| I got busy at work so this is coming out 2 days late, which means I have to include the Houston game instead of it being a 3-0 week. A 3-1 week is still way more fun than last weeks 0-3 week. Maybe I won’t have a meltdown halfway through the rankings this time. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Porzingis, Kristaps | Porzingis averaged 33 and 9 in the three wins and 19 and 5 in the loss. Porzingis has now scored over 30 in 5 of 7 games this season. Would like to see him average more than 1 assist a game, but everything else about his game looks pretty great right now. | 1 |
| 2 | Kanter, Enes | Really hoping Kanter can improve on defense. He’s so efficient on offense every night. If he plays over 24 minutes you can pretty much lock in a double double. | 2 |
| 3 | Lee, Courtney | Speaking of consistency, Lee doesn’t light up the box score but he knows his roll. He defends, shoots a good % and does what he’s supposed to do. One of the best signings the Knicks have made in the last 10 years. Of course that’s not saying much. | 5 |
| 4 | O’Quinn, Kyle | O’Quinn has been so good Knicks fans aren’t even grumbling that much about not seeing fan favorite Hernangomez on the floor. One of the best deals in the NBA. | 3 |
| 5 | Ntilikina, Frank | Frank finally got healthy enough to play and the team ripped off 3 wins in a row. His defense is already way above average and he’s had some really nice passes. Not much of a scoring threat but I’d rather defense and passing. We tried a scoring PG with Rose and it didn’t work. | 10 |
| 6 | Jack, Jarrett | Jack gets a huge bump for bringing league average talent to the PG position. It doesn’t sound like a complement but the Knicks haven’t had that in years and the difference was immediately noticable. | 12 |
| 7 | McDermott, Doug | McDermott has been better than advertised so far. His defense isn’t great but hasn’t been the train wreck we were expecting. | 7 |
| 8 | Hardaway Jr., Tim | Two good games this week. And those games were really good. Still going to have to do that more than once or twice a week to be worth that contract. I feel like the inconsistency is going to be absolutely maddening. | 15 |
| 9 | Dotson, Damyean | Seeing minutes for Dotson way earlier than I thought we would. He’s looked pretty decent so far in limited playing time. | 9 |
| 10 | Hernangomez, Willy | Willy looks like he hasn’t improved at all on defense which is probably why he can’t get minutes over O’Quinn. | 6 |
| 11 | Beasley, Michael | I’m beginning to see why so many teams passed on Beasley. | 11 |
| 12 | Baker, Ron | Baker really got injured at the wrong time. I wonder if there will be any minutes left for him when he comes back. | 8 |
| 13 | Thomas, Lance | I almost forgot Lance was on the team. He has two more years after this one on his contract because Knicks. | 13 |
| 14 | Sessions, Ramon | The team looked so much better when Sessions got benched. Not a good sign for Ramon. | 4 |
| 15 | Kuzminskas, Mindaugas | Pretty sure Kuz will be wearing a suit for 4 more games and then will get cut. | 14 |
| 16 | Noah, Joakim | 4 more games and then Noah will take minutes from a more deserving player. | 16 |
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