Marc and Jay give their preliminary roster power rankings and debate what these rankings will look like in a few weeks
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Episode 520: Updated Roster Power Rankings
Marc and Jay talk about the past weeks games, listener questions, trade rumors, and update their roster power rankings
Episode 516: Roster Power Rankings
Marc, Jay, and Peter talk about the first 3 games and rank the roster based on those performances
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2019/20 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 2
| I got busy at work, this was supposed to go up yesterday, so these rankings do not reflect the Magic game, so all you Frank fans can put away your pitchforks. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Barrett, RJ | Barrett is already the Knicks best player. I’m so happy that a Knicks draft pick worked out, but that also speaks volumes about the rest of the roster. Would really like it if Fiz stopped trying to make RJ a PG. | 4 |
| 2 | Randle, Julius | At some point Randle is going to stop turning the ball over a million times a game. His willingness to pass the ball has been nice, he’s leading the team at 5APG. | 2 |
| 3 | Morris, Marcus | Can we get Preseason Morris back? He’s been OK, but nowhere near as good as he looked a few weeks ago. | 1 |
| 4 | Robinson, Mitchell | So far Mitch has not been able to keep his foul woes in check. He looks great when he’s out there, but his minutes have been limited because of his fouls. | 3 |
| 5 | Knox, Kevin | Knox has looked much improved this season and is a legit scoring threat off the bench now. | 11 |
| 6 | Portis, Bobby | After 3 pretty terrible games Portis destroyed the Bulls. The Knicks need to make him feel slighted by the opposing team every game. | 8 |
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2019/20 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 1
| As usual the first rankings of the year has a ton of new faces. 9 to be exact. Since the season hasn’t started yet this weeks rankings are mostly based on past performance and expected performance. I’m not weighing preseason very heavily. Randle was a 21 and 9 guy over the course of an 82 game season, a few underwhelming preseasons games aren’t going to drop him. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Morris, Marcus | Morris put up 14 and 6 last season as the 4th or 5th option. I expect he’ll look even better on a team with no clear cut #1 option. | – |
| 2 | Randle, Julius | If Randle averages 21 and 9 again for the Knicks does he make the all star team in the east? | – |
| 3 | Robinson, Mitchell | We know he can block shots, but can he stay on the court? Foul trouble is a huge concern. | – |
| 4 | Barrett, RJ | Barrett is hard to rank right now. He’s supposed to be very good, but his shot looks a little clunky. One thing is for sure, with the Knicks sketchy backcourt he’ll have every opportunity to show what he’s got. | – |
| 5 | Gibson, Taj | Gibson has been consistent for a decade now. He’s getting up there in age but he’ll be a solid piece off the bench. | – Continue reading |
Episode 441: Updated Roster Power Rankings
Marc and Jay talk about the Porzingis and Fizdale nonevent, updating the Knicks roster power rankings, the Players Tribune Event, Where are they now, the Butler trade, this weeks games, fantasy update, and more
Episode 434: Training Camp and some predictions
Marc and Jay talk about training camp updates, free agency 2019 updates, Mudiay looks better, Ntilikina is taller, Knicks roster power rankings, prediction the standings for the 2018-19 seasons for both conferences
2017/18 Knicks Roster Power Rankings – Week 5
| A 2-1 week that should have been a 3-0 week. If you told me the Knicks would be ahead of the Cavs in the standings 14 games into the season and LeBron was healthy I would have asked you to share whatever drug you were on. Oh and farewell to Kuz. We hardly knew ye. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Porzingis, Kristaps | Porzingis efficiency was down a good amount this week. I hope it doesn’t have to do with his elbow as that probably won’t get better any time soon. The good news is that even with lower efficiency KP still averaged 25 and 7. | 1 |
| 2 | Lee, Courtney | Lee had a great week, especially agains the Kings. He’s been an underrated part of the Knicks success. | 7 |
| 3 | Hardaway Jr., Tim | Hardaway had monster games against the Cavs and Jazz, which makes up for the turd he layed against the Kings. He’s showing some good signs like improved defense and passing. If he can get his consistency up he’ll be worth his contract. | 3 |
