| The Knicks go 3-1 this week. In keeping with their trend, no more than 2 or 3 guys are allowed to play really well in any single game. Fortunately for the Knicks 1 of those guys has been Melo all week, and when Melo plays really well the Knicks have a great chance at winning. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Anthony, Carmelo | This was an easy call. Melo shot lights out against the Magic and Bulls. He didn’t have a great shooting night against the Wolves, but had a season high in assists, 1 shy of a triple double. The Knicks look like a playoff team when Melo is firing on all cylindars. | 1 |
| 2 | Thomas, Lance | What insane world are we living in where Lance Thomas has been the Knicks 2nd best player AND the Knicks won most of the games? I’m finally convinced, sorry for all the hate Lance. I’ll add my newly found surplus of hate to the Vujacic section. | 4 |
| 3 | Afflalo, Arron | Until the dud against the Magic Arron has been a legit 2nd scoring option next to Melo. It says a lot that the one game this week he couldn’t get it going was the 1 game the Knicks lost. | 2 |
| 4 | O’Quinn, Kyle | The basketball gods giveth and the basketball gods taketh away. O’Quinn was becoming a really key part of the bench until he was held out of the Magic game with an undesclosed ankle injury. When the Knicks don’t disclose an injury it usually means something bad. Kyle is probably getting his foot amputated. | 3 |
| 5 | Galloway, Langston | Looks like Galloway is slowly coming out of his slump, giving the backcourt some much needed support. And the better Langston plays, the less we have to see of Sasha. Continue reading | |
Author: Jay
2015/16 Knicks Roster Power Rankings – Week 8
| An up a down week. There was the Utah game where the Knicks got spanked, the Kings game that the Knicks should have won, and the Portland game where they finally did win. A lot of shake ups in the rankings this week as Porzingis terrible week gets him dethroned, and O’Quinn gets out of the doghouse and shoots up the standings. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Anthony, Carmelo | Yeah he was bad in Utah, but who wasn’t. Melo was crazy good in Portland with arguably his best outing of the season. Lets hope we see more games like that. | 3 |
| 2 | Afflalo, Arron | It’s nice having another scoring option, Afflalo hasn’t been amazing, but he’s been fairly reliable and consistent, something no one else on the team currently has. | 2 |
| 3 | O’Quinn, Kyle | I don’t know what to make of this, KOQ had a great week, grabbed a ton of boards, and even had a 7-8 night against Portland. Why does Fisher bench him for weeks at a time? | 13 |
| 4 | Thomas, Lance | Never thought I’d ever put Thomas this high. Does this count as my apology? | 7 |
| 5 | Vujacic, Sasha | This is like the bizarro standings. I still think we’d be better off if Sasha were in a suit, but I can’t deny how good he was this week. Sasha almost led a comeback in Utah after a no show by the starters. Continue reading | |
Episode 318: Stats Guy the Third
Marc, Jay, and stats guy talk about the last 4 games, whether it is OK to criticize players, how Fisher is doing as a coach, debate whether we think a change is needed to the starting lineup, and much more
2015/16 Knicks Roster Power Rankings – Week 7
| The Knicks went 2-2 this week, beating 2 absolutely terrible teams, and losing to 2 decent teams. Although the Bucks aren’t nearly as good as the Knicks made them look. Fisher seems to finally be getting the rotation down to 10 guys which makes my life easier. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Porzingis, Kristaps | Porzingis was the best player on the Knicks for 3 of the 4 games this week. If only we had a max level super star to help him out. | 1 |
| 2 | Afflalo, Arron | His 3 point shot hasn’t been there, but he’s shooting well from everywhere else on the court, rebounding, and playing defense. I’ll take it. | 2 |
| 3 | Anthony, Carmelo | Melo did have a season high in assists (8) against the Mavs, but he’s been shooting 33% for too often to even consider moving him higher on this list. | 3 |
| 4 | Calderon, Jose | Look who’s back from the dead! I almost forgot what it’s like having a PG do point guardy things. | 5 |
| 5 | Seraphin, Kevin | Seraphin asked Fisher how he could get more playing time and Fisher said play better defense. Since then Seraphin has been the most consistant player on the Knicks bench. Continue reading | |
Episode 317: Two Wins and One Loss
