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2024/25 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 6

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The Knicks have won 5 out fo the last 6 (we won’t talk about that Jazz game), and Precious is very close to coming back. The Knicks look like they’re starting to gel. This is why you don’t call a trade a bust after a dozen games.
Rank Player Comments Last Weeks Rank
1 Anonoby, OG OG playing great on both ends, with a career high 40 points last night. He’s playing like prime Kahwi 3
2 Brunson, Jalen Career high 17 assists last night, that’s what we need to see more of. The Knicks look incredible when the ball is moving. 1
3 Towns, Karl-Anthony Towns has been really good. No buyers remorse here.The east doesn’t have a lot of elite bigs, he’s going to be a problem for opposing teams all season. 2
4 Hart, Josh Hart does it all. So for this season he’s averaging a career high in FG%, FT%, rebounds, and assists. 5
5 Bridges, Mikal An up and down start to the season, if Mikal gets it together this is arguably the best starting lineup in the league. 4
6 McBride, Miles Good to see McBride back so soon, was worried he had a long term injury. 6
7 Payne, Cameron Payne brings nice energy off the bench. He had a steal on 3 straight plays against the Jazz. 7
8 Sims, Jericho Sims held his own against Jokic, am I dreaming? 8
9 Kolek, Tyler Kolek had 8 mins in the 1st half against the Jazz. I thought he had broken into the rotation, but it looks like he’s going to have to wait a little longer to become a regular. 10
10 Dadiet, Pacome I’ve been impressed with Dadiet’s defense. He looks really good in the short minutes we’ve seen him. Might have something here. 11
11 Hukporti, Ariel Since Sims play has improved it looks like Hukporti is the 3rd big man in a 2 big man rotation. 9
12 Achiuwa, Precious Word has it Precious is very close to coming back. More depth is always a good thing. 12
13 Robinson, Mitchell Mitch posted his goals on instagram and one of them was to be playing by Xmas. Fingers crossed! 13

2024/25 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 3

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This team keeps making me go back and forth between they’re going all the way and man this team has a long way to go. That’s just the way it is early in a season when the team adds 8 new players.
Rank Player Comments Last Weeks Rank
1 Brunson, Jalen Brunson has been the best and most consistent player on the roster. I don’t think this is a hot take. 1
2 Towns, Karl-Anthony The Invisible Man era lasted one game. A 44 point showing this early in the season was nice to see. Defense could be better but we already knew that. 6
3 Anonoby, OG When OG gets rolling on offense you see why the Knicks paid him so much. Hopefully he can do what he did in Houston more consistently 2
4 Bridges, Mikal Bridges looks like he’s getting more comfortable on this team every game. 3
5 Hart, Josh What number is higher, Hart’s rebounds or injury scares per game? 4
6 McBride, Miles Let’s pretend the Houston game never happened. 5
7 Payne, Cameron Payne shows flashes of being a nice backup, but he also chucks like he thinks he’s the best player on the court. 7
8 Sims, Jericho Sims is back getting a lot of minutes. When is Precious coming back? 9
9 Hukporti, Ariel Not sure why he fell out of the rotation after looking better than the guy above him. 8
10 Kolek, Tyler We got a very short Kolek sighting. He looked decent. How about not play the starters 40mpg in the beginning of the season and give Tyler some run. 10
11 Dadiet, Pacome Apparently all the guards will have to be injured before we see Pacome again. 11
12 Achiuwa, Precious Please come back soon! 12
13 Robinson, Mitchell Mitch hasn’t played yet, but neither has the guy who injured him, so karma is doing it’s job. 13