| 4 | Ntilikina, Frank | Not only did Frank have 6 steals against the Cavs, he stood up to LeBron. He’s going to be really good. Dennis Smith Jr. who? | 4 |
| 5 | Kanter, Enes | Kanter can score and he can rebound. What he can’t seem to do is defend and that was exposed against the Cavs and Jazz. Still, he’s an emotional presence. Standing up for Frank like he did in the Cavs game is important. | 2 |
| 6 | Jack, Jarrett | Jack averaged over 5 assists per game this week. I’ll take it. | 9 |
| 7 | McDermott, Doug | No one on the bench really stood out this week. Doug was the only one to have a positive +/- in all 3 games. | 6 |
| 8 | O’Quinn, Kyle | Quiet week from KOQ. Not terrible, but not as good as the last few weeks. | 5 |
| 9 | Thomas, Lance | I’m glad I didn’t bow down to the pressure and issue a Lance apology. | 8 |
| 10 | Dotson, Damyean | Dotson looked really good against the Kings and then played 1 minute over the next 2 games. | 10 |
| 11 | Beasley, Michael | Has the Beasley experiment come to an end already? | 11 |
| 12 | Noah, Joakim | Coach said he’s bringing back Noah slowly. Zero minutes over the first two games is an excellent pace if you ask me. | 16 |
| 13 | Hernangomez, Willy | Now that Noah is back I think the only way Willy is getting on the court is if he leaves hundreds of marbles in the locker room in the hopes of multiple sprained ankles. | 13 |
| 14 | Baker, Ron | Baker is out of the rotation. At least we’re paying him twice market value! | 12 |
| 15 | Sessions, Ramon | I remember really wanting Sessions on the team. That was about 7 years ago but still. | 14 |
2017/18 Knicks Roster Power Rankings – Week 2
| I thought it would take a little longer to get this down on the Knicks, but they are already one of only 3 teams in the NBA without a win after two 20 point blowouts and one blown 20 point lead. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Porzingis, Kristaps | Porzingis was terrible against the Celtics but he gets a pass for looking pretty incredible in games 1 and 2. | 1 |
| 2 | Kanter, Enes | If you blinked during the first quarter of game 3 you would have missed 8 rebounds by Kanter. He finished with 19. If he could develop even leauge average defense the Knicks could really have something here. | 3 |
| 3 | O’Quinn, Kyle | O’Quinn looked like a solid backup in games 1 and 2, but was only given 6 minutes in game 3. I get Hernangomez needs minutes but I figured that would wait until KOQ hit a slump. | 6 |
| 4 | Sessions, Ramon | Sessions hasn’t looked very good, but he’s ranked this high because I’m taking into account he’s a backup being thrust into a starting role. Considering that he’s been OK. | 12 |
| 5 | Lee, Courtney | Lee’s best days are clearly behind him, but he’s not terrible, which is more than I can say for almost everyone ranked below him. | 4 Continue reading |
2016/17 Knicks Roster Power Rankings – Week 16
| A 1-3 week after barely beating the worst team in the league. Half the team looks like they don’t even want to be playing basketball anymore and the trade rumors are getting louder. AKA a typical February at MSG. By the way it’s decision time. The Knicks are 2.5 games out of the playoffs with 4 teams to leapfrog, and also 2.5 games out of the 4th worst record and 4 teams to leapfrog. They either need to get their act together immediately or embrace the tank and lock down a top 5 pick. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Hernangomez, Willy | This one was easy. The only player on the team to look decent in every game AND to look like he’s putting in effort. It’s only a matter of time before he is starting over Noah. | 6 |
| 2 | Anthony, Carmelo | Not going to drop Melo too far even though he had a couple stinkers this week. At least not until we see if this is due to being distracted by trade rumors or if it’s something worse. | 1 |
| 3 | Lee, Courtney | Lee is still doing his thing. His +/- is a little disturbing, but it’s mostly due to the fact that the starting lineup almost always spots the other team 10 points right off the bat. | 2 |
| 4 | Jennings, Brandon | Jennings has the most Jennings stat line this week; 1-11 for 6 point, but 10 assists and 5 steals. Unlike Rose, Jennings puts in maximum effort every night. | 5 |
| 5 | Porzingis, Kristaps | Porzingis kind of stinks lately. Lingering injury or time to get on the ledge? Continue reading | |
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