| The Knicks might not be good at basketball, but they’re tops in the league in embarrassment. Since last week we had Oakley get arrested and banned and then unbanned after a meeting with Silver and Jordan. Oh and they played 3 games, losing 2 but somehow beating the Spurs to avoid their first 5 game home losing streak in franchise history. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Anthony, Carmelo | Melo bounced back from his off week, even had a decent game against Kawhi. If Melo’s days are numbered, he’s making the most of it. | 2 |
| 2 | Porzingis, Kristaps | It looks like Porzingis is back. And a collective sigh of relief is heard from the entirety of Knicks Nation. | 5 |
| 3 | Lee, Courtney | I hear some people bash Lee. Not sure what that’s about. He’s doing what he’s done his whole career, and that’s not a bad thing. | 3 |
| 4 | Hernangomez, Willy | Was worried how Willy would look against starting lineups. The answer? Pretty pretty pretty good. Knicks are undefeated when Willy starts. | 1 |
| 5 | O’Quinn, Kyle | Really good week for KOQ. I’m pretty comfortable with a Willy/KOQ center rotation going forward. | 9 |
| 6 | Jennings, Brandon | Another Jennings stat line: 2-10 with 6 points and 13 assists. | 4 |
| 7 | Holiday, Justin | Holiday has really quieted down since his hot start. Mini-slump or regressing to the norm? | 7 |
| 8 | Baker, Ron | Hornacek looks like he’s going with a 9 man rotation, and that 9th man is different every game, making the rest of the rankings difficult. Ron looked pretty good in his 20 minutes against the Clippers. | 8 |
| 9 | Kuzminskas, Mindaugas | Kuz had 1 bad game and has since been banished to the bench. Short leash for some and extremely long one for others, which brings us to… | 6 |
| 10 | Rose, Derrick | On paper Rose had a great week. On paper. There is a reason he had a 20-7-8 line in 37 minutes against the Clips and had a +/- of -9. He can’t cover anyone. Shocking since last season he was almost last in the NBA by all advanced metrics. Does Phil even look at recent performance or just focus on stats from 5 years ago? | 12 |
| 11 | Vujacic, Sasha | Yeah you get back to the bench and you stay there. Don’t you move. You hear me? | 11 |
| 12 | Ndour, Maurice | Ndour plays like a guy who knows he won’t see the court again in at least a week. Can’t blame him for trying to do everything in the 3 minutes a week he plays. | 10 |
| 13 | Plumlee, Marshall | I think it’s safe to say I’d rather have Marshall on the team than Noah. | 14 |
| 14 | Thomas, Lance | Lance came back on Sunday. That’s about all I have to say about that. | 15 |
| 15 | Noah, Joakim | Noah has already missed over 25 games. Year 1 and he’s already the worst contract in the NBA. Seriously, what was Phil thinking? | 13 |
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