2024/25 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 2

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Tough opening schedule for a team that is trying to incorporate a lot of new parts. 1-2 since the initial rankings, a blow out loss, a blow out win, and a close loss. The team looks pretty decent despite the two losses, no reason to panic…yet.
Rank Player Comments Last Weeks Rank
1 Brunson, Jalen Considering the way Towns has been playing I have a feeling Brunson is going to be a mainstay at the top spot 1
2 Anonoby, OG OG is playing great defense as expected. He’s looked a bit more aggressive on offense which is good, Brunson can’t carry the load on offense every game. 3
3 Bridges, Mikal Looks like his hitch was a minor hicckup, shot has looked fine in games 2 and 3. 4
4 Hart, Josh Hart is already back in postseason form, rebounding like crazy. 5
5 McBride, Miles The improvement McBride has made over the last 3 years is amazing. Kudos to the frong office for sticking with him while he developed into a legit important piece to this team. 6
6 Towns, Karl-Anthony I’m going to call him “The Invisible Man” until he stops going 5 minute stretches without me even realizing he’s on the court. A disappointing start so far. 2
7 Payne, Cameron He’s done what he was brought in to do. Give solid backup PG minutes, and keep the offense flowing. He’s definitely not shy about shooting, taking almost as many shots as Towns over this 3 game stretch. 7
8 Hukporti, Ariel Hukporti wans’t even on this list last week. It looks like he’s already passed Sims in the rotation, giving solid backup big man minutes. –
9 Sims, Jericho Didn’t take long for Kukporti to pass Sims in the rotation. To be fair he’s looked kind of lost and he’s been outplayed by Hukporti. When Precious gets back we probably won’t see Sims at all. 8
10 Kolek, Tyler We didn’t get to see Kolek in game 3, but he looked decent in the short time we saw him in games 1 and 2. 9
11 Dadiet, Pacome I’d like to see more of Dadiet, but the opening stretch of games has been really tough, and the main rotation players need time to gel. 10
12 Achiuwa, Precious The quicker Precious comes back the quicker we won’t have to endure those Sims minutes. 11
13 Robinson, Mitchell Should be interesting when Mitch comes back. Maybe he starts and Towns moves to the 4. Will Towns be more effective at that spot? 12

2024/25 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 1

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Since this is our last dance I decided to bring back the Knicks roster power rankings. Last time I did this is was 2021-22. Only 3 years ago but only Mitch, Deuce, and Sims remain from that roster. I think this years roster will be a lot more fun to do. I’ve included the 12 players on a full contract, I will add the two way players if/when they get a full contract.
Rank Player Comments Last Weeks Rank
1 Brunson, Jalen This was an easy one. The best player on the Knicks, coming off a historical playoff run. Having even more spacing this year should make him even more deadly. –
2 Towns, Karl-Anthony Towns is a huge talent, and having a floor spacing center will be a great change from having a non threat on offense at the C position. The pick and roll with Brunson is going to be fun. Health is a concern. –
3 Anonoby, OG The Knicks looked almost unbeatable when OG joined the team last season. Health is also a concern for OG, but if he is the Mikal/OG combo is going to be hell for other teams. –
4 Bridges, Mikal We know Bridges can play. Let’s hope whatever was going on in the preseason is out of his sytem. –
5 Hart, Josh Hart said he’s lost right now with all the new pieces. I’m sure he’ll figure it out and continue to be a fan favorite. –
6 McBride, Miles Last time I did this McBride couldn’t shoot and hardly played. Now he’s a potential 6th man of the year candidate and shot 41% from 3 last season. –
7 Payne, Cameron Payne isn’t going to blow anyone away, but he’s a solid backup guard. A good addition. –
8 Sims, Jericho Since Precious is injured for a few weeks and Mitch is out for a few months it looks like we’ll be seeing a lot of Sims, unless two way player Huckporti can break into the rotation. –
9 Kolek, Tyler Looked awesome in preseason, I hope we get to see some more of that in the regular season. –
10 Dadiet, Pacome Missed half the preseason with a sprained finger, but shot lights out in game 3 of preseason. Wasn’t as impressive after that, but intriguing. –
11 Achiuwa, Precious Knicks had a pretty questionable front court bench and then Precious went down. Not great. Let’s hope the injuries are getting out of the way at the beginning of the season. –
12 Robinson, Mitchell Out until at least January, will Mitch come back healthy and make this team a defensive nightmare for other teams? Will he get traded at the deadline? Will he come back for a few weeks and then get injured again? Stay tuned. –

For comparison here was week 1 just 3 years ago:

Let’s take a look at what the Knicks roster looks like going into the first game of the season. This one was hard for the opposite of past years; the Knicks actually have a lot of good players. I usually have trouble after number 3 because the rest of the roster stinks, but now I have trouble because I think so many players are going to contribute.
Rank Player Comments Last Weeks Rank
1 Randle, Julius Randle was the best player on this team last season and I don’t see that changing this season. After his poor playoff performance I see him getting motivated and playing even better. –
2 Barrett, RJ Nice year two jump for Barrett, I’m expecting a year three jump as well, the question is how big will it be. –
3 Walker, Kemba The ceiling of this season rests on Kemba’s questionable knees. Let’s hope he has a couple more season left in them. –
4 Fournier, Evan Going to lose a bit on defense, but Fournier can spread the floor and even handle the ball a bit. –
5 Rose, Derrick Really nice having someone like Rose as insurance if Kemba goes down. Also great to have someone this talented to run the second unit. Also an injury concern but looked pretty sturdy last season. –
6  Immanuel, Quickley If IQ takes a leap in year two the Knicks are all of a sudden pretty deep in the backcourt. –
7 Burks, Alec This is a guy who can drop 20 on any given night and I have him ranked 7th. Wow things have changed. –
8 Robinson, Mitchell What a pleasant surprise having Robinson ready to go for the season opener. Everyone in NY is hoping for a healthy season from the big man. –
9 Toppin, Obi Obi looked pretty good in the preseason, and rumor is he’s been putting in a lot of work in the offseason. Hopefully his flashes in pre-season carries into the regular season. –
10  Gibson, Taj Taj showed in preseason that there’s still gas left in the tank. Great to have a 3rd option at center that can hold his own when needed. –
11  Noel, Nerlens Noel has been injured all preseason and will miss game 1, I’m not too worried but if he’s not playing by next week that’ll change. –
12  Grimes, Quentin At first I thought McBride would get playing time over Grimes but Grimes played in crunch time in the last preseason game against the Wizards and looked pretty good. –
13 McBride, Miles Probably won’t see much of McBride unless there are a few injuries, might be a good idea to give him some G-League run. –
14 Knox, Kevin Knox looks like he puts in effort, unfortunately for him he’s at best the 3rd option in every position he can play. –
15 Selden Jr. Wayne Looks like Wayne got the last roster spot. He’ll probably get even less run than Knox. –

2021/22 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 7

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A 2-1 week with the loss going to the Suns who were on a 14 game win streak at the time. 11-9 25% into the season, how are we feeling?
Rank Player Comments Last Weeks Rank
1 Burks, Alec Burks has been the most consisten player for weeks now. Shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, he was very dependable last season as well. He got his first start of the season with Walker and Rose out and looked good in the starting unit. 2
2 Fournier, Evan Look who decided to catch fire the day after I dropped him from my fantasy team! 7
3  Immanuel, Quickley Two straight solid weeks from IQ, maybe we can ease off the panic button…just a little. 4
4 Toppin, Obi Other than the Suns game Toppin continues to play well, however his 3 point percentage is down to 18%. 3
5 Randle, Julius How good can the Knicks be when their best player has 1 good game a week? 5
6 Robinson, Mitchell Mitch came back from his 37th injury of the season and looked OK, still can’t do anything on offense except dunk though. 6
7 Rose, Derrick Last week I said you can count on Rose to show up every night. I should have added (when he’s not inured). Hopefully he’s back soon, he’s been the Knicks best player for most of the season. 1
8 Barrett, RJ A mediocre week from RJ. Sadly that’s good enough for his 2nd best week. 8
9  Grimes, Quentin Grimes got to play the last 3 games. Didn’t really move the needle in either direction, but the next few guys below him moved the needle in the wrong direction so he moves up by default. 13
10  Noel, Nerlens HE’S INJURED AGAIN?!?!?!?! 10
11  Gibson, Taj How many games has there been where all 3 of the Knicks centers have been healthy? 11
12 McBride, Miles I thought with Walker and Rose out we’d see more Grimes and McBride. I was wrong. 14
13 Sims, Jericho If the 4th string center still didn’t get much run with 2 of the 3 guys below him out, the Knicks should send him to the G league to get some run. 12
14 Walker, Kemba I feel bad. Kemba was so excited to play in NY. He just doesn’t have it anymore though. The stats speak for themselves, the Knicks are #1 in the league on defense when Kemba sits and dead last when he plays. 9
15 Knox, Kevin We had a Knox sighting! On the actual basketball court! During a game! 15