Marc and Jay talk about the last 3 games, Melo trade scenarios, Phillys tanking strategy, LeBron needs more help, and lots more
2015/16 Knicks Roster Power Rankings – Week 6
| Three games and three losses. The Rockets game was tough, that should have been a win. The most important thing now is to not lose Wednesdays game against the 0-18 76ers. Everyone is going to be ranked 14th next week if that happens. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Porzingis, Kristaps | Porzingis led the team in scoring against Miami with 11 points….gross. On a more positive note, other than getting dunked on, Kristaps looked as good or better than Howard for most of the game. | 1 |
| 2 | Afflalo, Arron | It’s too bad Afflalos 31 point game ended up in an overtime loss, but it was reassuring knowing that the Knicks have some actual scorers around Melo for a change. | 3 |
| 3 | Anthony, Carmelo | A nice game against the Magic was followed up by a turd against the Heat and DNP-??? Against the Rockets. Not the best of weeks for our superstar. | 2 |
| 4 | Seraphin, Kevin | Two straight nice games for Seraphin. Is it a rule that that Knicks can’t have more than 1 or 2 bench guys playing well at one time? | 8 |
| 5 | Calderon, Jose | Calderon has looked much better since the beginning of the season, but 0 assists against the Heat in 25 minutes? Come on. Continue reading | |
Episode 316: Kristaps
Marc and Jay talk about this weeks games, Derrick Fishers coaching, the top rookies so far, the bench rotation, and much more
2015/16 Knicks Roster Power Rankings – Week 5
| 3 wins this week, bringing the win streak to 4 games! I’m of course pretending the Miami game didn’t happen. Those aren’t the Knicks I watched for the first 14 games of the season. Those were a bunch of jokers who didn’t play defense and couldn’t shoot. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Porzingis, Kristaps | It took a whole 5 weeks before our young, too skinny, multi-year project claimed the #1 spot. Zingis arguably outplayed our superstar Melo in 3 of the 4 games this week, including a 29 point game and a 7 block game (both tops among rookies this season). | 2 |
| 2 | Anthony, Carmelo | Melo has been alright this week. Not the untradable superstar I keep hearing about, but decent. His assists are back down, 5 over the course of the last 3 games, and his shot is still streaky. Basically classic Melo, very good but leaves you wanting more. | 1 |
| 3 | Afflalo, Arron | Afflalo is a legit starting SG, but not one of the best SG’s in the league. He is, however, probably the best SG the Knicks have had since Starks. That’s depressing. | 3 |
| 4 | Calderon, Jose | The Knicks go as Calderon goes. He played well in our 3 wins and bad in the 1 loss. | 5 |
| 5 | Galloway, Langston | For the first 3 weeks I thought we had a deep bench, now it looks like Galloway and whatever random guy ends up playing well for 1 night. Continue reading | |
Episode 315: Porzingis
Marc and Jay talk about the last four games, Porzingis, team leaders in defense, fantasy basketball, Porzingis, ESPN using our cutting down the Nets segment, listener questions and Porzingis
2015/16 Knicks Roster Power Rankings – Week 4
| Pretty decent week. The Knicks went 2-2, were .1 seconds away from beating the Hornets and were in control of the Cavs game until that terrible 4th quarter. Melo is finally playing well and Afflalo is back in the lineup. Fishers 11 man rotation makes these rankings pretty difficult. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Anthony, Carmelo | Melo scored 25 or more in all 4 games, and is assisting more than our starting PG. That sounds impressive until you realize our starting PG is assisting at a rate of about 3.5 APG. | 3 |
| 2 | Porzingis, Kristaps | The shot is still not falling, which is frustrating, be he’s doing everything else right. 15 rebounds and an (almost) game winner against the Hornets, and his fouls are way down. I’ll take it. | 2 |
| 3 | Afflalo, Arron | A shooting guard who can kinda sorta shoot! He’s not going to single handedly take over games, but he’s looked good in his first week back and more importantly is taking Vujacics minutes. | 14 |
| 4 | Galloway, Langston | An off week for Galloway, but still our most consitent bench option. | 1 |
| 5 | Calderon, Jose | Maybe lowering Calderons minutes to around 22 per game was the secret. He’s hitting shots and every once in a while covering opposing players. Continue reading | |
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