celtics: 9.4
76ers: 9.4
MITCHELL ROBINSON by himself: 9.1
Magic: 8.9
Spurs: 8.9
Warriors: 8.7
Wolves: 8.4
Heat: 8.1
Nuggets: 7.8
Lakers: 7.6
Mavs: 7.5
Thunder: 6.9
Bucks: 6.4
They're all much better than him, but it feels a bit like all three of these guys are on the DLo express right now.
Feels like Trae, Ja, and LaMelo are all in a musical chairs round for the same possibly nonexistent desperate team. The best argument to make for the three is something like "Well Ja is playing bad on purpose."
December 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
They're all much better than him, but it feels a bit like all three of these guys are on the DLo express right now.
JB is a marvel in lots of ways - always thinking, always reading, always making the play. Terrific work here by JLE3 to capture that.
Jalen Brunson was kind enough to watch some film with me following the Knicks win Saturday night.
Great insight into how he processes things, his tricks of the trade and more.
Watching film with Jalen Brunson:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...
Great insight into how he processes things, his tricks of the trade and more.
Watching film with Jalen Brunson:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...
Film study with Jalen Brunson: Knicks star breaks down five of his plays
Jalen Brunson, one of the NBA's most gifted offensive players, takes The Athletic into his mind during a film session.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
JB is a marvel in lots of ways - always thinking, always reading, always making the play. Terrific work here by JLE3 to capture that.
I have lived many years and now can say I have seen someone play for the knicks who, when they are down 2 w 90 seconds left, when he takes a little step to the right and launches a 3 three from the right elbow, I think: that's going in. AND IT DOES.
December 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I have lived many years and now can say I have seen someone play for the knicks who, when they are down 2 w 90 seconds left, when he takes a little step to the right and launches a 3 three from the right elbow, I think: that's going in. AND IT DOES.
That was a difficult game to watch on an airplane without looking insane, let me tell you.
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
That was a difficult game to watch on an airplane without looking insane, let me tell you.
Mike Breen loves few things more than a Tyler Kolek rebound.
December 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Mike Breen loves few things more than a Tyler Kolek rebound.
Deviating from my 100% Knicks commentary to say that I am intrigued by Derrick Queen. Is he Eddy Curry? Is he an Eddy Curry who doesn't fall into the physical morass that hampered Eddy Curry? We shall see. But he is currently very good.
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Deviating from my 100% Knicks commentary to say that I am intrigued by Derrick Queen. Is he Eddy Curry? Is he an Eddy Curry who doesn't fall into the physical morass that hampered Eddy Curry? We shall see. But he is currently very good.
Last night he called Fontecchio "Fonticello", like Jefferson's house got a little fountain out front.
Clyde can't even sort of say 'Kneuppel'
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Last night he called Fontecchio "Fonticello", like Jefferson's house got a little fountain out front.
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got vulnerable and wrote about a recent series of professional rejections in an attempt to distil both the changing sports media landscape, and what it means to want
Engine, ballast
The push/pull of want, The Believer's Sports Issue, and how athletes are shrinking the sports media landscape.
www.basketballfeelings.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
got vulnerable and wrote about a recent series of professional rejections in an attempt to distil both the changing sports media landscape, and what it means to want
We are lucky to have Mike Breen and Clyde as our announcers for lots of reasons, and one: Breen shapes fan discourse. Talks all the time about KAT's defense on nights when he collapses, mentally, on offense. Today, the KAT annoyance on blogs/boards is tempered by comments about how good he is on D.
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We are lucky to have Mike Breen and Clyde as our announcers for lots of reasons, and one: Breen shapes fan discourse. Talks all the time about KAT's defense on nights when he collapses, mentally, on offense. Today, the KAT annoyance on blogs/boards is tempered by comments about how good he is on D.
Never expected this to happen, but TYK (man needs a nickname - this is the best I can do for now) is becoming a playable guy. Not sure if going to a zone when he's out there with Brunson is going to work against guys like Maxey or SGA, but... it's nice to have this depth.
Who is this Tyler Kolek that Jalen Brunson keeps talking about?
He spent every day in college with a basketball and anxiety but now is confidently helping the Knicks win.
My story:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...
He spent every day in college with a basketball and anxiety but now is confidently helping the Knicks win.
My story:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...
Who is the Tyler Kolek that Jalen Brunson keeps speaking about?
Kolek is having himself a week.
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Never expected this to happen, but TYK (man needs a nickname - this is the best I can do for now) is becoming a playable guy. Not sure if going to a zone when he's out there with Brunson is going to work against guys like Maxey or SGA, but... it's nice to have this depth.
"Ball goes in hoop - no running without bouncing ball" is nature's design!
"The NBA Cup is contrived!" As if the NBA was created by Zeus and handed down on golden tablets. The whole thing is fucking made up.
December 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"Ball goes in hoop - no running without bouncing ball" is nature's design!
I don't really care one way or another about raising an NBA cup banner but I am TOTALLY HYPED that it is a topic for the fans because it means we won a thing. Bickering about what to do once we beat a bunch of teams? Great! Yes!
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I don't really care one way or another about raising an NBA cup banner but I am TOTALLY HYPED that it is a topic for the fans because it means we won a thing. Bickering about what to do once we beat a bunch of teams? Great! Yes!
Nice to win a thing, I have to say.
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Nice to win a thing, I have to say.