2021/22 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 6

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The Knicks are 9-8 but it feels like they’re 4-13. They barely beat the 1-14 Rockets. Lately when they win it feels like an absolute struggle. They better get it together soon because it feels like this could get ugly fast.
Rank Player Comments Last Weeks Rank
1 Rose, Derrick You can count on Rose to show up every night. He hasn’t been great every night but hasn’t had a terrible game all season and he’s been healthy. It’s great that he’s playing like this but not a good sign that he’s in the #1 spot. 3
2 Burks, Alec Burks snapped out of his shooting slump and led the bench mob in a number of games, including a podcast saving win over the Rockets this weekend. 10
3 Toppin, Obi Toppin outplayed Randle for a few times over the last two weeks. Great to see him improved so much since last season where he looked unplayable a lot of the time. 7
4  Immanuel, Quickley Quickley also came out of his shooting slump. The bench was the only reason the Knicks won any games over the last two weeks and IQ was a huge part of that. 8
5 Randle, Julius Randle was downright bad a number of times recently. The Bulls game being the first time we’ve seen the Randle of last season in what feels like a very long time. Is it in his head? I have a hard time believing all of last season was a fluke. 1
6 Robinson, Mitchell Somehow Mitch has been injured 37 times in only 17 games. 5
7 Fournier, Evan Fourniers only good game this week was the day after I dropped him from my fantasy team. He went back to his disappearing act against the Bulls. 4
8 Barrett, RJ Holy crap what’s going on with Barrett? He looks completely lost and his shot is nowhere to be found. 2
9 Walker, Kemba Even when Kemba puts up good numbers you look at the plus minus and he’s a minus. 6
10  Noel, Nerlens Noel came back from his 12th injury this season and…..let’s say there’s some rust to work off. 11
11  Gibson, Taj Considering the Knicks centers are made of glass and teflon I’m glad Taj is always there for insurance. 9
12 Sims, Jericho I have a feeling there’s going to be a game this season where he’s the only healthy center. 12
13  Grimes, Quentin If Kemba keeps playing like this we might see Grimes sooner than later 13
14 McBride, Miles McBride tore up the G league last week 14
15 Knox, Kevin Hi Kevin. 15

2021/22 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 4

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The Knicks went 2-3 since last ranking and are 7-5 this season. Very inconsistent so far, but have a good record and haven’t played to their pottential yet.
Rank Player Comments Last Weeks Rank
1 Randle, Julius The Knicks needed Randle to deliver against Philly and boy did he. When he’s hot he’s one of the best. 2
2 Barrett, RJ Barrett came back down to earth a bit this week but he’s established himself as the clear number two on this team. 1
3 Rose, Derrick Right now Rose is the only dependable guy off the bench. He’s been outplaying Kemba, but the Knicks need to keep Rose with the 2nd unit, they need his presence more than the starters. 6
4 Fournier, Evan Fournier does his thing every night. He hasn’t gone off but as a 3rd or 4th option he doesn’t really have to. 5
5 Robinson, Mitchell We saw what a difference maker Robinson can be when he’s on the court. Staying on the court is a problem though. He’s already back from his latest injury so that’s a good sign. 4
6 Walker, Kemba Kemba shows flashes of the Kemba of old, but he’s also getting torched on the defensive end. Hopefully that improves as the season moves along. 3
7 Toppin, Obi I’ve seen people wanting to see more of an Obi/Randle frantcourt. With Noel out again they might get their wish. 9
8  Immanuel, Quickley Had a few flashes of breaking out of his very shaky start. Hopefully he continues to improve as the season progresses. 10
9  Gibson, Taj I thought we’d be seeing a lot more of Taj this week but Robinson recovered quickly. Still nice to have a guy of Taj’s talent as a 3rd option. 7
10 Burks, Alec Burks has been a disappointment so far. He isn’t hitting the shots he did last season. I’m sure he’ll snap out of it. Hopefully very soon, that 2nd unit needs it. 8
11  Noel, Nerlens It was so good seeing Noel back on the court. Too bad it lasted less than a weekend. 14
12 Sims, Jericho Sims needs a bit of development but has potential. 12
13  Grimes, Quentin 11th man in a 10 man rotation. 11
14 McBride, Miles Right now McBride is the backup to the backups backup. 13
15 Knox, Kevin Hi Kevin. 15

2021/22 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 3

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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

