| The Knicks went 3-0 this week and are tied for the best record in the league at 5-1. The best part about that is I feel like the Knicks aren’t even playing up to their potential so there’s room to get even better as the season progresses. |
| Rank |
Player |
Comments |
Last Weeks Rank |
| 1 |
Barrett, RJ |
Barrett had his best game of the season against the Pelicans, maybe even his career, netting 35 points. He’s playing defense at an extremely high level and now his shots are falling. |
2 |
| 2 |
Randle, Julius |
Randle has forced some shots lately and has made a few bad decisions but seems very willing to distribute (almost 7apg ghis week) and sacrifice for the greater good. |
1 |
| 3 |
Walker, Kemba |
Kemba’s knee looks fine so far, and he’s balling, averaging 20ppg this week and looking very confident (and happy). |
8 |
| 4 |
Robinson, Mitchell |
Robinson still isn’t scoring a lot but he doesn’t need to with all the options the Knicks now how. The shots he does take are money. He hit ever single shot he took this week. A perfect 10-10. His defense has been huge as well. |
4 |
| 5 |
Fournier, Evan |
Evan was a little off against the Bulls but looked great against the 76ers and Pelicans |
5 |
| 6 |
Rose, Derrick |
With Kemba playing as well as he has it was inevitable Rose would take a step back. It’s nice having someone like Rose as a backup. |
3 |
| 7 |
Gibson, Taj |
Taj has found the fountain of youth, looking real good in the backup role. Probably won’t see as much of him going forward with Noel due to come back very soon. |
10 |
| 8 |
Burks, Alec |
A quiet week like this from Burks last season would have been a disaster for the Knicks, this season Burks is more of a luxury than a necessity. I’m confident he’ll still have big moments, just not as many. |
6 |
| 9 |
Toppin, Obi |
Last season Obi looked overwhelmed. This year he looks like he belongs, it’s just that there are a lot of guys playing really well ahead of him. He’s shown flashes of being really good, excited about his potential. |
7 |
| 10 |
Immanuel, Quickley |
Quickley is looking like a 2nd round pick this year. It’s still early, the Knicks have depth but would like to see him turn it around. |
9 |
| 11 |
Grimes, Quentin |
Looks like Thibs has settled on a 10 man rotation so not much to comment about from here on. |
11 |
| 12 |
Sims, Jericho |
Once Noel is back I can probably safely tuck Sims away at the bottom of the list. |
12 |
| 13 |
McBride, Miles |
I think McBride was in for one play last game. |
13 |
| 14 |
Noel, Nerlens |
Almost back, maybe this week. Or not. Who knows? |
14 |
| 15 |
Knox, Kevin |
Will Knox join all the other ex Knicks in Dallas next season? |
15 |
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