| The first player rankings for the season. There are a lot of new faces. Again. Let’s see if we can sort this out. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Porzingis, Kristaps | The best player on the team by a mile. I’m not worried about his talent level, but health is definitely a concern. | – |
| 2 | Hardaway Jr., Tim | A guy the Knicks fanbase practically chased out with pitchforks is one of the best players on the team 2 short seasons later. Will he be grossly overpaid or just slightly overpaid? | – |
| 3 | Kanter, Enes | This list is already difficult to put together. Could #3 on this list really be someone who is an absolute liability on defense? At least he has elite level offense. The Knicks will definitely be looking to outscore teams this season. | – |
| 4 | Lee, Courtney | One of the few guys who can play defense on this team. Which means he’ll probably be traded by all star break. | – |
| 5 | Hernangomez, Willy | Hoping (B)Willing can make a mini-leap this season. The better he is the less we have to watch Noah drag his corpse up and down the court. | – |
| 6 | O’Quinn, Kyle | KOQ has 12 games to make his presence known. Once Noah comes back he could lose all his minutes if he doesn’t impress. | – |
| 7 | Thomas, Lance | Lance is going to be in an intersting fight for minutes along with Beasley and McDermott. | – |
| 8 | Beasley, Michael | I think I’m much higher on Beasley than most people. Lets see how long that lasts. | – |
| 9 | McDermott, Doug | I keep hearing about how great a shooter McD is, but if he can’t do anything else is he worth playing? | – |
| 10 | Ntilikina, Frank | Hard to rank a rookie who played part of 1 preseason game. Also frustrating that we’ve been complaining about the Knicks PG situation for a decade and the first PG to show up on this list is #10. | – |
| 11 | Baker, Ron | Baker had a great story last season. I have my doubts the sequel will be as good as the original. | – |
| 12 | Sessions, Ramon | In typical Knicks fashion, they sign a guy 7 years after they want him. | – |
| 13 | Dotson, Damyean | I’m excited about Dotson, but it’s going to be hard to find minutes for him right now. | – |
| 14 | Kuzminskas, Mindaugas | I think Kuz is in jeopardy of getting cut. He was alright last season but I don’t see his ceiling as being much higher than what we saw last year and he’s in his late 20’s. | – |
| 15 | Jack, Jarrett | Jack is most likely getting cut as soon as Noah gets back from his suspension. It’s sad that anyone is getting cut because of Noah at this point. | – |
| 16 | Noah, Joakim | If Noah gives the Knicks anything at all this year I’ll be surprised. He was washed up 3 years ago. He was very washed up 2 years ago. He was still very much washed up last year. Now he’s coming off of injuries, drugs, and is well into his 30’s. Should be fun. | – |
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