2021/22 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 2

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The Knicks went 2-1 the first week of the season, which normally I’d be excited about but they really should have beaten the Magic on Sunday. Still this is a fun team that is going to give most teams in the league a fight, they just have to work out a few kinks.
Rank Player Comments Last Weeks Rank
1 Randle, Julius By far the best player on the team and playing at an all-star level. Tried to do a little too much hero ball on Sunday. The Knicks have a ton of capable shooters now, he doesn’t have to do it all. 1
2 Barrett, RJ Barrett is doing that thing he did last season where he disappears in the first half and goes off in the second. Needs to be more consistent on offense, but his defense seems much improved. 2
3 Rose, Derrick I can’t believe it’s 2021 and Rose is playing at this level. His shot looks better than ever. 5
4 Robinson, Mitchell After not playing for almost 7 months and bulking up in the gym his conditioning seems to be much better than expected. Only took him 3 games to foul out, but he’s been a huge presense under the basket. 8
5 Fournier, Evan Fournier was huge in the first two games. Was a bit off in game 3, but so was just about everyone not named Rose. 4
6 Burks, Alec Burks isn’t getting as many minutes as last season and isn’t shooting as well but it’s early and I think he’ll bounch back. 7
7 Toppin, Obi Toppin is much improved from last season and has had a few stretches where he looked legit good. 9
8 Walker, Kemba A little concerning that Walker has posted a negative plus minus in every game, even one that the Knicks won by 25. Not really distributing or scoring very much. Shows flashes but very underwhelming so far. 3
9  Immanuel, Quickley Quickley looked pretty decent until game 3 where he looked like a disaster. 6
10  Gibson, Taj It’s so nice having a guy like Taj as a 3rd option at center. 2nd lately due to Noel being out. 10
11  Grimes, Quentin Looks OK in the limited time we’ve seen him. We’ll be seeing more due to all the games the Knicks will be blowing out their opponents, right? RIGHT? 12
12 Sims, Jericho Got to see Sims way earlier in the season than I expected, and by that I mean at all. –
13 McBride, Miles Another garbage time standout. 13
14  Noel, Nerlens Coming back any time soon? Could use 48 minutes of elite defense under the basket. 11
15 Knox, Kevin Looks like the Charlie Ward curse won’t come to an end this season. 14

2021/22 New York Knicks Player Power Rankings – Week 1

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Let’s take a look at what the Knicks roster looks like going into the first game of the season. This one was hard for the opposite of past years; the Knicks actually have a lot of good players. I usually have trouble after number 3 because the rest of the roster stinks, but now I have trouble because I think so many players are going to contribute.
Rank Player Comments Last Weeks Rank
1 Randle, Julius Randle was the best player on this team last season and I don’t see that changing this season. After his poor playoff performance I see him getting motivated and playing even better. –
2 Barrett, RJ Nice year two jump for Barrett, I’m expecting a year three jump as well, the question is how big will it be. –
3 Walker, Kemba The ceiling of this season rests on Kemba’s questionable knees. Let’s hope he has a couple more season left in them. –
4 Fournier, Evan Going to lose a bit on defense, but Fournier can spread the floor and even handle the ball a bit. –
5 Rose, Derrick Really nice having someone like Rose as insurance if Kemba goes down. Also great to have someone this talented to run the second unit. Also an injury concern but looked pretty sturdy last season. –
6  Immanuel, Quickley If IQ takes a leap in year two the Knicks are all of a sudden pretty deep in the backcourt. –
7 Burks, Alec This is a guy who can drop 20 on any given night and I have him ranked 7th. Wow things have changed. –
8 Robinson, Mitchell What a pleasant surprise having Robinson ready to go for the season opener. Everyone in NY is hoping for a healthy season from the big man. –
9 Toppin, Obi Obi looked pretty good in the preseason, and rumor is he’s been putting in a lot of work in the offseason. Hopefully his flashes in pre-season carries into the regular season. –
10  Gibson, Taj Taj showed in preseason that there’s still gas left in the tank. Great to have a 3rd option at center that can hold his own when needed. –
11  Noel, Nerlens Noel has been injured all preseason and will miss game 1, I’m not too worried but if he’s not playing by next week that’ll change. –
12  Grimes, Quentin At first I thought McBride would get playing time over Grimes but Grimes played in crunch time in the last preseason game against the Wizards and looked pretty good. –
13 McBride, Miles Probably won’t see much of McBride unless there are a few injuries, might be a good idea to give him some G-League run. –
14 Knox, Kevin Knox looks like he puts in effort, unfortunately for him he’s at best the 3rd option in every position he can play. –
15 Selden Jr. Wayne Looks like Wayne got the last roster spot. He’ll probably get even less run than Knox. –